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MLB Trade Rumors: Yankees Could Use Cubs Sean Marshall

Posted by on 18 July 2011, 1:22 am
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Chicago Cubs reliever Sean Marshall is a lefty, and an effective one at that the New York Yankees could use.

Even though Buster Olney, a senior baseball writer for ESPN tweeted that The Cubs are telling teams they have no interest in talking about Sean Marshall in any potential trade, in sports never say never.

After watching the Cubs vs. Florida Marlins game Friday night, you can bet that Yankees GM Brian Cashman was drooling.

Marshall entered the game in the ninth inning to finish off the job that the Cubs closer Carlos Marmol couldn’t do. With a score of 2-1 and two Marlins on base, Marshall struck out righty slugger Mike Stanton for the win.

It was a pressure situation, against a tough righty bat and Marshall struck Stanton out swinging.

So far in 2011, the 28-year-old Marshall has a 2.70 ERA in 43.1 innings pitched. He has given up just one homer, 13 earned runs; 10 walks and has fanned 45.

The Cubs might not be trading Marshal but if the price is right, and considering the odds of them making the 2011 playoffs are close to zero, you never know.

Cubs fans have been in such a drought that the organization has to do some serious revamping to get the team back into contention for 2012 and beyond.

Some young players might be just what the Cubs franchise needs. Yes, the moves they made this past off-season were a start in the right direction but it is not going to right the ship.

My guess is Marshall or Kerry Wood will be traded because they can get more for them from teams who are contending and desperate for some bullpen help, which both these two pitchers certainly offer.

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Jamie Moyer Pitches Solid Bullshit To Beat The Yankees

Posted by on 17 June 2010, 2:33 am

After Roy Halladay got smoked 8-2 by the New York Yankees on Tuesday night, Philadelphia Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel made another pitching change.

Manuel swapped Kyle Kendrick and Jamie Moyer‘s starts. So, Kendrick would face Andy Pettitte on Thursday, and uber-veteran Jamie Moyer would start against AJ Burnett on Wednesday night.

Manual’s reasoning made no sense, nor difference to me. It seemed a tad ridiculous. Did Manuel think it was October 2009 again?

Maybe Manuel was living in the past. It did seem desperate, but can you blame Manuel?

Thinking about how bad the Phillies have been playing, you can’t call Manuel crazy because the Phillies won.

It is ridiculous that Moyer’s breaking ball looked, (excuse me, was) more toxic than Halladay’s cutter. Odds are it’s the last time that will ever happen again.

Majority of MLB media predicted that the Yankees would take BP (batting practice) on Jamie Moyer no matter when he started.

Moyer is 47 years old and his fastball‘s mph is not much higher. The difference is time has not affected Moyer, because speed was never his forte.

It is common knowledge that Moyer’s breaking ball causes hitters to acquire strike early in the counts. The whole pitch is false, but plenty of batters think it’s true, making it worthwhile enough.

With the Yankees being the most patient hitters in all of MLB, they see pitches just like Moyer’s breaking ball, but don’t fall for it’s bullshit. Moyer has been in the majors since 1986 so no shortage of footage on him.

In no way am I trying to take away from Moyer’s 265th career win. It is pretty amazing to flank the Yankees for eight innings, allowing only three hits at his age. Continue reading ‘Jamie Moyer Pitches Solid Bullshit To Beat The Yankees’ »

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ESPN’s Baseball Machine Even Hates The Yankees

Posted by on 30 March 2010, 1:00 pm

Finally, after winning the World Series there was no way Buster Olney and Tim Kurkjian could not predict the Yankees as the favorites in the AL East, and the team to beat.

Well, ESPN Magazine’s Baseball Preview issue done  by the duo predicted that Boston Red Sox will win the division by four games over the Yankees. Yes, the currently reigning champs, who just barely make the Wild Card in 2010 as the Tampa Bay Rays are just a game shy.

Wait it gets better, Mariano Rivera will lead the AL East serious decrease in ability. Mo will nearly doubling his ERA from 1.76 to 3.18, about ten less strikeouts than 2009, and all done throwing less innings too.

The player with the biggest upside, is Red Sox’s 3B Adrian Beltre who’s home-run total will double in 2010 season. Beltre’s SLG percentage will increase from .379 to .454, and the one word sentence containing ‘Jackpot.’ finished it off this declaration.

So how did this one make sense because he had a career year in 2004? Maybe it’s because ESPN considers a player with multiple injuries the equivalent striking gold?

Continue reading ‘ESPN’s Baseball Machine Even Hates The Yankees’ »

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