Right handed pitcher Javier Vazquez is pondering retirement after the 2011 season Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald reports. “I know what I want to do already. I've talked to my family about that and basically this could be my last year,” Vazquez said. “This could be it for me. The hunger is still there. But I think God puts my priorities in order. Baseball is probably third...

With the quarrels of retirement surrounding pitcher Javier Vazquez, the Marlins are hoping that the 35-year old right-hander does not call it quits just yet. Probably just in-case the Marlins do not bring in anyone this offseason. Vazquez started off slow and I remember giving him garbage for his poor play back in the beginning of the 2011 season. However, he finished great down...

Javier Vazquez continued his climb on the All-Time strikeouts list as the Florida Marlins cruised to a 6-0 victory on Tuesday over the New York Mets.   Vazquez’s final pitch of the game resulted in his 2,500th career strikeout.    With the win the Marlins now have 60 victories on the season as they look to rally [...]

Some players will compete until no one is willing to issue them a uniform. Others like Javier Vazquez are comfortable stepping away even though their needle is no where close to the ‘E.’ Friday, after throwing his first shutout since 2005, Vazquez reiterated his stance that this second-half renaissance will not impact his decision to play beyond 2011. In blanking the Nationals...

In a Tweet by Terry Spencer of the Associated Press he says, “Javy Vazquez throws ball from first pitch into dugout as souvenir – a sign he really is quitting.”  So is this a signal of the impending retirement of the 35-year-old right-handed pitcher of the Florida Marlins? It's been speculated for some time, and as recently as last month, that Vazquez was pondering retirement...

On Tuesday night, Javier Vazquez pitched seven shutout innings as the Marlins beat the Mets, 6-0. In 2010, Vazquez won a total of three games in New York all season. In his two stints as a Yankee, Vazquez managed as many as six shutout innings while pitching in New York only once - and that was also at Citi Field, on May 21, 2010. It was the second time this month that Vazquez...

Javier Vazquez is working on a 25-inning scoreless streak, and he is hinting that this may be his last season:I’ll come back as a fan and bring my kids to the stadium… Most of the players play until [someone] takes their uniforms off. For me, it’s not the way it should be… I love my family and I love my kids, and I want to be there with them. I want to see them growing up...

Florida Marlins pitcher Javier Vazquez says he's considering retirement at the end of the season.The 35-year-old told a Florida newspaper his close friends and family already know his plans beyond this year, but he says he won't make his intentions known until the season is finished.Vazquez is 7-11 in 26 starts this season with a 4.63 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 147 2/3 innings...

Florida Marlins starter Javier Vazquez pitched his first shutout in six years as the Marlins took care of the Washington Nationals Friday night 3-0. Vazquez only allowed five hits and has been on fire as of late. His last shutout that he pitched was in 2008. Vazquez wins his fourth straight start to improve to 11-11 and has been 8-4 with a 1.96 ERA in his last 29 innings of work...

Ace CC Sabathia Image via Wikipedia Since winning the 2009 World Series, the New York Yankees have been desperately trying to add a legitimate starting pitcher to the rotation, unsuccessfully. THROWING A HAIL MARY: As defending champs heading into 2010 season, GM Brian Cashman’s solution was Javier Vazquez, again, which irritated Yankee fans to no avail, again. No need to chat...

Javier Vazquez is the active career strikeout leader in the Majors and has pitched spectacularly since scuffling a bit to begin the year.  Since June 16th, when Vazquez gave up 2 earned on 8 hits in 5 innings, he has a 1.91 ERA with 8 wins.  Vazquez has announced his retirement pending the end of the year but at age 35, he still has plenty left in the tank.  He’s seen his...

Over the last two weeks, the hottest topic that has everyone from baseball fans, bloggers and expert analysts talking about is what the heck are the New York Yankees going to do about their now over-crowded pitching rotation, and more specifically AJ Burnett. Logos from around the baseball blogosphere. Among the three contenders, which also include Phil Hughes and Freddy...

According to a source close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, right handed pitcher Javier Vazquez is “50-50″ on whether he'll pitch in 2012. Rosenthal adds that it depends on the environment and the team. He also says that Vazquez has a “strong preference” to stay on the East Coast. Late in September, Vazquez showed signs of retirement when he threw the ball...

Javier Vazquez is a known commodity. His 14 seasons in the major leagues make that a simple fact. The Washington Nationals know him, they prepare for him and they're normally pretty good at facing him. Seven members of their roster entered Friday night's game hitting Vazquez at a .333 clip ...

Javier Vazquez continued putting up blanks, and Bryan Petersen helped put the pitcher in the win column in what was possibly the final game of his major-league career.

Javier Vazquez could be a lightening rod case for the wins versus the analyst crowd. The well-traveled pitcher has--after fourteen seasons--a perfect .500 record at 160-160. His ERA+ for his career stands at 104, just barely over average. He's only cracked the Cy Young Award voting once in his career. He's only made one All Star team. And yet Fangraphs rates his career with an impressive...

Javier Vazquez’s season ERA is an unremarkable 4.13. But consider that it was over 7.00 midway through June and the ERA seems outstanding. It took a dominant second half for Vazquez to recover from his early-season struggles. Since the beginning of July he has a 2.45 ERA with 8.6 K/9 and 1.7 BB/9 in 84 1/3 innings. In other words, he has resembled the pitcher who finished fourth...

Backed by a 15-hit attack, Javier Vazquez stifled the Mets and passed Christy Mathewson on the all-time strikeout list.

Right-hander Javier Vazquez was scheduled to pitch Saturday against the Giants. He won’t appear again until next week in Colorado. Vazquez returned to his native Puerto Rico midway through the Braves’ series to tend to a family medical emergency. Though Vazquez is expected back Friday, the Marlins have slotted Chris Volstad and Clay Hensley behind Ricky Nolasco this weekend...

Javier Vazquez added to his last-season surge by pitching six scoreless innings Sunday, helping the Florida Marlins complete a season sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-1 victory.

Javier Vazquez pitched like we should have seen him pitch all of this season, great. Vazquez lasted seven innings, and with three relievers behind him, the Marlins defeated the Mets 6-0. Vazquez surrendered three hits and struck out six Mets batters for his eighth win of the season. Edward Mujica, Mike Dunn and Leo Nunez all combined for the shut down after Vazquez left the ball...

In part one of this off-season series, VFTB takes a look at free agent starting pitcher Javier Vazquez. Is he a fit for the 2012 Cubs? To read the rest of the post, be sure to visit us at www.viewfromthebleachers.com

Javier Vazquez added to his last-season surge by pitching six scoreless innings Sunday, helping the Florida Marlins complete a season sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 4-1 victory. Vazquez struck out seven, allowed three hits and walked two while improving to 4-2 with a 1.95 ERA in his last nine starts. The 35-year-old right-hander, who has talked about retiring over the last...

Javier Vazquez completed his first shutout since 2005 and the Marlins breezed to a 3-0 win over the Nationals on Friday night that helped Jack McKeon become the winningest manager in Marlins history.

Javier Vazquez threw his first complete-game shutout in more than six years to lead the Florida Marlins to a 3-0 win against the Washington Nationals. Vazquez (11-11) allowed five hits for his eighth career shutout. His last came as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 1-0 win at Detroit on May 22, 2005. Mike Stanton had an RBI double and two singles for the Marlins, who had...