by shawn medeiros | May 29, 2008 | Erik Bedard, J.J. Putz, Seattle Mariners, Tim Wakefield
One mistake to Yuniesky Betancourt was all it took for the Seattle Mariners to take the series against the Boston Red Sox. A solo home run from Betancourt in the bottom of the third inning made it 1-0 and that’s all that was needed in this one as Erik Bedard...
by evan brunell | Feb 15, 2008 | Al Reyes, Alan Embree, B.J. Ryan, Billy Wagner, Bob Wickman, Bobby Jenks, Brad Hennessey, Brett Myers, Brian Fuentes, Chad Cordero, Chris Ray, David Weathers, Eric Gagne, Francisco Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, J.J. Putz, Jason Isringhausen, Jeremy Accardo, Joakim Soria, Joe Borowski, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Valverde, Kevin Gregg, Mariano Rivera, Matt Capps, Ryan Dempster, Takashi Saito, Todd Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Troy Percival
Every year, I run a feature here at Fire Brand called Saves per Inning Pitched (SIP). It’s a little statistic I made up that in the general scheme of things, probably means nothing. But I like doing it because it tells me what teams utilize their closer as a...
by evan brunell | Aug 24, 2007 | Billy Wagner, J.J. Putz, Jason Isringhausen, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Takashi Saito
Three days ago, Jonathan Papelbon became just the fourth pitcher in major league history to save 30 games in his first two full seasons. He joins Billy Koch, Kaz Sasaki and Todd Worrell in this group. This begs the question: Is Jonathan Papelbon the best closer in the...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 27, 2007 | Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Eric Hinske, Felix Hernandez, Ichiro Suzuki, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Varitek, Kason Gabbard, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Richie Sexson, Seattle Mariners
Mike Lowell tripled, tying
by evan brunell | Mar 1, 2007 | Aaron Rowand, Brad Lidge, Chad Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, Houston Astros, J.J. Putz, Jim Bowden, Jon Lieber, Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Scott Linebrink, Seattle Mariners, Spring Training, Trades, Washington Nationals, Wily Mo Pena
Last week, I profiled the bench that the Red Sox had and concluded that the Red Sox have the best bench entering the season. However, while profiling the bench, I wrote about Wily Mo and his chances in Boston: A nice debut season for Boston (.301/.349/.489 in 276 AB)...
by evan brunell | Dec 6, 2006 | Adam Jones, Adrian Beltre, Amborix Burgos, Brian Bannister, David Dellucci, Derrick Turnbow, Doug Mirabelli, Freddy Garcia, Gavin Floyd, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Schmidt, Joe Borowski, Jon Lieber, Jonathan Broxton, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Mench, Ted Lilly, Terry Francona, Trading Manny Saga
We’re going to keep an updated Winter Meetings column going today because there’s way too many news going on. 8:22 PM: The Yankees lost out on Ted Lilly, who is heading to the Chicago Cubs for four years and $40 million, but still have a one year pact out...
by evan brunell | Dec 5, 2006 | Adam Jones, Andy LaRoche, Andy Pettitte, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Wilson, Chad Cordero, Hayden Penn, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Jennings, Jon Lieber, Jonathan Broxton, Jonathan Sanchez, Jose Capellan, Kevin Mench, Marcus Giles, Mark Loretta, Mike Gonzalez, Noah Lowry, Salomon Torres, Trading Manny Saga, Trot Nixon, Washington Nationals
There’s way too much stuff going on at the winter meetings for me to post any comprehensive article today. It’s about Manny today, as there were a blizzard of news. First, as we all probably know by now, Sunday at midnight (so technically Monday) the Red...
