http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/228 Recent articles about Jon Garland en-us In the first minute of Jerry Manuel's coaching tenure with the Mets, he ran into a problem. Jose Reyes led off the game with a single, and while standing on first, began grabbing the back of his knee. Manuel, along with the trainer came out to check on Reyes. Manuel did the right thing, and pulled Reyes from the game, replacing him with Damion Easley. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:56:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/279290 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/279290 One of the keys to a fantasy team is finding five-tool players – guys who impact every scoring category. Balanced players like these have the most value towards a successful season. Often, though, it is the single-tool phenom who can make a fantasy team's season. FIO staff writer Rich Lerner explain how to effectively use these base stealers and homerun hitters in your fantasy league this season. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:59:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/257239 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/257239 Get the recap of last night's game at The Bottom Line. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:26:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/256250 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/256250 Good pitching was seen early and often on Tuesday, as 5 of the 8 games played featured 5 or less runs. As is often the case in well-pitched, low scoring affairs, we saw a remarkable 7 games decided by one run on the abbreviated slate of games. In this daily column we look bat at the good and bad performances from the previous day's play and highlight some emerging fantasy options. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:07:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/226787 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/226787 Jon Garland threw a gem and the Angels' bats exploded as the defending AL West Champions defeated the Twins 9-1 in their 2nd game of the season Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:02:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/226323 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/226323 The Los Angeles Angels were in the news as much as any other major league team this offseason. That's what happens when you are a major player in the Alex Rodriguez sweepstakes. Not only did the Angels go after ARod, but Miguel Cabrera, Manny Ramirez, Paul Konerko, and every other big bat that might have been available. If first you don't succeed, try and try again, and the Angels did.... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:00:41 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/222859 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/222859 Kevin Millwood, Tim Wakefield, Jon Garland and others. Take a look at these guys ranked towards the bottom of starting pitching for good value late in drafts or early season waiver claims. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:07:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/220140 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/220140 The Seattle Mariners struggled down the stretch and missed the playoffs as the LA Angels of Anaheim won the division by 6 games. Can Seattle get by the Angels? Is it the Angels' division to lose? Or will the Athletics or Rangers surprise everyone? Here a preview of all four teams, their projected starting lineups, rotations, fantasy impact players, and overall outlook. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:49:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/217709 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/217709 One of the best aspects of baseball is the off-season. Unlike any other sport, baseball certainly has the most exciting and active off-season. I've been covering every transaction since the 2007 baseball season ended, and here is my recap.We'll cover, Best Performances by a GM, Worst Performances by a GM, Best Trades, Worst Trades, Best Signings , Worst Signings, Most Surprising Moves, Big Winners, and Big Losers. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:06:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/213014 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/213014 Of all the divisional races in Major League Baseball, none is being written off as already over like the American League West where the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are seen as near-locks to make the playoffs. The Seattle Mariners beg to differ. In 2007, the Mariners managed to offer the Angels some legitimate competition until a painful series in late August where the Angels swept the Mariners as they fell from two games back to five. The Mariners spent the 2007-08 off-season making two major acquisitions signing Carlos Silva and trading for Erik Bedard, bolstering their starting rotation. The Angels signed center fielder Torii Hunter and traded Orlando Cabrera for John Garland. How will these two teams compare in 2008? Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:27:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/209748 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/209748 The pitchers and catchers have reported, the temperatures are getting warmer, and the soil is getting softer. It's baseball time in America, which means fantasy fans better get their drafts on. The following is a mock draft conducted according to the settings and eligibilities of a Standard Default Yahoo league. That means 5X5 (runs, homeruns, RBIs, stolen bases, and average for hitters, and wins, ERA, WHIP, K's, and saves for pitchers) The 21 roster positions include: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, UTIL, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P, P, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN. If you haven't checked out the first 13 rounds, links are given as well. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:07:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/160645 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/160645 We continue our preseason fantasy coverage by going through the Angel's roster and list the players it is worth you knowing about. We go through hitters and pitchers you should be taking, sleepers and of course players to avoid. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:58:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/127744 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/127744 Hey everyone the final division preview is here and the next post is either my planned schedule for the 30 teams in 30 days preview. Which may feature Ryan Parker because I just messaged him a hour or so ago so let's just wait and see.So let's get started with the preview. 1.LA Angels Can the defending AL West champs take the tittle in 08' and hold of the surging Mariners, let's just wait and enjoy. One of the main reasons for the Angels success in 07' was the great staff they had with such guys like Weaver,Lackey and of course Kelvim Escobar. With the addition of Jon Garland to this staff that has a plethora of great ptichers all they need is a good season from Ervin Santana who had a poor season last year and this might be a top 5 rotation in the majors. Despite people saying that this lineup was horrible in 07' and couldn't score runs well think again. Ok maybe this may not be the best lineup in the league but this is a pretty good lineup with guys like Howie Kendrick, the speedy Chone Figgins and of course the always powerful Vlad Gurrero. SO I'm looking for this team to get up to 90 to 95 wins in 08' 2. Seattle Mariners One of the teams that sneaked up on us all late last year surging the angels are looking for to take them out and win the AL West and maybe do alot more in 08'. Even though they can't compare to the Angels this rotation is good with guys like Felix, the surprising Miguel Batista, and the newly signed vet Carlos Silva. So if all these guys play up to full potential then this could be a good staff. The lineup for this team is about equal to the angles but maybe a little better. Well they have the great force of Ichiro who can run circles around half of the players in the league. They also have one of what I think a top 10 catcher in the majors in Kenji Johjima who was on my fantasy team last year and they also have a great young player in Adam Jones. 3. Texas Rangers One of the teams that should go out of the cellar has to be the Rangers, The A's are going down the drain and the Rangers have made some good moves in the offseason. This rotaton is looking pretty good they have some good veteran leadership in Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla and some good young pitchers who you should watch out for in Kameron Loe and Brandon McCarthy. So if Millwood helps Loe and McCarthy and they both at least get 10 wins and a 4.00 ERA than this is a pretty decent rotation. I really like this lineup with the great mix of the younger players and the veterans, the good younger players include Hank Blalock and my personal favorite Ian Kinsler. Even though they're looking good I'm kinda worried about some of the players on this team like Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley who both have had some of there own problems. 4. Oakland A's Wow I remember when this team was top notch with the pitching staff that included Mulder, ZIto, and TIm Hudson and when they had Jason Giambi and Miguel Tejada, what happened to this team. Now that they got rid of Danny Haren the already creaking ship known as the A's rotation is gonna looking like it's gonna sink. This may look like a good rotation on paper but you can take Rich Harden out because he can't last 10 games without getting injured, So it's either Joe Blanton and Chad Gaudin, Joe Blanton is another average starter and Chad Gaudin really didn't do much in his first full season in the majors. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:37:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/59406 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/59406 Just a few minutes ago when I heard that the Angels signed Tori Hunter to a 5-year free agent contract(pending a physical), I nearly couldn't believe what I was reading. After trading away Cabrera I thought the Angels were throwing their chances of success out the window, but I was slightly wrong after they executed the acquisition of Jon Garland and the signing of Hunter. If they can somehow manage to grab up Miguel Cabrera, then that would make the Angels alot better offensively and somewhat defensively(I don't really know how well he defends). I'm glad that they are making moves that help the team instead of hurting them. Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:30:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/38135 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/38135 Mike DiGiovanna at the Los Angeles Times writes that the Jon Garland deal could lead to the Angels trading for Miguel Cabrera. Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:45:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/37230 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/37230