by evan brunell | Mar 27, 2007 | Alberto Castillo, Alex Ochoa, Brendan Donnelly, Bryan Corey, Cory Keylor, Craig Hansen, Hideki Okajima, J.C. Romero, Javier Lopez, Joel Pineiro, Jonathan Papelbon, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Mike Timlin, Spring Training, Trades
Craig Hansen has been optioned to Triple-A (gee, what a surprise…). Alex Ochoa has accepted his assignment to Triple-A, and could have a chance of coming up as a backup outfielder due to injury. Bryan Corey has been sent to minor league camp, which firms up the...
by mike edelman | Mar 27, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Chris Gomez, Hayden Penn, Jay Gibbons, Jay Payton, Know Thy Enemy, Miguel Tejada, Paul Bako
C: Ramon Hernandez (2006 stats: .275/.343/.479) | Paul Bako (2006 stats: .209/.261/.229) After becoming a Venezuelan hero in the Caribbean World Series, Ramon Hernandez had a very successful first season in Baltimore. The then 7 year veteran catcher came from the West...
by mike edelman | Mar 26, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka
Matsuzaka simply didn’t have it today. He walked 5 batters and had to be removed after he made over 100 pitches to get through the 5th. The result? He no-hit the Reds opening day lineup. For those of you who haven’t figured it out yet, this is a truly...
by zach hayes | Mar 26, 2007 | Akinori Iwamura, Al Reyes, Andrew Friedman, B.J. Upton, Ben Zobrist, Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, Casey Fossum, Chad Orvella, Delmon Young, Dioner Navarro, Edwin Jackson, Elijah Dukes, Greg Norton, J.P. Howell, Jae Seo, James Shields, Joe Maddon, Jonny Gomes, Jorge Cantu, Josh Paul, Know Thy Enemy, Rocco Baldelli, Ruddy Lugo, Scott Kazmir, Shawn Camp, Tampa Bay Rays, Ty Wigginton
This is the first installment of our annual Know Thy Enemy series, where Firebrand goes in-depth and analyzes the key members of each of our division rivals. We
by evan brunell | Mar 26, 2007 | Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett
Here at Fire Brand, we’re starting to get into the swing of things. All this week you will see previews of every team in the division, otherwise known as my yearly “Know Thy Enemy” series. For the first time, I’m allowing others to infringe on...