What's the Buzz? 7/21/06
Well, it looks like the Blue Jays have already found a taker for the disgruntled and recently designated Shea Hillenbrand. According to reports, the Jays will send Hillenbrand to the Giants along with reliever Vinnie Chulk for reliever Jeremy Accardo. Hillenbrand should play first for the majority of time, but Mark Sweeney should see some at bats against lefties. Accardo should slide right into the bullpen for the Jays, replacing Chulk, and should prove to be a strong asset. He joins Justin Speier as the lead set-up guys for B.J. Ryan.
In other news...
The door seems to be sneaking open for Nationals OF Luis Matos. With Jose Guillen having gone on the DL the other day and Alex Escobar tweaking his hamstring today, Matos could see a significant increase in playing time. Just more bad timing for some guys. Escobar was going to get a chance to play every day, but may now lose time with this injury. Consider him day to day, though, until a further evaluation is made.
The pitching depth for the Red Sox thins out even more as rookie Kyle Snyder left today's game in the sixth inning after hurting his leg during warm ups. This almost clinches the call up of Kason Gabbard, and probably also an impending trade. Craig Hansen could move up for a start maybe, depending on the injury, but the Sox rotation is looking pretty bleak these days now.
The Mets may have to deal with yet another Pedro Martinez setback as he checked himself into the hospital again today after lingering effects from his food poisoning. The weather pushed back his bullpen session to tomorrow, but no word yet on whether his strength has returned from his illness. He's still considered day to day. If the team gets more spot starts from guys like John Maine did today, they may not even miss him...but I doubt it.
Word out of Atlanta has Marcus Giles possibly going on the DL with his thumb injury. The MRI he had on Thrusday revealed no ligament damage, but he's still been out for the last 5 games. He's still being called day to day, but if he still can't go by the end of this weekend, the team's going to have to make a decision.
And another guy killing his trade value with a stint on the DL is Kansas City outfielder Reggie Sanders. His name has been linked to several teams, including the Yankees and Angels, but talks have cooled as of late with this latest thigh problem. Teams in need of a veteran bat will still keep an eye on him, but a deal while hurt now seems unlikely.
Hmmm...Mark Prior...only 3 1/3 today with 4 runs. I pushed overall with the under on the innings but losing on the over with the runs allowed. I put 2 1/2 weeks on how long before the next injury, so we'll see where I finish up then.
And finally, Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez collected his 2000th hit today, a home run that made him the youngest in MLB history to reach 450 HR. Love him or hate him, this guy is just a tremendous ballplayer. Congratulations A-Rod!!!
Catch you next time...
In other news...
The door seems to be sneaking open for Nationals OF Luis Matos. With Jose Guillen having gone on the DL the other day and Alex Escobar tweaking his hamstring today, Matos could see a significant increase in playing time. Just more bad timing for some guys. Escobar was going to get a chance to play every day, but may now lose time with this injury. Consider him day to day, though, until a further evaluation is made.
The pitching depth for the Red Sox thins out even more as rookie Kyle Snyder left today's game in the sixth inning after hurting his leg during warm ups. This almost clinches the call up of Kason Gabbard, and probably also an impending trade. Craig Hansen could move up for a start maybe, depending on the injury, but the Sox rotation is looking pretty bleak these days now.
The Mets may have to deal with yet another Pedro Martinez setback as he checked himself into the hospital again today after lingering effects from his food poisoning. The weather pushed back his bullpen session to tomorrow, but no word yet on whether his strength has returned from his illness. He's still considered day to day. If the team gets more spot starts from guys like John Maine did today, they may not even miss him...but I doubt it.
Word out of Atlanta has Marcus Giles possibly going on the DL with his thumb injury. The MRI he had on Thrusday revealed no ligament damage, but he's still been out for the last 5 games. He's still being called day to day, but if he still can't go by the end of this weekend, the team's going to have to make a decision.
And another guy killing his trade value with a stint on the DL is Kansas City outfielder Reggie Sanders. His name has been linked to several teams, including the Yankees and Angels, but talks have cooled as of late with this latest thigh problem. Teams in need of a veteran bat will still keep an eye on him, but a deal while hurt now seems unlikely.
Hmmm...Mark Prior...only 3 1/3 today with 4 runs. I pushed overall with the under on the innings but losing on the over with the runs allowed. I put 2 1/2 weeks on how long before the next injury, so we'll see where I finish up then.
And finally, Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez collected his 2000th hit today, a home run that made him the youngest in MLB history to reach 450 HR. Love him or hate him, this guy is just a tremendous ballplayer. Congratulations A-Rod!!!
Catch you next time...
posted by Howard Bender at
10:30 PM
