- Jake Peavy owners can now breath a sigh of relief. Peavy has declined the trade to the White Sox and will continue to dominate the NL... for now.
- Twins catcher Joe Mauer continued is domination with the bat yesterday, knocking out his 8th homer (a grand slam too) out of the park helping the Twins murder the White Sox, 20-1. Mauer is 19 games into his season and is still batting over .400. Minnesota needs to make sure they do everything in their power to keep him from getting injured because this is just sick.
- Speaking of sick hitting, Raul Ibanez continues his dream season. Yesterday, he tied Adrian Gonzalez for the league lead in homeruns with 15. The Phillies have moved Ibanez to the third spot in the lineup and the production they're getting from everyone is huge. Ibanez at this point has to be one of the early favorites to win the NL MVP.
(Photo by AP)
- Remember that talk about power being the only thing missing from Todd Helton's game? Well you can forget about it. Helton smacked a grand slam in Colorado's 9-0 win over the Braves last night.
- The New York Mets' Jose Reyes has tendinitis behind his right calf and is listed as day to day. There currently isn't any plans to put him on the DL, however I would imagine his owners would rather have him on the DL rather than deal with him sitting out games and having no way to replace him.
- Right now the Mets are dealing with a ton of injuries and are looking to acquire Mark DeRosa from the Cleveland Indians. He's a utility player that can pretty much play anywhere on the field. So far, so good for DeRosa this season as he currently has 6 HR's and 26 RBI in 39 games this season.
- Former 19 game winner, Chien-Ming Wang of the Yankees will make his third and probably final rehab start today for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. As long as he feels well after this start he will be back in the Yankees rotation.
- Cardinals OF Ryan Ludwick is currently swinging off a tee and should be in the Cardinals lineup next week, so be prepared to activate him.
- Magglio Ordonez will return to the Tigers lineup this weekend after missing a few games due to his wife undergoing surgery. The slumping Ordonez looked as though he was starting to come around before his absence, so hopefully he'll be able to continue to his resurgence when he gets back.
- Reds ace Edinson Volquez is on the 15 DL with back spasms. Just when you thought the Reds pitching staff couldn't be any more lousy, this happens.
Posted
May 22 2009, 08:54 AM
by
Nick Fruscello