Jason Derik Isringhausen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: September 7, 1972 in Brighton, IL
High School: Southwestern HS (Brighton, IL)
School: Lewis & Clark Community College (Godfrey, IL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 44th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1995 (Age 22)   vs. CHC 7.0 IP, 2 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Athletics/Mets/Angels/Rays 1995-2012
Agents: Dan Horwits [*]
Final Game: September 19, 2012 (Age 40)
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• 9/10 Mets360.com: Could Manny Acosta be Mets’ 2012 closer?: Shudder to just think of it a couple of months ago. After a horrible start,  Manny Acosta has been lights out lately.  Which...
• 9/8 MLBTradeRumors: Jason Isringhausen Plans To Pitch In 2012: Jason Isringhausen told Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com that he intends to pitch next year (Twitter link). The 39-year-old right-hander,...
• 9/7 Mets360.com: A look back at Sandy Alderson’s first year as GM: Last October immediately after the end of the season the Mets fired general manager Omar Minaya. Before Halloween, they hired...

• 8/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Closer Carousel: Teams pay a premium for saves; it's how Rafael Soriano was able to get a three-year, $35MM contract last offseason.  Impending...
• 8/29 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 131: Win Over Marlins: Mets 2 Marlins 1 R.A. **** pitches a fabulous ballgame, the Mets score just enough runs to give him a victory, Jason Isringhausen...
• 8/29 MLBTradeRumors: Players Claimed And Pulled Back: A player who is claimed on waivers can be pulled back by his original team, and it happens regularly.  It could be that the...
• 8/28 NY Baseball Digest: Randy Levineing Up the Price, Burnett’s Velocity Issue, Are Yanks Being Insensitive, The Value of 300 Saves: John Keri wrote a piece on the Cubs future “road map for success.” over at Grantland. When discussing Cubs President Crane...
• 8/28 B-R Blog: Every hit is a triple: Here are players who had triples for all of their hits in a season: Rk Player 3B H Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG...
• 8/26 Rising Apple: The Mets Bullpen in 2012: The Mets bullpen has seen its fair share of ups-and-downs this season. In fact, the ‘pen has seen cost-cutting trades (Francisco...
• 8/26 Mets360.com: Mets Notes: Tejada v Turner, Izzy usage & HR: At the start of Spring Training, one of the biggest questions facing the Mets was who was going to be the club’s starting second...
• 8/25 Mets360.com: Who Will The 2012 Mets Be?: Remember a couple of months ago, when a small portion of the world was convinced the end of life on Earth was at hand? There’s...
• 8/22 Rising Apple: Game 125 Recap: Brewers Surge Past Mets Late, 11-9: When it rains, it pours for the Mets. Despite being up 9-7 going into the 9th inning, the Brewers didn’t quite give-up....
• 8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 8/14/11 - 8/20/11: A look back at the week that was here at MLBTR ... Monday's deadline to sign selections from June's draft came and went,...
• 8/21 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 125: Loss to Brewers: Brewers 11 Mets 9 It was one of the most exhilarating and exciting comebacks of the year for the 2011 Mets. And then it wasn’t....
• 8/20 El Maquino: NOT A NOT-GOOD TEAM: > Edwin Jackson got **** again.  The new guy went seven innings and only gave up three runs.  Outside of his three-run,...
• 8/20 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Links: K-Rod, Capuano, Pelfrey: The Mets roared back from a 7-1 deficit through 6 1/2 innings today, scoring eight runs in two frames against Milwaukee at...
• 8/20 Baseball Musings: K-Rod Returns: Francisco Rodriguez returns to action at Citi Field, coming into the game against the Mets with a one-run Milwaukee lead in the...
• 8/20 NY Baseball Digest: Do the Yanks Have the Special Sauce, Pelfrey as the Closer, Bud Selig the Socialist, Was Kim Jones Influenced by Bob’s Blitz: Over at Grantland, Jonah Keri (who will appear on Sunday’s show with me) quotes Nate Silver and Dayn Perry from their...
• 8/18 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Won't Trade Izzy, Byrdak, Hairston: Relievers Jason Isringhausen and Tim Byrdak, and outfielder Scott Hairston will remain with the Mets for season's balance,...
• 8/17 MLBTradeRumors: New York Notes: Isringhausen, Wilpons, A-Rod: The Mets are hopeful that first rounder Brandon Nimmo will be able to make his professional debut in the Gulf Coast League this...
• 8/17 Rising Apple: Game 122 Recap: Padres Squash Mets, 6-1: The Jason Isringhausen celebration was over, and the Padres didn’t care to continue letting the Mets smile. The Padres bats...
• 8/16 Up Along First: Thread: Mets (59-62) at Padres (54-69): Here is tonight’s Met lineup: Angel Pagan CF Justin Turner 2B David Wright 3B Lucas Duda 1B Jason Bay LF Scott Hairston...
• 8/16 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 121: Win Over Padres: Mets 5 Padres 4 For six innings, this one seemed to be in the bag. After all, the Mets mounted a three-run lead against a team...
• 8/16 Call to the Pen: Jason Isringhausen Converts 300th Career Save: While Jim Thome commanded most of this morning’s headlines with his entrance into the 600 home run club, another marquee number...
• 8/15 Future Closers: Unsettled NL closer jobs for 2012: Its never too early to start planning for the future in fantasy baseball, especially in keeper leagues.  Thus, if you are...
• 8/13 MetsToday.com: Tonight’s Mets Lineup vs. Diamondbacks: Here is the lineup the Mets will send to the plate against Diamondbacks pitcher Daniel Hudson: Angel Pagan – CF Willie Harris...
• 8/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Considering Isringhausen: Should the Mets think about Jason Isringhausen as closer for 2012? Almost a month ago when they traded Francisco Rodriguez, Isringhausen...
• 8/10 Mets360.com: Will Jason Isringhausen be the Mets’ closer in 2012?: One night after picking up the win, Jason Isringhausen came on Tuesday night to retire the side in order and pick up his sixth...
• 8/8 Up Along First: Mets win in Dudacious fashion 9-8: After this weekend’s series loss to the Braves and eight innings of losing baseball to a last place baseball team, Lucas...
• 8/8 C70 At The Bat: Broom Me!: Wow, how nice is it to be able to talk about a Cardinal sweep?  You've got to go all the way back to the end of June...
• 8/5 COSFBA: Warming In The 'Pen: NL Edition: August 5th, 2011: Welcome back! Apologies for the lateness of the article... Things outside of COSFBA have been a little hectic lately and I've...
• 8/4 Mets360.com: Are the Mets on the verge of their tipping point?: Maybe the baseball gods made sure it rained in Queens on Wednesday night, as if to not let the Mets embarrass themselves against...
• 8/4 NY Baseball Digest: Learning From Generation K- A Second Chance:  Paul Wilson, Jason Isringhausen, Bill Pulsipher. For now, that is the order in which their lockers are situated in the clubhouse...
• 8/4 Up Along First: Mets bullpen struggles, but hold on to win 8-5: Notable performances: Dillon Gee- (W, 10-3) 6.2 IP4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO, 103 pitches (59 strikes) Ronny Paulino- 3-4, 2 R,...
• 8/4 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 110: Loss to Marlins: Marlins 4 Mets 3 I don’t even know where to begin. Mets Game Notes So, the crazy thing is, I look at Justin Turner and think,...
• 8/2 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 109: Loss to Marlins: Marlins 7 Mets 3 For the second consecutive game, the Mets came back in the ninth inning to tie the ballgame, thanks to a homerun...
• 8/2 Rising Apple: All Quiet on the Eastern Front: The trade deadline, as a baseball fan, was exhilarating. Major players like Ubaldo Jimenez, Mike Adams, Hunter Pence, Michael...
• 8/2 NY Baseball Digest: The Problem With Yankees Ownership, Nassau Bid Fails, Daniel Murphy the Scapegoat, Lucas Duda, Six Man Rotation: For as much progress the Yankees have made since the dysfunction of the eighties, you see a glimpse of how ownership has the potential...
• 8/1 Baseball Musings: Stanton Slams all the Duda Day: Lucas Duda hung a blown save on Leo Nunez with a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth that brought the Mets into a 3-3 with...
• 8/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Mets, Overbay, Springer, Storen, Stewart: Thanks to our loyal readers, MLBTR generated 3.1 million pageviews over the weekend!  We appreciate you making MLBTR a regular...

• 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Trade Deadline At CloserNews.com: In conjunction with the po**** Twitter feed @closernews, CloserNews.com had its firm launch in July, which proved to be both an...
• 7/30 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs Working To Acquire Reliever: The D'Backs are still working to acquire a reliever and it sounds as though they expect to complete a deal, according to Nick...
• 7/29 Up Along First: Mets bullpen struggles, but hold on to win 8-5: Notable performances: Dillon Gee- (W, 10-3) 6.2 IP4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO, 103 pitches (59 strikes) Ronny Paulino- 3-4, 2 R,...
• 7/29 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 106: Win Over Nationals: Mets 8 Nationals 5 The Mets winning streak extends to 5 as the Mets go four games over .500 for the first time all year. Mets...
• 7/29 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Rumors: Available Players: The Mets are currently 6.5 games out of the wild card, with Dillon Gee opposing Chien-Ming Wang tonight in Washington, D.C....
• 7/29 COSFBA: Warming In The 'Pen: NL Edition: Well, well, well...Wednesday was a big day in the land of baseball. A bombs**** of a deal sending Carlos Beltran to the World...
• 7/28 COSFBA: Happy Birthday To Me! Trade Deadline Edition: Every year, Major League Baseball delivers me the best birthday presents ever...blockbuster trades. You see, I have the extreme...
• 7/28 MetsToday.com: More Mets On the Move?: With the trading deadline less than three days away, and Carlos Beltran off to San Francisco, one has to believe that the Mets...
• 7/28 MLBTradeRumors: Alderson: Mets Unlikely To Make More Trades: After snagging Zack Wheeler for Carlos Beltran, Mets GM Sandy Alderson is probably done dealing this month.  He told reporters...
• 7/27 MetsToday.com: Cardinals Trade Colby Rasmus to Blue Jays: While we’re waiting to get the official word on the Carlos Beltran deal, you may be interested to know that the Cardinals...
• 7/26 Up Along First: Behind Murphy, Pridie, Mets win 8-6: Notable performances: Jonathon Niese- (W, 10-8) 5 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 81 pitches (52 strikes) Dan Murphy- 3-4, 2 RBI, R...
• 7/26 Rising Apple: GAME 1 RECAP: Mets Sink Reds, 4-2: Ah, I almost forgot what a win felt like. After a disastrous series against the last-place Marlins, the Mets came roaring back...
• 7/26 Rising Apple: To Trade Or Not To Trade: Chris Capuano: Despite talks earlier in the season of a firesale, recent reports indicate that the Mets are unlikely to move anyone on their...
• 7/25 Up Along First: Big seventh inning leads Mets to 4-2 win: Notable performances: R.A. **** (W, 5-8) 6.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER,  BB, 7 SO, 86 pitches (61 strikes) Dan Murphy- 2-5, 2 RBI, R Jason...
• 7/25 mlbcoverage.com: Around the League: 7-14-11:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/25 Rising Apple: SERIES RECAP: Marlins Take Two Games and the Series from Mets: The Mets saw Jose Reyes come back last week, and finally last night, it was David Wright‘s turn after being on the DL since...
• 7/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Your Idiot Rumor/Stupid Idea Of The Day 7.24.2011: It was a close call. The near winner was the rumor that the White Sox and Cardinals were discussing a trade that would sent White...
• 7/23 mlbcoverage.com: Around the League: 07/14/11:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/23 Mets360.com: The overrated apprenticeship of Bobby Parnell: Although many have their doubts, the Mets’ front office stated this week that journeyman reliever Jason Isringhausen will...
• 7/23 NY Baseball Digest: Hughes/Nova Swap, Last Look at ’06, Wright’s Future at 3b, DH as a Skill: Phil Hughes was handed a 14-2 lead last night and couldn’t make it out of the fifth. Nothing would frustrate me more as...
• 7/23 Up Along First: His back is better than ever: Wright comes back, Mets win 7-6: Notable Performances: David Wright- 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 2B Jose Reyes- 2-6, R Dan Murphy- 2-4, R, 2 RBI Mike Pelfrey- (ND) 6 IP,...
• 7/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Trade Deadline Stories 7.22.2011: I don’t do rumormongering just for the sake of it; everything here is my own speculation as to what makes sense and/or analysis...
• 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Mets: Paulino, Pelfrey, Capuano: In his latest blog post regarding Carlos Beltran, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com also has some interesting notes on some of the...
• 7/22 MetsToday.com: Where To Shop Jason Isringhausen: K-Rod is gone and we’ve covered Carlos Beltran. Next on the trading block is Jason Isringhausen, who has proven to be healthy...
• 7/21 COSFBA: Warming Up In The 'Pen: NL Edition: July 21st, 2011: Greetings once more, folks! While we haven't had that blockbuster of a deal involving the back-end of anyone's 'pen like last...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: New York Notes: **** Isringhausen, Garcia: The Mets lost to Albert Pujols and the Cardinals today and the Yankees will take on the Rays later tonight. Here's the latest...
• 7/21 Up Along First: Pagan hits walk-off, Met win 6-5: The Mets defeated the Cardinals in an exciting 10 inning game tonight on an Angel Pagan walk-off home run in the bottom of the...
• 7/21 mlbcoverage.com: Daily Notes: 7/14:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/21 Rising Apple: Setting Expectations for a Jason Isringhausen Trade: By all accounts, Jason Isringhausen has had an extremely successful 2011. His 2.93 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and 1.71 K/BB so far are solid...
• 7/21 Mets360.com: Mets Notes: Playing without Beltran, Pagan’s splits and April 21st: Now that a trade of Carlos Beltran seems imminent, people are coming out of the woodwork to defend him and his production in his...
• 7/20 MetsToday.com: Blog Roundup: Wednesday Edition: Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran returned to the Mets’ lineup last night, and Jason Isringhausen turned back the clock to earn...
• 7/20 Rising Apple: Players The Mets Won’t Deal At The Deadline: The past week or so has been spent discussing who the Mets will deal come July 31st.  Names like Carlos Beltran, Jason Isringhausen...
• 7/20 C70 At The Bat: Uninspiring Baseball: I don't know what it is, but it often seems like there's some dull baseball when the Cards go to New York.  (Save the...
• 7/20 NY Baseball Digest: Nova the Answer, Learning from Bagwell, LA Cashman, I-95 Beltran: The Ubaldo Jimenez rumor mill continues to turn as teams like Boston and Cincinnati are now connected to the Colorado ace. We...
• 7/19 Up Along First: Gee solid, Mets win 4-2: Mets 4, Cardinals 2 Notable performances: Dillon Gee- (W, 9-3) 7 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 96 pitches (64 strikes) Carlos Beltran-...
• 7/19 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 96: Win Over Cardinals: Mets 4 Cardinals 2 Back to the Flushing .500. Mets Game Notes Dillon Gee pitched well, allowing only two runs on three hits in...
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs Eye Starters, Intend To Acquire Reliever: The Diamondbacks will add at least one reliever and could add a starter, too, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of...
• 7/19 MetsToday.com: Reds Interested in Isringhausen: Fox Sports is reporting that the Cincinnati Reds are looking for middle relief pitching and have considered Mets reliever Jason...
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Reds Relief Targets: The Reds have had internal discussions about acquiring Jim Johnson, Koji Uehara, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Frasor, and Todd Coffey,...
• 7/19 NY Baseball Digest: Fight for Your Rights, ESPN’s Keys to Beating WFAN, CC’s Streak, Bring Back Heilman: Working in sports is difficult. Long hours, summer holidays are spent at the ballpark, and the pay is extremely poor for about...
• 7/17 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Mets Fans, Meet Your New Closer: It’s been a while since the Mets traded Francisco Rodriguez, the 1982 model, to the Milwaukee Brewers. Mets manager Terry...
• 7/16 MetsToday.com: Jason Isringhausen: Circle Complete: Jason Isringhausen is not supposed to be in discussion to close for the Mets. Jason Isringhausen is not supposed to be in baseball....
• 7/16 Mets360.com: Who else could be dealt if Mets raise white flag?: With the Mets’ 7-2 loss to the Phillies on Friday night, combined with the Braves win over the Nationals, the Mets are now eight...
• 7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Trade Market, Tigers, D'Backs, Beltran: In today's Insider-only blog post, Buster Olney says that a high-ranking official told him the "dam is about ready to burst on...
• 7/15 mlbcoverage.com: Daily Notes: 7/14:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/15 MetsToday.com: Why Carlos Beltran Will Get Traded: MetsToday commenter “hart” had this to say in regard to the Carlos Beltran situation: Surprised how many people seem to be...
• 7/15 COSFBA: Waiver Saviors: July 14th, 2011: Three days without baseball games that matter and one of those days without an internet connection at home has me feeling like...
• 7/14 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs Looking At Izzy, Wood; Talking To Blue Jays: The Diamondbacks are known to be looking for a veteran reliever and to that end will consider Jason Isringhausen and Kerry Wood...
• 7/14 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Beltran, Sanchez, Nationals, Braves: The Marlins are the only NL East team whose second half begins tonight, as the Fish start a four-game series at Wrigley Field. ...
• 7/14 COSFBA: Warming In The 'Pen: The NL Edition: July 14th, 2011: Greetings once again, folks! It figures that when I'm getting ready to work on the NL side of the house for this article series,...
• 7/14 NY Baseball Digest: Getting to Know Jason Isringhausen: Jason Isringhausen might be the next Mets closer now that K-Rod is in Milwaukee. Lets take a minute to get to know him. FULL NAME:...
• 7/13 NY Baseball Digest: The Closing Situation Post K-Rod: Now that Francisco Rodriguez is in Milwaukee the Mets are in need of a closer. Bobby Parnell and his 100 mph fastball appear...
• 7/13 Mets360.com: Francisco Rodriguez deal signifies the end of an era: Early this morning the Mets got out from a big 2012 contractual obligation by trading Francisco Rodriguez and cash to the Milwaukee...
• 7/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Poof!!! Alderson Makes K-Rod Disappear From The Mets: Marine. Lawyer. Baseball GM. Magician. Somehow, some way Mets GM Sandy Alderson got rid of Francisco Rodriguez and his onerous...
• 7/13 MetsToday.com: K-Rod Traded to Brewers: The fire sale has officially begun: Francisco Rodriguez has been traded to the Brewers for two players to be named later. Obviously,...
• 7/13 Rising Apple: Five Players Who Might See More Playing Time in the Second Half: Come the July 31 non-waiver deadline, the New York Mets might be a pretty different looking team. Players such as Carlos Beltran,...
• 7/13 NY Baseball Digest: Alderson’s First Coup, The Beard, NBC Cuts Francesa, Play For DH in World Series: Sandy Alderson has received accolades to date more for what everyone anti**** him doing versus actual accomplishments. The front...
• 7/12 MetsToday.com: Who Will the Mets Shop This Month?: Through the first 91 games of the season, Mets are one game over .500, 11 games behind the NL East-leading Phillies, and 7.5 games...
• 7/12 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: Reyes, Beltran, Isringhausen: Francisco Rodriguez just switched agents, so much of the day's Mets-related discussion has revolved around him. Here's the latest...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: Juan Perez pitches a perfect inning: Thanks to reader Jim P. for emailing in about this. Last night the Phillies' Juan Perez pitched a perfect inning, meaning 3 strikeouts...
• 7/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Under The Radar Available(?): The obvious names are out there and available via trade. You’ve got the pending free agents for struggling teams (Casey...
• 7/6 NY Baseball Digest: Jury Duty, More Kay Stupidity, Winning 30, WFAN Bench: The jury for the Roger Clemens case will be selected today. I wonder how you could get kicked off jury duty in this scenario....
• 7/5 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Are Shopping K-Rod, Byrdak, Isringhausen: The Mets are making it clear to other teams that they're looking to move relievers Francisco Rodriguez, Tim Byrdak, and Jason...
• 7/3 MetsToday.com: Would Reyes Injury Take Sandy Off the Hook?: We are all hoping that Jose Reyes‘ “tight” hamstring is not going to be a major issue. And all of the early...
• 7/3 Mets360.com: Should Bobby Parnell be Mets’ 8th-inning reliever?: Coming into the 2011 season, the Mets were counting on Bobby Parnell to be their 8th inning reliever, the main bridge to closer...
• 7/2 NY Baseball Digest: Buzz in the Citi, Wall of Flushing, D-Rob MVP, A-Rod Recruiting?: There was a certain “buzz” at Citi Field for the Subway Series opener last night. Those that were in the building...

• 6/30 C70 At The Bat: A Changing Of The Guard: The Cardinals may have gone out of town, but that doesn't mean out of sight out of mind.  There's been plenty to...
• 6/29 Redbird Dugout: Franklin to be released: Ryan Franklin has seemingly pitched his last game in Cardinal red.(Photo: Michael Noirot/Flickr)The story out of St. Louis according...
• 6/27 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: June 27, 2011: Chase d’Arnaud $25.  Other bids: $15, $10, $10, $6, $2.D’Arnaud found his way into the Gearing Up column this week; perhaps...
• 6/27 NY Baseball Digest: The Heart vs. the Head When It Comes to Mets Run: The Mets wake up on their off day today to a .500 record, and only a 4.5 game deficit in the National League Wild Card. An outsider’s...
• 6/23 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Don’t Want Reyes, But Maybe K-Rod?: Via Daily News “We have an everyday shortstop in Derek Jeter,” said Cashman, who was at the Waldorf-Astoria for the...
• 6/17 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Links: Isringhausen, Reyes, Marlins: Let's round up some links from the NL East... ESPN's Buster Olney says (on Twitter) one name that has been raised by talent...
• 6/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 6.17.2011: Michael Grabow writes RE Joba Chamberlain: My asking of why you’d think his career would be over wasn’t intended to imply...
• 6/17 NY Baseball Digest: Gordon a Narrative Even the Term Paper Crowd Can Love: We have seen quite a few “feel good” stories in New York baseball this year. Bartolo Colon and Eric Chavez both...
• 6/16 NY Baseball Digest: Mets Success is Due to a Productive Selfishness: Are the Mets for real? Despite not having the services of their heart of the order, and not receiving a pitch from their ace this...
• 6/10 NY Baseball Digest: Gen K Legacy Lives on in Somerset: Every Friday, I take a look at an interesting story from independent baseball. Today, I catch up with former Mets prospect Bill...
• 6/9 That Ball's Outta Here: Better Bullpen Options In Buffalo?: Last night’s game was the same song, different verse for the Mets.  What made last night’s loss a little different...
• 6/9 Mets360.com: Besides a Quality Bullpen, Mets Lack Presence: “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” A four-run lead headed to the bottom of the eighth is supposed to be...
• 6/6 Philly Phanatics: Phils’ bumper crop: The Philadelphia Phillies selected outfielder Larry Greene of Berrien County H.S. in Georgia with the 39th pick in the 2011 MLB...
• 6/5 B-R Blog: Random Recap for Saturday, June 4: Albert Phattens Up; Padres Streaking at Home?: Cardinals 5, Cubs 4 (12 innings): The 2nd HR of the game by Albert Pujols won it in bottom of the 12th -- his first walk-off hit...
• 6/4 That Ball's Outta Here: GAME 1 RECAP: Braves Sink Mets In Classic Style: It was just like the Braves of old. The Mets led most of the game with a score of 3-1, before perennial Mets-killer Chipper Jones...
• 6/4 Mets360.com: Can Manny Acosta save the Mets’ bullpen?: Another day, another toss-up game and another loss as the Mets blew a 3-1 lead in the late innings against the Braves last night....
• 6/3 Baseball Musings: Leaky Pen: Jonathon Niese pitched an excellent game for the Mets, allowing two runs in 7 2/3 innings in which he walked one and struck out...
• 6/3 NY Baseball Digest: Binghamton Mets Baseball: A Good Ballpark Experience: Earlier this week I spent a couple of days in Binghamton to watch the B-Mets take on the Erie SeaWolves. The two teams played...

• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen expected to be unavailable Sunday: New York Mets manager Terry Collins said RP Jason Isringhausen was probably unavailable for the game against the Philadelphia...[+] Phillies Sunday, May 29. However, RP Tim Byrdak is expected to be available.
• 5/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen credited with blown save: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen allowed a run, two hits and a walk in his inning of work Friday, May 27, against the Philadelphia...[+] Phillies. He was credited with his first blown save chance of the season.
• 5/25 Mets360.com: It’s time to demote Pat Misch: This is Pat Misch’s third season with the Mets. In that time span, Misch has gone back and forth between starting and relieving...
• 5/23 Mets360.com: How do you feel about the 2011 Mets?: I realize that coming off a loss of a winnable game in the rubber match against the Yankees is not the best time to ask this question...
• 5/22 Mets360.com: Is Pedro Beato the Mets’ future closer?: Generally a pitcher is never as good as he looks on his best days nor as poor as he looks in his worst outings. That being said,...
• 5/22 NY Baseball Digest: My Personal Connection With Gary Carter: When you reach your mid-thirties, like me, weird things start to happen in your world of sports. Former players you watched are...
• 5/21 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Drop 1st Game of Subway Series: The Yankees offense apparently didn’t make their train as they wasted a strong performance from Freddy Garcia and lost...
• 5/21 Mets360.com: Mets pitching at forefront of recent surge: Don’t look now, but the Mets are finally back at .500. They have raced out in May with a 11-6 record, and despite some major...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen posts 10th hold: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen allowed a hit in a scoreless eighth inning with one strikeout Wednesday, May 18, against the...[+] Washington Nationals. Isringhausen's remarkable comeback continues, as he posted his 10th hold while lowering his ERA to 1.93.
• 5/17 NY Baseball Digest: Grading Terry Collins In Game Management: Terry Collins has done some good things as Mets manager, but his in game management still has a lot to be desired. To date, I...
• 5/16 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals offense not helping with blown saves: The St. Louis Cardinals are blowing ninth-inning leads at a record pace, but aren’t receiving any help via offensive comebacks....
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen nursing minor groin issue: New York Mets manager Terry Collins was hopeful to not need RP Jason Isringhausen (groin) Sunday, May 15, as he is dealing with...[+] a minor groin injury. However, Isringhausen was called upon in the eighth inning and he allowed a hit with a strikeout in a scoreless frame, picking up his ninth hold.
• 5/11 MLBTradeRumors: Potentially Available Relievers: Decent relievers are always a hot commodity at the trade deadline.  The Rangers, Cardinals, Dodgers, Rays, Indians, and Phillies...
• 5/8 Mets360.com: Mets gellin’ over last 15 games: It has been a tale of two seasons for the Mets so far in 2011. The sharpest breaking point for this is the return of Jason Bay,...
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Francisco Rodriguez to rest: New York Mets manager Terry Collins does not want to use RP Francisco Rodriguez Friday, May 6, after he threw 42 pitches to record...[+] a four-out save Thursday, May 5. RP Jason Isringhausen is likely to be in line to record a save if the situation arises Friday.
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Best Minor League Deals: Pitchers: It would be hard to argue that R.A. **** wasn't the best minor league signing of the year in 2010. The knuckleballer posted...
• 5/2 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: New York Mets: The Mets are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series.  Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season: Eligible For Free...

• 4/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Four different Cards relievers with saves in last four winsWho will be the next closer of the day for the St. Louis Cardinals?...
• 4/29 NY Baseball Digest: Hughes Injury Puts Prospects in Perspective Again: I always take a balanced look at top prospects. Although I support building a team from within, especially with how expensive...
• 4/28 Mets360.com: Full Count: Mets Pitching Report Week 4: How about that for a turnaround? Since my last blog, the Mets have flipped the switch and are currently on a six-game winning...
• 4/27 NY Baseball Digest: Quietly, Mets Bullpen Is Not So Bad: The Mets may not have signed any reliever to a big money contract, but the much maligned bullpen hasn’t done a bad job so...
• 4/27 Mets360.com: Revamped Mets pen leads to 5-game win streak: One of the keys to Tuesday’s victory over the Nationals was the work of the bullpen. Mets relievers went 4.1 IP and allowed...
• 4/25 MLB Fantasy Recon: Waiver Wire Pick Ups of The Week from The Bleacher GM: Houston RocketJeremy T. Manning offers up some waiver wire acquisitions for you to consider this morning over at The Bleacher...
• 4/21 MetsNews.net: Five reasons why the Mets have the worst record in baseball: 5. Mike PelfreyThe "interim ace" has been less than stellar this season, starting in his first start. He has showed promise in...
• 4/20 Mets360.com: Full Count: Mets Pitching Report Week 3: The more things change, the more things stay the same. The Mets’ pitching staff is in a tailspin with seemingly no end in...
• 4/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen new setup man: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen will serve as the team’s primary setup man while RP Bobby Parnell (finger) is on the disabled...[+] list and possibly longer, according to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com.
• 4/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Lines Of Office: I repeatedly tried to assuage the fears of Braves fans that Fredi Gonzalez was a strategically poor manager who got the job to...
• 4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Rendon, Buchholz, Price: Six years ago today, baseball finally returned to Washington D.C. when the Nationals beat the Diamondbacks in their home opener...
• 4/14 Mets360.com: Full Count: Mets Pitching Report Week 2: You know the old adage if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it all? Well, sometimes I can’t help it. Sometimes...
• 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: The 1991 Amateur Draft 20 Years Later: Of the 1600 players selected in the 1991 draft, five are still on Major League rosters. Each one of the remaining players was...
• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Bobby Parnell could be bumped from setup role: New York Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen said that RP Bobby Parnell could be bumped from pitching in the eighth inning if his...[+] struggles continue, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Adam Rubin. 'If he keeps struggling in that role, we will go elsewhere,' Warthen said. 'We'll go with the hot hand, which might be (Jason Isringhausen), Pedro Beato or D.J. Carrasco. We're looking, but nobody is jumping out.'
• 4/13 NY Baseball Digest: All Hope Isn’t Lost for Poison Pen: The early returns on the Mets season is full of frustration. Despite average five runs a game, they are next to last in pitching...
• 4/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Bobby Parnell may not be available: New York Mets RP Bobby Parnell may not be available to pitch Tuesday, April 12, after throwing 27 pitches and giving up three...[+] runs Monday, April 11, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Adam Rubin. RPs Taylor Buchholz or Jason Isringhausen could be used in the eighth Wednesday, but Parnell's hold on the setup job could be fading.
• 4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen solid in his debut: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen stranded two inherited runners to preserve a tie in the seventh inning in his first appearance...[+] of the season Monday, April 11, reports Adam Rubin, of ESPNNewYork.com. It was Isringhausen's first appearance with the Mets since July 31, 1999. The 11 years, eight months and 11 days between pitches for the organization is the longest gap in franchise history.
• 4/10 MetsNews.net: Mets lose 7-3 in 11, make roster changes after game: gm]I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I have been very busy. The Mets finished up their series against the Nationals...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Two recalled from Triple-A: The New York Mets recalled RPs Ryota Igarashi and Jason Isringhausen from Triple-A Buffalo Sunday, April 10, reports Adam Rubin,...[+] of ESPNNewYork.com.
• 4/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Mets DFA Boyer; Recall Isringhausen And Igarashi: What the Mets were expecting from Blaine Boyer is a mystery. There are players for whom you look beyond their statistics and decide...
• 4/10 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Designate Blaine Boyer For Assignment: The Mets have designated Blaine Boyer for assignment according to Peter Botte of The New York Daily News (on Twitter). The team...
• 4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen's injury not that serious: New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said RP Jason Isringhausen's (back) injury may have been overstated and he appears...[+] to be fine, according to The Star-Ledger's Andy McCullough. He is currently on a 15-day workout plan.
• 4/5 Crashburn Alley: Mets Series Preview with Joe Janish: The 3-0 Phillies square off against the 2-1 Mets for a three game series. I caught up with fellow SweetSpotter Joe Janish of Mets...
• 4/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen bothered by back stiffness: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (back) left a minor league game after throwing only 10 pitches Saturday, April 2, after feeling...[+] stiffness in his back, according to The Bergen Record's Steve Popper.
• 4/3 Fungoes.net: Padres outhustled, outfocused Cardinals in opener: The Cardinals dropped Opening Day in frustrating fashion, 5-3 in 11 innings to the Padres, though in some ways, they lost in the...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Rays, Crow, Peavy, Boyer: Ten years ago today, Major League Baseball played its first ever game in Puerto Rico. The Blue Jays beat the Rangers by the score...

• 3/30 MLBTradeRumors: Procedural Notes: Blanco, Evans, Hernandez, More: The latest procedural notes... The Royals told Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star that Gregor Blanco cleared waivers and...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Designate Manny Acosta For Assignment: The Mets designated reliever Manny Acosta for assignment, tweets Andy Martino of the New York Daily News.  GM Sandy Alderson...
• 3/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Fates of three decided: The New York Mets designated RP Manny Acosta for assignment, which means RP Blaine Boyer made the team, ESPNNewYork.com's Adam...[+] Rubin reports. RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) was asked to stay behind in extended spring training for two weeks.
• 3/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen asked to go to extended spring: The New York Mets have asked RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) to remain in extended spring training for a week or two to increase...[+] his arm strength and reassure them that his elbow is healthy, reports David Waldstein, of The New York Times. Isringhausen has said he won't report to Triple-A once the season starts.
• 3/28 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Phillies, Marlins, Isringhausen: It has been a busy day in the NL East as the Phillies completed a signing, the Braves made a trade and the Mets placed three players...
• 3/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Last bullpen spot down to two: The New York Mets last remaining bullpen slot is down to either RP Blaine Boyer or RP Jason Isringhausen, according to Anthony...[+] DiComo of MLB.com. Isringhausen has more experience, but Boyer has health on his side.
• 3/28 Mets360.com: The A-B-C guide to the Mets bullpen: It’s often said that having too many good players is a nice problem to have. Judging strictly by Spring Training results, that...
• 3/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen works Sunday: Updating a previous report, New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) worked a perfect inning Sunday, March 27, against the...[+] St. Louis Cardinals. Isringhausen had been limited due to a sore elbow, but he said recently he would not accept an assignment to the minors.
• 3/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen not interested in going to minors: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen said he is not interested in going down to the minors but did not rule out the possibility...[+] of staying for extended spring training, reports Adam Rubin, of ESPNNewYork.com.
• 3/26 MLBTradeRumors: Opt-Out Notes: Branyan, Chavez, Isringhausen: A few notes on veterans with opt-out clauses from around the league... Russell Branyan could have opted out of his contract...
• 3/26 NY Baseball Digest: Mets Bullpen: Go With Izzy Over Boyer: It’s always a good sign when you have too many options, which is the case for Terry Collins as there are nine potential candidates...
• 3/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Three battling for two spots: New York Mets RPs Jason Isringhausen, Blaine Boyer and Pedro Beato are battling for the final two spots in the bullpen, The Bergen...[+] Record's Steve Popper reports.
• 3/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen looking good: Updating previous reports, New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) looks good in his minor league outing Friday, March 25,...[+] MLB.com's Anthony DiComo reports. His fastball is sitting around 90 mph, and his curveball is sharp.
• 3/24 NY Baseball Digest: Byrdak Has an Opt Out As Well: There has been talk about Blaine Boyer‘s opt out changing the bullpen dynamic, but there is another reliever with an opt...
• 3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: Emaus, Alderson, Isringhausen: On this date in 2002, the Mets traded for Jason Bay and Jimmy Serrano, sending Lou Collier to the Expos. Here's the latest...
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: New York Mets: The Mets are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League/International Signings Jose Reyes, SS: one year, $11MM. ...
• 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen update: Updating previous reports, New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) felt fine after throwing a bullpen session Wednesday, March...[+] 23, and will throw in a minor league game Friday, March 25, ESPNNewYork.com's Adam Rubin reports.
• 3/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen feeling better: Updating previous reports, New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) threw several curveballs while playing catch and said the...[+] anti-inflammatories are working, Newsday's David Lennon reports. He'll throw a side session Wednesday, March 23.
• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen update: Updating a previous report, New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) isn’t concerned about his elbow, but doesn’t want to...[+] risk further injury, reports Andy McCullough of The Star-Ledger.
• 3/21 Mets360.com: Top 10 Spring Training stories for Mets: After four months without MLB, Spring Training is always a welcome sight. Even though the teams never have full lineups, the pitchers...
• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen out today: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) will not throw Monday, March 21, and has taken anti-inflammatories due to elbow inflammation,...[+] The Star-Ledger's Andy McCullough reports. This likely hurts his chances of making the team out of camp.
• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen receives scare: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) felt a pop in his elbow a week ago, but the doctor said he was fine, the New York...[+] Daily News' Andy Martino reports. It was likely scar tissue.
• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen could be setup man: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen is in range to supplant RP Bobby Parnell as the team's eighth-inning pitcher thanks to his...[+] strong spring play, according to Mike Puma of The New York Post.
• 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: Perez, Isringhausen, Castillo: Some Mets-related items.. Oliver Perez left the Mets complex this morning and says no one has told him what's next, tweets...
• 3/19 Mets360.com: Tim Byrdak is pitching great but do Mets need him?: Another day, another scoreless inning for Tim Byrdak. So far this Spring, Byrdak has appeared in five games and has 5.1 scoreless...
• 3/18 MetsNews.net: Season Outlook: Bullpen: A few years ago, if you were losing to the Mets in the seventh inning, you were almost guaranteed to lose. Nemes like Chad...
• 3/14 NY Baseball Digest: The Value of Jason Isringhausen: If you bet me a month ago that Jason Isringhausen would become one of the more po**** stories in Port St. Lucie I would have probably...
• 3/12 NY Baseball Digest: Observations from Port St. Lucie: I have spent the last 72 hours here in Port St. Lucie trying to get a feel of the Mets. A large majority of the trip was talking...
• 3/11 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2011: New York Mets: Two years ago, I started a series I called Playing Pepper, where I asked questions of bloggers of each major league team about...
• 3/11 Mets360.com: Tankersley dominating LHB in Grapefruit League: Every year you hear some variant of the theme that “Spring Training stats are useless.” Yet, each year countless jobs are...
• 3/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: The TYA interview with Yankee beat writer Bryan Hoch: I’m incredibly pleased to present the first of what I hope to be many enjoyable interviews as a TYA columnist, as I recently...
• 3/4 MLBTradeRumors: New York Notes: Rodriguez, Damon, Montero: One year ago today, the Mets signed Kiko Calero, who was coming off of a season in which he posted a 1.95 ERA with 10.4 K/9 for...
• 3/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen says he'll retire if he doesn't make team: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen said he will call it quits after 16 years if he doesn't make the parent club, according to...[+] Derrick Goold, of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 'If I don't make it, then there's a reason I didn't make it and that will be good enough reason for me to go home,' Isringhausen said.
• 3/2 Mets360.com: Is Bobby Parnell’s roster spot in jeopardy?: This time last year, few expected Bobby Parnell to open the year with Triple-A, figuring he had a bullpen spot locked up. But...
• 3/1 NY Baseball Digest: Mets Bullpen Taking Shape: It’s still very early in spring training, but listening to Terry Collins the Mets bullpen may already be taking shape. Adam...
• 3/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Developmentally Disoriented: You need only look at Mets camp with Jason Isringhausen or Yankees camp with Mark Prior to see the pitfalls of prospects carting...

• 2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen making case for roster: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen threw a perfect inning in relief Monday, Feb. 28, and manager Terry Collins is strongly considering...[+] Isringhausen for a spot in the bullpen this year, according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo. 'If he's healthy and he can throw with the velocity we know he can have and the breaking ball and his experience, I think he's got to be certainly one of the front-runners right now,' Collins said. 'You just don't find guys with that experience. If he gets through this camp with good health, he's got to have a good shot at making this club.'
• 2/28 The Captain's Blog: Seasons Change: Yanks’ Youngsters Help to Bring About Early Spring Thaw: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) One of the cardinal...
• 2/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: Seasons Change: Yanks’ Youngsters Help to Bring About Early Spring Thaw: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). One of the cardinal rules about spring training is you have to...
• 2/26 Mets360.com: More good news in the Isringhausen comeback: “I love the competition,” Jason Isringhausen said. “There’s a lot of the stuff that goes along with the...
• 2/26 Mets360.com: Isringhausen: Potential Feel Good Story of 2011 or Waste of Time?: There are many who seem to be enamored by the arrival of Jason Isringhausen to the New York Mets spring training facilities. Others...
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen adding changeup to repertoire: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen, whose fastball has slowed down in recent years, threw changeups during batting practice...[+] Thursday, Feb. 24, reports Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. 'I think as your velocity drops, you need something to get them off your fastball,' Isringhausen said. 'Would it be my bread and butter? Not right now. But it could be.'
• 2/24 NY Baseball Digest: A Bullpen With Izzy and Beato: Jason Isringhausen is the early surprise of camp earning praise from Terry Collins. If Isringhausen does impress enough to earn...
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen looking good: New York Mets manager Terry Collins has had good things to say about RP Jason Isringhausen, according to ESPNNewYork.com's Adam...[+] Rubin. 'His experience alone, you've got to put that in the (bullpen) mix,' Collins said. 'I saw him throw the other day. He's still got the great curveball. And the more he gets out there, his velocity is going to get better. I saw the last pitch of his bullpen the other day was knee high on the outside corner. I'll take that location a lot.'
• 2/23 NY Baseball Digest: Prior Would Be a Great Comeback Story: Last week I talked about what a great story it would be if Jason Isringhausen defied the odds and made the Mets 25 man roster....
• 2/22 MetsNews.net: No Deal for Reyes, yet: The beginning to a possibly terrible season began today for the Mets with camp officially opening today. As if there weren't...
• 2/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen impressing: New York Mets RP Jason Isringhausen has been impressive early in camp, the New York Daily News' John Harper reports. One team...[+] official said the only question is if Isringhausen can remain healthy.
• 2/21 Call to the Pen: Breaking Down the Non-Roster Invitees: New York Mets: The Mets don't have the most extensive or interesting collection of NRIs, but every team has a few interesting guys beyond the...
• 2/19 NY Baseball Digest: Reunions Don’t Always Go Well: One of the biggest surprises the first week of spring training was the Mets signing former phenom Jason Isringhausen to a minor...
• 2/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen signs minor league deal: The New York Mets signed RP Jason Isringhausen to a minor league deal Tuesday, Feb. 15, with an invitation to spring training...[+] with the major league camp, reports David Lennon, of Newsday.
• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Sign Jason Isringhausen: The Mets have signed right-hander Jason Isringhausen to a minor league contract that includes an invite to their Major League...
• 2/15 NY Baseball Digest: Isringhausen and Mets Would Be Great Story: If you look back on the Mets decision in 1999 to trade Jason Isringhausen for Billy Taylor at the deadline it was insanely illogical....
• 2/15 Mets360.com: 8/20/95 –The Day of Isringhausen: So I’ve heard tell this morning that Jason Isringhausen is at Mets’ camp. Apparently, Izzy’s auditioning for a spot in a...
• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Reyes, Isringhausen, Phillies: NL East teams have nearly finished their offseason shopping, but could make a move or two while Spring Training is underway. Here...
• 2/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Jason Isringhausen auditioning: Free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Reds) is auditioning for the New York Mets Tuesday, Feb. 15, Newsday's David Lennon reports....[+]
• 2/14 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Keri Comments on Willingham and Bailey: Jonah Keri had a chat today over at Fangraphs and I managed to sneak in two questions. They weren’t the two I wanted to...
• 2/1 Blog Red Machine: Been Down This Road BeforeReds look at Jason Isringhausen...again....
• 2/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Ohlendorf, Izzy, Edmonds, Flores: On this day in 2006, Frank Thomas officially parted ways with the White Sox, signing a free agent contract with the Athletics. ...

• 1/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Reds | Jason Isringhausen throws Monday: Free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Reds) had a throwing session for the Cincinnati Reds Monday, Jan. 31, as he seeks a minor league...[+] deal with an invitation to Spring Training, according to MLB.com's Mark Sheldon. '(Price) said he threw good,' said general manager Walt Jocketty. 'It went kind of like it did last year. We're not sure if we will pursue it or not. We'll discuss it in the next few days. We have quite a bit of right-handed pitching.'
• 1/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Reds | Jason Isringhausen to throw for team Monday: Free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Reds) will throw for the Cincinnati Reds Monday, Jan. 31, in Arizona, according to John Fay...[+] of The Cincinnati Enquirer. The team will decide whether or not they will sign him after the session.
• 1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Farnsworth, Durbin, Izzy, Duchscherer: Here are a few items of note for Jan. 29, 53 years to the day after Stan Musial became the National League's highest-paid player...
• 1/16 PaulLebowitz.com: Abandonment: The Joba Ruination leads to opportunity: The Yankees should make Joba Chamberlain into a starter. They should do so without constraints...
• 1/7 Blog Red Machine: So, is Renteria the starter?: Welcome to Cincinnati, Edgar Renteria. Now, maybe you might want to rethink what you’re saying. ESPNDeportes.com is reporting...

• 12/26 Baseball Musings: Prior Experience: The New York Daily News talks to Mark Prior and the Yankees about turning the oft-injured pitcher into a reliever: The Yankees...

• 8/29 Mets Merized: Carlos Beltran Will Be Missed When He’s Gone: There was an article by Mike Puma in yesterday’s NY Post that caught my attention.  Mr. Puma states that Jeff Wilpon wants...
• 8/27 PaulLebowitz.com: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: Truths, hard and cold: Reality is (or should be) setting in for certain teams that have to realize that their aspirations...
• 8/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Reds | Jason Isringhausen shut down: Cincinnati Reds RP Jason Isringhausen (undisclosed) has been shut down with Triple-A Louisville due to an undisclosed injury,...[+] according to The Cincinnati Enquirer's John Fay.
• 8/20 El Maquino: Team of the Decade: The Cards have a thing on their website where you can vote for the Team of the Decade.  Mine: CR: Yadier Molina (2004-) 1B: Albert...
• 8/9 El Maquino: The NLC Race Has Become Personal: The Reds just made the NLC dogfight a lot more personal. They signed Scott Rolen in the offseason.  They signed Jason Isringhausen...
• 8/5 MLBTradeRumors: Remembering The 1999 Trade Deadline: With Y2K and the imminent demise of the world just months away, it was incumbent upon teams to add just the right player for the...

• 7/28 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Unlikely To Make Deal By Deadline: There's a "very good chance" the Reds don't make a trade by Saturday's deadline, GM Walt Jocketty told John Fay of the Cincinnati...
• 7/27 Call to the Pen: Deal or no Deal: Potential Trade Thoughts from the NL Central: With the MLB trade deadline quickly approaching I asked each of our site leads to give me their thoughts on what the team they...
• 7/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Reds | Jason Isringhausen signs: The Cincinnati Reds signed free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays) to an undisclosed minor league deal Thursday, July 22, according...[+] to The Associated Press.
• 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: Morosi On Reds, Berkman, Blue Jays: The Reds have signed Russ Springer and they're close to adding Jason Isringhausen, but that doesn't mean GM Walt Jocketty is content...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Expect To Sign Isringhausen: The Reds expect to sign Jason Isringhausen today, GM Walt Jocketty confirmed to John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer (Twitter link)....
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Offer Isringhausen Contract: Walt Jocketty can't resist those former Cardinals. The Reds have offered Jason Isringhausen a contract and expect resolution soon,...
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Reds | Jason Isringhausen works out Tuesday: Free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays) worked out for the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday, July 20, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer's...[+] John Fay. 'He looked good for a guy who's been out a while,' manager Dusty Baker said. 'He looked strong.'
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Reds | Make offer to Jason Isringhausen: The Cincinnati Reds made a contract offer to free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays) after watching him pitch Tuesday, July 20,...[+] according to The Cincinnati Enquirer's John Fay.
• 7/20 El Maquino: Morning Headlines Rundown: IZZY TO REDS? We thought Jason Isringhausen would pitch for the Royals, but we got this comment from Reds GM Walt Jocketty: “He...
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Reds, Parker, Brewers: Another round of links for Monday, as Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran are finally in the Mets' starting lineup together... Yankees...
• 7/19 El Maquino: Izzy to KC?: Jason Isringhausen, the best Cards closer since Bruce Sutter, left the team before the 2008 season. He had surgury after a few...
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Prioritizing Bench, Bullpen Help: ESPN's Buster Olney tweets the Yankees' trade deadline priorities: "Even in the aftermath of Andy Pettitte's injury, the Yankees'...
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | Interested in Jason Isringhausen: The Kansas City Royals have shown interest in signing free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays), according to The Kansas City Star's...[+] Daniel Paulling.
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Interested in Jason Isringhausen: The St. Louis Cardinals have shown interest in signing free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays), according to The Kansas City Star's...[+] Daniel Paulling.
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Interested in Jason Isringhausen: The New York Yankees have shown interest in signing free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays), according to The Kansas City Star's...[+] Daniel Paulling.
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | Interested in Jason Isringhausen: The Tampa Bay Rays have shown interest in re-signing RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays), according to The Kansas City Star's Daniel...[+] Paulling.
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Jason Isringhausen throwing: Free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (elbow) has been throwing off a mound three times a week, and he estimates that he needs a couple...[+] of weeks in the minors before being ready to return to the majors, according to The Kansas City Star's Daniel Paulling. 'But all my breaking pitches are there. I've been working on a changeup so that's there. I'm a smarter pitcher. That's the way I look at it. I might not be throwing throw 96-97 again, but I'll still get people out,' Isringhausen said.
• 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: Isringhausen To Audition For Reds: Appearing on KFNS 590 The Fan with Doug Vaughn this morning, free agent reliever Jason Isringhausen said he has a tentative plan...
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Reds | Jason Isringhausen to try out: Free-agent RP Jason Isringhausen (Rays) said he has been invited to throw a bullpen session for the Cincinnati Reds, KFNS 590...[+] St. Louis reports.
• 7/8 Fungoes.net: Franklin meltdown one of worst all-time: The Cardinals as a team made dubious history in their Tuesday-night meltdown. And Ryan Franklin, the primary culprit in the...

• 5/27 B-R Blog: Roy Oswalt is getting #^$%ed: According to his neutralized pitching stats, Roy Oswalt deserves a .731 winning percentage this year, which projects to a 19-7...
• 5/24 Fungoes.net: Revisiting Rule 10.17b (official scorer’s pleasure): In the Cardinals’ 9-5 win Friday over the Angels, Brad Penny’s early departure invoked the rarely used Rule 10.17b,...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Consecutive Saves on the Road: After looking at the leaders in consecutive saves at home, reader DoubleDiamond made the following comment: I think that a most...
• 5/16 B-R Blog: Consecutive Saves at Home: With Mariano Rivera blowing a save at home today for the first time in ages, there was some discussion in the comments from Andy's...