MLB - NEWS & NOTES

Odor signed a six-year, $49.5 million extension on the cusp of his fourth year in the Rangers' organization.

 

^^^ so much for the phils getting him. there were rumors of a possible trade for velasquez, odur and others last year.

 

Bryant says he wants to. This season wasn't the year to do it for him.

 

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If you like listening to podcasts, Kris's Bryant's dad, Mike, had a fantastic interview. Talks about how to be dad of a star son (good advice for Lavar Ball), Heyward, Schwarber, what and when to teach your kids in sports.

 

Mets closer Jeurys Familia receives a 15-game suspension for domestic?violence

Mets closer Jeurys Familia has received a 15-game suspension for domestic violence.

Familia was arrested in October following an incident at his home. Criminal charges were dropped in December. As we know, however, MLB?s domestic violence policy does not require criminal proceedings to be commenced, let alone completed, before the leveling of league punishment. MLB has been investigating the incident for the past several months.

Familia saved 51 games for the Mets last year while posting a 2.55 ERA. The Mets are expecting Addison Reed to fill in at closer until he returns.

 

No idea what the particulars of Familia's incident were, but he certainly got off a lot lighter than Reyes or Chapman did.

 

Report: Cardinals sign Yadier Molina to a three-year extension

Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported on Thursday evening that the Cardinals and catcher Yadier Molina were in the process of finalizing a three-year contract extension. Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports confirmed that the deal was finalized. Rosenthal later added that the deal would be between $55-65 million.

This comes as no surprise as the two sides were reportedly making ?major progress? on a contract extension on Monday. Molina was in the last year of a five-year, $75 million contract that included a mutual option for the 2018 season worth $15 million. Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on Monday that Molina felt there were ?too many catchers making more money.?

Molina, 34, hit a productive .307/.360/.427 with 38 doubles and eight home runs with 58 RBI and 56 runs scored over 581 plate appearances last season. Despite his age, Molina?s defense still receives high marks and he remains well-regarded for his ability to call games and handle his pitching staff. This contract will presumably cover the 2018-20 seasons, meaning the seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove Award-winner will be 38?years old when the contract is expiring.

 

Thats a lot of money for a catcher thats 34 years old, imo.....I think one of the 1st things Molina has to do is look up how old the other catchers are that make more than him....

 

Giants Release Jimmy Rollins ...

 

3 games today to kick off Opening Day.

NYY @ TB / SF @ ARI / CHC @ STL

Its here at last!

 

Indians, Perez receives four-year extension...

Contract worth $9 million guaranteed, $21.5 million if club options picked up...

 

Rays defeat Yankees 7-3 in the first game of the season.

 

Mad Bum hits 2 HR's, but D-Backs win 6-5.

 

Cardinals down Cubs, 4-3.

 

Wow that's pretty big money for a 28 year old backup catcher with only 2 years of service time.

 

I was thinking the same thing. He did have some huge hits in key spots, but damn, that's a bit risky.

 

Tuesdays Scores...

Tigers 6, White Sox 3: Justin Verlander struck out 10 and three Tigers batters ? Nicholas Castellanos, Ian Kinsler and JaCoby Jones ? hit bombs. Jose Quintana gave up six runs in a little over five innings, which isn?t great for that whole ?we?re gonna get a boatload of prospects for Jose Quintana? thing Rick Hahn and the Sox had in mind. Of course, looking back to my first season of ?And That Happened? the other day reminded me that that was the year the Indians wanted to trade CC Sabathia and he ended up starting the season by getting shelled on the regular for the whole first month and change. By the end of the year he was carrying the Brewers into the playoffs on his back, so it works out. Not that Jose Quintana is 2008 vintage CC Sabathia or anything.

Yankees 5, Rays 0: 2017 vintage CC Sabathia is no 2008 vintage CC Sabathia either, but he did just fine last night, tossing five shutout innings. Chase Headley has started out quickly, in large part because he?s been taking what the defense gives him and hitting it the opposite way away from the shift. Of course, sometimes it?s fun just to hit a friggin? dinger, and he did that last night too. Shortstop Ronald Torreyes did so too, a two run shot.

Rockies 6, Brewers 5: Two games, two saves for Greg Holland. The entire Rockies bullpen has been doing alright too, starting the year with 8.1 scoreless innings in two games. Setup man Mike Dunn struck out three Brewers, all looking, while protecting a one-run lead in the eighth. Meanwhile, former Brewers?Gerardo Parra and Mark Reynolds?were impolite to their former team, with Parra hitting a bases-loaded double in the third inning which put the Rockies ahead Reynolds hitting an RBI double in the fifth.

Indians 4, Rangers 3: Welcome back Carlos Carrasco. The Tribe starter who missed the playoffs last year with a broken hand struck out seven in five and two thirds last night, giving up two runs and snagging the win. Carlos Santana hit a short homer ? 367 feet ? in a winning effort. Joey Gallo hit a long homer ? 442 feet ? in a losing effort. Gallo has some holes in his swing, but he knocks the hell out of the ball when he connects:

Astros 2, Mariners 1: The Astros? biggest question this year is their rotation, a year after hardly anyone stepped up for them in that department. Lance McCullers? failure to do last year was more about injury than ineffectiveness, but he?s healthy now and gave Houston their second strong starting pitching outing in two games, striking out seven and allowing only one run while tossing six innings. The offense came via Brian McCann?s first homer in an Astros uniform and a solo shot from Marwin Gonzalez in the sixth.

Cubs 2, Cardinals 1: Jake Arrieta allowed one run, unearned, in six innings. The highlight of the game, though, was?Albert Almora Jr. robbing?Matt Adams of a home run in the bottom of the seventh:

Giants 8, Diamondbacks 4: A Dante-from-Clerks game for?Gorkys Hernandez?? he wasn?t even supposed to be here today ? but he made the most of it, driving in four runs with a two-run single and a two-run double. No word as to whether he had a run in with his girlfriend after she brought him lasagna.?Johnny Cueto?went five innings and got the win despite giving up home runs to Jake Lamb and Paul Goldschmidt. Cueto thinks this job would be great if it wasn?t for the f*****g opposing batters and has strong feelings about the contractors on the Death Star.

Angels 7, Athletics 6: Matt Shoemaker made his first start since a comebacker fractured his skull last year, so he?d prefer not listening to you complain about having to come in to work this morning. Shoemaker pitched five innings allowing two runs on four hits. He left with a lead but got the no-decision after his bullpen faltered.?Danny Espinosa?did not falter, however, as he hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning to bring the Angels back from a 6-4 deficit and help them to a 7-6 win. Welcome back Matt.

Padres 4, Dodgers 0: Clayton Richard tossed eight shutout innings for San Diego, turning things around pretty dramatically after the drubbing the Padres received at the hands of the Dodgers on Opening Day.?Yangervis Solarte drove in two, singling home a run in the first and hitting a solo homer in the third.

 

Twins beat the Royals today, 9-1, behind Escobar's HR and 4 RBI.