http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/336 Recent articles about Randy Johnson en-us The Pedro Martinez signing by the Mets in 2005 has been a failure. He has started 68 games with 30 wins in 3 1/2 seasons. The Mets intention was to sign an ace who would lead them to the World Series. Pedro has averaged less than 10 wins per year. This makes him a very expensive number five starter. When the Mets signed Pedro in 2005, the New York media claimed that this made the Mets "legitimate". They signed more high end players and the press claimed that they were following Pedro to the Mets. I don't recall any of the players actually saying that, but the media ran with it. Pedro and the media have shared a warm and wonderful relationship ever since. The Yankees signed Randy Johnson that very same off-season. The Big Unit came to town being his normal abrasive self. He was nasty to the media and the New York media acted surprised. Randy pitched two seasons for the Yankees and won 17 games in each of them. That's 34 wins, 4 more than the Met savior. He could never do enough in the eyes of the NY press. He was basically "run out of town". Maybe the Mets would be in better shape now if the press ran Pedro out of town 2 years ago. Now he is nothing more than an expensive roster spot. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:54:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294331 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294331 The other day I popped in one of my favorite videos of all time, "My Oh My". Recently, the Mariners have been pretty depressing and every once in awhile I need to remind myself that at one time, the M's were really good. The mid '90s were the glory years of.. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:47:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294099 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/294099 Monday, July 21st Miguel Cabrera went 5 for 6 with 2 Runs, 2 Doubles, and 6 RBI. Matt Joyce went 4 for 6 with 3 Runs, a Triple, a HR, and 5 RBI. James Loney went 3 for 6 with 2 Runs, a Triple, and 5 RBI. Troy Tulowitzki went 5 for 5. J.J. Hardy and Jason Bay each had 4 Hits. Curtis Granderson went 3 for 5 with 4 Runs. Carlos Guillen went 3 for 4 with 5 Runs, 2 RBI, and 2 Walks. Freddy Sanchez went 3 for 6 with 2 Runs, a HR, and 4 RBI. Bill Hall, Jason Kendall, Alexi Casilla, Denard Span, Jose Molina, Edgar Gonzalez, Nate McLouth, Xavier Nady, Kazuo Matsui, Russell Martin (3 Runs), Jeff Kent (3 Runs), Matt Holliday (3 RBI), Brad Hawpe (3 RBI), Ian Stewart, Manny Ramirez, and Howie Kendrick each had 3 Hits. Richie Weeks, A-Rod, Kevin Kouzmanoff, Josh Hamilton, and Gary Sheffield each had 3 RBI. Scott Kazmir gave up 2 Hits in 7 scoreless Innings with 9 Ks to improve to 8-5 with a 2.80 ERA. Jorge Campillo gave up 2 Hits in 7 scoreless Inningswith 6 Ks to improve to 5-4 with a 2.83 ERA. Randy Johnson also gave up 2 Hits in 7 scoreless Innings to improve to 7-7. Rich Harden gave up 1 Run on 1 Hits in 7 Innings with 10 Ks, but took the Loss. Jon Lester struck out 6 in 7-1/3 scoreless Innings to improve to 8-3 with a 3.20 ERA. Scott Feldman gave up 1 Run on 4 Hits in 6 Innings to improve to 4-3. Javier Vazquez gave up 3 Runs on 4 Hits in 7 Innings with 10 Ks, but took the Loss. Zach Miner gave up 3 Hits in 6 scoreless Innings to improve to 4-3 with a 3.73 ERA. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:06:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293710 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/293710 Who are the top 2-start pitchers this week? One is Rich Harden, who had an impressive debut as a Cub. Possible sleeper in Florida's Chris Volstad. Also, compete pitching rotations for the upcoming week for every team to help your fantasy team. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:28:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292854 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292854 After discussing things over with Twinkie Town's Jesse Lund we came to the conclusion that a three-team trade would work the best. The only question that remained was which third team Seattle and Minnesota would deal with. After hours of research I have come up with what I think are two of the more likely possibilities. The first of which involves the Arizona Diamondbacks. Here is the groundwork of the possible trade: www.rawsportsblog.com Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:30:38 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291038 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291038 Andrew Kneeland details a possible trade involving the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Minnesota Twins, and the Seattle Mariners. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:13:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290933 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290933 Screaming Sports' Billy Smith breaks out a special All-Star edition of MLB Sleepers and runs down a quick list of potential needles (in a haystack - get it?) for baseball's second half. So, who could surprise some unsuspecting opponents the rest of the way? Only one way to find out ... click it. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:28:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290095 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/290095 The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame analyzes the fantasy history of strikeouts in the 8th installment of a series investigating statistical trends over the past 3 decades. There have been ten 300 strikeout seasons since 1980 and six of them occurred in the 6 year period of 1997-2002. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:58:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/289182 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/289182 The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame analyzes the fantasy history of Earned Run Average in the 8th installment of a series investigating statistical trends over the past 3 decades. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:15:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288748 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288748 The Fantasy Baseball Hall of Fame analyzes the fantasy history the WHIP statistic in the 7th installment of a series investigating statistical trends over the past 3 decades. Interestingly, the elite pitchers continue to improve their WHIP's despite the increased offensive levels of the 1990's and 2000's. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:30:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/287276 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/287276 Sitting in Section 141 of Chase Field last night, I got the opportunity to see first hand how the Big Unit has fallen. After giving up seven runs to the Brewer offense in three and two thirds innings, manager Bob Melvin pulled the Big Unit from the game. As Randy Johnson was walking off the field with his head down, fans were applauding the future Hall of Famer. www.rawsportsblog.com Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:37:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285340 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285340 Screaming Sports' Phil Yoon breaks out his famed MLB Fantasy Minute and breaks down the MLB's top five stories. Is Texas the new Colorado? Is it the end of the road for a fantasy legend? And are NL outfielders finished blooming? Mr. Yoon has all if it covered and much more. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:20:54 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284548 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/284548 Screaming Sports' Billy Smith checks in on some of the mega-hyped offseason stars, as well as the not-so-hyped offseason stars. Who is living up to it? Who isn't? And who is coming out of left field? Billy has all of those answers for you. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:12:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282914 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282914 Randy Johnson told the media that his frustrations of late are due to single inning implosions... we beg to differ -- Learn more and get a preview of tonight's Sox v D-backs game at The Bottom Line blog. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:22:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282279 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/282279 Razzball.com and FBHOF.com complete their inductions of the best players of the Fantasy Era. Four true immortals are immortalized in html today, including the highest scoring player of all time, Randy Johnson. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:47:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278968 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278968