http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/435 Recent articles about Kevin Millwood en-us Julio Teheran's funky delivery helped catapult him to the top of the Braves' pitching prospects list. View full size photo » The Braves have a long history of developing dominant Major League pitching and that trend seems to be continuing with the emergence of Tommy Hanson with Atlanta this season and with the near limitless potential of their top right handed starting pitching prospects. The top half of the list ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:05:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Braves_Top_10_Minor_League_Right_Handed_Starting_Pitchers_1_5/1536825 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Braves_Top_10_Minor_League_Right_Handed_Starting_Pitchers_1_5/1536825 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Braves_Top_10_Minor_League_Right_Handed_Starting_Pitchers_1_5/1536825 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/092d8e4bb78073b046f19f3f1501dd54e22e4f60/small/Kevin_Millwood_34_22b6.jpg And so we are done for baseball on the diamond, for the next few months.  Congrats to the Yankees. Jeff Wilson writes that Clint Hurdle will be announced as the Rangers' hitting coach today.  Wilson says that the announcement was delayed until today because of MLB's request that no significant news be announced during the World Series. And Drew Davison has a Q&A with Kevin Millwood about Millwood's golf game. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:22:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Thursday_morning_Rangers_things/1504460 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Thursday_morning_Rangers_things/1504460 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Thursday_morning_Rangers_things/1504460 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/092d8e4bb78073b046f19f3f1501dd54e22e4f60/small/Kevin_Millwood_34_22b6.jpg I don't ever want John Lackey as a Ranger. Because we seem to tee off on him a lot, he's a guy who is very good for everyone, but not with us. The Angels, having clinched, only had him in for two innings, but we had four hits and two runs on that, both came on Chris Davis' second inning home run. Andruw Jones was the only Ranger without a hit. Everyone else had at least one (Gentry, Murphy), with most guys having multiples (Davis had 3). Kevin Millwood, though, had a great outi... Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:27:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/G159_Millwood_pitches_well_in_11_3_win/1298985 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/G159_Millwood_pitches_well_in_11_3_win/1298985 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/G159_Millwood_pitches_well_in_11_3_win/1298985 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/092d8e4bb78073b046f19f3f1501dd54e22e4f60/small/Kevin_Millwood_34_22b6.jpg Running a quick projection/regression using 4.8 R/G as the AL average and 8/4/2/1 for Millwood's Rangers performance, I get a value of 2.5 WAR, which would be worth $11.25M on the year. If you consider his age, 2 WAR would not be surprising, meaning that Millwood would not be projected to match his $12M salary using these methods. Still, with that projected total and the values on FanGraphs, Millwood's total contract worth would be estimated at $67.5M, mostly on the back of that 5 ... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:37:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Running_a_quick_projectionregression_using_48_RG_as_the_AL_average_and_8421_for_Millwoods/1236493 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Running_a_quick_projectionregression_using_48_RG_as_the_AL_average_and_8421_for_Millwoods/1236493 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Running_a_quick_projectionregression_using_48_RG_as_the_AL_average_and_8421_for_Millwoods/1236493 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/6/c/6c2797f2058283b9593291fca2f9089808daad33/small/Red_SoxRangers_3797.jpg Kevin Millwood #33 / Pitcher / Texas Rangers Height: 6-4 Weight: 230 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Dec 24, 1974 W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2009 - Kevin Millwood 11-10 29 29 2 0 0 0 182.2 181 82 77 24 68 111 3.79 1.36 Thanks to Monday night's solid but unspectacular seven-inning performance, Kevin Millwood passed the 180-inning mark for the season. This is pertinent of course because this guaran... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:46:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Revisiting_Kevin_Millwood/1234409 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Revisiting_Kevin_Millwood/1234409 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Revisiting_Kevin_Millwood/1234409 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/092d8e4bb78073b046f19f3f1501dd54e22e4f60/small/Kevin_Millwood_34_22b6.jpg Let's assume Kevin Millwood didn't have a vesting option for 2010.  He either was under contract for 2010, or is a free agent after 2009, either way. Given that this season is toast, and given that Millwood has been horrible for 2+ months, wouldn't the organization be thinking long and hard about shutting Millwood down for the season anyway, and letting Dustin Nippert -- who is out of options and who the organization needs to make a decision about this offseason -- take ... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:29:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/An_idle_question/1190972 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/An_idle_question/1190972 More photos » by Gail Burton - AP 8 days ago: Texas Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood reacts after giving up a solo home run to the Baltimore Orioles in the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, in Baltimore. The Orioles won 5-4. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) Browse more photos » Evan Grant thinks the Rangers need to think long and hard about whether or not Kevin Millwood is going to stay in... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:47:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Should_the_Rangers_Sit_Kevin_Millwood/1167153 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Should_the_Rangers_Sit_Kevin_Millwood/1167153 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Should_the_Rangers_Sit_Kevin_Millwood/1167153 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/6/c/6c2797f2058283b9593291fca2f9089808daad33/small/Red_SoxRangers_3797.jpg by Tony Gutierrez - AP about 16 hours ago: Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kevin Millwood delivers to the Seattle Mariners in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) View full size photo uploaded September 13, 2009 Go Rangers... Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:00:37 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Game_141_Game_Day_Thread/1161696 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Game_141_Game_Day_Thread/1161696 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Game_141_Game_Day_Thread/1161696 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/092d8e4bb78073b046f19f3f1501dd54e22e4f60/small/Kevin_Millwood_34_22b6.jpg Baseball Time in Arlington rounds up reports on the Rangers financial woes, and it appears MLB is calling the shots now. That makes Kevin Millwood’s status very interesting: The decision to allow Kevin Millwood’s 2010 option — worth $12 million, as reported many times over — to vest could be taken out of the Rangers’ [...] Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:02:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rangers_8217_Finances/1156094 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rangers_8217_Finances/1156094 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Rangers_8217_Finances/1156094 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/6/c/6c2797f2058283b9593291fca2f9089808daad33/small/Red_SoxRangers_3797.jpg by Ted S. Warren - AP 2 months ago: Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kevin Millwood sits in the visitors' dugout after he was pulled in the seventh inning against the Seattle Mariners in a MLB baseball game Saturday, July 11, 2009, at Safeco Field in Seattle. Millwood was charged with the loss at the Mariners beat the Rangers 4-1. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) View full size photo uploaded September 10, 2009 T.R. Sulli... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:58:52 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/TR_Sullivan_on_Millwoods_option_vesting/1148708 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/TR_Sullivan_on_Millwoods_option_vesting/1148708 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/TR_Sullivan_on_Millwoods_option_vesting/1148708 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/092d8e4bb78073b046f19f3f1501dd54e22e4f60/small/Kevin_Millwood_34_22b6.jpg Baseball Time in Arlington charts Kevin Millwood’s increase in pitches per inning throughout the season. While the ballooning nature of Millwood’s 2009 pitch counts remain a focal point of concern, what’s particularly disconcerting with respect to this graph is that Millwood’s inning-by-inning workload is also ballooning, with the corollary being that greater fatigue and diminished performance [...] Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:51:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Millwood_8217s_Regression/1131844 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Millwood_8217s_Regression/1131844 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Millwood_8217s_Regression/1131844 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/d/7d86bf1f291f1d489a3a93ac7cf3438f023e7868/small/AstrosRangers_c042.jpg by Gail Burton - AP 37 minutes ago: Texas Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood delivers against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) View full size photo uploaded September 5, 2009 I think that scoring 3 runs in the first, and then the offense rolling over and playing dead the rest of the game, is even more frustrating than the offense j... Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:52:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/76_59/1120629 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/76_59/1120629 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/76_59/1120629 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/d/7d86bf1f291f1d489a3a93ac7cf3438f023e7868/small/AstrosRangers_c042.jpg Should the Rangers then be sellers? There’s a case for it, perhaps shopping Kevin Millwood, Hank Blalock, C.J. Wilson, and others who would have value in the market and who have no role on the team going forward. Millwood, having his best season in years, would be one of the top pitchers on the market, and a number of teams could use a bat on the corners. However, and this is not a position I usually advocate, the Rangers don’t have to make that kind of trade. The prospects they could get ... Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:38:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Should_the_Rangers_then_be_sellers_Theres_a_case_for_it_perhaps_shopping_Kevin_Millwood_Hank_B/853278 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Should_the_Rangers_then_be_sellers_Theres_a_case_for_it_perhaps_shopping_Kevin_Millwood_Hank_B/853278 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Should_the_Rangers_then_be_sellers_Theres_a_case_for_it_perhaps_shopping_Kevin_Millwood_Hank_B/853278 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/d/7d86bf1f291f1d489a3a93ac7cf3438f023e7868/small/AstrosRangers_c042.jpg More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP 2 months ago: Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kevin Millwood delivers to the Cleveland Indians during a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Monday, April 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Browse more photos » This is a blog post about a post by Evan Grant responding to a blog post by Rob Neyer commenting on a blog post by R.J. Anderson. So this may be a bit meta. ... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:17:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Kevin_Millwood_Rob_Neyer_Evan_Grant_luck_pitching_and_defense/768199 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Kevin_Millwood_Rob_Neyer_Evan_Grant_luck_pitching_and_defense/768199 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Kevin_Millwood_Rob_Neyer_Evan_Grant_luck_pitching_and_defense/768199 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/9/092d8e4bb78073b046f19f3f1501dd54e22e4f60/small/Kevin_Millwood_34_22b6.jpg