Yardbarker: Eric Munson

Muppet Thoughts

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:09:36 -0500

The minor league season is over and the Arizona Fall League has yet to begin. Baseball America has begun their League Top 20 lists but they haven’t hit anywhere where the A’s have qualifying individuals. Winter ball is months away (although today it seems as if winter itself is close at hand) and the A’s are being their typical tight-lipped selves regarding the goings on in Instructs. So don’t expect much in the way of minor league discussion in today&rsquo...

Saturday Morning-ish Astros, etc. Round-Up

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:43:34 -0500

More photos » by Dave Einsel - AP Browse more photos » As most of you settle in for a long day of college pigskin with a desert of Astros baseball, here are some tasty treats to keep you satiated before Brian Moehler takes the mound: By far the most interesting of the links, Richard Justice's run down of Astros notes provides two juicy morsles to consider as we head into the hot stove season: The Astros pro...

Odds & Ends: Castillo, Wagner, Pitching

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:42:12 -0500

Some links to look through on the day Eric Munson returns to the big leagues... Joel Sherman of The NY Post wonders if a Luis Castillo for Jeremy Bonderman or Nate Robertson deal makes sense. Placido Polanco will be a free agent after the season, and both pitchers are expendable to Detroit. Castillo is owed $12MM over the next two years, while Bonderman and Robertson will take in $12.5MM and $10MM, respectively, in the final season of their contracts next year. Jon Heyman o...

Rainiers, AquaSox lose

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:05:03 -0500

Sacramento's Eric Munson homered twice to lead the River Cats to an 11-7 Pacific Coast League win over the Tacoma Rainiers.

Ghosts Of Tigers Past Haunt The PCL All-Star Roster

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:08:58 -0500

Tigers fans ought to remember Chris Shelton, Eric Munson, and Yorman Bazardo. Probably not fondly, though.

Former Illini Robinson Named to PCL All-Star Team

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:54:12 -0500

Former Illinois catcher Chris Robinson (Dorchester, Ontario) was named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team, which will face the all-stars from the International League in the annual Triple-A All-Star game, held this year at Portland's PGE Park on July 15 and televised live at 9 p.m. CT on ESPN2. He will start the game and share catching duties with Sacramento's Eric Munson.

Brewers CF for the first 25 games

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:40:36 -0500

Looking at who will make the final spots of the Milwaukee Brewers 25-man roster, someone has to play Center Field while Mike Cameron is suspended. There are a variety of options including Gabe Gross, Tony Gwynn Jr., Joe Dillon, and Gabe Kapler.

2008 Fantasy Catcher Rankings: NL Central

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:02:27 -0500

I'm almost finished with my divisional rankings of the 2008 catchers. This post includes the backstops from the NL Central.

Astros get pranked called at hotel

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:28:23 -0500

Well I guess they will learn not to register under their real names anymore, not sure why they did in the first place, I would assume it is common practice to register under an alias. "About 10 hours before he was scheduled to start against the Chicago Cubs, Rodriguez received a message from a man claiming to be a representative of the Astros' organization. "You have been sent down. Your ERA is too high," Rodriguez remembers the man saying. "Sorry, Wandy. Sorry, Wa...