by josh lacey | Jul 11, 2009 | Gil Meche, John Smoltz, Kansas City Royals
Mojo video time, take your pick: or
by shawn medeiros | Jul 11, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon
Boston’s bullpen will be thanking Jon Lester. The crafty lefty pitched eight shutout innings allowing just four hits, two walks and eight strikeouts giving the pen a break. Only Jonathan Papelbon was used in the ninth completing his 23rd save of the season....
by evan brunell | Jul 10, 2009 | Daniel Cortes, Jeff Francouer, Quick Post, Ryan Church, Yuniesky Betancourt
Today, two extremely puzzling trades occurred. The first was the Royals shipping two minor league pitchers (including their best one, Daniel Cortes) to Seattle for shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt. As I put it on Twitter, the Royals just took on $10 million of a no-hit,...
by josh lacey | Jul 10, 2009 | Brian Bannister, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals
Need I say more?
by evan brunell | Jul 10, 2009 | Aaron Bates, Garrett Atkins, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Terry Francona
Rumors abound that the Red Sox and Colorado Rockies have discussed a deal around reliever Takashi Saito for third-baseman Garrett Atkins, making roughly $7 million this year. Atkins began the year so poorly that he lost his starting job to Ian Stewart. On the season,...
