When St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Chris Carpenter was battered around by the visiting San Francisco Giants on Tuesday evening, allowing 11 hits and six runs in five innings, his ERA on the season jumped to 2.42.
The Cardinal Nation
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Cardinals Beat Giants 2-1: Colby Rasmus Solo HR; Albert Pujols Reaches Base 4 Times; Ryan Ludwick 1 RBI; Adam Wainwright Impressive Start
Individual Highlights:
Colby Rasmus 2-for-5 with one home run, one RBI, and one run.
Albert Pujols 2-for-2 with two intentional walks and one stolen base.
Ryan Ludwick 1-for-3 with one RBI, one walk, and grounded into one double play.
Adam Wainwright Started, nine innings, six hits, one earned run, three walks, one wild pitch, and 12 strikeouts. 0-for-3 at the plate. (p-s:122-82)(g/f:3-12)
Ryan Franklin Win (2-0), one inning, no hits or runs. (p-s:15-11)(g/f:1-1)
Rough Outing:
Joe Thurston 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
Rick Ankiel 0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Boxscore
Cardinals Official Site Post Game
STL Today Post Game
The Birdhouse Post Game
Beyond The Boxscore Power Rankings: Through Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Welcome to our weekly ranking of all the MLB teams! In this ranking, we use aggregate team hitting, pitching, and fielding statistics--not team wins, losses, runs scored, or runs allowed--to evaluate the performance of teams to date. You can think of the estimated winning percentage (eW%) below as how we'd expect teams to fall out if we threw teams with these aggregate statistics into one big league and let them battle it out for thousands of games.
Beyond The Boxscore
Beyond The Boxscore
Troy Glaus Takes Rehab To Florida Complex
Troy Glaus is moving his rehab east and could be playing in Minor League games by the end of next week.
Cardinals Official Site
Troy Glaus: Small Step From Arizona To Florida
Cardinals Official Site
Troy Glaus: Small Step From Arizona To Florida
Jess Todd Named To Pacific Coast League All-Star Team
Ready will be able to call upon a deep bullpen headlined by Jess Todd (3-1, 2.50, 17 saves) of the Memphis Redbirds and Salt Lake's Jeremy Hill (1-3, 4.01, 16 saves). Other relief options are Portland's Mike Ekstrom, Bobby Korecky of the Reno Aces, Nashville's R.J. Swindle and Jay Marshall of the River Cats.
MiLB
Memphis Redbirds closer Jess Todd has been elected to the Pacific Coast League's All-Star team.
Memphis Redbirds Official Site
Jess Todd: Makes PCL All-Star Team
MiLB
Memphis Redbirds closer Jess Todd has been elected to the Pacific Coast League's All-Star team.
Memphis Redbirds Official Site
Jess Todd: Makes PCL All-Star Team
New Infielder A Late Arrival
Jarret Hoffpauir will be arriving late to his first big-league game.
With the news about DeRosa not coming in to the team until about 10:00 this morning, the 26-year-old is expected to be a mid-game arrival from Albequerque, where he’ll be the newest piece to the growing puzzle that is the Cardinals infield.
Cardinals Beat
With the news about DeRosa not coming in to the team until about 10:00 this morning, the 26-year-old is expected to be a mid-game arrival from Albequerque, where he’ll be the newest piece to the growing puzzle that is the Cardinals infield.
Cardinals Beat
Cuban Aroldis Chapman Skips Out On Team In Netherlands
The pitcher Aroldis Chapman, among the most promising pitchers in the Island, left the national team in baseball since Thursday to participate in the traditional tournament in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). (Translated)
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Wednesday Tidbits: Mark DeRosa, Troy Glaus, Kyle Lohse, Jarrett Hoffpauir, Brett Wallace
All sorts of news at the ballpark today, where it's a gorgeous, mild, breezy night.
Obviously, You're Not A Golfer
The St. Louis Cardinals did not get the worst news on injured infielder-outfielder Mark DeRosa, who hurt his left wrist on a swing in Tuesday night’s game. DeRosa is unable to play tonight here against the San Francisco Giants but he has not been placed on the 15-day disabled list and is listed as “day to day,” meaning that the club hopes he plays sometime before the All-Star break a week from Sunday.
Cardinal Beat
Obviously, You're Not A Golfer
The St. Louis Cardinals did not get the worst news on injured infielder-outfielder Mark DeRosa, who hurt his left wrist on a swing in Tuesday night’s game. DeRosa is unable to play tonight here against the San Francisco Giants but he has not been placed on the 15-day disabled list and is listed as “day to day,” meaning that the club hopes he plays sometime before the All-Star break a week from Sunday.
Cardinal Beat
Ryan Howard Plays Coy About Home Run Derby
Ryan Howard is still playing it cool when it comes to talk about participating in the Home Run Derby this summer in his hometown.
Cardinal Beat
Cardinal Beat
Mark DeRosa Calls Word From Docs "Best-Case Scenario"
Infielder Mark DeRosa will miss a few games with a strained tendon in his left wrist, an injury that had he and St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak both fretting last night until encouraging news this morning from team physicians.
Cardinal Beat
The Cardinals' Mark DeRosa has a strained tendon in his left wrist and expects to miss three or four games.
AP/Fox Sports
Mark DeRosa: Not Placed On The Disabled List
Cardinal Beat
The Cardinals' Mark DeRosa has a strained tendon in his left wrist and expects to miss three or four games.
AP/Fox Sports
Mark DeRosa: Not Placed On The Disabled List
Cardinals Call Up Jarrett Hoffpauir, Option Clayton Mortensen
The Cardinals called up infielder Jarrett Hoffpauir on Wednesday afternoon, making him the 15th rookie to wear the "Birds on the Bat" this season. When he first appears, he will be the ninth Cardinal to make his Major League debut in 2009.
Cardinals Official Site
With the uncertainty surrounding the extent of infielder-outfielder Mark DeRosa’s left wrist injury suffered Tuesday night, the St. Louis Cardinals recalled second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir from Class AAA Memphis and sent out righthander Clayton Mortensen, who allowed six runs in three innings in his major league debut on Monday.
Cardinal Beat
Second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir was recalled Wednesday from Triple-A Memphis to St. Louis. Pitcher Clayton Mortensen has been returned to Memphis.
The Birdhouse
Cardinals Official Site
With the uncertainty surrounding the extent of infielder-outfielder Mark DeRosa’s left wrist injury suffered Tuesday night, the St. Louis Cardinals recalled second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir from Class AAA Memphis and sent out righthander Clayton Mortensen, who allowed six runs in three innings in his major league debut on Monday.
Cardinal Beat
Second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir was recalled Wednesday from Triple-A Memphis to St. Louis. Pitcher Clayton Mortensen has been returned to Memphis.
The Birdhouse
Cardinals Set To Start July
A grueling month of June is finally over for the Cardinals. The team played 29 games in 30 days and slumped into July, losing seven of its last nine games to finish the month 12-17.
Cardinal Beat
Cardinal Beat
The Elastic Clause: All-Star Rosters Expand To 33, For 13th Pitcher
The ever-expanding, always-changing and sometimes-evolving Major League Baseball All-Star Game powers invoked their carte blanche right to do what they want with the roster. The leagues announced today that they will add a spot to each roster, swelling the American League and National League spots to 33 each.
Cardinal Beat
Cardinal Beat
Indians' Shortstop Jose Osoria (Wally Bryan) Falsified Documents
Major League Baseball has caught another high-profile prospect from the Dominican Republic misrepresenting his age and identity.
Baseball America
Baseball America
July 2nd Projected Top 25 List
The players below from Latin America are ranked based on their expected signing bonuses, not their projected talent. In fact, that is important enough that it bears repeating: The rankings are not an attempt to gauge the talent, but a way to forecast the market.
Baseball America
Baseball America
Christina Kahrl Chat 7-1-09
jromero (seattle): What one move would put an NL Central team in the driver's seat? Was De Rosa enough? I still hold out hope that the Reds are going to get a bat, but I suspect I'm kidding myself.
Christina Kahrl: I think the division is the Cardinals' to win, even with the twin wild cards of sorting out what they'll get from Troy Glaus and Khalil Greene this season. If the answer is 'nothing,' that's where I begin to wonder if the Brewers won't take a chance and add a starting pitcher. That said, if they entertain offers from Alcides Escobar, here's hoping that they get a hurler under contract through at least 2010.
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jbuofm (Peoria): Do you have any insight on who the PTBNL in the DeRosa deal could be? Also, why did they use a PTBNL at all?
Christina Kahrl: I think I trust the rumors that it'll be either Jess Todd or Francisco Samuel (relievers both), as John Perrotto related today. However, the Indians are currently at 39 on the 40-man, and they'll be re-adding Jake Westbrook from the 60-day DL sometime in the near future, which means they don't really have space to add Todd (who's already rostered) without then also having to subsequently cut someone once Westbrook gets reactivated. The options as far as who the PTBNL might be might also change, depending on the outcome of the Cardinals' season.
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pete (chicago): Give me the team and return for matt holliday by end of july? any brett wallace, yuni escobar type returns?
Christina Kahrl: I hope not Brett Wallace, he'd just add another body to the pile of first base-ish sort of hitter-y sorts of hitters who might be something, and more likely help Sacramento win another title than Oakland. I'd rather see what they might get flipping him for something with better upside from the Mets or Giants (hell, see if that gets you San Jose's territorial rights).
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Bill (New Mexico): More on the DeRosa PTBNL: I realize this is more in Kevin's space than yours, but who's a "fair" PTBNL that leaves the trade looking more or less balanced? If the Cardinals part with Todd, I'd claim that they "lose" the deal; Samuel, maybe not so much.
Christina Kahrl: I don't really see that as a loss for the Cardinals either way; we're talking about a couple of relievers. Good relievers are nice things to have, certainly, but you can find those. If DeRosa helps the Cardinals deal with that infield's shortages in terms of talent and staffing, and they win the division, it was worth it, and given that's the proposition, I think it was worth it from the instant they made the move. If Jess Todd logs 300 saves, you can feel free to beat me around the head with that, of course. ;)
Baseball Prospectus
Christina Kahrl: I think the division is the Cardinals' to win, even with the twin wild cards of sorting out what they'll get from Troy Glaus and Khalil Greene this season. If the answer is 'nothing,' that's where I begin to wonder if the Brewers won't take a chance and add a starting pitcher. That said, if they entertain offers from Alcides Escobar, here's hoping that they get a hurler under contract through at least 2010.
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jbuofm (Peoria): Do you have any insight on who the PTBNL in the DeRosa deal could be? Also, why did they use a PTBNL at all?
Christina Kahrl: I think I trust the rumors that it'll be either Jess Todd or Francisco Samuel (relievers both), as John Perrotto related today. However, the Indians are currently at 39 on the 40-man, and they'll be re-adding Jake Westbrook from the 60-day DL sometime in the near future, which means they don't really have space to add Todd (who's already rostered) without then also having to subsequently cut someone once Westbrook gets reactivated. The options as far as who the PTBNL might be might also change, depending on the outcome of the Cardinals' season.
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pete (chicago): Give me the team and return for matt holliday by end of july? any brett wallace, yuni escobar type returns?
Christina Kahrl: I hope not Brett Wallace, he'd just add another body to the pile of first base-ish sort of hitter-y sorts of hitters who might be something, and more likely help Sacramento win another title than Oakland. I'd rather see what they might get flipping him for something with better upside from the Mets or Giants (hell, see if that gets you San Jose's territorial rights).
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Bill (New Mexico): More on the DeRosa PTBNL: I realize this is more in Kevin's space than yours, but who's a "fair" PTBNL that leaves the trade looking more or less balanced? If the Cardinals part with Todd, I'd claim that they "lose" the deal; Samuel, maybe not so much.
Christina Kahrl: I don't really see that as a loss for the Cardinals either way; we're talking about a couple of relievers. Good relievers are nice things to have, certainly, but you can find those. If DeRosa helps the Cardinals deal with that infield's shortages in terms of talent and staffing, and they win the division, it was worth it, and given that's the proposition, I think it was worth it from the instant they made the move. If Jess Todd logs 300 saves, you can feel free to beat me around the head with that, of course. ;)
Baseball Prospectus
All-Star Game Umpires Announced
Dana DeMuth has been picked as the umpire crew chief for the All-Star game at Busch Stadium on July 14,
Cardinal Beat
Cardinal Beat
Could You Imagine Albert Pujols & Brandon Backe On The Same Team?
As they consider the possibility of having to find a replacement starter for Todd Wellemeyer, I wonder if Brandon Backe has caught the interest of Cardinals brass.
View From The Cheap Seats
View From The Cheap Seats
Look...We Need To Talk
Mornin', y'all.
Wasn't that just an awful game last night? I didn't watch it; rather, I did something I haven't done in just about forever: I actually sat and listened to the entire game on the radio. Now, lest you think I was doing this as some sort of exercise in getting back to the roots of the sport, let me dispel that notion posthaste.
Viva El Birdos
Wasn't that just an awful game last night? I didn't watch it; rather, I did something I haven't done in just about forever: I actually sat and listened to the entire game on the radio. Now, lest you think I was doing this as some sort of exercise in getting back to the roots of the sport, let me dispel that notion posthaste.
Viva El Birdos
Jeff Passen & John Mozeliak On The ITD Morning After
Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sport Enjoys Neil Sedaka, He Is In Town to Maybe Do a Story on Mark DeRosa and Albert Pujols Leading Into the All-Star Game, Does Albert Get Overlooked Nationally In Terms Of Being So Great, Pujols on Pace for 61.5 Homers This Season, Ranking Pujols with the Games All Time Greats, the Cardinals' Chances in the NL Central in 2009, and Will the Cards Still Make Another Move Even If DeRosa Is Healthy
Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak Joins the Program to Talk About Be Willing to Call Us the B Team, Watching Albert in the Month of June, What Is the Latest on Mark DeRosa's Injury, Is There Something That Can Be Done to Fill the Hole Left By DeRosa If He Is Out for a Couple of Weeks, Lohse's Rehab Start on Thursday, Ryan Franklin and the All-Star Game, and What Is Going On with Khalil Greene at This Point
Inside STL
Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak Joins the Program to Talk About Be Willing to Call Us the B Team, Watching Albert in the Month of June, What Is the Latest on Mark DeRosa's Injury, Is There Something That Can Be Done to Fill the Hole Left By DeRosa If He Is Out for a Couple of Weeks, Lohse's Rehab Start on Thursday, Ryan Franklin and the All-Star Game, and What Is Going On with Khalil Greene at This Point
Inside STL
DG's 10@10: The Pace Of Albert Pujols
San Francisco Giants lefthander, future Hall of Famer and 303-game winner Randy Johnson left a 0-2 pitch over the plate and Albert Pujols pounced. He launched the ball some 445 feet — more on that shortly — on a trajectory that, to the first-glance eye, appeared to go where no ball had gone before.
Birdland
Birdland
Quad Cities River Bandits Roster Roulette
The Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League made a flurry of moves on Tuesday as the St. Louis Cardinals’ seventh-round draft pick signs.
The Birdhouse
In 2008, Cardinals' top pick Brett Wallace jumped straight from the college ranks to the Quad Cities and exploded onto the scene, finishing last season in Double-A and currently knocking on the door of the big leagues.
Quad Cities River Bandits Official Site
Brett Wallace Keeps Slugging In Memphis
When third baseman Brett Wallace was promoted from the Springfield Cardinals to Triple-A Memphis, I wrote on this blog that the move was premature. Wallace had too many bugs to fix in Double-A.
Springfield News-Leader
We Are All The Witnesses
I don't think of Albert Pujols as a home run hitter. I mean, obviously he can hit home runs, that's never been in doubt. However, in my mind he's a 35-40 home run guy, which is very good power, don't get me wrong, but being that he is such an all around hitter with average, RBI, etc., the home runs don't stand out the way they do on, say, Ryan Howard. I mean, Ted Williams had 521 homers, but power isn't the first thing that comes to mind with him.
C70 At The Bat
C70 At The Bat
Cardinals Minor League Notebook 7-1-09
Brett Wallace continued his hot hitting as Memphis took out New Orleans while Luis Mateo led Johnson City to another win.
The Birdhouse
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis Redbirds Post Game
The Birdhouse
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis Redbirds Post Game
Jim Kaat Pitches Advice To Kids
One of the most durable and prolific baseball pitchers of all time was in Sioux Falls yesterday, hitting golf balls and pitching advice and inspiration.
Argus Leader
Argus Leader
Ryan Ludwick Progressing In Smaller Steps This Year
Outfielder Ryan Ludwick still is trying to find traction in a season that hasn't met the lofty standard he set in 2008.
Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
Mark DeRosa Hurts Wrist Swinging Bat, May Have To Go On Disabled List
After losing for the seventh time in nine games Tuesday, 6-3 to San Francisco, the St. Louis Cardinals also face the possibility of newcomer Mark DeRosa being placed on the disabled list.
Belleville News-Democrat
Belleville News-Democrat
Daniel Descalso: Next Stop, Memphis?
When Daniel Descalso was 18 months old, he carried a baseball bat around the house and stared for hours at games on TV. So his father, George, put up a large metal pole with a Wiffle ball hanging from a string in the back yard.
Springfield News-Leader
Pirates' Bullpen Coach Luis Dorante To Throw To Albert Pujols During HR Derby
Pirates bullpen coach Luis Dorante will attend the All-Star Game in St. Louis with the sole purpose of giving up home runs to Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols. Dorante will be throwing to Pujols, who leads the majors with 28 home runs, in the Home Run Derby on July 13.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Troy Glaus Is Ready To Rehab In Florida; Kyle Lohse Heads To Springfield; Cardinals History In Double-Digit Losses
The Cardinals may be closer to gaining another impact bat
.Out of sight since opening day, third baseman Troy Glaus is headed to the team's minor-league facility in Jupiter, Fla., to begin working out under the supervision of the team's training staff and, according to club officials, could be within two weeks of going on a rehab assignment.
STL Today
.Out of sight since opening day, third baseman Troy Glaus is headed to the team's minor-league facility in Jupiter, Fla., to begin working out under the supervision of the team's training staff and, according to club officials, could be within two weeks of going on a rehab assignment.
STL Today
Fate Guides Tyler Henley Down An All-Star Path
When Tyler Henley was in high school at Colleyville Heritage, he envisioned for himself glorious Saturday afternoons playing in front of crazed college football fanatics. Football, football and more football. Not even a hint from his high school baseball coach could divert Henley’s attention from the gridiron.
Star-Telegram
Quad Cities River Bandits' Jarred Bogany Dodges Health Issues
Jarred Bogany has traveled a long and winding road to the outfield at Modern Woodmen Park, where the heat and humidity of the Midwest are presenting the Quad-Cities outfielder with another challenge.
Quad-City Times
Jack Clark Takes Jabs At Mets Of Mid-80's
The Mets have had their rivals over the years — the Chicago Cubs in 1969, the Philadelphia Phillies more recently — but the St. Louis Cardinals of the middle to late 1980s were perhaps the fiercest opponents they have faced.
New York Times
New York Times
The Mommy Files: Day 7 - Dubuque To Davenport
Photo of the day: What does a family of four on a tight budget do in Davenport, Iowa, on a Friday night? Cheer on the Quad Cities River Bandits minor league baseball team at Modern Woodmen Park that sits right on the river. We pay $5 for tickets, fill up on pulled pork sandwiches for only $4, and take in the views.
SF Gate
SF Gate
Mexican Pacific League Draft
Followed by seventeenth years, the Mexican Pacific League will conduct the Draft of domestic and foreign players, and play the champions of Mazatlan Venados to host this July 2. (Translated)
ESPN Deportes
Google Translate
Nicaraguan Prospect Cheslor Cuthbert Set To Sign With Kansas City Royals
The young Infielder coast, Cheslor Cuthbert, will be signed by the Royals in Kansas City team that has assured him a bonus of one million and half dollars.
El Nuevo Diario
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El Nuevo Diario
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Ex-Cardinals Watch 7-1-09: Javier Brito Signs Deal; Armando Carrasco Activated; Dmitri Young Moves Up; Angels Ask About Dan Haren
Dan Haren (Diamondbacks):
Diamondbacks right-hander Dan Haren would be an ideal fit for a team in need of an elite starting pitcher.
But, as the Angels recently discovered, the D-backs do not intend to trade Haren, who leads the National League in ERA.
Fox Sports
D-backs starter Dan Haren tried to hide the smile as he jogged around the bases Tuesday against the Reds.
Diamondbakcs Official Site
Terry Pendleton (Braves Coach):
Braves hitting coach Terry Pendleton knows what to look for when evaluating left-handed pitchers. After all, he played third base for Atlanta while 300-game winner Tom Glavine baffled hitters in the 1990s.
Braves Official Site
Felipe Lopez (Diamondbacks):
Once considered the Reds' shortstop of the future, Felipe Lopez sat in the visitor's dugout of Great American Ball Park on Tuesday.
Diamondbacks Official Site
Edgar Renteria (Giants):
Manager Bruce Bochy said that shortstop Edgar Renteria, who has been in and out of the No. 2 spot in the batting order, will continue to hit sixth or seventh as he has done recently. Bochy not only likes Renteria's run-producing potential from that portion of the order, but he also pointed out that the 33-year-old who has endured leg problems won't be asked to steal as much.
Giants Official Site
Ron Villone & Julian Tavarez (Nationals):
Based on games like Monday night -- when Olsen pitched seven innings of two-run ball but Ron Villone and Julian Tavarez gave the Marlins the win thereafter -- it's the kind of help the Nationals bullpen can certainly use.
Nationals Official Site
David Eckstein (Padres):
Outfielder Tony Gwynn tied the game at 3 when he singled to score Venable and then advanced to second on the throw home. Eckstein drove in the go-ahead run with a single to score Gwynn. All three of the Padres' seventh-inning runs came off Houston reliever Chris Sampson (4-1).
Padres Official Site
Jack Wilson (Pirates):
"There are certain guys that you think are going to get traded," said Jack Wilson. "It's the ones who you think are a part of the future, those are the ones that get you. Those are the worst. The feeling in your stomach is ... it's something that just came out of nowhere."
Pirates Official Site
Jason Marquis (Rockies):
Marquis completed one of the best pitching performances in Rockies history, a two-hitter for his third career shutout as the Rockies beat the Dodgers, 3-0, in front of 43,347. It was Colorado's second victory in 11 games against Los Angeles this season -- and both were with Marquis pitching.
Rockies Official Site
Placido Polanco (Tigers):
Placido Polanco handed Detroit an early 2-0 lead with a two-run home run to left in the first. He gave the Tigers an insurance run in the ninth, singling home Everett with one away.
Tigers Official Site
Dmitri Young (Nationals):
Promoted from Rookie-Level GCL Nationals to Double-A Harrisburg on his rehab assignment travels.
Javier Brito (Grand Prairie):
The Grand Prairie Air Hogs of the American Association signed him to a contract for the 2009 season.
Armando Carrasco (Orange County):
The Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League have activated him.
Jamie Quirk (Royals Broadcaster):
During the Royals' last home stand I reported a feature that will be appearing sometime this month about Fox Sports Kansas City's baseball coverage. So I got a chance to talk a bit with Jamie Quirk, the new cohost of the "Royals Live" pregame and postgame shows. Quirk was a 1972 first-round draft pick of the Royals (he played rookie ball in my hometown of Billings) and, before his current employment, was coach for the Colorado Rockies, which has come in handy doing armchair analysis of the Royals games.
Kansas City Star
Diamondbacks right-hander Dan Haren would be an ideal fit for a team in need of an elite starting pitcher.
But, as the Angels recently discovered, the D-backs do not intend to trade Haren, who leads the National League in ERA.
Fox Sports
D-backs starter Dan Haren tried to hide the smile as he jogged around the bases Tuesday against the Reds.
Diamondbakcs Official Site
Terry Pendleton (Braves Coach):
Braves hitting coach Terry Pendleton knows what to look for when evaluating left-handed pitchers. After all, he played third base for Atlanta while 300-game winner Tom Glavine baffled hitters in the 1990s.
Braves Official Site
Felipe Lopez (Diamondbacks):
Once considered the Reds' shortstop of the future, Felipe Lopez sat in the visitor's dugout of Great American Ball Park on Tuesday.
Diamondbacks Official Site
Edgar Renteria (Giants):
Manager Bruce Bochy said that shortstop Edgar Renteria, who has been in and out of the No. 2 spot in the batting order, will continue to hit sixth or seventh as he has done recently. Bochy not only likes Renteria's run-producing potential from that portion of the order, but he also pointed out that the 33-year-old who has endured leg problems won't be asked to steal as much.
Giants Official Site
Ron Villone & Julian Tavarez (Nationals):
Based on games like Monday night -- when Olsen pitched seven innings of two-run ball but Ron Villone and Julian Tavarez gave the Marlins the win thereafter -- it's the kind of help the Nationals bullpen can certainly use.
Nationals Official Site
David Eckstein (Padres):
Outfielder Tony Gwynn tied the game at 3 when he singled to score Venable and then advanced to second on the throw home. Eckstein drove in the go-ahead run with a single to score Gwynn. All three of the Padres' seventh-inning runs came off Houston reliever Chris Sampson (4-1).
Padres Official Site
Jack Wilson (Pirates):
"There are certain guys that you think are going to get traded," said Jack Wilson. "It's the ones who you think are a part of the future, those are the ones that get you. Those are the worst. The feeling in your stomach is ... it's something that just came out of nowhere."
Pirates Official Site
Jason Marquis (Rockies):
Marquis completed one of the best pitching performances in Rockies history, a two-hitter for his third career shutout as the Rockies beat the Dodgers, 3-0, in front of 43,347. It was Colorado's second victory in 11 games against Los Angeles this season -- and both were with Marquis pitching.
Rockies Official Site
Placido Polanco (Tigers):
Placido Polanco handed Detroit an early 2-0 lead with a two-run home run to left in the first. He gave the Tigers an insurance run in the ninth, singling home Everett with one away.
Tigers Official Site
Dmitri Young (Nationals):
Promoted from Rookie-Level GCL Nationals to Double-A Harrisburg on his rehab assignment travels.
Javier Brito (Grand Prairie):
The Grand Prairie Air Hogs of the American Association signed him to a contract for the 2009 season.
Armando Carrasco (Orange County):
The Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League have activated him.
Jamie Quirk (Royals Broadcaster):
During the Royals' last home stand I reported a feature that will be appearing sometime this month about Fox Sports Kansas City's baseball coverage. So I got a chance to talk a bit with Jamie Quirk, the new cohost of the "Royals Live" pregame and postgame shows. Quirk was a 1972 first-round draft pick of the Royals (he played rookie ball in my hometown of Billings) and, before his current employment, was coach for the Colorado Rockies, which has come in handy doing armchair analysis of the Royals games.
Kansas City Star
Adrian Gonzalez Takes A Walk
At the beginning of June, Adrian Gonzalez did something most unusual: he drew two or more walks in eight straight games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Gonzalez is the first player to do that since at least 1920.
The Hardball Times
The Hardball Times
BL Blogcast: Adam Wainwright's Show & Tell
The story as you’ve read it often in print and heard it more often on the radio is that St. Louis Cardinals Adam Wainwright was pulled into the video room earlier this season by teammate Chris Carpenter to see where his season was going awry.
Birdland
Birdland
Ryan Ludwick Trying To Get Back On Track (Game Notes 7-1-09)
After making the National League All-Star team for the first time in his career in 2008, Cardinals outfielder Ryan Ludwick opened the '09 season right where he left off.
Cardinals Official Site
Aaron Rowand has cooled off slightly after what has been nearly a two-month hot streak. He's 6-for-28 in his last seven games, dropping his batting average to .297 after he spent most of June over .300.
Giants Official Site
Cardinals Official Site
Aaron Rowand has cooled off slightly after what has been nearly a two-month hot streak. He's 6-for-28 in his last seven games, dropping his batting average to .297 after he spent most of June over .300.
Giants Official Site
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