Andrew McCutchen was called up to the major leagues yesterday by the Pirates to replace the freshly traded Nate McLouth, in a case of a team trading its best player and replacing him with its best prospect. McLouth’s debut in Atlanta isn’t underway yet, but McCutchen got his first start for the Bucs today, leading [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Now Batting For…’
29 May
Now Batting For The Baltimore Orioles…
As Extra P told us yesterday in the latest installment of his award-winning Z-Meter, Matt Wieters is now a Baltimore Oriole. He was called up earlier this week and will make his major league debut tomorrow, Friday, against the Detroit Tigers. Birds Watcher is PUMPED about this. I could tell you all about his stats [...]
27 May
Now Batting For The New York Mets…
On June 25, I am driving down to New York with my brother and my friends Chris and Billy to see the Mets and Cardinals play at Citi Field. The weekly countdown in my planner should be more than enough to convey how much I’m looking forward to the trip (which will also include stops [...]
26 May
Now Pitching For The Tampa Bay Rays…
Right now, as we speak, David Price, Baseball America’s second-ranked preseason prospect, is making his much awaited 2009 debut for the Tampa Bay Rays. He’s through three innings thus far, with three walks, two hits, and five strikeouts to his credit. The offense has given him some breathing room, touching up Fausto Carmona and Jensen [...]
18 May
Now Batting For The Milwaukee Brewers…
Former Brewers prospect Matt LaPorta was recently called up by his current team, the Cleveland Indians, which meant that it was only a matter of time before Milwaukee dug deep and recalled their remaining Wonder Mat(t). Because if one WM is in the majors, the other one must be there as well. Don’t ask me [...]
4 May
Now Batting For The Cleveland Indians…
Highly touted prospect Matt LaPorta was called up by the Indians on Friday. He made his major league debut on Sunday, batting eighth and playing rightfield in Cleveland’s 3-1 loss to the Tigers. It did not go exceptionally well. LaPorta, the seventh overall pick in the 2006 draft, was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts against Justin [...]
29 Aug
Now Batting For The Toronto Blue Jays
Been awhile since I’ve done one of these… About six weeks ago, I watched Travis Snider crush pitch after pitch after pitch – something like ten in all – over the right field wall at Manchester’s Merchantsauto.com Stadium. It was obvious the kid, who I rechristened “Wayne” after realizing that he wore number 99, could [...]
27 May
Now Batting For The Cincinnati Reds…
Jay Bruce! True, I already wrote about Bruce’s long expected call-up last night. The problem was, I chose to go with a witty title in lieu of the standard “Now Batting For…”, leading Extra P to email me this morning to say, “Looks like it’s time for the “Now batting…” that we’ve all been waiting [...]
12 Apr
Now Batting For The Tampa Bay Rays…
The Tampa Bay Rays made a controversial decision at the end of spring training, sending top prospect Evan Longoria to AAA Durham despite an excellent performance in the Grapefruit League. As various blogs pointed out, the move was likely based not on Longoria’s playing ability, but for financial reasons: keeping him in the minors for [...]
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