YUSMEIRO PETIT RUMORS

Winter League Playoffs 1/23 — Ledezma Earns A Win

Just two playoff games on Monday evening:   VENEZUELAN LEAGUE Tigres de Aragua  2,  Tiburones de La Guaira  0 The Venezuelan League championship series (best-of-7) opened with a shutout by four Aragua pitchers.  After 6 scoreless innings, with 5 hits, from starter Yusmeiro Petit, Wil Ledezma took over on the mound to begin the 7th.   He gave up a single in that inning, and...
Via Pirates Prospects  |  20 days ago

Giants sign Gil Velazquez, Yusmeiro Petit to minor league contracts

The San Francisco Giants signed infielder Gil Velazquez and right-hander Yusmeiro Petit to minor league contracts on Wednesday, according to Matt Eddy at Baseball America. Velazquez, 32, has played in 13 career games at the big league level. He appeared in four games with the Angels last season, but spent the majority of the year at the Triple-A level, batting .328/.399/.466...
Via 22gigantes  |  25 days ago

Giants Sign Adam Thomas, Yusmeiro Petit

Catching up on the Giants’ transactions: a little late to these, but the Giants have made a couple more minor-league signings… According to Matt Eddy of Baseball America, the Giants signed right-hander Adam Thomas. He didn’t pitch at all from 2008 to 2010, but he posted a 1.73 ERA (4.08 K/BB) in 57 innings of relief in the Atlantic League this year. He’s 32...
Via SF Giants Nirvana  |  January 06, 2012

Breakout Candidate: Yusmeiro Petit (RHP, SEA)

While the Screaming Indian is first and foremost an Atlanta Braves blog, I do reserve the right to publish my musings on players on other teams – particularly as it relates to their (f)utility in fantasy baseball – whenever it may strike my fancy. With that out of the way, I invite you to consider my opinion on the possibility that Yusmeiro Petit will be much better in 2010...
Via Screaming Indian  |  January 27, 2010

Some Stuff on Yusmeiro Petit

I realized that I never actually wrote anything about the Mariners claiming starting pitcher Yusmeiro Petit off of waivers, and even though it happened weeks ago, I feel like I should at least get some thoughts out about it. Basic stuff on Petit: He’s right handed, about to be 25 years old, he was once a [...]
Via SoDo Mojo  |  November 19, 2009

Petit Gem, Roberts Slugging, Send Diamondbacks to 4th Win in 5 Games

Maybe the Arizona Diamondbacks should play all 162 games on the road.  They seem to be more comfortable roaming the country.  Maybe it’s the hotels?  Who knows? Yusmeiro Petit, pitching for his major-league life after being pounded around the ballpark all season up until his last start, pitched a no-hitter through seven innings, taking it into [...]
Via Venom Strikes  |  August 04, 2009

BREAKING: Petit Has No-No Broken Up By Ronny Cedeno

No thanks to any help from home plate umpire Dana Demuth, Yusmeiro Petit had his no-no broken up in the 8th by Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Ronny Cedeno. Demuth failed to call strike three to the first batter of the inning, second baseman Ramon Vazquez.  It was right at the knees.  It was borderline, however most umps [...]
Via Venom Strikes  |  August 04, 2009

BREAKING: Petit No-Hitter Now Through 7

Yusmeiro Petit is now pitching a no-no through 7 innings. He labored a little after getting the first two outs in a breeze.  He walked his second batter of the evening and had to go through a couple of hitters to get the third out.  He got a grounder to retire the side. Let’s see how strong [...]
Via Venom Strikes  |  August 04, 2009

BREAKING: Petit Has No-Hitter Through 6

Yusmeiro Petit, yes that one, has pitched a second straight gem so far this evening.  He is currently pitching a no-hitter through 6 innings.  The Arizona Diamondbacks currently lead the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 in the top of the seventh. Petit, all but given up for dead a week and a half ago when he was blasted [...]
Via Venom Strikes  |  August 04, 2009

Lineups: Petit still looking for his first win of ‘09

Right hander Yusmeiro Petit takes the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight, still searching for his first win of the 2009 season. The 24-year old Venezuelan gave up just 3 hits and 2 runs against St. Louis last Sunday in what was his best outing of the season, but it still ended in a [...]
Via Fanster  |  July 24, 2009
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