mlbnotebook.com - 6/29/2009
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The Nationals have activated Scott Olsen off the 15-Day DL. The Rangers may be going after starting pitching on the free agent and trade markets, instead of relievers as some originally thought. Yankees catcher Jose Molina is close to returning from the DL. He ran the bases, felt no pain, and ...
Nationals Scott Olsen to have season ending surgery
digitalsportsdaily.com 7/21/2009 — From the Washington Post
Scott Olsen has a small tear of his left labrum. His season is over. His goal now: To recover in time for spring training of 2010.
“It really [stinks],” Olsen said. “But Im not the only person that has had surgery. We just go back and try to build ...
Olsen out for the year
thenatsblog.com 7/21/2009 —
Washington Nationals lefty Scott Olsen will need surgery to repair a tear in his left labrum and will “miss “the rest of the season.
While Olsen will now be able to watch one of the worst season’s in baseball history from the sidelines, the Nats will have to find a way to fill ...
Molina inches closer to return to Yanks | yankees.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 6/29/2009 — By Jared Diamond / MLB.com 06/28/09 8:14 PM ET NEW YORK -- Jose Molina's return to the Yankees appears to be coming closer. The backup catcher, who strained his left quad on May 7, ran the bases before Sunday's game against the Mets and said afterward ...
Eric Hinske arrives, Jose Molina headed to Scranton
nyyankeesrumors.com 7/2/2009 — The Yankees traded for Eric Hinske who will provide depth and play first base, third base and the corner outfield positions. This move was directly related to Xavier Nady going down for the year. I like that he is a lefty bat with power to take aim at the short porch and nice wind current ...
Rangers Shifting Focus To Starters?
mlbtraderumors.com 6/29/2009 — With starter Matt Harrison hitting the DL, T.R. Sullivan at MLB.com says that Rangers GM Jon Daniels could comb the starting pitching market for help. We've known that the Rangers have been looking for arms , but the priorities could be shifting from ...
Shouldn't Olsen Have to Earn his Way Back?
firejimbowden.blogspot.com 6/27/2009 — Scott Olsen has completed three rehab starts and by all accounts he's ready to rejoin the Nationals rotation. Here's the problem. He's not as good as the guys who have replaced him. His 5.50 fielding independent ERA is worse than Shairon Martis (5.25), John Lannan (5.09), Craig Stammen (4.28), ...
Nats Player News: Olsen to DL, JD Martin up
nleastchatter.com 7/20/2009 — Scott Olsen was placed on the disabled list retroactive to July 11th according to ESPN . Olsen had only returned from the disabled list a few weeks ago and is scheduled to see the dreaded Dr Andrews on Monday.
JD. Martin will make his first major league start on Monday against the Mets and ...
Rangers on and off the field
mlbcenter.com 7/6/2009 — On the field, Texas has rallied back into a first place tie with Los Angeles, after falling out of the lead for the first time in almost two months last weekend, and trailing the Angels by as many as 2.5 games.
Yankees Rumors: DeRosa, Molina, Duncan
mlbtraderumors.com 6/29/2009 — Joel Sherman of the New York Post tells us why the Yankees weren't serious about Mark DeRosa and adds a couple other rumors:
They never made a strong push for DeRosa, since they had no logical place to put him.
The Yankees will have three ...
Yankees' Fate Remains Tethered to A-Rod —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Alex Rodriguez stepped to the plate in the seventh inning Friday against the Mets and proceeded to pulverize an Elmer Dessens offering deep into the bullpen of cavernous Citi Field.
It was a raw display of opposite-field power by the three-time ...
M's Trade Morse, Acquire Langerhans —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Hours before a series-clinching victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, the Mariners announced they had traded utility man Mike Morse to the Washington Nationals. In exchange for Morse, Seattle received minor league outfielder Ryan ...
Looking at the Yankees on an Off Day —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
The past two weeks have been not so much a Tale of Two Teams as it has a Tale of Two Offenses. Both weeks the Yankees pitched decently—certainly well enough that they could have won nearly every game they played—but in the first week of ...