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Posted: Jun 26th 2009 6:00AM by Ed Price (author feed)
Filed under: Marlins, Phillies, Rangers, Rays, Reds, Tigers, AL Central, NL East, MLB Injuries, Starting Five
Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead.
You Oughta Know ...That the Marlins and Tigers are on fire.
Exactly two weeks ago, Florida was eight games behind Philadelphia. Since then the Marlins have gone 9-3, all in interleague play, to close within a game of first place. The hot streak includes four one-run wins and Thursday's 11-3 victory that sealed a sweep of the Orioles and
ran Florida's win streak to five.
During this 12-game stretch,
Hanley Ramirez has batted .400 with three home runs (one of them a grand slam Thursday) and 19 RBI while
Cody Ross has hit .400 with five homers and 12 RBI.
Posted: Jun 7th 2009 10:00AM by Ed Price (author feed)
Filed under: Astros, Angels, Athletics, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Giants, Indians, Mariners, Mets, Nationals, Orioles, Padres, Phillies, Pirates, Rangers, Red Sox, Rockies, White Sox, MLB Draft, MLB Injuries, MLB Inside Scoop, Baseball Brunch
Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Everyone knows the No. 1 prospect in Tuesday's draft (and if you don't, read
this). But after Washington selects
Stephen Strasburg, things get less precise.
"Anybody from [No.] 2 to 15 could be just as good as the other guy," an executive from an NL team with a high pick told FanHouse. "It's really a strange year because it is in the eye of the beholder."
For example, Arizona State right-hander Mike Leake has been discussed as high as No. 3 overall, to the Padres. But he's more likely to go in the middle of the first round, no lower than Arizona's picks at 16 and 17.
Posted: Jun 2nd 2009 6:00AM by Andrew Johnson (author feed)
Filed under: Mets, Red Sox, Reds, Tigers, White Sox, Yankees, Starting Five
Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what's ahead.
You Oughta Know ...That it's awfully hard for
K-Rod to earn his money if
J.J. Putz isn't doing his job ahead of Rodriguez. For the second straight day, Putz had a rocky outing. He surrendered two runs in a touch and go eighth inning Sunday against the Marlins (the Mets still won the game) and followed that Monday by allowing four runs and taking the loss against the Pirates.
Putz gave up four consecutive singles during Pittsburgh's rally, and attributed much of his performance to misfortune.
"A couple hoppers up the middle," Putz said. "They hit groundballs; they just hit them to the right spot.
"There's not much you can say about that. There's a little bit of bad luck involved."
