MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[Tailgater]

<!--quoteo(post=22497:date=Mar 9 2009, 12:08 AM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 9 2009, 12:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->That's A-Rod with some random lady in Vail. He looks thrilled! Not quite as much as Greg Oden does with this fan though:

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That is Oden smiling.

But the real reason for the post....found a good article on Mark Prior.
Prior

[Brock]

The Marlins released Jay Gibbons and sent Jose Ceda to minor league camp.

[Brock]

Erik Bedard has a sore buttocks.

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Bedard was scratched from his scheduled start against Kansas City on Wednesday because of sore buttocks and missed his bullpen session on Thursday because of the same thing. He canceled again Friday.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[ColoradoCub]

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->ESPN is reporting that the Astros and Ivan Rodriguez have agree to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.
It's about time the Astros stepped up to the plate. Perhaps they'll cut Brandon Backe later this spring to help pay for Pudge, who should get every opportunity to take over as the starting catcher. Humberto Quintero can back him up, with J.R. Towles returning to Triple-A and Rule-5 pick Lou Palmisano going back to the Brewers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[ColoradoCub]

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Rich Hill (elbow) threw a 60-pitch bullpen session Thursday and said afterward that it "didn't go as well as I wanted it to."
"It was kind of here and there," Hill said. "The command wasn't where I wanted it to be. I think it was a little bit of a stamina issue and that's really about it. Nothing other than that."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

[Butcher]

Wow. That avatar is all kinds of awful.

[Clapp]

<!--quoteo(post=24044:date=Mar 19 2009, 10:25 AM:name=ColoradoCub)-->QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Mar 19 2009, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Rich Hill (elbow) threw a 60-pitch bullpen session Thursday and said afterward that it "didn't go as well as I wanted it to."
"It was kind of here and there," Hill said. "The command wasn't where I wanted it to be. I think it was a little bit of a stamina issue and that's really about it. Nothing other than that."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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[AlexV]

<!--quoteo(post=24047:date=Mar 19 2009, 10:28 AM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 19 2009, 10:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=24044:date=Mar 19 2009, 10:25 AM:name=ColoradoCub)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Mar 19 2009, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Rich Hill (elbow) threw a 60-pitch bullpen session Thursday and said afterward that it "didn't go as well as I wanted it to."
"It was kind of here and there," Hill said. "The command wasn't where I wanted it to be. I think it was a little bit of a stamina issue and that's really about it. Nothing other than that."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Just read this on yahoo!:

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Hill (elbow) has been inconsistent in his recent bullpen sessions, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Recommendation: Hill probably won't even be ready for the start of the season. Anyone who is throwing a pitch over the head of his pitching coach while the coach stands in the box is not going to be a favorite for a rotation spot.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Poor guy. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clapp.gif[/img]

[Clapp]

<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Bench coach Jim Tracy, filling in for manager Clint Hurdle — who spent the day in minor-league camp — stressed patience <b>with Marquis, who is fixing his delivery</b>.

"I have seen it before with veterans, like Omar Daal and Jeff Weaver, that when the bell rings they can go out and throw seven shutout innings in their first start," Tracy said <b>after Marquis was battered for 12 runs in 3 1/3 innings</b>.

Even for spring, the numbers are a bit unnerving: <b>Marquis (14.14 ERA), </b>Jorge De La Rosa (9.64), Franklin Morales (10 runs in a minor-league start Tuesday) and Greg Smith (three innings Tuesday as he builds up arm strength) are the candidates for the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 spots in the rotation.

"I don't want to tell people not to worry," catcher Yorvit Torrealba said. "But it is different with a guy like Marquis because of his experience."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wow.

[Butcher]

I'm so glad Marquis is no longer our concern.

[Quinn]

The fact that we got a living, breathing person for him is amazing.

[veryzer]

and think how happy we'll be if marshallis not only adequate, but good.

[Andy]

Maybe I'm a little over-confident, but I think our offense is going to make even our worst pitcher look respectable.

[Clapp]

So nice to watch Stoney doing games again... just sucks it has to be with Hawk.

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=25224:date=Mar 26 2009, 04:15 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 26 2009, 04:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->So nice to watch Stoney doing games again... just sucks it has to be with Hawk.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


i will never watch stone and harrelson do a game. never. i'll burn in hell before that happens.