There is a new No. 47 in town. With the trade of Johnny Cueto to the Kansas City Royals the Cincinnati Reds acquired pitchers John Lamb, Brandon Finnegan and Cody Reed. Reds fans will get a look at Lamb as he makes his major league debut in Los Angeles against the Dodgers on Friday, Aug. […]
Category: MLB 2015 Season
The recent induction of John Smoltz into the National Baseball Hall of Fame always brings the discussion of the trade that brought him to the Atlanta Braves. Many view it a lopsided deal, but was it? Smoltz was sent to the Braves from the Detroit Tigers for Doyle Alexander on Aug. 12, 1987. Yes, Smoltz […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by the Toronto Blue Jays and Carlos Carrasco of the Cleveland Indians. The Blue Jays have won eight games in a row with two of those being by new acquisition David Price winning two of them. In those two outings he had threw 15 innings […]
Never really been a fan of trade deadline deals. Most of the time, the teams I follow are often sellers. Case in point, my favorite team, the Cincinnati Reds recently moved pitchers Johnny Cueto and Mike Leake. At least they are now on teams where I have some interest. When I was a teenager, the […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Brandon Phillips of the Cincinnati Reds and Taijuan Walker of the Seattle Mariners. According to the scoreboard at Great American Ball Park, Phillips became the first player in the big leagues since 1920 to have four hits, two homers, seven RBI and a pair […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies and Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees. Hamels threw the 13th no-hitter in the history of the Phillies on Saturday, July 25. The lefty allowed a pair of walks and struck out 13 in the 5-0 victory […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Randal Grichuk of the St. Louis Cardinals and Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Grichuk was three-for-three as the Cardinals won 12-2 at home against the New York Mets on Saturday, July 18. After getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Johnny Cueto of the Cincinnati Reds and Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cueto tossed a two-hit shutout at Washington as the Reds beat the Nationals 5-0 on July 6. He had 11 strikeouts and a walk as he threw 122 pitches. The […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Mike Montgomery of the Seattle Mariners and Neil Walker of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Montgomery tossed a one-hitter against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Tuesday, June 30. In Seattle’s 5-0 win, Montgomery struck out seven, while walking four as he threw 113 […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Maikel Franco of the Philadelphia Phillies and Mike Montgomery of the Seattle Mariners. Franco had four hits in five trips to the plate against the New York Yankees on Monday, June 22. He hit a pair of homers and knocked in five runs as […]