Cecil Cooper (Astros MGR):
I figured Drayton McLane would fire Cecil Cooper on Thursday, then call a news conference to announce the Astros were ready to be champions in 2010.
Houston Chronicle
Dan Haren (Diamondbacks):
The biggest reason that Diamondbacks right-hander Dan Haren has been able to get back on track? For pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr., that's easy.
Arizona Republic
If that was Haren's worst stuff, Arizona will take it. He lasted six innings and gave up only the two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out eight. Riding a three-game wining streak at Coors Field and facing the Rockies for the fourth time this season, Haren realized early he needed to change course to be effective against them.
Diamondbacks Official Site
Jim Riggleman (Nationals MGR):
One morning last week, just hours after another of his team's recent losses, Jim Riggleman began his day same as always: coffee, newspaper. Riggleman is a baseball man, his life set to its daily patterns, but he also likes constancy, and right now his job provides precious little of it. So Riggleman uses his mornings to compensate.
Washington Post
Clayton Mortensen (Athletics):
Mortensen was fairly pleased, too, having posted a respectable line of four runs on six hits and three walks while throwing 100 pitches over seven innings. And he, like Suzuki, knew exactly what the problem was while he gave up four of those hits and two of the walks during the fateful frame.
Athletics Official Site
Jeff Suppan (Brewers):
San Francisco, meanwhile, made the most of what Milwaukee gave it. Jeff Suppan didn't allow a hit until the fifth inning and took a shutout into the sixth, when he walked two batters and watched both of them score after Cameron couldn't come up with Nate Schierholtz's tricky, sinking line drive.
Brewers Official Site
Jack Wilson (Mariners):
Jack Wilson got things going in the second inning with two outs against A's starter Clayton Mortensen with a two-run single, which was followed by back-to-back RBI hits by Ichiro Suzuki -- now four hits shy of 2,000 hits for his Major League career -- and Franklin Gutierrez to make it a 4-0 game.
Mariners Official Site
Kip Wells (Reds):
Making the Majors wasn't hard for Kip Wells. He did it with the Chicago White Sox the season after being a first-round Draft choice in 1998.
Reds Official Site
Tomo Ohka (Indians):
Sponichi mentions Tomo Ohka, Yasuhiko Yabuta, and Masahide Kobayashi as guys the BayStars could look at. Ohka spent time with Yokohama early in his career, but requested and was granted his release to pursue a shot at the Majors.
NBP Tracker
Isaias Garcia & Ryan Riddle (Fort Worth):
The Fort Worth Cats of the American Association excersied their 2010 option.
Stuart Pomeranz & Timo Perez (New Jersey):
The New Jersey Jackals of the Can-Am League activated Pomeranz, then exercised his and Perez's 2010 options.
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