Josh Harrison continues the cinderella season
wonder if he is due for arbitration this off season or next
He was born in Cincinnati and was a Bear Cat.Originally Posted by Chi_archie
Josh Harrison continues the cinderella season
wonder if he is due for arbitration this off season or next
How did the Reds let him slip by??????
Thank You, Cincinnati!He was born in Cincinnati and was a Bear Cat.
How did the Reds let him slip by??????
Harrison tied with Morneau for the batting avg lead now at .311
Phillies Throw Combined No-Hitter
ATLANTA -- On Labor Day, Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia bullpen spread the workload on a no-hitter.
Hamels and three Phillies relievers combined on the season's fourth no-hitter, blanking the Atlanta Braves 7-0 Monday and giving a last-place team a rare reason to celebrate.
It was all the more unusual in that Hamels left the game with his bid intact after six innings. He was fine with the decision, too, having already thrown 108 pitches at a hot afternoon at Turner Field.
"Just understanding the situation, every time I went out there I was battling control issues," Hamels said. "I wasn't getting ahead of guys. Walking the leadoff hitter will put you in a lot of trouble, and it does. It builds up your pitch count."
Hamels (8-6) struck out seven, matched a season high with five walks and hit a batter.
Relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a perfect inning to close out the 11th combined no-hitter in big league history. A smiling Hamels watched from the bench as they finished off what he started.
Kris Bryant tops Joey Gallo for minor-league home run title
By Dayn Perry | Baseball Writer
September 2, 2014 10:50 am ET
All affiliated minor-league regular seasons have concluded, and Cubs prospect Kris Bryant claimed the home run title with 43 bombs on the season. His tally edges out that of Rangers prospect Joey Gallo, who ended the season with 42 homers.
The 22-year-old Bryant this season batted a rather ludicrous .325/.438/.661 with 86 walks and 325 total bases in 138 games at the Double- and Triple-A levels. Against top-20 pitching prospects this season, he batted .278 with nine homers, 23 walks and 44 strikeouts in 161 plate appearances. Meanwhile, Gallo, 20, authored a line of .271/.394/.615 with 87 walks and 270 total bases in 126 games at the High-A and Double-A levels. And here he is against top-20 pitching prospects in 2014: .265 AVG; 11 HR, 54 K, 14 BB in 150 PA.
While Bryant is considered the superior overall prospect, it's worth noting that Gallo is roughly two years younger and put his numbers up in generally more pitcher-friendly circuits. Both are third basemen perhaps not long for the position.
Beyond that, the two phenoms are somewhat different power hitters. Here's the left-handed Gallo's spray chart from this season (via MLBFarm.com) ...
Outfielder Carlos Gomez has been diagnosed with a sprained left wrist, and the All-Star could be out of the lineup multiple weeks, manager Ron Roenicke said. The Brewers were informed the extent of the injury after Gomez met with head team physician Dr. William Raasch, who indicated there is no structural damage to the wrist.
Roenicke said Gomez won't resume physical activity until at least Sunday, one week after sustaining the sprain during the third inning of a 15-5 loss in San Francisco. From there, Gomez will begin light swinging and slowly work his way back into late-game scenarios, pinch-running or as a defensive substitution.
The diagnosis comes just as the Brewers relinquished first place in the National League Central for the first time in nearly five months. The Crew opens a pivotal four-game series against the division-leading Cardinals on Thursday at Miller Park.
"It's never good to lose a good player, a spark plug leadoff guy that can do some damage in the leadoff spot. So it's bad timing," Roenicke said. "I'm happy it's not something worse. You're not talking about surgery, so I'm glad about that."
Cory Spangenberg's pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Padres past the Diamondbacks 2-1.
Cory is from Clarks Summit, PA and played his high school ball at Abington Heights. Which is in the same division as the my Alma Mater West Scranton.
Nice to see a local boy do well.
This is a great story in many ways! Throwing 108 pitches in the Atlanta summer heat is a feat in itself.Phillies Throw Combined No-Hitter
ATLANTA -- On Labor Day, Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia bullpen spread the workload on a no-hitter.
Hamels and three Phillies relievers combined on the season's fourth no-hitter, blanking the Atlanta Braves 7-0 Monday and giving a last-place team a rare reason to celebrate.
It was all the more unusual in that Hamels left the game with his bid intact after six innings. He was fine with the decision, too, having already thrown 108 pitches at a hot afternoon at Turner Field.
"Just understanding the situation, every time I went out there I was battling control issues," Hamels said. "I wasn't getting ahead of guys. Walking the leadoff hitter will put you in a lot of trouble, and it does. It builds up your pitch count."
Hamels (8-6) struck out seven, matched a season high with five walks and hit a batter.
Relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a perfect inning to close out the 11th combined no-hitter in big league history. A smiling Hamels watched from the bench as they finished off what he started.
Best part is that Atlanta lost!
Absolutely! I played high school and college baseball with several guys who made it to The Show.Cory Spangenberg's pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Padres past the Diamondbacks 2-1.
Cory is from Clarks Summit, PA and played his high school ball at Abington Heights. Which is in the same division as the my Alma Mater West Scranton.
Nice to see a local boy do well.
Very cool seeing their names in the box scores...
By the sounds of things, the Dodgers' rotation depth will continue being tested for the rest of the 2014 season. That's because right-hander Josh Beckett, who's been sidelined since Aug. 3 with a torn labrum in his left hip, isn't likely to pitch again this year. Here are manager Don Mattingly's comments via Bill Shaikin:
Prior to the injury, the 34-year-old Beckett had positioned himself as a Comeback Player of the Year candidate. Besides no-hitting the Phillies on May 25, Beckett has pitched to a 2.88 ERA in 115 2/3 innings. That came on the heels of any injury-shortened 2013 in which he gave up 30 runs in eight starts.
Beckett's eligible for free agency this coming offseason.
will be interesting to see how effective Becket is next year
By the sounds of things, the Dodgers' rotation depth will continue being tested for the rest of the 2014 season. That's because right-hander Josh Beckett, who's been sidelined since Aug. 3 with a torn labrum in his left hip, isn't likely to pitch again this year. Here are manager Don Mattingly's comments via Bill Shaikin:
Prior to the injury, the 34-year-old Beckett had positioned himself as a Comeback Player of the Year candidate. Besides no-hitting the Phillies on May 25, Beckett has pitched to a 2.88 ERA in 115 2/3 innings. That came on the heels of any injury-shortened 2013 in which he gave up 30 runs in eight starts.
Beckett's eligible for free agency this coming offseason.Yeah, he was having a very strong year up to the injury.will be interesting to see how effective Becket is next year
He definitely would've been an asset to the Dodgers this postseason...
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey will undergo elbow surgery Friday to repair a torn flexor tendon. Bailey was placed on the 60-day disabled list this week, ending his season. He has been on the DL since Aug. 16.
"We have tried to take a conservative approach, but it's not healing so we have decided to repair that tendon," Reds trainer Paul Lessard said.
Bailey, who signed a $105 million contract extension in February, was 9-5 with a 3.71 ERA over 23 starts this season.
Asked about the recovery time, Lessard said, "He should be ready to go by spring training."
MILWAUKEE -- Making his first start for the Cardinals since June 17, right-hander Michael Wacha pitched the first three innings of the club's series opener against the Brewers on Thursday night before handing a two-run lead over to left-hander Marco Gonzales.
The Cardinals chose to have Wacha start in a key division matchup rather than send him to Triple-A for another rehab appearance. The club felt comfortable extending him to a pitch count of 50, of which the last induced an inning-ending double play in a nine-pitch third.
Wacha, who missed 11 weeks with a stress reaction in his right shoulder, threw 34 of his pitches for strikes and showed an unusually high reliance on his curveball, throwing 18. He allowed one run in the first inning on consecutive one-out hits by Gerardo Parra and Jonathan Lucroy, but limited Milwaukee to only two other baserunners (a single and a walk). He struck out three, all swinging.
The Cardinals, who led, 3-1, after three innings, plan to have Wacha remain in the rotation moving forward and will methodically extend him by 15-20 pitches each time out.
