Hector R. Luna

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 1, 1980 in Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, DO)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 2004 (Age 24)   vs. MIL 3 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Indians/Phillies/Marlins/BlueJays 2004-2012

Final Game: August 17, 2012 (Age 32)   vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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• 3/29 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 47: Ryan Petzar Pig Toilet Game: We’re going to get to talking about pee in just a second, but if you want to watch Paul call Ken Rosenthal “Rumor...
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• 2/19 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Will Lack Plate Discipline in 2013: From 2006-10, a five-year span, the Phillies laid claim to one of the most prolific offenses in Major League Baseball. Behind...

• 1/23 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Hector Luna Notches 3 Hits, Juan Sandoval Tosses 1.2 Perfect IP, But Aguilas Fall: Nice to see current and former Rays playing well in Winter Ball. But when they’re the only players on their teams playing...
• 1/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Nine Rays Duke It Out as Escogido Edges Cibaenas in 11 Innings: Something pretty crazy about Winter Ball is teammates going up against each other. When both players are fighting to prove themselves...
• 1/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jorge Cantu Homers, 7 Rays Make Appearances as Escogido Pounds Cibaenas: We missed our Rays Winter Ball recap for today, and it was probably worth skipping, but there were a couple of interesting games...
• 1/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Fernando Rodney has Rough Appearance, Feliciano Provides Offense: After the dominant season that Fernando Rodney had last year, it would have made sense if he took the winter off. However, Rodney...
• 1/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Hector Luna Home Run The Difference as Cibaenas 4-Hits Oriente in Pitchers’ Duel: It’s a common refrain for Rays fans- it’s great to get outstanding outings from your starting pitchers, but if you...
• 1/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Juan Miranda Homer The Difference as Obregon Edges Culiacan: Sometimes a role player comes out of nowhere to be a hero in one isolated game. Other times, an otherwise ordinary player can...
• 1/15 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Romulo Sanchez, Jean Machi Overpowering as Magallanes Edges Lara: Not too often that a middle reliever grabs a headline here in our Rays Minor League Recap, but Romulo Sanchez deserved it. Admittedly...
• 1/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Fernando Rodney Stays Untouchable in Winter Ball Debut: Greatness is awfully hard to achieve, let alone sustain. Fernando Rodney was able to do that over the course of an entire season...
• 1/13 mlbreports.com : Notable Performances from the Dominican Winter League: Sunday, January 13th, 2013 Like us on Facebook here Sam Evans (Baseball Writer):  The Dominican Winter League had much more...
• 1/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Pablo Sandoval, Reggie Corona Influential As Magallanes Win In 10 Innings: Friday’s games were filled with plenty of excitement and close scores as players Manny Ramirez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Pablo...
• 1/11 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jon Weber Closes Series on High Note as Mexicali Wins Game 7 vs. Mazatlan: Sometimes it’s awfully hard to Game 7 to live up to its billing. For the victorious team, though, it’s a nice reprieve...
• 1/10 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Bankston Drills Clutch Homer, Weber Breaks Out as Mexicali Forces Game 7: Everyone wishes they could be that player who comes to the plate with 2 outs and their team down a run in Game 7 of the World...
• 1/7 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Henry Mateo Caps Off Huge Day With Walk-off Single as Mazatlan Edges Mexicali: Sometimes you just have it- and when you do, the other team’s worst nightmare is for the game to be on the line when you...
• 1/5 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jesus Feliciano Hits Homer In Loss: It was a light schedule throughout the winter leagues last night, as a total of five games were played across the four different...
• 1/4 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Juan Miranda Singles in Winning Run in 11th as Obregon Wins: There’s nothing better than coming up huge in the Postseason. Not too often under normal circumstances does a player join...
• 1/3 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Wes Bankston Slams Two Homers in Mexicali Debut: It’s officially 2013 and things are changing in the Winter Leagues. The leagues in Venezuela, Mexico, and Puerto Rico all...

• 12/30 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Can Someone Explain This Jon Weber Phenomenon?: We’ve been using Jon Weber for the headline for just about every Rays Winter League recap of late. It’s getting excessive,...
• 12/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jon Weber Continues Hot Streak: Sometimes, a player just finds themselves in the midst of a hot streak where the hits keep rolling in. For Jon Weber, he is in...
• 12/28 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jon Weber, Wes Bankston, Humberto Cota All Slam 2-Run Homers: Why is the famous phrase “wait for the 3-run homer” and not any other kind of homer? Well, if you wait for a grand...
• 12/22 BoSox Banter: Mauro Gomez earns more MVP honors: By Jeff Louderback Along with versatile infielder Pedro Ciriaco, right-handed slugging first baseman/DH Mauro Gomez was a wise...
• 12/22 Rays Colored Glasses: For Lower-Tier MLB Players, Deciding Where to Play Becomes A Game of Numbers: Why do baseball players spend their entire lives dreaming of a future in the major leagues? They want the prestige that comes...
• 12/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Manny Ramirez Slugs Two Home Runs In Victory: Manny Ramirez is starting to look like the Manny who was a legitimate major league hitter. Over his past ten games, Ramirez has...
• 12/20 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alexander Torres Strikes Out 7, Ryan Reid Strikes Out 5 More in Relief in Zulia Win: You think your stuff is pretty electric. Then a reliever comes out of your bullpen looking absolutely lights out and completely...
• 12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Manny Notches 4 Hits in Cibaenas Victory, Jon Weber Extends Hitting Streak to 10: Is Manny Ramirez done? He’s going to turn 41 in May so conventional thought would think so. And on December 5th, Ramirez...
• 12/17 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: No Stopping Jorge Cantu, Willy Aybar Stays Perfect: One of my favorite Jorge Cantu stats: not even his platoon splits could say consistent. In 2005, his coming-out party for the...
• 12/16 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Jorge Cantu Stays Red-Hot, Wes Bankston Drives in 2: Jorge Cantu is one of the most inconsistent players in the history of baseball. Not once, but twice in his major league career...
• 12/15 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Estrellas Cannot Stop Hector Luna: Hector Luna had a hit in each of his last three games before heading into action on Friday. Yesterday, he doubled that total in...

• 11/23 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Omar Luna Drives in 2, Hector Luna Homers as Cibaenas Rolls: When you have another player on the team with the same last name as you, it makes it harder to distinguish yourself. But when...
• 11/22 Phillies Nation: Hot Stove: Turkey’s-In-The-Oven Edition: Catching up on some rumors that went under the radar last night, the Phillies are reported no longer interested in Josh Hamilton...
• 11/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Japanese League | Hector Luna signs: The Chunichi Dragons have agreed to sign 1B/3B/OF Hector Luna (Pirates) to a one-year, $450,000 deal that includes $200,000 in...[+] incentives.
• 11/4 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercard: Henry Wrigley Has 4 Hits, Hak-Ju Lee Drives in a Run in AFL Rising Stars Game: It was the Arizona Fall League All-Star Game on Saturday, the Rising Stars Game, and a couple Rays had the opportunity to take...

• 10/31 Phillies Nation: 2012 Top Moment #10: Luna is Grand: For a lot of Phillies fans, there were two questions that would be answered in Spring Training: who would be the fifth outfielder...
• 10/31 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Henry Wrigley Homers, Wes Bankston Goes Off Again: Sorry for the delay getting this out- more Hurricane Sandy troubles- but here finally is the Rays’ minor league recap for...
• 10/29 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Henry Wrigley Notches 3 Hits as Caracas Edges Aragua: Baseball players head to Winter Ball for a variety of reasons, but in just about every case, the players have almost nothing to...
• 10/22 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Alex Torres Dominant Again in Zulia Win: After showing flashes in the big leagues in September of 2011, Alex Torres hoped to take the next step in 2012 and solidify himself...
• 10/2 Crashburn Alley: The League of Extraordinary Nobodies: As a fan, perhaps the biggest drawback of rooting for a team, both besieged by injuries and experiencing a talent drought at the...
• 10/1 Crashburn Alley: Graph of the Intermittent Time Period: The end of the regular season is nigh and for the first time since 2006, the Phillies will be scheduling golf outings in October....

• 9/6 Throw the Challenge Flag: Unlikely sources lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a win: Pirates 6, Astros 3 They didn't lose a series to the Houston Astros. That's all you really need to know when it comes to the...
• 9/3 Seedlings to Stars: Standout Sprouts: September 2nd, 2012 – Brock Peterson and Dan Straily: Standout Sprouts is a recap of what I consider to be the top performances in the minors from the previous day. These are broken...
• 9/3 Phillies Nation: The Phillies’ September Call-Up? Pete Orr: The gust of wind felt across the Delaware Valley today was not brought upon by any Labor Day storm or cold front. The wind instead...
• 9/3 Throw the Challenge Flag: Minors: Hector Luna has four hits and a home run: Transactions: Ramon Cabrera was promoted from AA Altoona to AAA Indianapolis. Jacob Stallings was promoted from SS State College...
• 9/1 MLBTradeRumors: Pirates Sign Hector Luna: Here are the day's minor transactions... The Pirates have signed Hector Luna according to the MLB.com's transactions page....
• 9/1 Phillies Nation: Writer’s Roundtable: What Should Phils Do With Ruf?: Darin Ruf is having one heckuva season down in Reading. He’s been named the Eastern League MVP, he’s broken Ryan Howard‘s...

• 8/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Pirates | Hector Luna signs: The Pittsburgh Pirates signed free-agent INF Hector Luna (Phillies) to a minor league deal Friday, Aug. 31, and was assigned to...[+] Triple-A Indianapolis.
• 8/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Hector Luna elects free agencyPhiladelphia Phillies 2B Hector Luna has elected free agency after being outrighted off the 40-man roster....[+] Philadelphia Phillies 2B Hector Luna has elected free agency after being outrighted off the 40-man roster.
• 8/30 MLBTradeRumors: Hector Luna Elects Free Agency: The Phillies announced that infielder Hector Luna elected free agency after being outrighted off of the team's 40-man roster....
• 8/15 Crashburn Alley: Ryan Howard’s Struggles Concerning: After rupturing his Achilles tendon to end the NLDS last year against the St. Louis Cardinals, Ryan Howard began his slow climb...
• 8/13 Phillies Nation: Schierholtz to DL, Polly to Rehab: Nate Schierholtz will miss at least three to four weeks with a broken right big toe, according to Matt Gelb. Schierholtz was hitting...
• 8/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Hector Luna recalledThe Philadelphia Phillies recalled INF Hector Luna from Triple-A Lehigh Valley....[+] The Philadelphia Phillies recalled INF Hector Luna from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
• 8/6 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Braves (62-49) vs. Phillies (49-59): Atlanta Braves (62-46) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (49-59) Ben Sheets (3-1, 1.46) vs. Vance Worley (6-6, 3.63) Time: 7:05 PM, Citizens...
• 8/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Raul Valdes activated from DL: The Philadelphia Phillies have activated RP Raul Valdes (hip) from the 15-day disabled list. In a corresponding move, the team...[+] optioned INF Hector Luna to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
• 8/5 Baseball Musings: Ruiz Disabled: The Phillies placed Carlos Ruiz on the disabled list: The Philadelphia Phillies have placed All-Star catcher Carlos Ruiz on the...
• 8/4 Baseball News Source: Ruiz Becomes Latest Phillies Player to Land on DL: A forgettable season for the Philadelphia Phillies grew even more frustrating on Saturday when the team announced that catcher...
• 8/4 Phillies Nation: Ruiz Out 4-6 Weeks With Foot Tear: Chalk this up as yet another major blow for the Phillies in this season from hell. Carlos Ruiz will miss 4-6 weeks with a plantar...
• 8/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Carlos Ruiz placed on DL: The Philadelphia Phillies have placed C Carlos Ruiz (foot) on the 15-day disabled list because of a partial tear in his plantar...[+] fasciitis in his left foot. He is expected to miss four to six weeks. In a corresponding move, the team recalled INF Hector Luna from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
• 8/2 Broad Street Believers: Phillies Mid-Season Report Card: As we hit the halfway mark of the Phillies 2012 season and take a look back to hand out grades, it’s clear that this has...

• 7/10 Phillies Nation: All-Star Break Grades: The Bench: Welcome to the first of five of our All-Star Break assessments. Today we tackle: The Bench. The Surprises: Mike Fontenot –...
• 7/6 Phillies Nation: Howard Activated From DL: The Big Piece is back. Following last night’s suggestion from Ruben Amaro that he could be in the lineup tonight, the Phillies...
• 7/6 Phillies Nation: The Roster Math Behind Ryan Howard’s Return: The Big Man is almost back will likely return tonight according to Todd Zolecki and he couldn’t return any sooner to this...
• 7/5 Crashburn Alley: Best Case Scenario: Let’s be honest: it’s looking really bad for the Phillies on July 5. Baseball Prospectus pins their playoff odds at...

• 6/29 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Phillies at Marlins, June 29-July 1: Following a 5-5 homestand, the Phillies (36-42) hit the road to begin a 3-game series against the division rival Marlins (35-40)...
• 6/22 Redbird Rants: Tyler Greene – Should He Stay or Should He Go?:   For the past several years, 2B has been a revolving door for the St. Louis Cardinals. Ron Belliard, Hector Luna, Felipe...
• 6/22 Crashburn Alley: Mourning Ryan Howard: Phil Sheridan published a fantastic piece of stathead troll bait yesterday, lamenting Ryan Howard‘s absence and fantasizing...
• 6/9 Phillies Nation: Solo Homers Not Enough, Phils Lose In Extras: The Phillies one game win streak was short lived as the Orioles won their eighth straight extra inning game with an Adam Jones...
• 6/8 Philly Phanatics: Phillies notebookWe have heard it said repeatedly that the NL East is a tight race. Ron Opher shows us why that is simply untrue....
• 6/4 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Marlins at Phillies, June 1-3: Fresh off a successful 5-2 road trip, the Phillies (27-25) return home to host the Marlins (29-22) for a 3-game set at Citizens...
• 6/3 Phillies Nation: Phils Drop Game, Series to Marlins in Ugly Fashion: The Phillies lost to the Marlins on Sunday 5-1, losing their first series since the Nationals series on May 23. It was an ugly...
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Hector Luna drives in three runs: Philadelphia Phillies 2B Hector Luna went 2-for-4 with three RBIs Friday, June 1, against the Miami Marlins to push his average...[+] to .375. Two of his RBIs came with two outs.
• 6/1 Phillies Nation: Phils Outlast Rain, Marlins: In a rain soaked game that featured a rain delay and some thoughts of a possible postponement, the Phillies defeated the Marlins...
• 6/1 Baseball Musings: Three for Three: Philadelphia beats Miami 6-4 in a rain delayed game, keeping the Marlins from tying Washington for first place in the NL East....

• 5/30 Crashburn Alley: Graph of the Intermittent Time Period: The Phillies scored more late-inning runs tonight, scoring six runs in the ninth inning to cushion their lead in an eventual win...
• 5/23 Phillies Nation: Phillies Nation Quarter Pole Awards: The Phillies have played just over 1/4 of their games. So, we give out the awards for what has gone down thus far. MVP AWARD:...
• 5/19 Phillies Nation: Hits Parade Leads To Loserville: When your team smacks 15 hits around you expect them to score some runs.  The Phillies did manage five runs tonight but left...
• 5/18 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Philadelphia Phillies: The Phillies are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series: Eligible For Free Agency (7) Cole Hamels - Hamels might...
• 5/17 Crashburn Alley: Phillies-Cubs Game Thread 5/17/12: The Phillies used more of their late-game magic to turn a game headed to extra innings into an old-fashioned rout in Chicago last...
• 5/11 Crashburn Alley: Padres-Phillies Game Thread 5/11/12: These guys again. Following last month’s split of a 4 game series, the Padres (11-21) roll into Philadelphia for an NL cellar-dweller...
• 5/11 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Padres (11-21) at Phillies (14-18): San Diego Padres (11-21) at Philadelphia Phillies (14-18) Clayton Richard (1-4, 4.89) vs. Vance Worley (2-2, 2.84) Time: 7:05...
• 5/11 Phillies Nation: Phillies Bring Diekman, Valdes, Luna to the Bigs: As expected, the Phillies have made a bevy of roster moves today. The news was actually broken by Iron Pigs relief pitcher Michael...
• 5/10 Phillies Nation: Schwimer: Diekman, Valdes, Luna Called Up: Phillies’ up-again-down-again reliever Michael Schwimer posted a congratulatory message on Twitter to three Lehigh Valley...

• 4/4 Brotherly Glove: Phils Complete Opening Day Roster: Baseball is back. The Phillies don’t open the season until Thursday, but the major league season is officially back on Wednesday...
• 4/4 Phillies Nation: Joe Savery, Pete Orr Round Out Phillies Roster: From the Phillies: The Phillies have finalized their Opening Day roster for the 2012 regular season, Manager Charlie Manuel announced...

• 3/30 Phillies Nation: Worley Rocked by Twins, Phils Lose 11-7: Not the way Vance Worley wants to wind down his spring. It’s been up and down and this last start represents the lowest...
• 3/18 Phillies Nation: Update: Non-Rostered Invitees – Position Players: As Spring Training’s third calendar week comes to a close, the Phils have fourteen non-rostered invitees still in camp. On Friday,...
• 3/15 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Philadelphia Phillies: Ruben Amaro Jr.'s aggressive offseason approach landed him an elite but expensive closer and enabled the Phillies to lock Jimmy...
• 3/6 Phillies Nation: Blanton Impressive, Phils Get First Win: Joe Blanton hurled two scoreless innings in his first action this Spring, and the Phillies avoided their third straight loss to...

• 2/29 Phillies Nation: Phillies Win Exhibition Opener Over FSU, 6-1: If you had Hector Luna hitting the first home run of the spring for the Phillies, then you’ve won something. The well-traveled...

• 1/10 MLBTradeRumors: Phillies Talking To Jeremy Accardo: The Phillies are trolling for bullpen depth and talking to reliever Jeremy Accardo about a minor league deal, tweets ESPN's Jerry...

• 12/21 Phillies Nation: Phils Invite Two To Spring Training: The Phillies announced today the signing of infielders Hector Luna and Luis Montanez. Luna, 31, last saw Major League action in...
• 12/21 MLBTradeRumors: Minor Moves: Hernandez, Luna, Montanez: We'll keep track of today's minor league transactions here ... The Pirates have agreed to terms with infielder Anderson ...
• 12/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Two signed: The Philadelphia Phillies signed free-agent 2B Hector Luna (Red Sox) and OF Lou Montanez (Cubs) to minor league deals with invites...[+] to spring training Wednesday, Dec. 21.

• 6/14 MLBTradeRumors: Ronnie Belliard Retires: Ronnie Belliard, currently with Lehigh Valley, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate, is retiring, according to Bob Brookover of the...

• 3/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | 12 players cut: The Boston Red Sox have optioned P Stolmy Pimentel and SS Oscar Tejeda to Double-A Portland, according to John Tomase of the Boston...[+] Herald. Ps Tony Pena Jr., Jason Rice, Clevelan Santeliz, Kyle Weiland and Alex Wilson, Cs Tim Federowicz and Ryan Lavarnway, IFs Brent Dlugach and Hector Luna and OF Che-Hsuan Lin were reassigned to minor league camp.
• 3/12 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Make First Cuts of 2011 Spring Training: Here's the release from the Boston Red Sox announcing the first cuts of the 2011 spring training campaign. BOSTON, MA – The...
• 3/12 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Make First Cuts of 2011 Spring Training: Here's the release from the Boston Red Sox announcing the first cuts of the 2011 spring training campaign. BOSTON, MA – The...
• 3/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Can Ramon Vazquez become Abraham Nunez?: I hear all the early St. Louis Cardinals camp excitement about third baseman Matt Carpenter, but my thoughts are elsewhere, back...

• 2/12 Call to the Pen: Breaking Down the Non-Roster Invitees: Boston Red SoxContinuing my look at notable NRIs from around the league, it's time to take a look at some aspiring Red Sox....
• 2/7 Fungoes.net: Saturday Saturrias: In the spirit of Rob Neyer’s Monday Mendozas and Friday Filberts, we bring you Saturday Saturrias. Perhaps Cardinal fans...
• 2/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Invite 20 to ST: The Boston Red Sox have invited P Rich Hill, P Andrew Miller, P Randy Williams, P Jason Bergmann, P Brandon Duckworth, P Matt...[+] Fox, P Tony Pena Jr., P Jason Rice, P Clevelan Santeliz, P Kyle Weiland, P Alex Wilson, C Tim Federowicz, C Paul Hoover, C Ryan Lavarnway, IF Brent Dlugach, IF Hector Luna, IF Nate Spears, IF Drew Sutton, OF Che-Hsuan Lin and OF Juan Carlos Linares to Spring Training, according to The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham.

• 1/5 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Re-Sign Okajima; Also Sign Hector Luna, Tony Pena, Jr.: I know this first part is old news but I've been away for a bit and really haven't had internet access (if you ever find yourself...
• 1/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Hector Luna signs: The Boston Red Sox signed free-agent 2B Hector Luna (Marlins) to a minor league deal Monday, Jan 3, according to The Boston Globe's...[+] Peter Abraham.
• 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Sign Hector Luna: The Red Sox signed Hector Luna to a minor league deal, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (on Twitter). Luna, who turns...

• 11/21 The Process Report: The Rays & The Rule 5 Draft: Who They’ve Taken: 2009 Selection: 13 Pick: Armando Zerpa Organization: Boston Position: LHP Fate: The Rays quickly sold Zerpa to the Los Angeles...

• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Tankersley, Others Hit Free Agency: Taylor Tankersley and a number of others with big league experience recently hit free agency, as Baseball America's Matt Eddy...
• 10/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Marlins | Hector Luna becomes free agent: Florida Marlins 2B Hector Luna refused his minor league assignment and has become a free agent, according to CBSSports.com. ...[+]
• 10/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2010 in Review: Catcher: Good lord, is this really the 4th time I’ve done end-of-season reviews already? It’s terrifying to think how much...
• 10/7 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Halladay, Dodgers, De La Rosa: Links for Thursday, as we await another day of playoff games. It will be nearly impossible to match the show Roy Halladay put...
• 10/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Marlins | Five outrighted: The Florida Marlins outrighted C Mike Rivera, SS Hector Luna, P Tim Wood, RP Taylor Tankersley and OF Brett Carroll to Triple-A...[+] New Orleans, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Juan C. Rodriguez reports.

• 8/20 Baseball Musings: Shutout Five: The Marlins, behind seven strong innings by Anibal Sanchez, shutout the Astros 9-0. This was a close shutout early, but Florida...
• 8/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Marlins | Hector Luna to see time at third: Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez said 2B Hector Luna is likely to start once or twice a week at third base, according to...[+] The Miami Herald's Manny Navarro.

• 7/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Marlins | Will call up Hector Luna: The Florida Marlins will call up 2B Hector Luna from Triple-A New Orleans to help at third base, reports Joe Capozzi, of the Palm...[+] Beach Post. OF Chris Coghlan (knee) will play third base when he returns from the disabled list.
• 7/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | PCL All-Star roster announced: The Pacific Coast League announced its All-Star roster for the 2010 season Thursday, July 1, according to MLB.com's Danny Wild....[+] The roster will consist of Toronto Blue Jays C J.P. Arencibia, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1B Mark Trumbo, San Francisco Giants 2B Brock Bond, Texas Rangers 3B Chris Davis, St. Louis Cardinals SS Tyler Greene, Los Angeles Dodgers OF Jay Gibbons, Kansas City Royals OF Alex Gordon, Colorado Rockies OF Matt Miller, Los Angeles Dodgers DH John Lindsey, Chicago Cubs SP Thomas Diamond, Seattle Mariners SP Luke French, San Diego Padres SP Ernesto Frieri, Colorado Rockies P Matt Reynolds, Oakland Athletics C Josh Donaldson, Los Angeles Dodgers C Lucas May, Chicago Cubs IF Darwin Barney, Milwaukee Brewers IF Luis Cruz, Colorado Rockies IF Brad Eldred, Kansas City Royals IF Kila Ka'aihue, Florida Marlins IF Hector Luna, Toronto Blue Jays IF Brett Wallace, Houston Astros OF Brian Bogusevic, Toronto Blue Jays OF Chris Lubanski, St. Louis Cardinals P Brandon Dickson, San Francisco Giants P Steve Edlefsen, Texas Rangers P Michael Kirkman, Oakland Athletics P Clayton Mortensen, Arizona Diamondbacks P Jordan Norberto, Texas Rangers P Pedro Strop and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim P Rich Thompson.

• 6/17 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Grand Slam, First Career At-Bat: On Saturday, Daniel Nava hit a grand slam in his first at-bat (hitting ninth for Boston). Needless to say, the odds against this...
• 6/15 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Grand Slam, First Career At-Bat: On Saturday, Daniel Nava hit a grand slam in his first at-bat (hitting ninth for Boston). Needless to say, the odds against this...