Baseball and Stuff – ARod, Chipper, etc.

Baseball and Stuff –  ARod, Chipper, etc.

Big night for Red Sox Blake Swihart:  3-4, 2B, 2RBI, BB, and Stole a Base for Low-A Greenville.

Red Sox Henry Owens debut line  at Low-A Greenville - 3IP, 5ER, 5H, 2BB, 7K's

Padres Joe Ross -  1.1IP, 7R, 6ER, 7H, 3BB, 1K in his Fort Wayne debut

Prospect Anthony Rendon was hurt again and it makes you wonder if it will hurt his draft status… what?.... oh… err…. Never mind.

Nats No. 3 prospect Alex Meyer wins his pro debut, allowing two hits over five shutout innings for Class A Hagerstown

Now it is the season when he turns 37, and Alex Rodriguez is coming off a season when he only played 99 games because of injuries, only hit 16 home runs. It is the season when Rodriguez will look like one of the most dangerous hitters in the game again, the kind of hitter who hit 54 home runs and knocked in 156 five years ago, or will just continue to look like the worst contract in the history of the Yankees, in all of baseball, at least until Albert Pujols starts to break down in Anaheim. He has had amazing seasons here. He has made all kinds of news, good and bad and occasionally ridiculous. Once, Dave Winfield, another great player, though not one in A-Rod’s class, came here making huge money. He joined Reggie Jackson as a star Yankee the way Rodriguez joined Derek Jeter and the rest of them. Only Winfield never won here, and became the big poster child for the Yankees not winning it all in the 1980s, especially after he could produce just one base hit in his one World Series, in 1981 against the Dodgers. link  

Leaders:

Home Runs - Yoenis Cespdes (3) of the +Oakland Athletics

Runs - Matt Kemp (5) of the +Los Angeles Dodgers

RBI - Yoenis Cespdes (7) of the +Oakland Athletics

Stolen Bases - Dee Gordon (3) of the +Los Angeles Dodgers

Walks - Lance Berkman, AJ Ellis, and Russell Martin (4)

Batting Average - Nick Markakis of the +Baltimore Orioles and Kendrys Morales of the +Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (.714)

Wins - League Leader has 1

Saves - Frank Francisco, Javy Guerra, Brandon League, and JJ Putz (2)

Strikeouts - Felix Hernandez (13) of the +Seattle Mariners

Holds - David Hernandez (2) of the +Arizona Diamondbacks and Jon Rauch (2) of the +New York Mets

ERA - Several at 0.00

WHIP - Alexi Ogando, Darren Oliver, and Jon Rauch (0.00) 

Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said Chipper Jones (knee) will "definitely" be ready to return by Friday, and "maybe even sooner than that." Friday is the Braves' home opener, and Jones, who is recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, has set that as a goal from the beginning. He took about 15 swings and ran the bases Friday, saying afterwards that he felt "real good." Gonzalez said it's possible Chipper could be used as a pinch-hitter the first couple games if he's not quite ready to play third base. link 

Prince Fielder stroked his 1000^th hit on Sunday.

Mets offering $2.50 seats for Johan-Strasburg