The Toronto Blue Jays are probably the biggest disappointment in all of baseball. They made huge moves this offseason, including acquiring the likes of Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson and R.A. Dickey, who was last year’s Cy Young-award winner last year for god’s sake. And, they are terrible. They are in last place in the AL [...]
Fans on New York sports radio have been clamoring for this for a while, and they could soon get their wish. Once a top prospect in the organization, Ike Davis is now just a guy playing crappy baseball, like the rest of his teammates not named Matt Harvey. ESPNNewYork.com has been hearing that internal talks [...]
Philadelphia Phillies starter Roy Halladay is breaking down. It’s not his fault, the guy is 36-years old and has been an absolute horse throughout his career. There is only so much wear and tear that one guy can take. Halladay had a few putrid starts this season before he admitted that his shoulder was bothering [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies have many holes on their team, but apparently not enough a-holes. And in an attempt to increase their a-hole depth, the club has signed former Miami Marlin and Chicago Cub Carlos Zambrano to a minor-league contract. Zambrano recently agreed to a deal with the Independent League Long Island Ducks. He didn’t report [...]
Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Jackson was hitting .272 this season, even if he wasn’t providing much power (two HR’s). So, he’s not a bat that you’re thrilled to lose in your lineup. But, lose him they will, as he’s been placed on the 15-day disabled list. Jackson is expected to need the full 15 days [...]
By now you’ve surely heard about Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ. Against the Tampa Bay Rays, he took a hard line drive right off the side of his head. We’ve seen pitchers get hit with comebackers before, but this was something different. Happ was knocked to the ground and needed to be taken off [...]
Slow news day, but we love making sure that we publish as many stories about athletes getting in trouble as possible. And since we mentioned the Todd Helton DUI arrest back in February, we feel compelled to issue a follow up. Helton has pleaded guilty to driving while ability impaired. He wasn’t hammered, but he [...]
Perhaps the biggest question mark for the Philadelphia Phillies entering the 2013 season was the effectiveness of Roy Halladay. He’s no spring chicken, has logged a ton of innings in his career and he had some injury issues last season. While Halladay has had some nice starts this year, his last two have been absolutely [...]
Great news for Philadelphia Phillies fans! Not only does your outfield blow completely, but it’s actually worse than you think. The one guy who was expected to at least be decent (hit a few singles for you) at the plate, is hurt and awful. Centerfielder Ben Revere was an offseason acquisition who was supposed to [...]
Whoa! Look out for the Colorado Rockies! Just when you thought they might not win the World Series this season, they go out and add Roy Oswalt. That’s right, the Rockies have signed Oswalt to a minor league contract, with nothing guaranteed. Photo Caption: In the past, Oswalt has worn #42 to salute Mariano Rivera. [...]
Finally, the offensive woes of the Philadelphia Phillies are over! The Phils previously were sporting one of the worst outfields in the history of professional sports (yes, that includes the NHL), but help seems to be on the way! The club has activated Delmon Young from the disabled list and he’ll eventually be taking over [...]
OTR recently had a great chat with New York Mets starting pitcher Dillon Gee (@DillonGee35). We talked about a variety of topics including his first win last Sunday, pitching to Ryan Howard and his use of the changeup. So, let’s chat with Dillon: Micah: How are you feeling? How is the shoulder feeling? Gee: My [...]
Hooray? For the most part, Philadelphia Phillies “outfielder” Domonic Brown has been a disappointment. He was a “do not touch” guy when the Phillies were wheeling and dealing for the likes of Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee and Hunter Pence in recent years. But, every time he comes up he seems to underwhelm. Although, despite recent [...]
Toronto Blue Jays fans had to be excited this offseason when they traded for just about every single player in MLB. One of those guys was SS Jose Reyes, who is expected to be a big contributor this season. So, no one in the 416 area code can be thrilled that Reyes left Friday night’s [...]
It’s not secret that the New York Mets would love to get their hands on Giancarlo Stanton from the Miami Marlins. Let’s be honest, just about every team in baseball would. But, the Mets have a couple of prospects who could probably get that deal done. It all depends on the Marlins’ willingness to move [...]
Roy Oswalt apparently has a television, or at the very least the internet. He’s well aware of the pitching woes of the Philadelphia Phillies and seems to want to help. After watching former teammate Roy Halladay implode on the mound last night against the New York Mets, Oswalt took to his Twitter account. “I would [...]
You may have noticed yesterday that the Detroit Tigers made sure that Justin Verlander is now set for friggin’ life with that huge $140 million extension. Well, we’re sure that Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers noticed that, because, according to Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times, the two sides are talking about a [...]
Times are tough these days in America. Especially in Detroit, where the auto industry has withstood repeated bashings from the economy. And Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander knows economic hardships all too well. He is under contract with the Tigers for the next two seasons at $20 million per year. But, how could he walk [...]
In 2008, the New York Mets made a big splash when they signed super stud Johan Santana to a six-year, $137.5 million contract. Since then, he’s given then maybe two or three good years. In the last few seasons, he’s been dealing with arm issues, which are obviously never good, especially when you gave the [...]
Seattle Mariners left fielder Michael Morse is off to a hot spring. Will he stay hot though? Can he continue this torrid pace? The easy answer is he definitely could. In 2011 with the Washington Nationals he hit .303 with 31 home runs. He even hit .291 last year with 18 bombs, despite battling injuries [...]
A trade is not yet complete between the Anaheim Angels and the New York Yankees for OF Vernon Wells, but it might as well be. Wells has reportedly already removed his nameplate from his locker and waived his no-trade clause. Wells is due some $42 million in the next two seasons and don’t nobody wanna [...]
Cincinnati Reds general manager Walt Jocketty and manager Dusty Baker have made it official: Fireballer Aroldis Chapman will be the team’s closer for the 2013 season and Mike Leake will be the fifth starter in their rotation. “It’s decided: Leake in rotation, Chapman to be closer #reds,” tweets MLB.com‘s Mark Sheldon. Some thought that Jocketty [...]
No real surprise here. New York Mets LHP Johan Santana has been fighting through a shoulder issue and has been trying to get his arm strength back up to where it needs to be in order to play baseball. So it’s not a shocker that manager Terry Collins announced that he would start the season [...]
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Remember it wasn’t but a few years ago that Chone Figgins was a hot free-agent commodity. He signed a four-year, $36 million deal with the Seattle Mariners after the 2009 season, and was quick to disappoint. Just a few short years later and Figgins is being dumped by a [...]
Two years ago, the Philadelphia Phillies were faced with a tough decision. Ryan Madson was coming off a great season in his first year in the closer’s role. There were reports that they offered him a contract in the four-year, $44 million range and that he turned it down. The Phillies decided to go the [...]
