For those of you overly concerned and thought I had forgotten about the rookies, don’t fret, I got your Rookie of the Year candidates right here. American League Candidates: Jesus Montero, Will Middlebrooks, Mike Trout, Yoenis Cespedes, Ryan Cook, Yu Darvish, Wei-Yin Chen Quarter Mark ROY: Yu Darvish, Texas Rangers It’s not a great crop [...]
As we wrote in a post earlier, the Arizona Diamondbacks have placed CF Chris Young on the 15-day DL because of a shoulder injury. They have called up A.J. Pollock from Triple-A. Their Depth Chart has been updated to reflect that move. You can follow The Baseball Index on Twitter @ baseballindex
According to Steve Gilbert of MLB.com, Arizona Diamondbacks’ CF Chris Young has a slight ligament tear in his right shoulder. Young was placed on the 15-day DL yesterday. Losing Young for 15 days is a big blow to the Diamondbacks, but if he is lost for even a longer period of time, then it will [...]
Poor Erik Bedard. Well, not really. Bedard has made over $22 million in his career, but when it comes to run support, Bedard is really poor. Bedard pitched decent enough again last night against the Arizona Diamondbacks as he allowed three hits, two runs, four walks, and he struckout three in five innings of work. [...]
Last April we took a look at Edinson Volquez’s first inning struggles with the Cincinnati Reds. His first inning struggles were nothing new to Volquez has he had a 9.00 ERA in the first inning in 2009 and a 6.17 first inning ERA in 2010. Volquez finished the 2011 season with a 10.35 first inning [...]
Today is Opening Day in baseball and every team starts out 0-0 and a dream. Well, every team starts out 0-0 except for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s, Miami Marlins, and St. Louis Cardinals. Be it as it may, this year baseball is wide open. You could make the argument for at least 12 teams [...]
