Baseball’s new villain Cole Hamels is looking for a seven-year contract extension that surpasses C.C. Sabathia’s seven-year, $161 million deal with the Yankees in 2008 according to Andrew Kulp The700Level.com. Apparently he’ll hold the world hostage if nobody gives that kind of money to him.
Back in March, I speculated that Hamels could ask for a [...]
05/15/12
The Philadelphia Phillies are currently occupying last place in the NL East. Yesterday General Manager, Ruben Amaro Jr. said they could become sellers at the July Trade Deadline (via Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com). “July is so far ahead,” Amaro said. “We just have to get on track. But if July comes and we’re playing like [...]
05/11/12
Here’s a running list of pitchers notes around the Major Leagues:
– After yesterday’s appointment, doctors couldn’t set a date for Mariano Rivera’s surgery because they “ran into complications,” according to his agent Fernando Cuza (via George A. King III of the New York Post). “I am referring to Dr. Ahmad and [Yankees general manager] Brian [...]
05/08/12
To be honest I don’t think Darth Vader and Lex Luthor fit in the same category as Cole Hamels right now. Because what he did yesterday was even lower than what Vader and Luthor did throughout their lives combined. And the worst part is that Hamels acknowledged that he did it on purpose and thinks [...]
05/07/12
Left handed pitcher, Cole Hamels, is set to be a free agent at the end of the 2012 season. His agent, John Boggs, was in Florida this past week discussing a long term deal for his client with the Phillies, but will go back to California today empty handed, as no deal was reached.
Jayson Stark [...]
03/10/12
The last stop on our tour around the Big Leagues is the NL East.
NL EAST
Braves- The Braves presented an interesting situation as they were able to trade Derek Lowe away this summer to the Indians, who was probably their only really bad contract. You could focus on Chipper Jones and his deal but I think [...]
02/24/12
The Philadelphia Phillies and starting pitcher Cole Hamels have agreed to a $15 million, one-year contract which avoids the sides going to an arbitration hearing. Hamels’ $15 million sets the record as the highest ever for an arbitration-eligible pitcher before being eligible for free agency.
“We’re happy we’ve concluded the one-year portion of this,” Hamels’ [...]
01/17/12
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Blue Jays closer Jon Rauch had to undergo an emergency appendectomy earlier today and the team placed him on the Disabled List reports Mark Zwolinski of the Toronto Star.
– The San Francisco Giants placed outfielder Carlos Beltran on the Disabled List according to Andrew [...]
08/16/11
Here are a few notes regarding some Major League pitchers:
– Right handed pitcher Scott Baker yesterday threw 7.1 scoreless innings against the Dodgers. This was the third time in his last four starts that he allowed one or fewer runs. His ERA in June is just 1.46 in six starts for the Twins.
– The Detroit Tigers decided [...]
06/30/11
Left handed pitcher David Price is still under team control for four more years, but he’ll be arbitration eligible in each of those years. Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times believes that when Price hits free agency in 2016 and 30-year old he will be in line for “mega-millions”.
The 25-year old said on Saturday [...]
04/04/11