Archive for the 'Crappy bullpen' Category

Tigers Think Fuentes is Grrrrrrreat?

July 24, 2007

Rumor has it that the Detroit Tigers are interested in Rockies’ pitcher Brian Fuentes and that the Rockies are interested in Yankees’ pitcher Kyle Farnsworth (or pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth as he’s known on The Dugout).

A couple months ago, this would have sent me off on a rant about how getting rid of Brian Fuentes, All-Star closer, would be the stupidest thing the Rockies could do. Since then, however, Fuentes sort of imploded, sat out the All-Star game, and went on the DL, leaving young gun Manny Corpas to take over closing duties. Corpas is as hot as, well, Denver in July. I like the kid and hell, we all knew Fuentes was on the way out after this year anyway — maybe making Habeas Corpas the closer now isn’t such a big deal.

Meanwhile, teams are circling the White Sox, hoping to snag a tasty morsel from the decaying carcass of lost hope my team has become. I know the Sox need to make some changes. Although I like him, I can live with getting rid of DYE!!! if it will get someone with an ERA under, say, 972 for the bullpen.

What I can’t live with is the idea that the hottest man in baseball might get traded to the Jankees. I don’t want to be one of those women who writes about sexy athletes and all that shit, but holy hell Jon Garland is smokin’ hot. He’s also, with the exception of a couple rough games, a really good pitcher. Hey guys, the bullpen is for shit, so maybe messing with starting pitching isn’t a good idea. He just needs to do some yoga to fix that knot in his shoulder and he’ll be fine.

Coby Karl and baseball losers

July 15, 2007

Random updates:

-Coby Karl is playing with the LA Lakers summer league. You can see the roster here.

-The Phillies had their 10,000th loss tonight. Fortunately, Jose Mesa was not at fault. I’m adding the Phillies to the list of teams that aren’t my team but I still kind of like (see also Cubs, Angels, Marlins). They seem like a nice group of guys. I mentioned the tarp drama in my last post — it was pretty damn cool.

They also have Jose Mesa, and Antonio Alfonseca, who has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot — there’s a funny Onion article about Antonio Alfonseca.

-The White Sox still have a crappy bullpen and kind of suck. Like a boyfriend who is kind of an asshole and not that cute, I should dump them but never will. I want it to get better. Couldn’t they get Manny Corpas or anyone else from the Rockies?

Pitching notes & transactions

June 10, 2007

I’ve been neglecting Jose Mesa. He was released by the Tigers on June 3 and signed by the Philadelphia Phillies on June 9. He played for Philly from 2001-03 and is the team’s all-time save leader. That said, his ERA is a lofty 12.34. The White Sox are at Philly for three games starting tomorrow, so hopefully I’ll get to see him in action.

Mark Buehrle finally got his 100th win today, so that was pretty sweet. He pitched eight innings, allowing only one run. The crappy bullpen almost ruined it in the ninth inning — Day and Logan walked three to load the bases, but Bobby Jenks got the save and the Sox won, 6-3. Good thing the Sox had a little offense today.

Jason Hirsh of the Colorado Rockies pitched his first major league complete game in the Rockies’ 6-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The Rockies are 31-32 (they’re better than the White Sox right now).

You know what would be cool — if the Rockies and the White Sox could trade bullpens.

Aardsma and MacDougal to AAA

June 4, 2007

The White Sox sent David Aardsma and Mike MacDougal to Charlotte and purchased the contracts of Ryan Bukvich and Bret Prinz.

Pablo Ozuna was transferred to the 60-day DL.

I hope this is a good start, but let’s hope they do something about the offense, as well.