ANAHEIM ANGELS Placed OF Matt Luke on the 15-day DL, retroactive to 6/25 (partially torn rib cage muscle); recalled LHP Mike Holtz from Edmonton. [6/27] Placed RHP Tim Belcher on the 15-day DL, retroactive to 6/27 (fractured right pinky); recalled C Bret Hemphill from Edmonton; acquired OF Mike Stoner from the Diamondbacks for OF Jason…
The most important thing Bill James did for baseball, in my opinion, was to question the assumptions that were prevalent in the game and determined how it was played. His statistical methods were tools, and only tools, developed to help test the validity of those assumptions. Some analysts–myself included–have occasionally forgotten that point, and treated…
Game Report: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, June 24, 1999: Brad Radke versus Jaime Navarro I like to go to the ballpark with a few things on my mind. Sometimes they’re questions, and I see if the game gives me any clues about their answers. Sometimes I go just to see a player I’ve…
JIMENEZ NO-HITS D-BACKS “It’s unbelievable. I can’t explain it. I just want to fly tonight.” — Jose Jimenez, Cardinals pitcher “If that doesn’t thrill you, then you should be doing something else for a living. He really had tremendous movement on his pitches. He has Kevin Brown-type movement.” — Tony LaRussa, Cardinals manager “Since I…
ANAHEIM ANGELS Re-signed manager Terry Collins to a contract extension; activated SS Gary Disarcina from the DL; designated UT Tim Unroe for assignment. [6/22] Disney rallies around its man, but it isn’t like they can’t afford to eat the contract should they finally realize that Collins is part of the problem. It’s been interesting to…
TRADE Dear Rotoman: I have been offered Albert Belle for Mike Mussina. I am lacking in the power categories and my staff is one of the best in my deep AL-only league. In addition to Mussina, I have David Cone, Charles Nagy, Scott Erickson, Wilson Alvarez, Tim Hudson, Omar Olivares and, sorry to say, Steve…
BALTIMORE ORIOLES Placed 2B Delino DeShields on the 15-day DL, retroactive to 6/20 (strained hamstring). [6/21] DeShields is well on the way to earning a "fragile" label. Between injuries he hasn’t exactly busted out to the kind of offensive season (.274/.355/.374) people might have expected from a guy coming into Camden Yards in what’s turning…
LARRY DIERKER “It was scary to hear that he might have a tumor. You couldn’t eat or sleep last night. It was great to see that he is OK. Now we can go out and do what he trained us to do the last three years, have fun and play hard.” — Derek Bell, Astros…
ANAHEIM ANGELS Placed CF Mike Colangelo on the 15-day DL, retroactive to 6/14 (torn thumb ligament); announced that INF Tim Unroe cleared waivers, and selected his contract back from Edmonton; transferred CF Jim Edmonds from the 15- to the 60-day DL. [6/16] The only surprise is that Colangelo was hurt worse than expected in his…
(Ed. Note: Peter Kreutzer joins Baseball Prospectus Online this week with his fantasy baseball column “Ask Rotoman”. Kreutzer, formerly of ESPN.com, will be taking reader questions and dispensing his unique brand of fantasy baseball insight throughout the summer.) It’s good to be back. After an off-season that saw Rotoman welcome Rotobaby to the family, and…
Are the Phillies for Real? For the second straight June, the Philadelphia Phillies find themselves on the brink of wild-card contention, just a game and a half behind the Cubs and Giants. As has been the case in most NL seasons since the wild card’s debut, this "race" pits a handful of .530 teams battling…
ANAHEIM ANGELS Purchased the contracts of OFs Mike Colangelo and Matt Luke from Edmonton; optioned 1B Chris Pritchett to Edmonton; designated UT Tim Unroe for assignment; transferred RHP Pep Harris from the 15- to the 60-day DL. [6/12] To add to this mess, as you should already know, Colangelo promptly got injured in his first…