MLB Trades and Rumors
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I don't know anything about either prospect, but I've always liked Kazmir a lot.....I'm not sure whats wrong with him this year.
He can be a tempermental problem. That is not a "fit" in a Scioscia clubhouse. Plus, the Angels cannot afford to give away ANY prospects right now. Free agency has the potential of decimating the '10 ballclub and they need to hold on to all they have "down on the farm" until we see how that all settles out.
I am surprised they let him go through waivers. I wonder if this was more of a money move. Hey KC, if the Angels do sign the dotted line, how much comes out of Senior Moreno's pocket?
$23.5 million by the end of the '11 season!
This one is a big ol' Vegas roll-of-the dice purely and simply.
WOW!! THAT MUCH??!! I don't know about adding THAT MUCH payroll with possible damamge goods....
Angels made this move looking towards the playoffs ... Kazmir's record against the yankees is very good.
Definitely. Here are Kazmir's 2009 numbers against those two teams:
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ERA W L GS IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG
vs. BOS 3.27 2 0 2 11 13 4 4 1 6 6 .289
vs. NYY 2.63 2 0 2 13.2 11 4 4 1 1 10 .220What surprises me is how successful Kazmir has been against A-Rod and Jeter, both R batters. Below is a list of key Sox and Yankee players with at least 10 AB lifetime against Kazmir:
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[b] PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO **BA** OBP SLG OPS [/b]
Mark Teixeira 15 9 6 3 0 0 3 4 2 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Dustin Pedroia 36 29 15 3 1 1 3 6 1 .517 .600 .793 1.393
Victor Martinez 11 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .455 .455 .455 .910
Jorge Posada 28 25 11 3 0 1 5 2 8 .440 .464 .680 1.144
Alex Gonzalez 10 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .500 .900
Jacoby Ellsbury 20 20 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .350 .650
Jason Bay 17 15 4 1 0 1 3 2 6 .267 .353 .533 .886
Mike Lowell 45 40 10 2 0 4 8 4 10 .250 .333 .600 .933
Kevin Youkilis 45 38 9 3 0 0 3 6 14 .237 .333 .316 .649
Jose Molina 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 .222 .364 .333 .697
David Ortiz 50 44 9 1 0 2 8 6 11 .205 .300 .364 .664
Hideki Matsui 29 26 5 0 0 1 3 3 5 .192 .276 .308 .584
Jason Varitek 44 32 6 1 0 1 4 9 11 .188 .386 .313 .699
Nick Swisher 29 27 5 0 0 1 2 2 6 .185 .241 .296 .537
Johnny Damon 44 36 6 1 1 0 5 6 7 .167 .273 .250 .523
Robinson Cano 23 23 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 .130 .130 .130 .260
Alex Rodriguez 30 24 3 0 0 0 0 6 7 .125 .300 .125 .425
Derek Jeter 38 33 4 1 0 1 4 3 10 .121 .237 .242 .479I want to know how you were able to get the format to be correct, whenever I try to post something like this it goes haywire.
How is it that the Rays and Angels can make a trade after the deadline like this.
Kazmir would have to go thru Waviers, I cannot believe no one would pick him up on waivers lower than the Angels.
Jimbo
Kazmir would have to go thru Waviers, I cannot believe no one would pick him up on waivers lower than the Angels.
Jimbo
Probably due to the money, $8 million next season and $12 million in 2011, with a club option at $13.5 million for 2012.
yep....that is alot of money...especially the last couple of years. I don't think teams would have had an issue with $ 8 million.
Dodgers just got Jim Thome.
Don't ask me where he will play. The dude hasn't played first in years.
Don't ask me where he will play. The dude hasn't played first in years.
He'll come off the bench in pinch hitting scenarios. Excellent move by your Dodgers. Jim still has some pop left in his bat.
.... btw, this now reunites Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome once again. The original Wahoo Wallopers are back together again!
WOW!! Thome AND Garland...Funny how you have NO CLUE who is trying to go through the waiver wire until that person is traded...
If you could change the course of sports history three ways, how would you do it?
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