You may be wondering why I’m not writing about Stephan Strasburg right now so I’ll go ahead and remind you that he’s already on the 40-man roster of the Washington Nationals. Like in years past the NRI’s of the Washington Nationals are an eclectic mix of veterans who know this team likely serves as their only way of getting back to the majors. Since I absolutely...

The Nationals reassigned pitchers Victor Garate, Logan Kensing, Joel Peralta and Ryan Speier, catcher Derek Norris and outfielder Jerry Owens to Minor League camp on Thursday. The team also gave left-handers Shawn Estes and Eddie Guardado their unconditional releases.

Checking out some of the throwback “tribute” cards on White Sox Cards. I gotta say, the 1981 Topps Jerry Owens is mighty cool. Nice work Steve. Learned from MLB Trade Rumors that Khalil Greene has signed with the Texas Rangers. Greene, who came up as a shortstop with the Padres will be a [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What I’m Reading: 1981...

/div> The Washington Nationals Tuesday signed right-handed pitchers Joel Peralta, Logan Kensing and Ryan Speier, catcher Jamie Burke, infielder Pete Orr and outfielder Jerry Owens to minor league contracts. Peralta has pitched parts of five seasons in the big leagues, earning two saves, 31 holds and a 4.61 ERA in 221 relief appearances. The 33-year-old has posted [...]

The Nationals signed Jerry Owens to a minor league deal, according to MLB.com's Bill Ladson.

Jerry Owens and Matt Tuiasosopo hit three-run homers as Tacoma won the opener of a Pacific Coast League doubleheader at Cheney Stadium.

Portland played New Hampshire a few weeks ago so they thought they knew how to run on Darin Mastroianni's arm.  After Mastroianni threw a runner out at the plate the third base coach/manager might have reconsidered.  After the second out at the plate they might have stopped running.  The third assist for Mastroianni was at third base so that one could be blamed...

When Carlos Quentin joined the White Sox last season he was a revelation. Quentin came to Chicago in a minor move by Kenny Williams via a trade with the Diamondbacks, a move that I openly mocked on this site, and ended up taking the city by storm.He wouldn't have even been playing if it hadn't been for an injury to Jerry Owens -- the best thing Jerry Owens ever did in a...

Just a quick photo-addled post to show just how much the Rainiers roster has turned over since my last post.Joining the bottleneck at 1B/LF/DH is Brad Nelson, acquired from the Brewers about 2 weeks ago. He's had less than 20 ABs with the R's so far, and hit his first HR for Tacoma on Sunday. Today, the Nashville Sounds came to town - the team Nelson played for from...

Just a couple minor moves involving Jerry Owens and Daryle Ward. The Mariners have signed outfielder Jerry Owens to a minor league deal while the White Sox have signed Ward to a minor league deal and assigned him to Triple-A Charlotte. Ward was hitting .222 with 2 RBI in eight games for the Newark Bears before the White Sox picked him up. It is nice to see Ward land with a big league...

The White Sox will call up outfielder Scott Podsednik today, FOXSports.com is reporting. The Chicago Tribune reported Thursday night that outfielder Jerry Owens was seen shaking hands with teammates before leaving with his athletic bag. Owens is out of options, so he would have to go on waivers before being sent to the minors. Podsednik, 33, is hitting .262 with 0 HR and 1 SB in...

Well maybe when the Chicago White Sox designated him for assignment and no one took him should have been the first clue that Jerry Owens is just not cut out for the major leagues but the team brought him back up to the big league level after an injury to Dwayne Wise and though 12 [...]

As it stands, the White Sox starting outfield has Nick Swisher penciled in left, Jermaine Dye in right, and rookie Jerry Owens in center field. Two of those slots are locks, while one is the variable that has given Sox management headaches the past three offseasons. Brian Anderson (above left) used ...

Dirtlocker points for: Brian Anderson, Orlando Cabrera, Alex Cintron, Joe Crede, Octavio Dotel, Darin Erstad, Josh Fields, Bobby Jenks, Scott Linebrink, Kenny Lofton, Rob Mackowiak, Brandon McCarthy, Jerry Owens, Pablo Ozuna, Juan Pierre, Scott Podsednik, Carlos Quentin, Aaron Rowand, Nick Swisher, ...

Scott Podsednik was designated for assignment by the Chicago White Sox today with the emergence of young outfielder Jerry Owens, reports MLB.com Podsednik was an All-Star in 2005, when he batted .290 with a .351 on-base percentage while stealing 59 bases and scoring 80 runs. He finished second to D...

Dirtlocker points for: Joe Crede, Manny Delcarmen, Jermaine Dye, Josh Fields, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Mike Lowell, Jerry Owens, Alex Rodriguez, Aaron Rowand, Shane Victorino, Joe Torre White Sox General Manager has made it publicly known that Josh Fields will not be moving to the outfield next year...

The White Sox have agreed to terms with free agent outfielder Scott Podsednik, FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal is reporting. The spot opened up when DeWayne Wise separated his shoulder in Monday's game. The Sox called up Jerry Owens for the time being but plan to give Podsednik a shot. Podsednik has 236 career stolen bases, and played a key role in the White Sox 2005 World...

With starting center fielder Dewayne Wise out for the next 6-8 weeks, the White Sox are turning back the clock by signing old friend Scott Podsednik to a minor league deal.ESPN.com:Scott Podsednik rejoined the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, agreeing to a minor league contract one day after center fielder Dewayne Wise separated a shoulder.Podsednik played for Chicago from 2005-07 and...

With Dewayne Wise now on the disabled list thanks to a trial separation between his arm and torso the White Sox have been forced to call up Jerry Owens from Charlotte to fill his spot on the roster. Though Owens will be on the bench this afternoon as Brian Anderson gets the start in centerfield.Still, it seems the prospect of having Jerry Owens on the roster really hit home with Kenny Williams

The battle for the White Sox starting centefield job this spring wasn't exactly epic, but when the dust had finally settled, it was minor-league journeyman Dewayne Wise who had emerged victorious against Brian Anderson and Jerry Owens. And when I say victorious, I mean the least harmful...Continue reading at FanHouse

In short: Good pitching, good hitting, Sox beat the Twins 8-3. In medium: Does anyone else notice how we tend to get good in Septembers when we have no shot? Jerry Owens, like Willie Harris of olde, gives another mega multi-hit (5/6) effort attempting to showcase his ability as our best leadoff hitt...

Maybe Ozzie isn't as crazy as I thought. Nahhh, it's probably the winter weather:Guillen's focus will be on finding a leadoff hitter. Center fielder Jerry Owens seems to be general manager Ken Williams' favorite. Guillen seems to prefer [Orlando] Cabrera. Neither are proven in the top spot. Will this...

The battle is not always to the strong -- to paraphrase Ecclesiastes -- as evidenced in the case of power-hitting White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin, who is about to lose his starting job to light-hitting speedsters, Jerry Owens, Brian Anderson and Alexei Ramirez -- uh -- lest time and chance happen...

I know I just said farewell the other day, but given how much I’ve written about the White Sox centerfield and leadoff situations over the past year I felt I needed to react to yesterday’s decisions about opening day 2009. Given that no one among the trio of Jerry Owens, Dewayne Wise and Brian Anderson had [...]

The biggest competition in White Sox camp this spring was the same one it's been the last few seasons: the battle for centerfield and the lead-off spot. The three candidates were Brian Anderson, Jerry Owens, and Dewayne Wise, with Owens starting camp as the favorite. Well, now Owens will be leaving camp without being able to say he's even a member of the White Sox organization...Continue reading