The Worst of the Best: The Week(s)’s Wildest Swings
Hello friends, and welcome to the second part of the fifth edition of The Worst Of The Best. Apparently this is how I start these things now. The last edition of this was posted on April 26, and here’s a link to that, in case you want to know what you’re in for, before you’re actually in for it. The idea is to do these on a weekly basis, but there were no posts that went up...
Indians-Blue Jays Preview
R.A. Dickey couldn't wait till opening day to make his first pitches at Toronto's Rogers Centre. So the Cy Young knuckleballer spent part of Easter Sunday getting acclimated to his new home mound.
''It was almost like an out-of-body experience,'' said Dickey, who threw to backup catcher Henry Blanco in preparation for Tuesday's start against the Cleveland...
Josh Thole Fails to Make Blue Jays
Josh Thole was informed yesterday that he will begin the season in Triple-A after he lost out on the Toronto Blue Jays backup job to Henry Blanco, or as Matt Falkenbury likes to say, Hank White.
Thole, or as I knew him as “Mr. Ground Ball to Second Base”, was average at best after the Mets gave him a shot to be the everyday catcher. He showed sparks with the bat at times, but...
Tick tock
Like you, I grow increasingly frustrated with the long delays between posts. I'm going to have to break away from my love for long elaborate high-content posts because they never get finished. I have, on my spreadsheet, most of the data for a mega-post featuring a player by player comparison of all the teams in the AL East. And yet, it seems sort of silly to do that much work...
Worst Off-Season Candidate: Arizona Diamondbacks
Over the next few weeks, I’m going to look at a few of the team that I think have had the best and worst off-season. Be it moves they made, didn’t make, or how they changed their future, a few teams have set them selves up for a good run while other not so much.
First up, the Arizona Diamondbacks
Free Agent Losses: Henry Blanco (C), Matt Lindstrom (RHP), Takashi Saito (RHP...
Josh Thole Wil Begin Season At Triple-A
Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos indicated yesterday that recently acquired Josh Thole will begin the season with Triple-A Buffalo while another former Met, Henry Blanco, will serve as J.P. Arencibia‘s backup. Blanco, 41, was recently signed to a non-guaranteed, one-year deal,
“Blanco has not been guaranteed the job at all,” Anthopoulos explained. “That’s...
Odds and ends
I'm just going to take a moment to review some of the transactions, reports, interviews and rumors that have floated over the wire in the last month or so where I have some thought or comment.Item: Colby Rasmus avoids arbitration, signed for one year at $4.675 mil. That brings the total of guaranteed contracts to $109.575 million. There are three other players still arb eligible...
Blue Jays sign Henry Blanco
The Toronto Blue Jays announced that they have signed catcher Henry Blanco to a non-guaranteed deal. Blanco will earn $750k if he spends the season in the Majors. To make room for Blanco on the roster, the team designated reliever Tommy Hottovy who they had claimed off waivers from the Rangers.
Blanco who earned $1.2mm last season on a one-year deal with the Diamondbacks hit .188...
Blue Jays sign catcher Blanco
The Toronto Blue Jays have signed catcher Henry Blanco to a non-guaranteed, one-year, $750,000 contract, the team announced Friday. Blanco, 41, batted just .188 with one home run in 21 games with the Diamondbacks last season. Arizona declined his $1.24 million option for 2013, and he became a free agent. He caught knuckleballer R.A. Dickey when they were teammates with the Mets...
Blue Jays sign 41-year-old catcher
The Toronto Blue Jays and catcher Henry Blanco have agreed to terms on a one-year, $750,000 non-guaranteed contract.
The team announced the deal Friday.
The 41-year-old Blanco played in 21 games for Arizona last season, batting .188 with one home run and seven RBI, before torn ligament in his left thumb ended his season in August.
In 15 major league seasons, Blanco has hit .227...
Blue Jays sign 41-year-old C Henry Blanco
The Toronto Blue Jays and catcher Henry Blanco have agreed to terms on a one-year, $750,000 non-guaranteed contract.
The team announced the deal Friday.
The 41-year-old Blanco played in 21 games for Arizona last season, batting .188 with one home run and seven RBIs, before torn ligament in his left thumb ended his season in August.
In 15 major league seasons, Blanco has hit .227...
Blue Jays sign Henry Blanco
The Toronto Blue Jays have signed veteran catcher Henry Blanco to a one-year contract. Blanco, 41, will not be guaranteed to make the team.
Ideally Blanco, 41, will act as organizational depth behind J.P Arencibia, Josh Thole and Mike Nickeas. Last season Blanco hit .188 while playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
D-backs let Blanco and Lindstrom go
The Arizona Diamondbacks have declined a $1.2 million option for next season on catcher Henry Blanco and a $4 million option on right-handed reliever Matt Lindstrom.
The 41-year-old Blanco hit .188 with a homer and seven RBIs in 21 games as Miguel Montero's backup with the Diamondbacks last season. He signed with Arizona in 2011 and has played 14 seasons with eight teams.
Lindstrom...
D-backs call up PCL MVP Adam Eaton
The Diamondbacks on Tuesday called up outfielder Adam Eaton from Triple-A Reno and transferred catcher Henry Blanco to the 60-day disabled list.
Eaton, 23, was named the Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year for Reno, which he joined after playing the first 11 games of 2012 for Double-A Mobile. In 119 games at Reno, he's hitting .381 with a .456 on...
Diamondbacks go on power trip in 10 games on road
The Diamondbacks flexed their muscles on a 10-game trip, and the final game provided the exclamation point. Jason Kubel hit two two-run home runs and Wil Nieves hit one as the D-backs earned a split of a four-game series with a 6-3 victory over Pittsburgh on Thursday. Kubel has 25 home runs, third in the National League, and is three short of his career high set with Minnesota...
D-backs' Blanco to have thumb surgery
Arizona Diamondbacks backup catcher Henry Blanco is scheduled for surgery Wednesday to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and could miss the rest of the season.
An MRI performed Tuesday in Phoenix revealed the tear. Blanco was injured Sunday in a game at Philadelphia when the Phillies' John Mayberry slid into his mitt at home plate.
Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said...
D-backs place Blanco on DL, sign Nieves
The Diamondbacks lost more than a game Sunday, they lost catcher Henry Blanco for an extended period because of a sprained left thumb.
Blanco suffered the injury when he tagged John Mayberry Jr. on a close play at the plate in the eighth inning of a 5-4 loss to Philadelphia, as Mayberry attempted to score the tying run from second base after an infield single by Domonic Brown and...
Old Heads: MLB 37 and Over Team
The following is a 25-man roster composed of players all age 37 years and older. You'll notice the offense is pretty weak, but the pitching staff is decent, especially the bullpen. Catcher:Jose Molina/TBR (37)- .200/.606, 13 R, 10 XBH, 14 RBI.Henry Blanco/ARI (40)- .173/.400 in 16 G.First Base:Todd Helton/COL (38)- .243/.750, 29 R, 21 XBH, 34 RBI.Jim Thome/BAL (41)- .233...
Diamondbacks 4, Brewers 3
Aaron Hill went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Sunday and win a series at home for the first time since a season-opening, three-game sweep of San Francisco.
The Diamondbacks got two-out RBI singles from Jason Kubel, Ryan Roberts and Henry Blanco in the sixth to take a one-run lead. Paul Goldschmidt homered...
Arizona catcher Montero will rest groin for a couple of days
Catcher Miguel Montero was held out of Arizona's starting lineup Tuesday and is not expected to play Wednesday, manager Kirk Gibson said, but the Diamondbacks do not believe his strained left groin is DL-threatening. Montero, who suffered the injury while making a quick move after a foul popup, was replaced by pinch hitter Henry Blanco in the sixth inning Monday. Blanco had...
D-Backs claim Nieves from Rockies
Catcher Wil Nieves was claimed by the Arizona off waivers from Colorado before Monday night's game against Pittsburgh.
Arizona placed Henry Blanco on the 15-day disabled list due to a sprained left thumb. Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said Blanco was headed back to Phoenix for an MRI to determine whether a ligament was torn.
Nieves was designated for assignment by Colorado...
2012 MLB’s All-Old/Young Team
All-Active Major League Old Guys
(Picked positionally by age)
C- Henry Blanco- Arizona Diamondbacks- 40 years old (DL)
-Blanco has never been the main man behind the plate as he’s been with nine teams, but he has made his mark. Never really a scary batter with 10 HRs and 37 RBIs as his high, Blanco has been one of the better defensive catchers in his career...
The Phils win their first series on the road behind eight solid innings from Cole Hamels and a hot offense, as they defeat the D-backs, 7-2.
Eight strong innings from starter Cole Hamels and seven more runs by the offense leads the Phils to their first series win on the road as they beat the D-backs, 7-2.
The Phils took the lead in the first as, with one man on, and with two men out, Hunter Pence hits an RBI single, scoring Placido Polanco, who had earlier singled, then moved up to second base on catcher Henry Blanco’s...
Solid Goldschmidt Slam Helps D'backs Demolish Cubs at HoHoKam
Paul Goldschmidt blasted a grand slam home run, Henry Blanco and Alfredo Marte slugged solo shots, and Ian Kennedy threw four shutout innings, as the Arizona Diamondbacks coasted to an 12-2 victory over a split squad of Cubs in Cactus League action at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in warm & sunny Mesa, AZ, this afternoon.
Ryan Dempster got the start for the Cubs...
Diamondbacks 12, Cubs 2
Ryan Dempster has long been the joker in the Chicago Cubs' clubhouse. There haven't been many signs that side of his personality this spring.
Dempster, who is coming off a disappointing 10-14 season with a 4.80 ERA, had his first tough outing of spring training in the Cubs split squad's 12-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Dempster gave up three runs in 3 2-3 innings...
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