Just as the Padres demoted one of my favorite players, Jon Knott, the A’s called up another one of my guys, infielder Ramon Castro. In Castro’s first major-league at-bat, he pinch hit for Bobby Crosby in the 9th inning. Castro reached base on an error by Angels 3B Alfredo Amegaza, and got an RBI when […]

When I do a weekly Comings and Goings, as opposed to the two-a-week variety, it tends to get very long. This becomes a bit of a problem, and this last week, it left me not commenting on 2 transactions I wanted to say something on. Sure, I could always throw it in the next edition, […]

Below, Dave wondered about Yusmerio Petit’s home/road splits at Capital City. Well, I looked around and found them. I also noticed that Petit pitched a gem on Sunday, 5.2 innings with just one hit and eleven strikeouts. He’s now 9-1, with a 2.10 ERA and a 112-21 K-BB in 77 innings this year. At home, […]

Following up on Matthew’s Yusmeiro Petit post, you can read a bit more about the Mets’ prospect in Baseball America’s Daily Dish (scroll down to June 18th). His manager, Blaine Beatty, calls him a righthanded Sid Fernandez, because his fastball (which sits around 90 mph) is sneaky fast. Sickels’ comparison to Nelson Figueroa seems appropriate […]

Last week, I got an email from a reader named Josh Orenstein telling me about a minor leaguer I’d never heard of — Yusmerio Petit. My guess is not many of you have heard of Petit either. Well, the guy is good. Petit is a 19-year-old Venezuelan-born RHP in the Mets system. At Single-A Capital […]

Yesterday, Matthew lamented the Padres’ demotion of Knott, pointing out that they didn’t even give him a chance (14 AB). I watch nearly every Padre game, and I have been wondering why Bruce Bochy would not use him more. He has consistently shown a preference for Kerry Robinson, Jeff Cirillo and Miguel Ojeda off the […]

After barely giving him a chance (14 AB), the Padres demoted Jon Knott to AAA to make room for reliever Ricky Stone. This is just a crap move. Stone has been a decent enough pitcher in his career, but he’s got a 5.68 ERA this year and is basically just a run-of-the-mill middle reliever. Meanwhile, […]

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The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is perhaps the most famous in all of baseball, but it’s been pretty one-sided. On the other hand, the Dodgers-Giants rivalry has been roughly even, and one could argue (as I would) that it’s the greater rivalry. I’m a fan of both the Dodgers and Red Sox, and I grew up […]

Stats and graphs have been updated, through games of June 17. We’ve added a couple of new stats, including BABIP for batters. That’s Batting Average On Balls In Play. It’s a measure of how many batted balls (so it excludes strikeouts) have fallen in for hits, not including home runs. Because we also collect the […]