Phil Naessens Show 5-3-2013: Mets, Dodgers, Athletics team coverage
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A’s Win in Walk Off Fashion
Yoenis Cespedes returned to the A’s lineup in a huge way Sunday afternoon, smashing a game tying home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings against the Baltimore Orioles.
Eric Sogard scored the winning run in the tenth inning on a throwing error to third base on a Coco Crisp bunt as the A’s snapped their four game losing streak in a 9-8 victory....
Yoenis Cespedes reunites with mother, family after stressful year
For over a year, Oakland A’s outfielder Yoenis Cespedes had hardly any idea of where his mother, Estella Milanes, and 11 of his family members were or where they might end up. Cespedes defected from Cuba to the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2011 to pursue a career in professional baseball. The 26-year-old has succeeded, but prior to this week he had done so at the expense...
“Prospects” sometimes used as a cushion when fans have quit on their team
It is safe to say that all winning sports teams are built the same way. They all have a combination of drafted players, free agents and players obtained via trade. Some teams rely more on free agents and trades, but they do have players who contribute that came from their own farm system. Other teams have a core of players developed themselves, but use free agents and trades...
A’s and O’s Keep Rolling
It’s a month a way from the end of the regular season in the MLB and two of the most unlikely teams sit atop the American League wild card standings, the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles. Not only do they sit atop the wild card, they also are threatening to grab hold of their divisions. The A’s are 9-1 in their last 10 games and only 3 games behind the Texas Rangers...
Sources: Cubs sign OF Jorge Soler
The Cubs, making one of their first major splashes under new team president Theo Epstein, have signed Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler to a nine-year, $30 million deal, according to major-league sources.
Soler, 20, has been compared to the Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton by a number of scouts. He will require time to develop in the minors, unlike fellow Cuban outfielder Yoennis Cespedes...
Red Sox Interested in Jorge Soler
Cuban Defector Jorge Soler has become eligible for Free Agency today. Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus has listed the Red Sox amongst the teams favorited to land the Cuban outfielder.
At 20 years old, Soler would not be major league ready. However, Baseball America has stated previously that, had he been eligible, he would have ranked as the 39th best prospect in baseball....
Impact Rookies in the MLB
It’s only a couple weeks into the 2012 MLB season, but we’re already seeing a couple of players who are making an impact on their teams as rookies. Two of the more intriguing rookies are international transfers Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes. Darvish has filled in nicely into the Texas Rangers rotation, posting a 2-0 record with a 3.57 era in 3 starts. Cespedes has shown off...
Game Picks - Thursday: March 29, 2012
The Game Picks season started with a win and though it took three cups of coffee and a couple of aspirin, that 6:10 in the morning game start was worth the early wake up time. For a first game of the season, that was pretty exciting, was it not? Ichiro got all down with his home self. Dustin Ackley was the run producer. Yoenis Cespedes got his first major league hit and Felix Hernandez...
Charting At-Bats: Yoennis Cespedes Debut
The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners opened the 2012 MLB season early this morning before a sell-out crowd of 44,227 in the Tokyo Dome, Japan. The two game series was held in Japan to raise money for relief efforts to assist with the rebuilding in Japan following last year’s earthquake and tsunami. Clearly the attraction of the series is Ichiro Suzuki, who didn’t disappoint...
The A’s Gamble on Yoenis Cespedes
The Oakland Athletics stunned the baseball world earlier this week when the team signed the untried Yoennis Cespedes to a 4-year, $36 million contract. Cespedes’ only experience against major league pitching came during the World Baseball Classic where he hit .428 in 24 at bats. In Cuba last year, Cespedes hit 33 home runs in 90 games. Who knows how that translates into a realistic...
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