Baseball Transactions - Monday

Aaron Laffey: From No-Hitter to Losing Pitcher On Record

Sarge posted 4/29/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

Perhaps five innings was just enough for a rookie debut. Not allowing a hit through five, Tribe youngster Aaron Laffey just allowed the following progression to take place:

Aaron Laffey recalled, Brad Snyder sent down, Sizemore scratched

Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts found this 4/29/2008 on mvn.com

Aaron Laffey was recalled from Buffalo today to start tonight against the New York Yankees. He’ll go up against the Yankees’ Mike Mussina. Brad Snyder, called up because Tribe centerfielder Grady Sizemore was scratched yesterday, was ...

Baseball Transactions - Sunday

Dave Rouleau posted 4/29/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

A daily look at baseball transactions.

Glavine 'concerned' about being rusty

kcudah posted 4/29/2008 from www.ajc.com

Tom Glavine's reunion season with the Braves is threatening to become a game of revolving disabled-list stints with John Smoltz. Not what the team had in mind for its venerable 40-something pitchers. The Braves can only hope for the best Tuesday when Smoltz has his troublesome shoulder examined in Atlanta and Glavine tries to pick up some of the slack when he returns from his first-ever DL ...

Maximizing Potential

The Hardball Times found this 4/29/2008 on www.fangraphs.com

For years, Chien-Ming Wang has been the poster boy for successful pitching without strikeouts. He’s used a dominating sinker to induce a ton of ground balls, allowing him to keep hitters off the bases even without generating swings and misses. ...