Zack Greinke(notes) earned just one victory despite an outstanding four-start finish to August, but the Kansas City Royals ace might have an excellent opportunity to win his first outing in September.
Greinke boasts an ERA under 1.00 in his past seven starts against the Detroit Tigers, who may not have major league RBI leader Miguel Cabrera(notes) for the opener of this three-game series Friday night at Kauffman Stadium
Greinke (8-11, 3.81 ERA) won’t be winning a second nfl jerseys
straight AL Cy Young Award, but over his past four outings he’s certainly pitched up to the standard he set in 2009.
He’s 1-0 with a 2.10 ERA since Aug. 11 after holding Cleveland to three runs over eight innings Saturday in a 4-3, 10-inning loss.
“Greinke is so darned tough,” Indians manager Manny Acta said. “It’s not just his velocity. It’s his off-speed stuff and how he locates it, too.”
Kansas City (56-77) gives the right-hander the majors’ fifth-worst run-support average (3.26), but Greinke has received 5.51 runs per game in his last seven starts against the Tigers (66-68).
He’s hardly needed that much assistance. Greinke is 4-1 with a 0.92 ERA in that stretch, and hasn’t allowed a homer versus Detroit in 60.0 innings over nine starts dating to May 13, 2008.
Miguel Cabrera is 3 for 16 (.188) with five strikeouts against the Royals ace over the past two seasons, but Greinke might not have to worry about one of baseball’s most feared hitters. Cabrera, who leads the majors with 107 RBIs, is day to day after leaving Thursday’s game at Minnesota with left biceps tendinitis.
“I’m a little worried, but I think I’m going to be OK,” he Kansas City Chiefs jersey
said. “They take care of me good. Hopefully (Friday) feel better.”
The Tigers were trailing 6-3 in the sixth inning when Cabrera exited, but put together an impressive rally. Casper Wells(notes), who replaced Cabrera, hit a tying homer in the ninth and Gerald Laird’s(notes) solo shot in the 13th was the difference in Detroit’s 10-9 victory.
“It was just a whole team effort tonight,” Laird said. “It was an unbelievable win.”
The Royals beat Texas 10-9 on Tuesday, but were on the other side of a one-run game in Wednesday’s series finale. Wilson Betemit(notes) and Billy Butler(notes) hit deep drives in the ninth, but Nelson Cruz(notes) caught both near the wall to preserve the Rangers’ 4-3 win.
“Almost every other park you can almost put it on the board, but not in this one,” Butler said of the roomy Kauffman Stadium.
That’s good news for Jeremy Bonderman(notes) (7-9, 5.27), who gives up 1.32 homers per nine innings - sixth-most in the AL.
The right-hander didn’t have a problem keeping the ball in the park when he faced the Jacksonville Jaguars jersey
Royals in Detroit on Aug. 23. Bonderman held Kansas City to two runs over six innings of a 12-3 win.
Bonderman, 1-4 with an 8.68 ERA in his last five road starts, missed his latest turn in the rotation due to inflammation around his right rib cage. While he expects to pitch Friday, Alfredo Figaro(notes) would get the call if he can’t.
2010年9月4日星期六
Choo drives in 5 to power Indians
SEATTLE (AP)—The Seattle Mariners found out Shin-Soo Choo(notes) is one of those players who can do it all.
Choo drove in five runs with a bases-loaded double and a two-run home run to cheap nfl jerseys
give the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Mariners.
Choo, traded to the Indians by Seattle in 2006, hit a 3-1 fastball from Doug Fister(notes) (4-11) against the right-center-field wall in the Indians’ four-run sixth to score all three runners without a throw.
He added his two-run shot in the ninth to match his season-high for RBIs. Choo had five RBIs against the Chicago White Sox on April 18.
Choo leads Cleveland in home runs (16) and RBIs (68).
“He’s a stud,” Indians manager Manny Acta said. “He hits good pitching. He hits right, left, he has good at-bats, he plays hard every day. I basically have to pull him off the field to give him a day off.
“He’s a legit complete player. Those words five-tool player are used a lot but he’s a legit five-tool guy. He can do it all on the field.”
Asdrubal Cabrera(notes) had three hits for the Indians.
Russell Branyan(notes), traded from the Indians to the Mariners on June 26, hit his 21st home run, a two-run shot in the third.
Josh Tomlin(notes) (3-3), in jeopardy of being lifted during the Mariners’ three-run third, lasted six innings to pick up the win. He allowed seven hits, three runs, struck out five and walked none.
Chris Perez(notes) worked the ninth for his 17th save in 21 opportunities.
Indians pitchers retired 18 of the last 19 hitters.
Fister yielded a one-out single to Cabrera in the first inning then retired the next 14 batters.
Then in the sixth he seemingly couldn’t get anyone out.
Luis Valbuena(notes) led off the inning with a single. With one out, Michael Brantley(notes) and Cabrera singled, loading the bases to set up Choo’s first big inning.
Travis Hafner(notes) drove in Choo with a single to right. Jayson Nix(notes) followed with the fifth straight hit, a single to left that chased Fister.
Fister threw 32 pitches in Minnesota Vikings jersey
the inning, retiring just one batter. He has lost 10 of his last 11 decisions.
“It was like watching two different ball games,” Mariners manager Daren Brown said. “After watching him for five innings, I didn’t see that coming. He was pretty good for the first five innings.”
Fister said it was all about location.
“Before the sixth inning, I made pitches,” Fister said. “In the sixth, they weren’t in the quality locations they needed to be.”
Fister handled the hitters with a balance of spotting his fastball early then coming in with off-speed pitches.
“Then in that inning we got better at working the count,” Acta said. “He fell behind guys and gave us good pitches to hit.”
The Mariners collected all their runs in the third. Ichiro Suzuki(notes) stroked a one-out double into the right-center gap. He moved to third on Chone Figgins’(notes) single to left. Franklin Gutierrez(notes) had a sacrifice fly for his team-leading 52nd RBI.
Branyan then worked a count full against Tomlin before unloading with a third-deck home run to right for a 3-0 lead.
That ended a season-high seven-game homer-less streak.
“It watched it for a long time. Watched him, too,” said Tomlin, who used to play with Branyan. “I’ve seen him hit some balls pretty far. That tops them all right there.”
Tomlin appreciated the manager’s faith in him to allow him to get through his rough third. He rewarded that faith by retiring 10 of his last 11 batters he faced.
“Every start is a learning experience right now,” Tomlin said. “I fell behind hitters in the third. I just attacked the hitters after that. That let me go deeper in the game and I gave the team the chance to win.”
The Indians had a chance to break the game open in the seventh, loading the bases with no outs. But Garrett Olson(notes) popped up Cabrera, struck out Choo and Hafner flied out.
Notes: Brown admits his bias but said RHP Felix Hernandez’s(notes) “name has to be mentioned any time you talk about” the Cy Young Award. Despite a 10-10 record, Hernandez is second in ERA (2.38), tied for first in strikeouts (200) and fifth in opponent average (.222). Brown likes his innings pitched numbers (first at 211.1) and quality starts (26 of 29). “You look at both of those and they tell me that every fifth day he’s going out there that he’s not giving you a chance to Miami Dolphins jersey
win. That really sticks out.” … 1B Matt LaPorta(notes) has had just one plate appearance since injuring his right hip Sunday. “The training staff doesn’t think he’s ready to be on the field just yet,” Acta said. He said it’s possible he could play Friday.
Choo drove in five runs with a bases-loaded double and a two-run home run to cheap nfl jerseys
give the Cleveland Indians a 6-3 victory over the Mariners.
Choo, traded to the Indians by Seattle in 2006, hit a 3-1 fastball from Doug Fister(notes) (4-11) against the right-center-field wall in the Indians’ four-run sixth to score all three runners without a throw.
He added his two-run shot in the ninth to match his season-high for RBIs. Choo had five RBIs against the Chicago White Sox on April 18.
Choo leads Cleveland in home runs (16) and RBIs (68).
“He’s a stud,” Indians manager Manny Acta said. “He hits good pitching. He hits right, left, he has good at-bats, he plays hard every day. I basically have to pull him off the field to give him a day off.
“He’s a legit complete player. Those words five-tool player are used a lot but he’s a legit five-tool guy. He can do it all on the field.”
Asdrubal Cabrera(notes) had three hits for the Indians.
Russell Branyan(notes), traded from the Indians to the Mariners on June 26, hit his 21st home run, a two-run shot in the third.
Josh Tomlin(notes) (3-3), in jeopardy of being lifted during the Mariners’ three-run third, lasted six innings to pick up the win. He allowed seven hits, three runs, struck out five and walked none.
Chris Perez(notes) worked the ninth for his 17th save in 21 opportunities.
Indians pitchers retired 18 of the last 19 hitters.
Fister yielded a one-out single to Cabrera in the first inning then retired the next 14 batters.
Then in the sixth he seemingly couldn’t get anyone out.
Luis Valbuena(notes) led off the inning with a single. With one out, Michael Brantley(notes) and Cabrera singled, loading the bases to set up Choo’s first big inning.
Travis Hafner(notes) drove in Choo with a single to right. Jayson Nix(notes) followed with the fifth straight hit, a single to left that chased Fister.
Fister threw 32 pitches in Minnesota Vikings jersey
the inning, retiring just one batter. He has lost 10 of his last 11 decisions.
“It was like watching two different ball games,” Mariners manager Daren Brown said. “After watching him for five innings, I didn’t see that coming. He was pretty good for the first five innings.”
Fister said it was all about location.
“Before the sixth inning, I made pitches,” Fister said. “In the sixth, they weren’t in the quality locations they needed to be.”
Fister handled the hitters with a balance of spotting his fastball early then coming in with off-speed pitches.
“Then in that inning we got better at working the count,” Acta said. “He fell behind guys and gave us good pitches to hit.”
The Mariners collected all their runs in the third. Ichiro Suzuki(notes) stroked a one-out double into the right-center gap. He moved to third on Chone Figgins’(notes) single to left. Franklin Gutierrez(notes) had a sacrifice fly for his team-leading 52nd RBI.
Branyan then worked a count full against Tomlin before unloading with a third-deck home run to right for a 3-0 lead.
That ended a season-high seven-game homer-less streak.
“It watched it for a long time. Watched him, too,” said Tomlin, who used to play with Branyan. “I’ve seen him hit some balls pretty far. That tops them all right there.”
Tomlin appreciated the manager’s faith in him to allow him to get through his rough third. He rewarded that faith by retiring 10 of his last 11 batters he faced.
“Every start is a learning experience right now,” Tomlin said. “I fell behind hitters in the third. I just attacked the hitters after that. That let me go deeper in the game and I gave the team the chance to win.”
The Indians had a chance to break the game open in the seventh, loading the bases with no outs. But Garrett Olson(notes) popped up Cabrera, struck out Choo and Hafner flied out.
Notes: Brown admits his bias but said RHP Felix Hernandez’s(notes) “name has to be mentioned any time you talk about” the Cy Young Award. Despite a 10-10 record, Hernandez is second in ERA (2.38), tied for first in strikeouts (200) and fifth in opponent average (.222). Brown likes his innings pitched numbers (first at 211.1) and quality starts (26 of 29). “You look at both of those and they tell me that every fifth day he’s going out there that he’s not giving you a chance to Miami Dolphins jersey
win. That really sticks out.” … 1B Matt LaPorta(notes) has had just one plate appearance since injuring his right hip Sunday. “The training staff doesn’t think he’s ready to be on the field just yet,” Acta said. He said it’s possible he could play Friday.
2010年9月3日星期五
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2010年9月1日星期三
Overbay does not have a concussion
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)—Toronto first baseman Lyle Overbay(notes) does not have a concussion, but is feeling as if he did.
Overbay was out of the lineup for the fourth straight game Tuesday night because of post-concussion symptoms. He did resume on-field work before Toronto football jerseys
played at Tampa Bay and hopes to play again in the next few days.
Overbay was hurt last week when he collided with Blue Jays pitcher Brian Tallet(notes). After having no problems for a couple days, Overbay was taken out of last Friday’s game because he was not feeling well.
“I was struggling to concentrate, to focus,” Overbay said. “It was never dizziness. I never really had a headache. Just a heavy head. Maybe like the sinus’ are sore right there.”
A CT scan was normal.
Also, Toronto infielder Yunel Escobar(notes) is expected to be out Oakland Raiders jersey
until Friday due to a stiff back. He hasn’t played since Saturday.
Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said left-hander David Purcey(notes), out with a right foot injury, will be reinstated from the 15-day disabled list and catcher J.P. Arencibia(notes) will be recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas when rosters can be expanded on Wednesday.
Overbay was out of the lineup for the fourth straight game Tuesday night because of post-concussion symptoms. He did resume on-field work before Toronto football jerseys
played at Tampa Bay and hopes to play again in the next few days.
Overbay was hurt last week when he collided with Blue Jays pitcher Brian Tallet(notes). After having no problems for a couple days, Overbay was taken out of last Friday’s game because he was not feeling well.
“I was struggling to concentrate, to focus,” Overbay said. “It was never dizziness. I never really had a headache. Just a heavy head. Maybe like the sinus’ are sore right there.”
A CT scan was normal.
Also, Toronto infielder Yunel Escobar(notes) is expected to be out Oakland Raiders jersey
until Friday due to a stiff back. He hasn’t played since Saturday.
Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston said left-hander David Purcey(notes), out with a right foot injury, will be reinstated from the 15-day disabled list and catcher J.P. Arencibia(notes) will be recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas when rosters can be expanded on Wednesday.
Nats’ Strasburg to have Tommy John surgery Friday
MIAMI (AP)—Washington Nationals rookie ace Stephen Strasburg(notes) will have Tommy John surgery on Friday to rebuild his injured right elbow, an operation that is expected to sideline him for 12 to 18 months.
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Los Angeles and performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum, with Nationals team doctor Dr. Wiemi Douoguih assisting.
“He is dealing with it like a professional,” Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said before Tuesday night’s game against Florida. “He’s very determined to get it done and start the process.”
Strasburg will begin his recuperation the day after the surgery, recovering at the Scripps Clinic in his hometown of San Diego.
Strasburg hurt himself while pitching Aug. 21 in Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh Steelers jersey
right-hander who created such a buzz all through baseball was 5-3 with a 2.91 ERA.
The 22-year-old Strasburg was the overall No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft and quickly climbed through the minor leagues this season.
With a fastball that reached 100 mph and wicked curves, he struck out 14 during his major league debut in June and had many fans saying he should be on the NL All-Star team in July.
Strasburg was scratched from a start in late July after he had trouble getting loose in the bullpen. He went on the disabled list two days later with inflammation in the back of Philadelphia Eagles jersey
his right shoulder.
The Nationals were worried when Strasburg grimaced, shook his wrist and walked off the mound during his last start against the Phillies. An extensive MRI exam last Thursday revealed the severity of the injury, a devastating setback for the last-place team.
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Los Angeles and performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum, with Nationals team doctor Dr. Wiemi Douoguih assisting.
“He is dealing with it like a professional,” Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said before Tuesday night’s game against Florida. “He’s very determined to get it done and start the process.”
Strasburg will begin his recuperation the day after the surgery, recovering at the Scripps Clinic in his hometown of San Diego.
Strasburg hurt himself while pitching Aug. 21 in Philadelphia. The Pittsburgh Steelers jersey
right-hander who created such a buzz all through baseball was 5-3 with a 2.91 ERA.
The 22-year-old Strasburg was the overall No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft and quickly climbed through the minor leagues this season.
With a fastball that reached 100 mph and wicked curves, he struck out 14 during his major league debut in June and had many fans saying he should be on the NL All-Star team in July.
Strasburg was scratched from a start in late July after he had trouble getting loose in the bullpen. He went on the disabled list two days later with inflammation in the back of Philadelphia Eagles jersey
his right shoulder.
The Nationals were worried when Strasburg grimaced, shook his wrist and walked off the mound during his last start against the Phillies. An extensive MRI exam last Thursday revealed the severity of the injury, a devastating setback for the last-place team.
2010年8月31日星期二
Breaking down the first-round contracts
To more accurately reflect the actual value of first-round rookie contracts, Pro Football Weekly presents its signing information in a unique format. As shown in the tables below for 2009 and 2010 first-round picks, the four categories (left to right) indicate: (1) contract length in years; (2) actual nfl throwback jerseys
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guaranteed money after options; (3) total five-year value based on player achieving minimum playing-time thresholds; and (4) maximum contract value — if all incentives are met. The five-year value is considered a more realistic total-earning figure, given that many incentives will not be met and a rookie contract will likely be ripped up and redone prior to the final year of the deal.
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