Baseball Chatter 05/26

Sandy Alderson says that the Mets will talk less often and with much less specificity about their injuries. “I get in trouble because I try to be as honest as I can with you guys and give you an honest look at things, and then if it doesn’t happen, we look like an idiot because there’s no guarantees, So, we’re going to try to stay away from trying to predict anything except the fact that, Hey, look, there’s a process involved of getting these injured players back on the field and it changes every day,” says Terry Collins

Baseball Chatter 05/17

Zack Greinke is 4-0 with a 2.98 ERA over his last five starts. The Cubbies do not plan to move Kyle Schwarber down in the order even though he is the worst leadoff batter in MLB. Michael Pineda is 3-1 with a 2.63 ERA over his last six outings.

Baseball Chatter 05/17

Shawn Kelley has given up six home runs and the Nationals bullpen has given up 21 home runs.

Dusty Baker said his team has to be patient with the process of fixing the bullpen considering teams are mostly still in contention and are unwilling to trade. They should have picked up a closer before the season, just sayin.

Baseball Chatter – Play Ball!! 04/02

Rumor has it that Brandon Phillips is a goner as soon as Ozzie Albies is ready for a promotion to the majors. Here is what Manager John Coppolella said exactly; Forgive me if I do not take the comments to mean that ‘Brandon Phillips is disposable’ and ‘Ozzie is anywhere near ready to play in the majors’. Sorry. Maybe I am biased, so in full disclosure, I own Phillips all over the damn place.
Trevor Story might hit 30 homers again but last season he struck out 29.9 percent, and this spring he struck out 34 percent…no rocket science here.