TRAVIS BLACKLEY RUMORS
Houston Astros Activate Pitcher Travis Blackley
MLB News: The Houston Astros activated pitcher Travis Blackley off of the 15-day disabled list Saturday. While no role has been set in stone, it appears that he will be pitching middle-long relief with an outside shot at starting down the line.
Fantasy Ramifications: Blackley offers fantasy baseball enthusiasts no value. He should remain a free agent in all leagues.
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Astros place Travis Blackley on disabled list
The Houston Astros placed left handed pitcher Travis Blackley on the disabled list on Saturday. Blackley was acquired from the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
Blackley has a left shoulder strain. It is unclear when the injury occurred or how long the 30-year-old will be out of action.
Houston had planned to start Blackley in the bullpen. Last season he split time between San Francisco...
A’s trade Travis Blackley to Astros
The A’s traded left-handed pitcher and huge Deez Nuts fan to the Astros on Thursday, just in time for him to potentially pitch against his former team.
The A’s begin a three-game series in Houston on Friday.
In return, Oakland receives 25-year-old minor league outfielder Jake Goebbert, who has batted .285 with 31 home runs and 237 RBI four minor league seasons.
Blackley was...
Travis Blackley traded to Astros, to join team on Friday
Travis Blackley was a key part late in the season for the Oakland A’s helping the team win the AL West. His reward was failing to make the squad out of spring training.
On Thursday the A’s traded the 30-year-old Australian born pitcher to the Houston Astros for light hitting outfielder Jake Goebbert. Brian McTaggart of MLB.com says Blackley is expected to join the active roster...
FAN'S PERSPECTIVE
DFA'ed pitcher watches A's game from stands
A’s pitcher and the world’s biggest I Killed the Prom Queen fan Travis Blackley was in the Coliseum on Saturday for the A’s spring finale against the Giants. The only weird thing about that is he was designated for assignment by the A’s on Friday. But Blackley, whose status remains in limbo as he goes through waivers, instead took in the game like any other baseball fan—from...
Travis Blackley DFA'd, Hangs out with Fans.
A long, long time ago. I can still remember how the sunshine made me feel inside. I used to play-ay baseball, at a high school in southern California, And two years behind me was this kid Daric Barton.OK, so I'm not much for making song parodies, but at least I speak da troof. The Oakland Athletics DFA'd a Jordan Norberto, Daric Barton and Travis Blackley yesterday from their...
Travis Blackley likes bands with some pretty interesting names
The Chronicle’s Ann Killion wrote a charming piece about the peculiar bromance between A’s outfielder and Josh Reddick.
It’s your typical odd couple-type story that the mainstream media can’t help themselves from eating up during the long and often monotonous spring training schedule: Person A likes to do X. Person B likes to do Y. Person A and Person B are best friends...
Travis Blackley catches foul liner in A's bullpen (Video)
Oakland A's relief pitcher Travis Blackley made a nice easy catch of a foul line drive from the A's bullpen during Thursday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
It happened in the top of the eighth inning as Blue Jays batter Edwin Encarnacion hit the line drive foul towards the left field stands. While fans and other members of the A's bullpen were ducking...
A's Blackley get first win in eight years
Oakland A's starting pitcher Travis Blackley picked up his first win in eight years on Friday. Blackley went six innings as the A's topped the visiting San Diego Padres 10-2. It was Blackley's first victory since his major league debut in July 2004. Blackley said he was "very aware" of the drought. A's manager Bob Melvin also managed Blackley'...
Giants sign Travis Blackley
The San Francisco Giants have signed left-handed pitcher Travis Blackley to a minor league contract, according to <a title="The Age: "Aces star joins San Francisco Giants"" href="http://www.theage.com.au/sport/aces-star-joins-san-francisco-giants-20120214-1t40i.html#ixzz1mN5ylXrD" target="_blank">TheAge.com, an Australian newspaper.
Blackley...
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