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 mike edelman | Mar 19, 2007 | Jon Lester
Now let’s imagine for a moment that we were not baseball fans but general managers. Let us also imagine that we had a future Hall of Fame batter who asked to be traded weeks before the season. Being the smart general manager you are, you’re going to...
by mike edelman | Mar 17, 2007 | Devern Hansack, Hideki Okajima, Joel Pineiro, Jonathan Papelbon
I wasn’t worried by anything I saw from Papelbon today but his outing was slightly disappointing. He worked on all his pitches but had trouble locating his fastball from the start. His location with it appeared to get a little better as the game went on but at...
by mike edelman | Mar 16, 2007 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jason Varitek, Josh Beckett, New York Mets, Wily Mo Pena
I didn’t get the opportunity to watch Beckett’s start last night so I thought I’d watch it this morning before I passed judgment. On the surface, 5 innings pitched with 6 hits, 2 earned runs and zero walks isn’t all that bad. Watching the game...
