Pirates lose to Astros in 11 innings
Final: Astros 4, Pirates 2 (box)
WP: Jose Cisnero (1-0, 4.00 ERA)
LP: Bryan Morris (1-2, 3.68 ERA)
SV: Jose Veras (6, 3.71 ERA)
A.J. Burnett pitched stellar, as usual, giving up just one run over seven innings. He did walk four batters and give up five hits, but was helped out by seven strikeouts and two double plays. Burnett has a 2.57 ERA this season in ten starts and somehow the...
15 Useful Fantasy Options from the MLB Basement
We’re roughly a quarter of the way through the baseball season, and it shouldn’t be a shock to most people that the Houston Astros and the Miami Marlins are in last place in their respective divisions. I doubt many folks expected the Blue Jays or Dodgers to be cellar dwellers in mid-May, though. Teams that are having a rough go of it in reality can still provide serviceable fantasy...
10 Non-Closers Who Will Close
The closer position is one of the most volatile in all of professional sports — miss some time, and you might lose your job. Give up a few runs in a non-save situation, and your hold on the job is tenuous. Blow a save or two in a row, and you might lose your job. The following players are potential candidates to close for their respective teams, giving the regular closers a reason...
Astros 3, Angels 1
Bud Norris pitched into the ninth inning and Chris Carter homered for the second straight game to help the Houston Astros to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
The victory gives Houston its third series win of the season. The Angels dropped to 4-13 away from Anaheim.
Marwin Gonzalez and Jimmy Paredes hit RBI doubles in the third before Carter connected on...
Tigers 4, Astros 3
Alex Avila hit a two-run home run in the ninth inning, lifting the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
After Houston closer Jose Veras walked Don Kelly to open the inning, Avila hit a 3-1 pitch to deep center field and help the Tigers get their second straight win.
Jose Altuve's RBI single in the seventh inning capped a three-run rally and gave...
Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Waiver Wire: 3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep
Photo Credit: Steve Paluch
Welcome as always to 3×3. This week, we’re cutting J.P. Arencibia, keeping Carlos Gomez, and catching Nolan Arenado and Jose Veras. I’m also introducing a new wrinkle, a list of add/drop/trade options as points of comparison for each player on the list.
3 TO CUT
J.P. Arencibia, Toronto Blue Jays C
If you drafted J.P. Arencibia, you knew exactly what...
Angels win with ninth-inning rally
Bo Porter's big league managerial career is only 11 games old. And in his second game with Albert Pujols in the other dugout, the youngest skipper in the majors saw firsthand how tough an out the three-time MVP is with the game on the line.
Pujols hit a two-run double off Jose Veras with two outs in the ninth inning on Saturday night, handing the Astros a 5-4 loss that snapped...
Angels 5, Astros 4
Josh Hamilton homering and Albert Pujols hitting a game-ending double. Just what the Los Angeles Angels needed to end a five-game losing streak.
Hamilton hit his first home run for the Angels and Pujols hit a two-run double off Jose Veras with two outs in the ninth inning, helping Los Angeles beat the Houston Astros 5-4 on Saturday night.
''It's good to get the first...
The Cincinnati Reds International Signings List
I went through the Cincinnati Reds Media Guide and compiled a list of everyone that the Reds signed last year during the international signing period, including guys who signed this year and were listed. I also added Jacob Constante to the list, who must have missed the deadline for the Media Guide as he signed in late January. The list has 26 players on it. Twenty of the signees...
Renovated pitching improves Brewers chances
MILWAUKEE It's that time of year again. Every team has some kind of hope on Opening Day, as the pundits try to decipher which fan bases are delusional in thinking their team is a contender.
Can the Milwaukee Brewers make another run at the postseason? They'll only go as far as their pitchers take them.
The Brewers finished just five games back of the final Wild Card spot...
Renovated pitching improves Brewers chances
MILWAUKEE It's that time of year again. Every team has some kind of hope on Opening Day, as the pundits try to decipher which fan bases are delusional in thinking their team is a contender.
Can the Milwaukee Brewers make another run at the postseason? They'll only go as far as their pitchers take them.
The Brewers finished just five games back of the final Wild Card spot...
Knowing the competition – Houston Astros
Humber has a 2.70 ERA against the Yankees in his career.
Threat Level: 1
Since the scale is from 1-10, I am obligated to use 1 instead of 0. This team has only a handful of quality major league talent. Pena? Bedard? Norris? Humber? (He did pitch a perfect game last year though!) Add it all up and it is not much to look forward to in 2013 for Astro fans. But, Jose Veras is starting...
New Season Brings More Struggles for Astros
Key Offseason Additions- Chris Carter, Carlos Pena, Erik Bedard, Jose Veras, Rick Ankiel, Phillip Humber Key Offseason Losses-Jed Lowrie The Astros will have their work cut out for them in 2013 trying to avoid finishing another season with the worst record in baseball. Bo Porter takes over a club that finished with a dismal .340 … Continue reading »
Fantasy Baseball Vision: Target & Avoid - AL West Edition
Our good friend Brett Barton (@BrettBarton_FBV) at Fantasy Baseball Vision will help you prep for your upcoming drafts. Last time he gave us the Target & Avoid players from the American League East. Follow him on twitter so you don't miss the Fix My Team segments and of course position rankings.Houston AstrosTarget: Jose Veras The Astros could go down as one of the worst...
Will the Astros be so bad that they cost us a shot at the Wildcard?
Imagine a team with Brad Peacock, Bud Norris and Carlos Corporan - yes, the C-Corp himself. Add former Yankee legends Jose Veras and Justin Maxwell. Now, move this team's esteemed pitching staff from the NL - where Pavanos hit - to the AL, where the Travis Hafners and Big Papis win restraining orders against their mitts. Hey, congratulations! you've just visualized the...
Houston we have a problem, and Miami is in there too. Baseball needs a salary floor to even out the playing field.
If you want to learn about Revenue Sharing in baseball read this article here:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/marlins-mlb-revenue-sharing-syste/
For years baseball has refused to talk about any type of salary cap, but what the sport really needs is not a ceiling but a salary cap floor.
Currently the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins are making a mockery of fielding a competitive...
2013 burning question: Houston Astros
Continuing from our season preview of the Astros earlier today...
Will Houston's veterans perform well enough this season for the team to sell them in the summer for value, or will they be a total lost cause this year?
Here's the thing with this year's Astros team: they spent absolutely nothing this winter in the free agent market, and everyone is OK with...
Suddenly, Brewers look strong in bullpen
The Milwaukee Brewers wasted little time letting it be known the performance by last year's bullpen was intolerable.
Brewers relievers posted a major league-worst 4.66 ERA in 2012, and general manager Doug Melvin acted swiftly in showing the door to seven players who pitched a combined 353 13 innings.
Gone are Jose Veras, Francisco Rodriguez, Tim Dillard, Kameron Loe, Manny...
Suddenly, Brewers look strong in bullpen
The Milwaukee Brewers wasted little time letting it be known the performance by last year's bullpen was intolerable.
Brewers relievers posted a major league-worst 4.66 ERA in 2012, and general manager Doug Melvin acted swiftly in showing the door to seven players who pitched a combined 353 13 innings.
Gone are Jose Veras, Francisco Rodriguez, Tim Dillard, Kameron Loe, Manny...
Details of Veras' contract with Astros
Right-hander Jose Veras has limited experience as a major-league closer — just five saves in 17 opportunities.
But the Houston Astros, who signed Veras to a one-year, $2 million free-agent contract on Friday, plan to give him a chance to pitch in the ninth inning.
Veras’ contract, in fact, includes a series of “games finished” clauses that would increase his earnings significantly...
Astros sign RHP Jose Veras to 1-year deal
The Houston Astros signed veteran right-handed reliever Jose Veras to a one-year contract Friday.
The 32-year-old Veras was 5-4 in 72 relief appearances for Milwaukee in 2012 with a 3.63 ERA with 79 strikeouts and 61 hits in 67 innings.
Veras has 151 appearances over the last two seasons, tied for second overall. Over the last three seasons, Veras has posted a 3.73 ERA in 199 appearances...
Astros Take On Jose Veras Experiement
Jose Veras spent last season as a reliever for the Milwaukee Brewers, but in retrospect he was also something more: a year-long experiment on the value of those relievers a fan observes day-in and day-out. On the whole, the newest member of the Astros’ bullpen was decent in Milwaukee — he posted a 92 ERA- and a 92 FIP- as well as a sharp 1.39 WPA — but I wager he will not be...
Brewers reliever Loe becomes free agent
The Milwaukee Brewers continue to take the initial steps in rebuilding their shaky bullpen from a year ago.The club announced Thursday that reliever Kameron Loe has refused an assignment to Triple-A and will become a free agent. This comes a day after the Brewers parted ways with reliever Jose Veras. In additional roster shuffling, first baseman Travis Ishikawa was outrighted to...
Brewers reliever Loe becomes free agent
The Milwaukee Brewers continue to take the initial steps in rebuilding their shaky bullpen from a year ago.The club announced Thursday that reliever Kameron Loe has refused an assignment to Triple-A and will become a free agent. This comes a day after the Brewers parted ways with reliever Jose Veras. In additional roster shuffling, first baseman Travis Ishikawa was outrighted to...
Brewers begin bullpen overhaul
The Milwaukee Brewers' primary goal this winter will be rebuilding a bullpen that ranked last in the majors in three important categories: earned-run average (4.66), blown saves (29) and losses (33). There was some natural attrition with the free agency of setup man Francisco Rodriguez and long reliever Livan Hernandez. The Brewers had no intention of trying to resign either...
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