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Darren Bragg has been getting regular time all year from Bobby Cox, recently starting in left field, and is hitting .113/.171/.127 in his 78 plate appearances. This is well below the average for MLB pitchers, who are hitting .144/.177/.188.

The Yankees are now apparently targeting Ugueth Urbina, which should please Red Sox fans to no end. No one has any idea what exactly the Yankees are going to offer in any trade for someone like Urbina, because I think they essentially have nothing left to trade. It will be interesting to see what can be done. Any Yankee on the major leauge roster won't be traded for, of course, because it's common knowledge that the owner will eventually panic and force the GM to waive any player you are interested in anyway, provided you wait long enough.

Another entry for the Hall of Hilarious Injuries, as Kaz Sasaki goes on the 15-day DL after suffering bruised ribs from a fall. It seems Sasaki fell while trying to lug his suitcase up the stairs of his home. The Mariners had been on a 12-game roadtrip. I shudder to think how many Expos players are going to be crippled on their staircases after returning from their 25-day odyssey in a week's time.

This article on Melvin Mora caught my eye today. Mora has quite good defensive numbers at shortstop, and he's always impressed me personally as a shortstop on the occasions I've seen him play, he does everything tolerably well... he just makes a lot of errors, maybe 8-10 per season more than average over a full year. The Orioles are employing the execrably bad Deivi Cruz to play short, who isn't even the equal of Mora defensively and has a .260 OBP to boot. Since even Baltimore don't employ fourth outfielders who hit as badly as Cruz, why not stop shuttling Mora all around the diamond, and put him where he belongs in the middle infield? You can then play a left fielder in left field, and get a much better bat in the lineup to boot.
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_perlhack - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 09:26 AM EDT (#100241) #
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20030613&content_id=372177&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Excuse me for hijacking the thread, but reports indicate that Sosa hasn't bothered making the trip to Toronto; the article I read indicated that this was Dusty Baker's decision.

Click on my alias above for a link to the story.
robertdudek - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 09:29 AM EDT (#100242) #
Godfrey was in the booth with TSN last night and announced the same thing. Baker wanted Sammy to stay in Chicago and take batting practice: he felt that Sammy would attact too much media attention and this would distract his club.

Godfrey said that he was disappointed that a marquee player like Sosa wouldn't be coming to Toronto, but said that he would have made the same decision.
Coach - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 09:40 AM EDT (#100243) #
It seems Sasaki fell while trying to lug his suitcase up the stairs of his home.

Something similar happened to Dennis Martinez many years ago, when he strained his shoulder carrying his bags through a hotel lobby. Richard Griffin, then the Expos' P.R. man and legendary press box wit, told the media it was Samsonitis.
_DS - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 11:15 AM EDT (#100244) #
Sorry to keep up with these David Bush updates, but clearly this guy is ready for AA.

His line last night:

7 ip, 6 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 11 K

His season line:

7 - 3, 2.81 ERA, 77 ip, 64 H, 9 BB, 75 K, 6 HR allowed, 7 HB, 4 WP

C'mon JP. What the heck are you guys waiting for?
_Chuck Van Den C - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 11:23 AM EDT (#100245) #
7 - 3, 2.81 ERA, 77 ip, 64 H, 9 BB, 75 K, 6 HR allowed, 7 HB, 4 WP

The HB and WP make him look wild. The BB/HB ratio makes him look not wild, but mean.
robertdudek - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 12:24 PM EDT (#100246) #
Bush is 23 so he's kind of old for A+ ball - he MUST be promoted to New Haven soon.
_jacksons point - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 01:59 PM EDT (#100247) #
"Richard Griffin, then the Expos' P.R. man and legendary press box wit"

More like legendeary dim wit.
Pistol - Friday, June 13 2003 @ 03:21 PM EDT (#100248) #
http://www.baseballamerica.com/cgi-bin/03draftdbx_team.cgi?team=TOR
My apologies if it's been discussed already, but the Jays signed most of their top draft picks (25 rounds) a couple days ago. Of the ones not signed at least 3 are in the CWS and not eligible to sign.

Click on my name to see who's signed so far.
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