http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/635 Recent articles about Josh Towers en-us The Rangers ink right-hander Jason Davis; Josh Hamilton's interview with The Ticket's Norm Hitzges; has Texas fallen out of the running for free agent starter Bartolo Colon? Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:21:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/61195 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/61195 The Colorado Rockies are looking to keep up their run from last year by adding to the pitching staff. The purple and black signed Josh Towers, formerly of the Blue Jays, to a 1 year deal worth $400,000, with the potential of going up to $1.8 million if he makes the 25 man roster. In typical NL West fashion, something does not seem right. Why sign Towers if the organization worries he cant make the active roster? Just build from within, right? Whatever. Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:31:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/60042 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/60042 The Texas Rangers, now minus prospective #5 starter Edinson Volquez, are once again in the market for a veteran pitcher to aid the back end of their questionable starting rotation. Might the likes of Bartolo Colon, Jason Jennings or Josh Towers be an answer to their prayers? Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:45:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/57637 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/57637 For those who missed the kerfuffle between the Jays and Yankees the other night, here is the YouTube version. Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:02:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/22992 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/22992 I hate Josh Towers. That mouthy son of a bitch Josh Towers has been up to his old tricks these past few weeks and I will highlight some of the lowlights to help explain why I hate this elfish loser. Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:54:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/22717 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/22717 With names like Mark Teixeira, Jermaine Dye, Troy Glaus, and Dontrelle Willis the MLB trade rumor central is a one stop shop to boredville. Teams are looking for the backend guy, or the off the bench, ummmm boring. But, here is a list of those players and the teams that are interested in them. Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:35:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/20735 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/20735 Put your on your dork hats. David Gassko of Hardball Times lists the 20 luckiest and unluckiest pitchers using a statistic known as LIPS, Luck Independent Pitching Statistics. "Essentially, the idea behind both DIPS 3.0 and LIPS is that a lot of luck goes into a pitcher's performance, as measured by ERA, every year. To get a better feel for how good a pitcher actually was, we want to remove the elements of his pitching line that could be especially overwhelmed by luck. It so happens that while defense independent events like strikeouts, walks, and hit-by-pitch are pretty stable from year-to-year, things like singles per outfield fly ball or line drives are not. DIPS and LIPS try to correct for that." Consider yourself warned, Chien-Ming Wang owners! Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:32:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/7966 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/7966