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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:25:00 -0500

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An In Depth Look At Citi Field

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:49:14 -0500

In March of 2006, while the New York Mets players were preparing for what would be one of the team

He Shall Be Livan

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:21:40 -0500

I watched a couple of innings of Livan Hernandez' start today, and DVR'ed the rest to watch later. I came away from it convinced of two things: one, that Hernandez has a huge lead in the fifth starter derby, and two, on a good day I can still bring my "fastball" a couple of mph faster than El Duque's kid brother. Still, Hernandez keeps pitching well, and none of the other candidates really can say the same. As for Garcia, after another rough outing there is speculation...

King for a Day: the Cubs' One-Time Game #1 Starters

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:05:03 -0500

As noted here and everywhere else yesterday, Lou Piniella has decided to give Carlos Zambrano the Opening Day assignment at Houston. It will be the fifth time Zambrano has had the honor; the Cubs have gone 2-2 in Z's previous Opening Day outings.

Fergie Jenkins started seven openers for the Cubs, while Rick Sutcliffe started five, and Rick Reuschel, four. The real fun in looking over this list at Baseball-Reference.com is noting which Cub pitchers got to go in Game #1 once, but never again. Here are the last ten such Cub pitchers:

Year
Pitcher
Opponent
Final Score
1999
Steve Trachsel
Houston 4-2 (L)
1998
Kevin Tapani
Florida 11-6 (L)
1997 Terry Mulholland
Florida 4-2 (L)
1996 Jamie Navarro
San Diego 5-4 (W)
1995 Jim Bullinger Cincinnati
7-1 (W)
1992 Greg Maddux
Phillies 4-3 (W)
1991 Danny Jackson
Cardinals 4-1 (L)
1990 Mike Bielecki
Phillies 2-1 (W)
1984 Dick Ruthven
Giants 5-3 (W)
1982 Doug Bird
Reds 3-2 (W)

It's interesting to me that Maddux only got the nod one time and that Jim Bullinger ever got to start an opener. Looking back at the strike-shortened '95 season, however, Bullinger wasn't bad (12-8, 99 ERA+), and God knows he didn't cost the Cubs anywhere near as much as Danny Jackson did.

Eating Innings

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:59:56 -0500

The battle for the fifth starter's job includes a couple of veteran pitchers who have shouldered a heavy workload in the past, Freddie Garcia and Livan By even the most exacting definition, Garcia was an absolute horse in his time with Seattle and the White Sox. He pitched over 200 ...

Catching Up With Some Former Mets

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:53:24 -0500

Today is a slow news day, as the players only had a one hour workout today in preparation of the first intrasquad game tomorrow. In the mean time, I thought it’d be fun to catch up with some former Mets, and see what they are up to since departing the Mets. SP Steve Trachsel – Trachsel last appeared with the Mets in 2006 when he won 15 games and was a key member of the pitching staff that lead them to within one game of the World Series. Prior to the 2007 season Trachsel signed wi...

Hendrickson to the Orioles

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:30:39 -0500

Before yesterday, the Orioles starting rotation looked something like this: 1. Jeremy Guthrie 2. ??????????3. ?????????????4. ????????5. ??????????? So it's obvious that the Orioles needed to add some depth to their starting rotation, even if they have virtually no shot at competing this season. ...

Time To Do Something With Perez?

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:27:32 -0500

The Mets designated Claudio Vargas for assignment after last night disgraceful 11-0 loss to the lowly Seattle Mariners. Carlos Muniz was recalled to take his spot on the roster. I don't think this move had much to do with his disappointing performance in last night's game as Vargas had been pitching pretty well before that. Rather I think the Mets may finally be preparing to do something with the starting rotation. Vargas has been primarily a starter throughout his career so it wou...

Livan Hernandez to the Twins: The Fantasy Impact

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:43:00 -0500

And the guy who's going to replace Johan Santana in the 2008 Twins rotation is…Livan Hernandez? That's exciting…The Twins are one of those teams who are constantly in rebuilding/playoff mode, and it usually works for them. Unlike the Orioles, who are incapable of doing either mode correctly (though they've finally started rebuilding correctly after about 10 years of crap), the Twins signed a decent innings eater (unlike Steve Trachsel). Since the Twins have a rotatio...