2012 Baseball Season!!!

[Oil Can Boyd]

Kerry Wood to announce his retirement:

 

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7945053/chicago-cubs-kerry-wood-retiring

 

I remember watching highlights from his 20K game and thinking that he was going to be the best pitcher of all time.

[KevinG]

Kerry Wood to announce his retirement:

 

http://espn.go.com/c...y-wood-retiring

 

I remember watching highlights from his 20K game and thinking that he was going to be the best pitcher of all time.

 

I love Kerry Wood, I put most of the blame on his "Disappointing career" on Dusty Baker. That guy know how to burn out young pitchers.

[dark]

If us Tiger fans could just Jim Leyland to announce his retirement.....

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I am so burned out on baseball...Baseball network 8 hours a day since April of last year.

I do tend to over do it.

But, I've found my way back to Wilco, so maybe I'll take a break and find my way back to the great game.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I love Kerry Wood, I put most of the blame on his "Disappointing career" on Dusty Baker. That guy know how to burn out young pitchers.

 

I think his father and high school baseball coach have a lot of the blame.

[Guest Jules]

The Cubs should've never signed Wood this year anyway. Stupid nostalgic bullshit Rickets somehow convinced Epstein to do.

[The High Heat]

I think his father and high school baseball coach have a lot of the blame.

 

I put most of the blame on him being a pitcher, they rise and fall, come and go, generally faster than any kind of athlete. Despite his injury history, Kerry Wood still had a pretty good career. I am aware, however, that most of his legend is of what could have been.

[Lammycat]

I like Leyland. What's the beef there?

[bleedorange]

There's always a beef. Ron Washington has led the Rangers to consecutive AL pennants, but he's criticized on a daily basis.

[Lammycat]

All managers get criticized and scrutinized pretty much daily....

[KevinG]

The Cubs should've never signed Wood this year anyway. Stupid nostalgic bullshit Rickets somehow convinced Epstein to do.

 

I think Jules purposely knows how to push my buttons.

 

Are you secretly my Evil Twin?

[The High Heat]

Listening to the Chicago game, Kerry Wood faced one batter in the eighth and struck him out. He was then lifted to a tremendous standing ovation. Enjoy the sunset, Kerry!

[Oil Can Boyd]

Listening to the Chicago game, Kerry Wood faced one batter in the eighth and struck him out. He was then lifted to a tremendous standing ovation. Enjoy the sunset, Kerry!

That's a pretty awesome way to go out.

(Although I wonder what they would have done if he gave up a homer ...)

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I put most of the blame on him being a pitcher, they rise and fall, come and go, generally faster than any kind of athlete. Despite his injury history, Kerry Wood still had a pretty good career. I am aware, however, that most of his legend is of what could have been.

 

Excessive innings and arm injuries before the age of 21 are the graveyard of pitcher' careers.

I know Wood's High School Coach. He says Woods' father insisted that he pitch Kerry in both ends of a double header and other goofy abusive shit like that.

[KevinG]

Listening to the Chicago game, Kerry Wood faced one batter in the eighth and struck him out. He was then lifted to a tremendous standing ovation. Enjoy the sunset, Kerry!

 

Here is the video

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=chc&content_id=21544077&topic_id=17807232

 

I hope he stays with the cubs in some capacity.

[Guest Jules]

I think Jules purposely knows how to push my buttons.

 

Are you secretly my Evil Twin?

 

It's not personal. Do you disagree on this though? Wood is a great guy and it looks like he will be with the organization in some capacity going forward, but it was a bad signing. That's all I'm saying.

[calvino]

Wasn't Wood's signing announced during the Cub's convention, too? Definitely more of a PR move - which is fine - baseball is a business. Great player, as well as a great person (charity work and all). It's a shame the him and Prior never were to maintain their initial greatness.

[KevinG]

It's not personal. Do you disagree on this though? Wood is a great guy and it looks like he will be with the organization in some capacity going forward, but it was a bad signing. That's all I'm saying.

 

It was a sentimental move through and through, I will give you that. Bad signing not in the least. The Cubs were not going to contend this year, they had no hopes of contending this year. At the time of his signing he still could throw the ball (and well). He was signed to a 1 year 3 million dollar contract with an option for 2013. What reliever out there should have the Cubs gotten for that price?

 

It was a no brainer signing, he has history with the club and is a fan favorite. Kerry, the player he is/was relaized it was time hang it up and he could no longer help the Cubs. The signing did not hurt the Cubs in a rebuilding year.

 

If the Cubs were in a postion to win the division, I don't think they would have signed him.

[Oil Can Boyd]

"... in the meantime the Red Sox are starting Daniel Nava, Marlon Byrd, and Che-Hsuan Lin in the outfield tonight versus the Orioles. And outfielders now on Boston’s disabled list include Cody Ross, Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury, Darnell McDonald, Jason Repko, and Ryan Kalish."

[The High Heat]

Current list of MLB players on the DL:

 

Batters:

 

Brandon Allen, TB 1B

Carmen Angelini, NYY SS

Jason Bartlett, SD SS

Jason Bay, NYM OF

Lance Berkman, StL 1B, OF

Yuniesky Betancourt, KC SS, 2B

Kyle Blanks, SD OF

Geoff Blum, Ari 3B

Emilio Bonifacio, Mia SS, 3B, OF

Lorenzo Cain, KC OF

Matt Carpenter, StL 3B, 1B

Welington Castillo, ChC C

Yoenis Cespedes, Oak OF

Endy Chavez, Bal OF

Robinson Chirinos, TB C

Steve Clevenger, ChC C

Allen Craig, StL OF

Carl Crawford, Bos OF

James Darnell, SD 3B

Mark DeRosa, Wsh 3B

Stephen Drew, Ari SS

Mark Ellis, LAD 2B

Jacoby Ellsbury, Bos OF

Logan Forsythe, SD 3B, 2B

Sam Fuld, TB OF

Mat Gamel, Mil 3B, 1B

Brett Gardner, NYY OF

Chris Getz, KC 2B

Hector Gomez, Col SS

Alex Gonzalez, Mil SS

Franklin Gutierrez, Sea OF

Brandon Guyer, TB OF

Jerry Hairston Jr., LAD 2B, 3B, OF

Jerad Head, Det OF

Jeremy Hermida, SD OF

Jonathan Herrera, Col 2B, 3B, SS

Ryan Howard, Phi 1B

Chris Iannetta, LAA C

Brandon Inge, Oak 3B

Jon Jay, StL OF

Desmond Jennings, TB OF

Ryan Kalish, Bos OF

Matt Kemp, LAD OF

Jeff Keppinger, TB 2B

Mark Kotsay, SD OF

Ryan Langerhans, LAA OF

Jose Lobaton, TB C

Evan Longoria, TB 3B

Chris Marrero, Wsh 1B

Michael Martinez, Phi 3B

Victor Martinez, Det C, DH

Darnell McDonald, Bos OF

Jeremy Moore, LAA OF

Brent Morel, CWS 3B

Michael Morse, Wsh 1B, OF

Chris Nelson, Col 2B, 3B

Laynce Nix, Phi OF, 1B

Gustavo Nunez, Pit SS

Miguel Olivo, Sea C

Salvador Perez, KC C

Manny Pina, KC C

Carlos Quentin, SD OF

Wilson Ramos, Wsh C

Nolan Reimold, Bal OF

Jason Repko, Bos OF

Mark Reynolds, Bal 3B, 1B

Juan Rivera, LAD 1B, OF

Brian Roberts, Bal 2B

Scott Rolen, Cin 3B

Austin Romine, NYY C

Cody Ross, Bos OF

Freddy Sanchez

Pablo Sandoval* SF 3B

Grady Sizemore, Cle OF

Scott Sizemore, Oak 3B

Geovany Soto, ChC C

Ryan Sweeney, Bos OF

Taylor Teagarden, Bal C

Ruben Tejada, NYM 2B, SS

Ryan Theriot, SF SS, 2B

Josh Thole, NYM C

Jim Thome, Phi DH

Juan Uribe, LAD 3B

Chase Utley, Phi 2B

Vernon Wells, LAA OF

Jayson Werth, Wsh OF

 

Pitchers:

 

David Aardsma, NYY

Al Alburquerque, Det

Brett Anderson, Oak

Andrew Bailey, Bos

Scott Baker, Min

Miguel Batista, NYM

Pedro Beato, NYM

Nick Blackburn, Min

Dallas Braden, Oak

Bill Bray, Cin

Zach Britton, Bal

Cesar Cabral, NYY

Chris Carpenter, StL

Chris Carpenter, Bos

Carlos Carrasco, Cle

Lendy Castillo, ChC

Jose Ceda, Mia

Jhoulys Chacin, Col

Joba Chamberlain, NYY

Aaron Cook, Bos

Justin De Fratus, Phi

Jorge De La Rosa, Col

Rubby De La Rosa, LAD

Joey Devine, Oak

Danny Duffy, KC

Sergio Escalona, Hou

Alan Farina, Tor

Kyle Farnsworth, TB

Pedro Feliciano, NYY

Neftali Feliz, Tex

Robert Fish, Atl

Matt Guerrier, LAD

LaTroy Hawkins, LAA

Blake Hawksworth, LAD

David Herndon, Phi

Daniel Hudson, Ari

Bobby Jenks, Bos

Jeff Karstens, Pit

Cole Kimball, Wsh

Brandon Kintzler, Mil

Michael Kohn, LAA

John Lackey, Bos

Chris Leroux, Pit

Brad Lidge, Wsh

Matt Lindstrom, Bal

Scott Linebrink, StL

Jesse Litsch, Tor

Cory Luebke, SD

Ryan Madson, Cin

Stephen Marek, Atl

Carlos Marmol, ChC

Luis Marte, Det

Nick Masset, Cin

Marcos Mateo, ChC

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Bos

Ryan Mattheus, Wsh

Brandon McCarthy, Oak

Kyle McClellan, StL

Daniel McCutchen, Pit

Dustin McGowan, Tor

Jenrry Mejia, NYM

Brad Meyers, NYY

Dustin Moseley, SD

Chris Narveson, Mil

Jeff Niemann, TB

Micah Owings, SD

Mike Pelfrey, NYM

Rafael Perez, Cle

Michael Pineda, NYY

Mariano Rivera, NYY

David Robertson, NYY

Dan Runzler, SF

Takashi Saito, Ari

Jonathan Sanchez, KC

Sergio Santos, Tor

Daniel Schlereth, Det

Jordan Smith, Cin

Joakim Soria, KC

Tim Stauffer, SD

Drew Storen, Wsh

Bryce Stowell, Cle

Huston Street, SD

Michael Stutes, Phi

Eric Surkamp, SF

Everett Teaford, KC

Mason Tobin, Tex

Josh Tomlin, Cle

Arodys Vizcaino, Atl

Tsuyoshi Wada, Bal

Kyle Waldrop, Min

Kyle Weiland, Hou

Joe Wieland, SD

Brian Wilson, SF

Blake Wood, KC

Vance Worley, Phi

 

 

Feel free to count them. Looks like two solid teams could be made out of that list, one of them All Star.

[Guest Jules]

Is it more than normal?

 

[KevinG]

Is it more than normal?

 

I don't know about the rest of the league, but the Cubs are on their Fourth Catcher (Koye Hill). I know that ain't normal.

[calvino]

I wonder if actually drug testing the players is a cause of more injuries. Like Jules, I am not sure the list is more than normal or not.

[KevinG]

I wonder if actually drug testing the players is a cause of more injuries. Like Jules, I am not sure the list is more than normal or not.

 

I was interested in the "normalicy," so being a lover of facts I did some reserach.

 

As of 5/23/12 The High Heat Listed 180 players on the DL, for the same period last year there was 146 players on the DL. So about 25 more than last year. In 2010 for the same time period there was 119, again about 25 or so more.

 

If you can take anything from three years of stats it looks like the number of players for the first half of the season is increasing by about 25. I did not go back any farther (cause I do have to work today). But to anwser the question the increase doesn't seem normal, but a trend, nevertheless.

 

Here is where I got my stats:

2010 DL info

2011 DL info

 

BTW I don't think drug testing is the cause of trips to the DL, though I do think it is the cause for the length of time spent on the DL.

[calvino]

BTW I don't think drug testing is the cause of trips to the DL, though I do think it is the cause for the length of time spent on the DL.

 

That sounds right.