Update As if the San Francisco Giants needed more pitching, according to SI.com’s Jon Heyman, Brad Penny will sign with the Giants today. Penny passed through waivers early this afternoon, which made him a free agent and free to sign with any team. The Giants will pay Penny a pro-rated portion of baseball’s minimum salary, which will [...]
Between my birthday, Kendry Morales doing his best Mark Teixeira impersonation for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and the New York Yankees making a mockery of the term “starting pitcher” there was a lot going on last week. Like every week, here are the fantasy studs, the many players who are of fantasy concern, [...]
It has only taken him 83 starts, but Barry Zito is finally starting to pitch like the pitcher the San Francisco Giants thought he was when they signed him to seven year, $126 million contract in 2007. In case you haven’t noticed, Zito is one of the hottest pitchers in baseball. In his first 18 starts [...]
In a trade that was on, then off, then on again, and then off again, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim finally acquired LHP Scott Kazmir from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor leaguers Alexander Torres, Mathew Sweeney, and the infamous Player to be Named Later. Even though by trading their 25-year-old lefty, it looks [...]
According to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse, a source has confirmed that the Kansas City Royals have extended the contract of GM Dayton Moore. That sound you just heard was every remaining Royals fan throwing up in their mouth. After three years on the job, Moore doesn’t deserve to be the GM of the Long [...]
The Minnesota Twins, desperate to find relievers to get the ball to closer Joe Nathan, acquired a pair of relievers off the waiver wire today. First they acquired LHP Ron Mahay from the Kansas City Royals and then later in day the Twins traded for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ RHP Jon Rauch. While I have been [...]
