Posts Tagged ‘Hanley Ramirez’
Fantasy in Five: Shortstop rankings
Welcome to another weekly edition of Fantasy in Five! If you haven’t jumped ship yet, I’ve given you my top five fantasy players for each position from catcher to second base, so it only makes sense we go to shortstop next. 1. Starlin Castro- At only 22 years of age and progressing with each season he plays, Castro has potential …
by Giovanni Mio on March 13th, 2013 Leave a comment »
Fantasy in Five: Trade deadline
Welcome back to another edition of Sportsfullcircle’s Fantasy in Five! I’m going to try my best to return this column as a weekly thing instead of once in a blue moon. My apologies if I haven’t been consistent, as I’ve had a busy summer. Last week, I debuted the column for fantasy football, as I gave five rookies who could …
by Giovanni Mio on July 27th, 2012 1 Comments »
Picking apart the Hanley Ramirez trade
The MLB trade deadline is always full of surprises. Contending teams will deal for that player to help put themselves over the hump, and selling teams tend to trade their players and go into a rebuilding mode. Both good and bad trades are made, and sometimes it can take years to learn the result of a trade. Yet, this morning’s …
by Bryan Lipiner on July 25th, 2012 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: September 17
Milwaukee Brewers 7 Chicago Cubs 4- Dave Bush improved to 5-7 as a starter after squandering four earned runs on eight hits in 5.2 innings. Jody Gerut hit a grand slam in the 4th inning while Mike Rivera added a two-run double in the 7th to lift Milwaukee to its 71st victory of the season. Micah Hoffpauir doubled in two …
by Derek Johnson on September 18th, 2009 1 Comments »
MLB Recap: September 11
Chicago Cubs 6 Cincinnati Reds 4- Jeff Stevens pitched one inning of relief, scattering three earned runs on as many hits; despite giving up a three-run home run to Jonny Gomes, Stevens managed to pick up his first victory of the season. Geovany Soto homered in the 4th inning and added a sacrifice fly in the 2nd to lift Chicago …
by Derek Johnson on September 12th, 2009 1 Comments »
MLB Recap: September 8
Texas Rangers 11 Cleveland Indians 9 (Game 1)- Julio Borbon homered twice while Marlon Byrd and David Murphy each went deep once to lift Texas to its 77th win of the season. Byrd finished the game 4-for-4 with 3 RBIs and two runs scored. Neftali Feliz was credited with his first win of the year after pitching 1.2 innings of …
by Derek Johnson on September 9th, 2009 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: September 6
New York Mets 4 Chicago Cubs 2- Mike Pelfrey joined the MLB’s 10-win club after giving up one earned run on five hits in eight innings. Daniel Murphy drove in all four runs for the Mets: one on a home run in the 4th inning, one on a single in the 5th, and two on a triple in the 7th …
by Derek Johnson on September 6th, 2009 2 Comments »
MLB Recap: September 5
Chicago Cubs 5 New York Mets 3- Rich Harden picked up his 9th victory of the season after squandering two runs (only one was earned) on seven hits in five innings. Derrek Lee homered twice while Aramis Ramirez went deep once, providing all the runs for Chicago en route to Win #68 of the year. Cory Sullivan blasted his second …
by Derek Johnson on September 6th, 2009 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: September 3
Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 0- Carlos Torres scattered five hits in seven innings as he picked up his first career major league victory. DeWayne Wise gunned down Jake Fox at the plate in the 7th inning to preserve a 1-0 White Sox lead; the White Sox went on to score four more to earn Win #66 of the …
by Derek Johnson on September 4th, 2009 Leave a comment »
MLB Recap: August 22
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7 Toronto Blue Jays 3- A pair of three-run innings lifted the Angels to their 74th victory of the season. Ervin Santana gave up three earned runs on seven hits in six innings as he improved to 7-6 as a starter. Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera went deep for Los Angeles, who avoided its first …
by Derek Johnson on August 23rd, 2009 2 Comments »