146 Results for salomon torres

BP Daily: The worst free agent deals

Christina Kahrl, Baseball Prospectus

Let's look at the worst one-year, two-year, and three-year contracts, capped by the worst deal of the winter for its length, expense, and likely return.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | February 19, 2009

Examining Vernon Wells

More and more, there is a sense within the industry that players who have decent offers in hand would be well-served to take the money now (this does ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008

Economy starting to hit baseball

The Rockies chose cheap over classy, writes Mark Kiszla. The Rockies are now the epicenter of trade talks, writes Troy Renck. The Phillies, Angels and...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008

Phils, Rays bullpens different yet dynamic

PHILADELPHIA -- If this World Series returns to St. Petersburg, it may -- with all due respect to Cole Hamels and James Shields -- turn into a bullpen...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2008

Brewers' crushing loss could have been avoided

...For two outs, that didn't matter, but then, very quickly -- in a span of eight Salomon Torres pitches -- it did matter. Double, single, single and then a Geovany Soto homer, on a fastball...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 19, 2008

Cutting ties with Quentin, Webb, strugglers

Eric Karabell

Mad at Carlos Quentin? Hardly. On the contrary, I like to take positive outlooks on things. Sure, it would have been nice had Quentin continued his MV...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008

Beckett back in rare form

Josh Hamilton was the first to learn, firsthand, that Josh Beckett has seemingly bounced back from the elbow issue he had in August. Hamilton had work...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 06, 2008

Letting go of Chipper, McLouth, Tejada

Eric Karabell

I knew as well as anyone that the joyous campaigns of Chipper Jones and Lance Berkman wouldn't continue at quite the same rate. One of my fantasy base...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008

Grey Matter: Post-All-Star-break leaders

Jason Grey, ESPN.com

Jason Grey takes a category-by-category look at the hitting and pitching leaders since the All-Star break, then offers his perspective.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 16, 2008

Playing with Numbers: Discussing pitchers' values

AJ Mass, Special to ESPN.com

AJ Mass follows up last week's column on hitters' values by discussing the value of pitchers.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 11, 2008

Ortiz, Chipper, Liriano, weekend watch

Eric Karabell

Too many fantasy baseball owners figure they can pay attention to what's going on from Monday through Friday afternoon and be all caught up. It's the ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 25, 2008

Euphoric about Eugenio; closers, Bush, mail

Eric Karabell

I'm catching up from a crazy week spent at the All-Star festivities and then in Los Angeles at the ESPYs, and let's just say I was in no position to r...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 21, 2008

Playing with Numbers: The 'real' value of relief pitchers

AJ Mass, ESPN.com

AJ Mass looks at how reliable relief pitchers can be by analyzing how well they can keep runners from scoring.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | July 08, 2008

Tigers hit with another oblique strain

Stephania Bell

It's official. I don't need surgery. After having my knee swell up like a balloon, and losing about 80 percent of my range of motion, it looked as i...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2008

King Felix deemed most dominant starter

Nothing has more allure in baseball circles than a power arm -- somebody who throws the hell out of the ball, whipping fastballs with velocity between...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 27, 2008