Archive for category: AL West

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  Bailey (AL) and Coghlan (NL) Win Rookie of Year

  AL West, Blog, Majors, NL East November 16, 2009 3:34 pm no comments

  Oakland Athletics reliever Andrew Bailey and Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan have been named the American League and National League Rookies of the Year for the 2009 season. Bailey is a native of Haddon Heights, New Jersey and was a struggling minor league pitcher as recently as the 2008 season. [...]

   

• Pirates Make Another Move

  2009, AL West, Majors, NL Central, Trading Deadline July 29, 2009 3:39 pm no comments

  The Pittsburgh Pirates have made yet another move, trading star shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners. In return, the Pirates are getting shortstop Ronny Cedeno, minor league catcher and former number one draft pick Jeff Clement and right-handed pitchers Nathan Adcock, Brett Lorin and Aaron [...]

   

• Where Will the Jay Land?

  2009, AL Central, AL East, AL West, Blog, Majors, NL Central, NL East, NL West, Trading Deadline July 27, 2009 7:58 pm 1 comment

  Trade rumors have been swirling for a couple of weeks now about American League All-Star Roy Halladay and where he will wind up once the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline comes and goes at 4pm Friday. In some of the most recent reports the Blue Jays claim that Halladay will [...]

   

• Report: It’s a Done Deal: Holliday to Cards; Three Players to A’s

  2009, AL West, Majors, NL Central, Trading Deadline July 24, 2009 12:38 pm no comments

  It has been rumored that the pending deal between the Cardinals and the A’s for slugger Matt Holliday has been completed. The Cardinals will send three players to the A’s in return for Holliday and $1.5 million. As reported earlier, Triple-A third baseman Brett Wallace will head to the A’s [...]

   

• Report: Cardinals Close to Acquiring Matt Holliday

  2009, AL West, Majors, NL Central, Trading Deadline July 24, 2009 11:15 am no comments

  The St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly close to landing slugger Matt Holliday from the Oakland Athletics. The A’s would reportedly receive Brett Wallace in return. Wallace was drafted by the Cardinals in 2008 with their first overall pick. Wallace is hitting .293 with six homeruns and 19 RBIs with the [...]

   

• Baseball Blowups

  AL Central, AL East, AL West, Blog, Majors, NL Central, NL East, NL West June 23, 2009 10:00 pm no comments

  Baseball has been America’s past-time for quite some time now and it has provided fans all over the country with exciting moments from no-hitters to perfect games, from walk-off homeruns to record breaking homeruns, from underdog stories to surprising stories and many other exciting moments throughout the illustrious history of [...]