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Tuesday's Games - September 29
Florida at Atlanta: Atlanta keeps rolling. The Braves' winning streak is at seven. They'll face a test in Josh Johnson. Johnson is 1-1 with a 4.26 ERA against the Braves this season.Chicago White Sox at Cleveland: The Sox have won two straight and Cl...
Sunday's Games - September 27
Baltimore at Cleveland: Baltimore is one loss away from a double digit losing streak. Going into Sunday's series finale with the Indians, the O's 'pen is one of the worst in baseball. Chris Tillman has his work cut out for him. Boston at New York Yan...
Saturday's Games - September 26
Atlanta at Washington: Atlanta is 8-2 with a four-game winning streak. The Braves look to keep the Wild Card in sight against Washington on Saturday.Seattle at Toronto: Roy Halladay threw a complete game shutout of Seattle last night. If David Purcey...
Wednesday's Games - September 16
Cleveland at Minnesota: The Indians send out their best pitcher for this game. Cliff Lee? No, they traded him. CC Sabathia? Long gone. We're talking Aaron Laffey, folks. His counterpart, Nick Blackburn has only one win against Cleveland in four start...
Tuesday's Games - September 15
New York Mets at Atlanta: The Braves look to ride the momentum of their four-game winning streak as they head home to face the Mets. Tommy Hanson will attempt to help the Braves, who are 8-10 in their last 18 home games. Kansas City at Detroit: The R...
Monday's Games - September 14
Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees: The Angels begin a seven-game road trip on Monday. The trip begins in the Bronx against Chad Gaudin. Jered Weaver pitches for the Angels who are 8-2 in their last 10. Tampa Bay at Baltimore: Tampa Bay's tailspi...
Sunday's Games - September 13
Tampa Bay at Boston: Tampa Bay's losing streak will hit double digits if they lose the first game of Sunday's doubleheader. Matt Garza and Clay Buchholz face off in the day game. James Shields and Jon Lester pitch in the night game.Baltimore at New Y...
Saturday's Games - September 12
Baltimore at New York Yankees: Forget about the loss, last night's game was all about Derek Jeter. Saturday's game will be about Brian Matusz attempting to get his fourth straight win in a third straight quality start before he gets shut down for the...
Friday's Games - September 11
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs: The Cubs and their three-game winning streak play host to the Reds and their four-game losing streak. Rich Harden is 4-1 with a 2.67 ERA lifetime against the Reds. He will face Cincinnati for the fourth time this season.Ba...
Angel Fans Beware: The Red Sox Are Coming! The Red Sox Are Coming!
Angel fans, lock your doors, close your drapes, cover your eyes. Those damned Red Sox are coming - again! Before the season started, I wrote an article stating the Angels would be in the playoffs, so would somebody, anybody, PLEASE keep the Red So...
Wednesday's Games - September 9
Texas at Cleveland: Scott Feldman has 15 wins this season. Eleven of them came on the road.Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh: The Cubs continue to drub the Pirates after a seven-run first inning on Tuesday. They'll attempt a sweep in this afternoon game.St....
Tuesday's Games - September 8
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh: After being handed their 82nd loss the assurance of a record 17th straight losing season, the Pirates must regroup against Ryan Dempster and the Cubs. Zach Duke pitches for the Pirates. Philadelphia at Washington: Philadel...
Monday's Games - September 7
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh: After walking off on Sunday, the Pirates attempt a winning streak against Ted Lilly and the Cubs. Chicago has won six of eight against Pittsburgh this season. The Pirates currently sit at 81 losses for the season. Tampa Ba...
Sunday's Games - September 6
Minnesota at Cleveland: Nick Blackburn has one victory since July 10. The Twins need him to get a second victory as they keep up the chase of Detroit. New York Yankees at Toronto: Sergio Mitre is coming off his best start of the season. The Yankees w...
Saturday's Games - September 5
New York Yankees at Toronto: Roy Halladay ended the Yankees winning streak on Friday. Andy Pettitte looks to help the Yankees start another hot streak. Chicago Cubs at New York Mets: Rich Harden is a much better road pitcher this season. He's 5-2 wit...
Friday's Games - September 4
Florida at Washington: Florida has a two-game winning streak going while Washington has lost six straight. Sean West wants to give a much better effort than he did the last time the Marlins made the trip to DC. Minnesota at Cleveland: The Twins are 1...
Thursday's Games - September 3
Cleveland at Detroit: Detroit attempts to sweep the Indians on Thursday. The Indians are also contemplating deactivating Grady Sizemore for him to go under the knife. It's almost football season, Indians fans!Milwaukee at St. Louis: Manny Parra is 6-...
Wednesday's Games - September 2
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati: The Pirates skid has hit six. "Ace" Zach Duke probably won't be able to help them here. At least they know Garrett Jones is still a monster. Cincy's Homer Bailey has allowed 1 run in his last 2 starts (15 innings).Chicago Wh...
Yankees squander yet another deadline
The waiver deadline was at 11:59 last night, and the Yankees, once again, made no action to improve the team's pitching. I was stunned to wake up this morning only to find out Jon Garland and Jim Thome were acquired by the Dodgers, and Jose Cont...
Tuesday's Games - September 1
Toronto at Texas: After a slugfest on Monday, the Jays and Rangers continue this series with a doubleheader. Cleveland at Detroit: Carlos Carrasco makes his long-awaited MLB debut. He'll just be doing it as a Cleveland Indian, not a Philadelphia Phil...
Sunday's Games - August 30
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees: Chicago attempts to overcome their Saturday debacle in this series finally. I think Ozzie Guillen only cursed once during his postgame interview. Sadly, he still cursed more than his team scored Saturday.Tampa B...
Saturday's Games - August 29
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees: The White Sox couldn't get it done in extras on Friday. It's tough to lose on a two-out, three-run home run. The Sox attempt to rebound on Saturday.Tampa Bay at Detroit: The now Scott Kazmir-less Rays put David ...
Friday's Games - August 28
New York Mets at Chicago Cubs: The Mets broke their losing streak with a ten-run, thirteen-hit outburst on Thursday. They'll face Ted Lilly and the fading Cubs in the opening game of this weekend series. Atlanta at Philadelphia: The Phillies must reb...
A Different Home for Hoffman?
With Trevor Hoffman being placed on waivers yesterday, there is a need (in my mind) to look at some different options of where Hoffman to end. But first, we need to know how Hoffman has done this year.Hoffman is pitching very well this year, sporting...
Morning Notes: Posada, Soriano, Bush
Jorge Posada is listed as day-to-day after being hit in the left ring finger. From what I saw while watching the game, it looked like a wrist injury, but I was wrong. X-Rays were negative.Alfonso Soriano is back in the Cubs lineup, but wants an MRI o...
Thursday's Games - August 27
Texas at New York Yankees: A.J. Burnett is winless in August at 0-3 and has a 6.32 ERA this month. That statistic should appeal to the Rangers, who need to make up some ground in the AL Wild Card race. New York Mets at Florida: The Mets have lost fiv...
Wednesday's Games - August 26
Cleveland at Kansas City: Luke Hochevar makes his first start against the Indians this season. The Royals are still the worst team in the AL. Hochevar can't help that.Detroit at Los Angeles Angels: This series ends with Edwin Jackson and Joe Saunders...
Tuesday's Games - August 25
San Diego at Atlanta: Atlanta enters this series as the winner of its last two games. San Diego has lost its last two. Mat Latos is struggling while Jair Jurrjens is cruising.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh: Philadelphia rolls into Pittsburgh after taking...
Saturday's Games - August 22
Los Angeles Angels at Toronto: Scott Richmond makes only his third start since coming off the DL in July. Toronto broke their losing streak on Friday and hopes to create a winning streak on Saturday against Ervin Santana.Chicago Cubs at Los Angeles D...
Friday's Games - August 21
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh has won three straight, but Friday's starter Charlie Morton has not been what they hoped he'd be.Milwaukee at Washington: Milwaukee may have found the cure for what ails them in Washington. The Nats have lost thre...
