Torre can count on bullpen
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...or James McDonald (2.40). And that's just the Dodgers' top six! Veterans Guillermo Mota and Jeff Weaver have both pitched decently, too. Have some of these fellows posted ERAs a...
Blog | September 22, 2009Knuckleballer Haeger back in majors
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Eventually, all of them -- James McDonald, Hong-Chih Kuo, Ronald Belisario, Ramon Troncoso, George Sherrill, and Guillermo Mota -- would pitch in the game. Well, almost all of them. Apparently Haeger is low man on...
Blog | August 13, 2009Better to be good than lucky at shortstop
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Marlins (along with Anibal Sanchez and two other minor leaguers) for Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, and Guillermo Mota. With Alex Cora now the only option at shortstop, Boston signed free agent Alex Gonzalez to...
Blog | August 05, 2009High usage already for Dodgers' bullpen arms
...83 | 38 (minor leagues) Innings: 40.1 | 95 | 59 (minor leagues) Work on consecutive days: 11 Guillermo Mota Games: 27 | 64 | 78 Innings: 29 | 69 | 105 Work on consecutive days: 6 San Francisco Giants...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 19, 2009
Watching Billingsley, missing Morrow
Keith Law...first-pitch fastball in the zone and tapping into a 1-2-3 double play. • Guillermo Mota and Shawn Estes: I don't even see why these guys are in Dodgers camp, let...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2009
A lot to digest around baseball
...well-deserved. • The Twins are talking about a two-year deal with Jason Kubel. • Guillermo Mota has rejoined the Dodgers' bullpen. • The Padres are in limbo with their second-base situation...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 13, 2009
Hoffman's time in Milwaukee might not be pretty
Eric Karabell...t miss a whole lot of bats. The mess behind him was worse, including Eric Gagne, Guillermo Mota and David Riske. The Brewers had Carlos Villanueva, more of a long man/spot-starter type...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 08, 2009Free agents worth a second look
Buster OlneyThis year, there are general managers who are conducting their business like savvy, unsentimental holiday shoppers. They aren't rushing to make deals ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 29, 2008Torres closes out career with bang
James Quintong...example, there is no obvious in-house candidate to take over, especially with fellow relievers Gagne, Guillermo Mota and Brian Shouse becoming free agents. If the Brewers sign a notable free-agent closer, such...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008Mets' bullpen just needs to be good
...won't guarantee much of anything. (If you don't believe me, ask Scott Schoeneweis and Guillermo Mota.) But signing all three -- Rodriguez, Fuentes and Cruz -- would go a long way to tilting the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2008
Cubs plan on adding pitcher
Carlos Zambrano threw 60 pitches in the bullpen Sunday afternoon and said "I feel so good I could pitch tonight." Actually, he will be back Friday. "I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2008
Firings aren't always the answer
It was the estimable Chicago columnist Bob Verdi who once wrote, "When a team is at the bottom, the problem is usually at the top." At the time, Verdi...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 23, 2008
Bradley keeping quiet … excelling
When Milton Bradley joined the Rangers this spring, he explained to Rich Rice, the director of media relations, that he intended to keep a low profile...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 08, 2008
Cuban crisis: Will they let him in?
Mark Cuban says he will pull out all stops to buy the Cubs. Mentioned here last month, it seems more than a coincidence that in recent months the oft-...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 07, 2008
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