Brian Shouse On The Turn 2-26-16

101 ESPN

Chris Duncan: The Toughest Pitcher I Ever Faced; Whose Name You Don't Know

I’m sometimes asked to name the toughest pitcher I faced during my time in Major League Baseball. The answer might surprise you.

101 ESPN

Brian Shouse Calls It Quits

Brian Shouse, a former reliever for the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers, told FOXSports.com on Wednesday that he has decided to retire after 21 professional seasons.

Fox Sports

Minor League Transactions Jul 6-13: Cardinals Release Shaun Garceau & Joey Hage

Red Sox sign Tyler Lavigne to minor league deal.
Reds sign Russ Springer to minor league deal.
Dodgers release Kiko Calero.
Athletics release Jamey Wright.
Mariners release Mark Worrell.

St. Louis Cardinals
Released: RHP Shaun Garceau, OF Joey Hage, OF Devin Shepherd
Recalled: RHP Fernando Salas, OF Allen Craig
Optioned to Triple-A: LHP Evan MacLane
Reinstated from DL: 3B Richard Racobaldo, OF Devin Shepherd
sReinstated from inactive list: RHP Shaun Garceau
Baseball America

Shaun Garceau: Done With Cardinals At 22
Joey Hage: Another Cardinals Casualty

Red Sox Release Brian Shouse

Amalie Benjamin Twitter

Joe Nelson Understands The Situation

So Alan Embree walked in this morning, heating up the competition in the bullpen. Among those on the bubble are Joe Nelson, Scott Atchison and Brian Shouse. As manager Terry Francona mentioned, some of the pitchers' "radars might have gone up a bit".

Brownie's Points

Salary Arbitration Winners & Losers

The numbers are staggering – the 178 salary arbitration-eligible baseball players this year reeled in contracts worth $766,995,002. To place that figure in perspective, MLB pulled in $6.3 billion in revenues in 2009, so the total spent on salary arbitration players for 2010 chewed up about 12 percent of that total before ever getting to free agents.

Yahoo

Red Sox Sign Jorge Sosa To A Minor League Deal

The seven free agents are righthanded pitchers Fernando Cabrera, Edwin Moreno and Jorge Sosa, lefthander Brian Shouse, infielders Angel Sanchez and Gil Velazquez, and outfielder Darnell McDonald.

Boston Globe

Brian Shouse Not Going To Accept Arbitration

LHP Brian Shouse is unlikely to accept the Rays offer of arbitration by the midnight Monday deadline and likely will remain a free agent.

St. Petersburg Times

Rays Don't Offer Arbitration To Russ Springer

Left-hander Brian Shouse and catcher Gregg Zaun were both offered salary arbitration Tuesday night, but the team did not offer arbitration to right-hander Russ Springer.

Rays Official Site

Prospectus Today: Pen Man Free Agents Review

I've ordered the relievers the same way I ordered players in the first three pieces in this series. With that said, variance really swamps the difference between any couple of places here, so don't get too caught up in one guy being listed above another. Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Baseball Prospectus

Market For Free Agent Fireman Will Be Lively

Relief pitching, as usual, will be one of the busiest counters in the free-agent department store. The category isn't nearly as star-driven as it was a year ago, but there are plenty of quality arms available to make for a lively scene.

MLB

Hollywood Nights Not In Cards For Matt Holliday

Here's a rundown of Tuesday's biggest Hot Stove news, rumors and rumblings.

MLB

Brian Shouse Declares Free Agency

Brian Shouse filed for free agency on Tuesday.

Rays Official Site

Jason Isringhausen Files For Free Agency, Rays Decline Option On Brian Shouse

Jason Isringhausen filed for free agency on Monday, making him the sixth Rays player to become a free agent this offseason.

Rays Official Site

Prospectus Hit & Run: The Underachieving Class Of 2009

Last week, I checked in on the Angels' quest to make sabermetric history. Examining their third-order Pythagenpat projection—their Pythagorean record based upon their hits, walks, total bases, stolen bases, and outs of all kinds, as well as those of their opponents, all adjusted for park, league, and quality of competition—I discovered that they were on their way to becoming the first team to finish at least 10 games above their third-order projection for a second year in a row.

Baseball Prospectus

Astors' Roy Oswalt Might Like Change Of Address

Keep an eye on the relationship between Roy Oswalt and the Astros. He has been disappointed that the club hasn't made an attempt to land Jake Peavy and recently has seemed at odds with manager Cecil Cooper. Oswalt has a full no-trade clause but might not mind a chance to go to a contender. ...

Chicago Tribune

Brett Tomko Dealing With Injuries, But Still In Yankees' Plans

With so many relievers struggling, it is curious to see the veteran Brett Tomko still toiling for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre despite a 0.69 earned run average. Tomko has been dealing with a minor oblique strain but is very much in the Yankees’ plans. “I’m sure you’re going to see him soon enough,” General Manager Brian Cashman said. “He’s doing everything he can do, and he’s a big choice for us.”

NY Times

For Closers, There Is No Relief From Pressure In Game

The St. Louis Cardinals didn't have a clear-cut No. 1 entering camp and chose from among hard-throwing youngsters Chris Perez and Jason Motte and veteran Ryan Franklin before settling on Motte.

"We are going to use whoever is available, but I would believe that Motte is going to get a chance to close games," manager Tony La Russa says.

USA Today

Brewers 2009 Season Preview

The penultimate installment of our NL Central season previews moves up north to preview the team who is, apparently, many Cards’ fans newest most hated rival – the Milwaukee Brewers.

Viva El Birdos