Tag Archive for "Carl Pavano"

Tag Archives: Carl Pavano

Chase Wright’s amazing feat and final career record

Posted on April 22, 2013 by John Pielli in Baltimore Orioles, Bases Empty Blog, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, MLB, New York Yankees | 8 comments

On April 22, 2007, the Boston Red Sox completed a sweep of the rival New York Yankees, marking the first the first time in 17 years the Red Sox swept the Yankees in Fenway Park. Yankees starting pitcher Chase Wright made his second MLB start, one that turned out to be his last. The 24 year old was in the rotation due to injuries tp Mike Mussina, Carl Pavano and Chin-Ming Wang. Wright made his way into baseball history due to an incredible series events. Two men were out with nobody on in the bottom of the third inning. Manny Ramirez then hit a home run, nothing to be ashamed of. Mike Lowell followed with a home run. Then Stephen Drew hit one. Jason Varitek homered, making it only the second time in MLB history that a pitcher gave up four consecutive...

Who Mets best free agent option is for back of the rotation starting pitcher

Posted on December 24, 2012 by John Pielli in Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Bases Empty Blog, LA Dodgers, Local, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, MLB, New York, New York Mets, Sports, Toronto Blue Jays | 1 comment

After the trade of Cy Young Award winner RA Dickey, the New York Mets should, and are, in the market for another starting pitcher. Ideally they would want to bring in a pitcher that can accumulate a lot of innings and keep the team in most games they pitch. Additionally, they would like to keep a spot in the rotation held for phenom Zack Wheeler, who should be ready to pitch in the majors this season. MLB trade rumors had the Mets interested in four free agent pitchers. Here is the best fits for the Mets in order of best to worst.

1. Shawn Marcum: Marcum has a track record of being a top three pitcher in a team's respective rotation. Last year in Milwaukee, he was 7-4, 3.70 with 109 Ks in 124 IP, missing some time due to injury. He has a career...

Other options for the Yankees to add a starting pitcher

Posted on June 29, 2012 by John Pielli in Bases Empty Blog, Chicago Cubs, Colorado, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Local, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota, Minnesota Twins, MLB, New York, New York Yankees, Oakland, Oakland Athletics, Passed Ball Show, Seattle, Seattle Mariners, Wisconsin | Comments are closed

Other options for the Yankees to add a starting pitcher...

Will The Pirates Stretch For Carl Pavano

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Bill Zeltman in Sports | 3 comments

John Heyman of MLB network, reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals are the front runners for Carl Pavano.

Pavano would most likely come with a hefty price tag. Last season his salary was $7 million and he did nothing to diminish his value.

He enjoyed a very good season with Minnesota last year going 17 - 11 with a 3.75 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP, his best since 2004 with the Florida Marlins when he was 18 - 8 with a 3.00 ERA and 1.17 WHIP.

This may stretch the Pirates budget but in November Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com reported that Neal Huntington may be will to do so.

"We would love to add a starting pitcher, but we have to do so with intelligence," said Huntington. "There are going to be times where we have...

Boof is Bound for Boston

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Bill Zeltman in Sports | Comments are closed

The Twins were awfully busy at the winter meetings (well, busy for them), and I haven't been able to write much about it (still on restrictions for at least another couple of weeks, though I am feeling much better). It's taken me about four days to finish this:

Bonser DFA'd, traded to the Red Sox

Losing Boof kind of sucks, actually. Oh, I understand perfectly why the Twins felt justified in moving a 28 year-old coming off of shoulder surgery who hadn't put up decent numbers since his rookie season in 2006. He and his agent reportedly wanted a $1.5 million raise, while the Twins' offer was substantially less than that (and probably much closer to what he's actually worth). The Twins' 2010 opening day payroll is already pushing $90 million, and that's without a contract extension to Joe Mauer or addressing the infield, so...

On Gardy

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Bill Zeltman in Sports | Comments are closed

This season has been disappointing for Twins fans, to say the least. Naturally, whenever a team fails to live up to expectations, the manager and the coaching staff are the first ones to get the blame, even if those expectations may have been somewhat unreasonable to begin with (more on that in a minute). Not surprisingly, there is a growing contingent of Twins fans who feel that Gardy and his staff should be fired. Which is kind of funny because so many people were quick to praise him and his staff when the same team exceeded expectations last year.

I don't think the Twins' lackluster performance this season is all Gardy's fault. Or Andy's fault. Or Joe Vavra's fault (Especially since offense hasn't really been a problem this year. At least...

For No Reason Here’s the Clash

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Bill Zeltman in Sports | Comments are closed

I wasn't planning on writing anything today, since it's an off day. Besides, what is there to say? The Twins lost in underwhelming fashion to the Orioles last night, blowing a huge chance to both take sole possession of second place and gain ground on the Tigers. And that will probably cost them, since the Pale Hosers are whooping the Red Sox as I write this(UPDATE: Yep, they did). But what else is new? The Twins have been blowing chances like this all season long, much like they did all last season. There are only so many I-am-so-disappointed-in-you posts I can write before I start sounding like my mom. Much to my surprise and delight however, the front office has apparently been busy today, claiming Brad Penny off waivers and maybe Rich HardenRead more