What's the Buzz? 9/14/06
Short slate of games today and a late night here for me...let's just get to it.
How about some day to day listings here? As always, check their stauts before activating any of these guys. They may be sitting out a game or two...or three or four: Jorge Posada (elbow), Coco Crisp (finger), Kelvim Escobar (knee), Mike Lieberthal (back), Jason Schmidt (back), Ray Durham (hip), Rod Barajas (back), Manny Ramirez (knee -- out for the whole weekend), Curt Schilling (lat muscle), Ken Griffey Jr. (toe --expected to miss the whole weekend; here we go again), and Corey Patterson (shoulder).
It's not so much a day to day thing...maybe a little more than that, but Cubs catcher Michael Barrett insists that his surgically repaired balls will not keep him out for the rest of the season. He hopes to be back sometime by the end of next week. We'll have to wait and see about that. It still hurts to think about it.....but I may have to make a few jokes soon.
Congratulations to Braves 2B Martin Prado who hit his first career major league home run tonight; a three run shot off of Jamie Moyer. Prado should get some more action lately as the team should give him a few more looks over Willy Aybar down the stretch.
Reports out of Tampa say that it is "highly unlikely" that Scott Kazmir will return this year. I sure hope you weren't pinning your hopes on a few possible starts for him were you? And just a note here.....I will remind you of all this next season when it comes time to draft. It's getting more and more dangerous picking up these young "phenoms". Unfortunately, they keep blowing out their shoulders and elbows. While on draft day you were probably envious of the guy who drafted Kazmir, Mark Prior, and Rich Harden, who's laughing now? Don't go wasting your bid money and draft picks here.
And finally, congrats to Lance Berkman who joined the legendary Mickey Mantle as the only switch hitters in history to record multiple 40 HR seasons. While he may not reach that mark consistently next season or the season after, he's still a solid option in an era that seems to be losing the big power hitters we saw in the late 90's/early turn of the century. LOL. Turn of the century....so weird using that phrase. Feels like I'm going panning for gold in Sutter's Mill or something.
Catch you next time...
How about some day to day listings here? As always, check their stauts before activating any of these guys. They may be sitting out a game or two...or three or four: Jorge Posada (elbow), Coco Crisp (finger), Kelvim Escobar (knee), Mike Lieberthal (back), Jason Schmidt (back), Ray Durham (hip), Rod Barajas (back), Manny Ramirez (knee -- out for the whole weekend), Curt Schilling (lat muscle), Ken Griffey Jr. (toe --expected to miss the whole weekend; here we go again), and Corey Patterson (shoulder).
It's not so much a day to day thing...maybe a little more than that, but Cubs catcher Michael Barrett insists that his surgically repaired balls will not keep him out for the rest of the season. He hopes to be back sometime by the end of next week. We'll have to wait and see about that. It still hurts to think about it.....but I may have to make a few jokes soon.
Congratulations to Braves 2B Martin Prado who hit his first career major league home run tonight; a three run shot off of Jamie Moyer. Prado should get some more action lately as the team should give him a few more looks over Willy Aybar down the stretch.
Reports out of Tampa say that it is "highly unlikely" that Scott Kazmir will return this year. I sure hope you weren't pinning your hopes on a few possible starts for him were you? And just a note here.....I will remind you of all this next season when it comes time to draft. It's getting more and more dangerous picking up these young "phenoms". Unfortunately, they keep blowing out their shoulders and elbows. While on draft day you were probably envious of the guy who drafted Kazmir, Mark Prior, and Rich Harden, who's laughing now? Don't go wasting your bid money and draft picks here.
And finally, congrats to Lance Berkman who joined the legendary Mickey Mantle as the only switch hitters in history to record multiple 40 HR seasons. While he may not reach that mark consistently next season or the season after, he's still a solid option in an era that seems to be losing the big power hitters we saw in the late 90's/early turn of the century. LOL. Turn of the century....so weird using that phrase. Feels like I'm going panning for gold in Sutter's Mill or something.
Catch you next time...
posted by Howard Bender at
10:57 PM
