Yankees Notes: Pettitte, A-Rod, Posada, Curtis,
Joba, Betances, Future Games

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Orel Hershiser 1987 Donruss Highlights

post from 30-Year Old Cardboard on 23 June 2010 09:48:28 AM. © 30-Year Old Cardboard

Orel Hershiser 1987 Donruss – ‘Highlights’ I always enjoyed the Donruss ‘Highlights’ sets as a kid. While their color choice for the borders of these cards may be questionable, there is no escaping the fact that this subset gave us a few more cards of the game’s best players to collect. This specific card of [...]

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The Pittsburgh Pirates shut down a couple of
pitchers for 2010

post from Pittsburgh Pirates MLB News - Pirates Baseball Blog on 23 June 2010 09:48:20 AM. © Pittsburgh Pirates MLB News - Pirates Baseball Blog

The Pirates have shut down 32-year old righty reliever Tyler Yates and 30-year old lefty reliever Neal Cotts for the rest of 2010. Yates is having complications in his surgically repaired right elbow. He has pitched in 87 games (0 starts) in two years with the Pirates and he is 6-5 with 1 [...]

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Reds Volquez goes 5 in Triple-A start (AP)

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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez has pitched five sharp innings in his first Triple-A start since having Tommy John surgery last August. Volquez allowed one run on three hits over five innings for the Louisville Bats Wednesday. He had one strikeout and no walks against the Toledo Mud Hens, leaving with a 3-1 lead after [...]

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Red Sox prospect discusses brain surgery (AP)

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Boston Red Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland is making progress in his return from brain surgery and doing his best to be “a normal 20-year-old kid.” The minor-league outfielder had brain surgery in March. Westmoreland says there’s no timetable on his return to field, but his father says he’s now able to do some throwing and [...]

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2010 Game 70: Brewers 7, Twins 5

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Twins Record: 40-30, 1.5 GA, on pace for 92.5 wins.Twins Record last 10: 5-5Twins Record last 20: 10-10Twins Record last 30: 16-14Twins Record last 40: 21-19

Fangraphs suckiness

We are nearing the halfway point of the season, and with the little contest that I've been running, I've been watching the Twins pace for wins steadily decrease for [...]

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Major League Baseball Announces Futures Game
Rosters

post from The Ghost of Moonlight Graham on 23 June 2010 09:04:29 AM. © The Ghost of Moonlight Graham

One of the better ideas that Major League Baseball has had recently is introducing a Future’s Game as part of its All Star festivities. It really gives fans some insight into not only their favorite teams’ best prospects, but the game’s best prospects as well.Here is the roster breakdown by major league team.ARI: Pedro CiriacoATL: [...]

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Logan Morrison and Ozzie Martinez selected for
Futures Game

post from FishStripes on 23 June 2010 09:01:46 AM. © FishStripes

Unsurprisingly Logan Morrison and Osvalado (Ozzie) Martinez were chosen for the futures game.

The future just got a little brighter for Marlins prospects Logan Morrison and Ozzie Martinez.
Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday the rosters for the XM All-Star Futures Game to be played on July 11 in Anaheim.
Morrison and Martinez were selected to represent the Marlins.

The slash stats of the two are: Logan Morrison .327/.422/.537 and Ozzie Martinez .310/.407/.395. With the way Gaby Sanchez is performing, expect Morrison to see more time in left field in the minors. Eventually the Marlins will trade Dan Uggla and Chris Coghlan will take over the second base slot. Of course, the Marlins could trade or release Jorge Cantu leaving the third base position open, which Gaby could fill, but he really isn't good at that position. Or at least he hasn't shown much in the way of defensive ability at third in the past. Then again, the Marlins of recent years kinda view defense as something that is nice to have, but hitting takes prescient.

Ozzie Martinez is totally blocked by Hanley Ramirez and a whole bunch of other players in the positions that he can play. Expect him to be trade bait in the near future.

If you would like to see the game, look no further than here:

The 12th annual Futures Game can be seen live on MLB.TV, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD and followed live on MLB.com's Gameday. In addition, XM Radio will broadcast play-by-play coverage of the event live on XM 175. MLB.com will also provide complete coverage before, during and after the game.

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Burke Badenhop is close to returning

Larry Beinfest had this to say:

Beinfest said right-hander Burke Badenhop is likely the closest to being recalled. ``We'll give those guys time to get it back, get confident and reevaluate them before bringing them back,'' Beinfest said.

If the Marlins can get a good to go Hopper back in the pen, that will cure a lot of ills. In Triple A the Hopper has appeared in 8 games with only one start and has logged a 3.47 ERA. Burke has pitched 11 innings, giving up 10 hits, walking 5 while striking out 7. None of that is anything to write home about but, it does show some progress. So I guess we should be happy about that.

Dan Meyer is stinking the place up at the moment. If the Marlins can get the Hopper and Meyer back to last year's form then we have a chance at making run at playoffs. If not, I don't believe the revolving door of hopefuls from the minors will be of any help. But I'm sure that cup of coffee will be nice to partake for the hopefuls.

Your mileage may vary on this.

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Miracle Moments

Since last report, Ft. Myers is 1-6. For the season, the Miracle is 27-42, fifth in the FSL South, sixteen games behind Charlotte.

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Charlotte 2, Ft. Myers 0 in Charlotte. Jose Gonzalez worked 3.2 innings of scoreless relief.

Charlotte 3, Ft. Myers 2 (12 innings). Brian Dozier had four hits. Nathan Hanson had two hits including a [...]

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