National League Rumors & News
Prior signs minor-league deal with Rangers
Cubs Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — Tribune News ServicesOft-injured former All-Star Mark Prior has agreed to a minor-league deal with the Texas Rangers. The team says Prior will sign the contract Saturday and report to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Prior will turn 30 on Tuesday and hasn't pitched in a big league game since 2006. Shoulder problems caused him to miss all of 2007 and 2008 and he spent last year in the farm system of his hometown San Diego Padres. He signed with the Orange County Flyers of the independent Golden Baseball League in August and has allowed one unearned run in nine relief appearances. Prior's five-y...
Chicago Cubs 5 mins agoMets starter Johan Santana will test pectoral muscle by playing catch on Saturday
Newark Star-Ledger — Team will know more afterward
New York Mets 15 mins agoBrewers at Phillies, Game 1
Brewers Blog | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — 2nd inning: Prince Fielder led off with a walk, but Casey McGehee bounced into a 5-4-3 double play. Lorenzo Cain struck out on three pitches to end the top.
Milwaukee Brewers 26 mins agoLuebke makes major league debut Friday night at Petco Park
San Diego Union-Tribune — Left-hander Cory Luebke makes his major league debut Friday as the Padres try to stop a seven game-losing streak against the Rockies in the opener of a 10-game homestand
San Diego Padres 45 mins agoJ.J. vs. J.J. as Jurrjens (winless on road) faces Josh Johnson
Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien | Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Next for Braves Who: at Marlins When: 7:10 p.m. Saturday TV; radio: SPSO; 680 AM, 100.5 FM Saturday’s matchup: Braves RH Jair Jurrjens (6-4, 4.38 ERA) vs. RH Josh Johnson (11-5, 2.28). – Jurrjens is 0-4 with a 6.62 ERA in nine road starts, compared to 6-0 with a 2.15 ERA at home. He’s had four quality starts on the road, and in three of them the Braves scored 1, 1 and 2 runs while he was in the game (they scored three while he was in the other). Against the Marlins, he’s 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA in seven career starts, including 1-1 with a 3.46 ERA in four at Sun Life Sta...
Atlanta Braves 46 mins agoSoriano, DeWitt homer in Cubs' win
Northwest Herald — CHICAGO – Alfonso Soriano and Blake DeWitt each hit three-run homers, and the Cubs beat the New York Mets, 7-6, on Friday.
Chicago Cubs 1 hour agoStephen Strasburg's Tommy John surgery successful
Nationals Journal | Washington Post — Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg underwent successful Tommy John surgery this morning in Los Angeles, Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo said. Renowned orthopedist Dr. Lewis Youcum and Nationals team doctor Wiemi Douoguih performed the operation, which took three hours. "He came through it with flying colors," Rizzo said. "It went smooth and uneventful." Strasburg's ulnar collateral ligament was replaced by a tendon from his thigh. He will spend the night at the hospital and return home to San Diego tomorrow. His rehab will start at a facility outside San Diego, and Strasburg will miss at ...
Washington Nationals 1 hour agoSandberg named PCL manager of the year
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — Triple-A Iowa Cubs manager Ryne Sandberg has been named Pacific Coast League manager of the year. Sandberg, in his first season on the Triple-A level, has led Iowa to an 80-60 record entering action Friday. The Iowa Cubs are in a first-place tie as they enter a series with Memphis that will determine if they’ll reach the postseason. The former Cubs’ Hall of Fame second baseman will be interviewed for the team’s major-league job after the Iowa Cubs are done for the season, according to ESPNChicago.com’s Bruce Levine.
Chicago Cubs 1 hour agoLa Russa doesn't think "underachieving" description is fair
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — La Russa disagrees with Blue's assessment, but not his right to make it
St. Louis Cardinals 1 hour agoHome runs fly as Mets fall to Cubs, 7-6
Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger — R.A. Dickey allowed all seven Cubs runs
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- 43 years with the Sox... and counting Boston Globe Sitting behind home plate at LeLacheur Park on a sultry late-summer evening, Dick Berardino does not need a computer, or a radar gun, to evaluate the fielding prowess or base-running habits of the hometown Spinners. Baseball field - Dick Berardino - Sports - Baseball - Major League
- Chicago-Boston postponed by severe weather threat Boston Globe The game between the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox was postponed Friday because of the threat of severe weather from Hurricane Earl. Boston Red Sox - Chicago White Sox - Sports - Baseball - Major League
- Showalter responds to Garza comments The Heater | St. Petersburg Times Matt Garza's comments in today's Times about "seeking payback" from the Orioles for his last start (when he allowed four home runs), and his plan to "shove it down" their throats this time were popular topics of conversation before Friday's game. Here's what Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to say: "There's a lot of people that feel that way they just don't say it publicly. So what's the difference? A lot of them feel that way. Certainly you got a pitcher that was a real break from the norm. Pitchers do have a memory plus guys that pitch once every fifth da...
- Sox's Morel focusing on present, not 2011 White Sox Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports By Mark Gonzales BOSTON -- Mark Teahen's fielding problems, Omar Vizquel's age and Dayan Viciedo's youth could give Brent Morel the inside track at winning the White Sox's 2011 starting third base job. But Morel is too happy with his first promotion to the major leagues to look at the possibility of starting next year. "It's tough to look ahead at next year," said Morel, who hit a combined .322 with 37 doubles and 10 home runs at Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte. "I'm really happy to be here right now to get the opportunity to come up and help any way I can to get this team in th...
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Manny admits feeling guilt about Boston days
White Sox Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports
Manny Ramirez with the White Sox. (File photo)
By Mark GonzalesBOSTON -- Manny Ramirez arrived at Fenway Park just minutes after Friday night's game between the White Sox and Boston was postponed because of rain.A reflective Ramirez spoke remorsefully about his eight productive but controversial seasons in Boston and his favorable impressions in his first week with the White Sox.[if gte mso 9]>
- Fantasy baseball injury analysis: Justin Morneau done but Alex Rodriguez can still help ESPN With fantasy playoffs just around the corner, everyone wants to know who's in and who's out. At this point it's perhaps easier to identify who will n...
- Chasing the perfect Ricky Nolasco season is a fool's errand ESPN I'm searching for the correct words to describe how I feel about Florida Marlins starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco. He is obviously talented, but it's no...
- Start/sit advice, two-start pitchers, rankings for Week 22 of the 2010 fantasy baseball season ESPN Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down the schedule for weekly lineup setters in Week 22 of the fantasy baseball season.
- Start 'em, sit 'em advice for Segment 2, Week 9 of Baseball Challenge ESPN AJ Mass gives advice for those setting their lineups for the ninth week of Segment 2 of the ESPN Baseball Challenge game.
- Fantasy baseball starts/sits, pickups and pitcher rankings for Saturday, Sept. 4, and Sunday, Sept. 5 ESPN Daily notes for fantasy baseball lineups for Saturday, Sept. 4, and Sunday, Sept. 5.