Mike Pelfrey Rumors & News

Probables (all games FSN) Monday, 6:10pm: Kevin Correia vs. Julio Teheran Tuesday, 6:10pm: Mike Pelfrey vs. Tim Hudson Wednesday, 11:10am: Vance Worley vs. Paul Maholm Braves Notes As I'm sure you're aware, this is Minnesota's first visit to Atlanta since the 1991 World Series. In fact, according to Baseball Reference, it's the first visit by the Washington Senators or Minnesota Twins to the Boston Beaneaters, Doves, Rustlers, Braves, or Bees, or the Milwaukee Braves. Ron Gant was falling off the bag. Kent Hrbek just held the tag on him. Drew Coble was smart enough to see it. T...

Mike Pelfrey took a step back in his season progress today, as he lasted just four innings in Minnesota's loss to the White Sox. Chicago actually took the series today, and did some damage to Pelfrey while they were at it. In his four innings, Pelfrey gave up 5 earned runs on 8 hits to Chicago batters, including 2 home runs -- one to Adam Dunn in the third, and another to Dayan Viciedo in the fourth. He did strike out more batters than he walked (3 and 2, respectively), but I'm not sure that's much consolation at this point in his season. His ERA has now climbed to 6.57, with 57 hits g...

Good heavens, throw the ball toward home plate. Get it back from the catcher and throw it again.

First Pitch: 12:10 pm CSTTV: FSNRadio: 96.3 K-TWIN, TIBNKnow Thine Enemy: South Side SoxIs Winter Gone?: Yes, I think so! In today's Central Division afternoon matchup between the Twins and White Sox, Minnesota will be looking to Mike Pelfrey to start a new winning streak. Pelfrey's last start began on a good note, but ended with him leaving in the 6th inning after giving up 3 runs in the same inning on 9 hits (and a walk). Yikes. So today, the Twins are going to hope Pelfrey will not do that again and throw another quality start, while also hoping Dylan Axelrod is off his game...aga...

Today's game features two pitchers that are barely older than me in the 25-year old Steve Johnson and 26-year old Vance Worley. Both are looking to pitch deeper than Mike Pelfrey and Jason Hammel from yesterday, as neither of Friday's starters were able to complete 6 innings. Steve Johnson (4-0, 2.11*) * 2012 statistics Johnson made his major league debut last season for the Orioles and was a welcome surprise. He wasn't a top prospect, but he made 12 appearances (4 starts) and won all of his decisions while posting an excellent ERA. It appeared as though the league couldn't figure him ...

Jason Hammel #39 / Pitcher / Baltimore Orioles Height: 6-6 Weight: 215 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Sep 02, 1982 Hammel has compiled a record of 5-1, with all five of those wins coming on the road. Tonight's game, unfortunately, is at Target Field. So, forfeit then? Mike Pelfrey #37 / Pitcher / Minnesota Twins Height: 6-7 Weight: 250 Bats: R Throws: R Born: Jan 14, 1984 After a dreadful start, Pelfrey has given the appearance of turning the corner in his last two starts. He had his best performance of 2013 last Sunday, surre...

Probables (all games FSN) Friday, 7:10pm: Mike Pelfrey vs. Jason Hammel Saturday, 6:10pm: Vance Worley vs. Steve Johnson Sunday, 1:10pm: Scott Diamond vs. Wei Yin Chen Orioles Notes Remember last year when the Orioles were 47-1 in extra innings or whatever? They're only 6-5 this year in one-run games, and 2-2 in extra innings, yet they're still 21-14 and tied for the AL East lead with Boston and the Yankees. Weird. Steve Johnson, who starts Saturday, had a 2.11 ERA in 12 appearances for the Orioles last year, including four starts and a 4-0 record - but didn't make the rotation i...

Mike Pelfrey was due. Let's be honest. His first start of the year was strong even though he didn't get through the sixth inning, but since then we saw four pretty rough starts in a row. Today, however, was a good day. He struck out seven, walked one, and allowed just one hit and a solitary run over six innings. The only time he looked like he was in any danger was the fourth, when he allowed three of his four hits and the Indians scored their first run on a Mark Reynolds sacrifice fly. The Twins were ahead all afternoons. Trevor Plouffe pulled his fourth home run of the year into the ...