On the last day of March, the Yankees fell to the Twins 3-1. Masahiro Tanaka allowed three runs on seven hits in 4.1 innings of work. He only struck out one batter. Tanaka claims that he didn’t throw full speed to save his arm for the season. I hope that he is not fooling us….
This is a bit of old news, but I totally missed it. Matt den Dekker is no longer a Met. The Mets traded him to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Jerry Blevins. The Nationals had a surplus of left handed relievers while they needed some outfield depth. Blevins was hit hard this spring and…
With the two upcoming exhibition games between the Cincinnati Reds and the Toronto Blue Jays in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, Montreal shows that it is craving for MLB baseball. Especially with more than 80,000 ticket sold. Last year 96,350 tickets were sold for the two exhibition games between the Blue Jays and the New York Mets….
No Yankees yesterday, so only a report about the Dutchies in yesterday’s ST games. The Atlanta Braves stayed at the right side of the 4-2 score vs the Detroit Tigers. Andrelton Simmons got one basehit out of three at bats. Andrelton made an inning ending 6-4 force out when Victor Martinez grounded towards him in…
Rick van den Hurk, who got injured during a spring training game of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, pitched in a rehab game for the Hawks’ farm team vs the farm team of the Chunichi Dragons. In seven innings, he shut out the Dragons, allowed only two hits and fanned thirteen batters. Van den Hurk signed…
With Didi Gregorius out with a sprained wrist, Brendan Ryan stepped in at short and went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts and three runners left on base. His replacement Nick Noonan went 0 for 1. If there was any doubt about his position, Chase Headley helped his own case by going 3 for 4…
This just came in through Facebook. Lars Huijer has decided to turn his back from professional baseball. He says that he has decided to go back to school and to focus on a different career. Lars was signed by the Mariners in 2011. He debuted in the same year for the Arizona League Mariners for…
Last Friday, the Texas Rangers ended the contract of Dutch infielder Nick Urbanus. In 2010, Urbanus was the first European amateur player that was signed by the Rangers. In four years Urbanus never topped A Full Season. He posted a minor league career batting average of .227 (.286 in two seasons of rookie league, .235…
The Yankees were outslugged by the Orioles and fell 10-2. After missing the early part of the week to get dental work, Jonathan Schoop of the Orioles was pretty hot when going 2 for 4 with an RBI single and a two run double on a long fly ball into the left center field gap….
PawSox move may depend on voters’ vote Despite the wish of the new Pawtucket Red Sox owners to move to Rhode Island’s capital Providence, it may not be so sure if the team can make that move. A state lawmaker has proposed a vote about the landlease. According to State Representative Patricia Morgan Rhode Island…
