YUSMEIRO PETIT RUMORS
Cactus roundup: Japan roughs up Petit, Giants
JAPAN 6, GIANTS 3
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Japan roughed up San Francisco starter Yusmeiro Petit for four runs and six of its 11 hits in four innings, beating the Giants 6-3 on Thursday.
Sho Nakata had three hits and Takashi Toritani added two hits and two RBIs for Japan, tuning up for its appearance in the World Baseball Classic semifinals in San Francisco on Sunday. Toritani...
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March 14, 2013
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Japan roughs up Giants' Petit in 6-3 win
Japan roughed up San Francisco starter Yusmeiro Petit for four runs and six of its 11 hits in four innings, beating the Giants 6-3 on Thursday.
Sho Nakata had three hits, and Takashi Toritani added two hits and two RBIs for Japan, tuning up for its appearance in the World Baseball Classic semifinals in San Francisco on Sunday. Toritani had a two-run double in Japan's three-run...
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March 14, 2013
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Lincecum scratched for rest, Petit gets start
San Francisco Giants right-handed pitcher Tim Lincecum was scratched from his start Sunday, hours after the team clinched its second National League West title in three years. Lincecum, who has struggled through a 10-14 season with a 4.91 ERA, will be replaced on the month by rookie Yusmeiro Petit. It will be Petit's first major-league start since 2009 when he was with the...
SF Giants Rumors: Sanchez, Burriss, Surkamp, Petit
Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle says infielder Freddy Sanchez has “plateaued” in his rehab, thus the decision to give him a cortisone shot. It’s very clear that Sanchez will not be ready for Opening Day. It’s time to see what Manny Burriss can do with his time at second base till the injured Sanchez can get back on the field. It’s unclear at this time as to...
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...
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...
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 years old.
According...
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