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Vernon Wells

Vernon M. Wells (twitter: @VernonWells10)

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 8, 1978 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Bowie HS (Arlington, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 30, 1999 (Age 20) vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Angels/Yankees 1999-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 7 yrs/$126M (08-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 11.113, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Greg Genske, Brian Peters, and Scott Parker, previously: Jeff Moorad [*]
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News -- May 2013

5/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cardinals, Braves, Starting Pitching Market: With one-fourth of the season in the books, let's have a look around some injury situations and how they might impact the developing...
5/19 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 44 Lineup: Blue Jays vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Blue Jays: Curtis Granderson CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Lyle Overbay 1B Jayson Nix 3B Ichiro...
5/19 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout is warming up with the weather, Hank Conger and C.J. Wilson are proving to be a good battery and, are Angels fans to...
5/18 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Braves, Mets, Ellsbury, Yankees: Braves lefty Eric O'Flaherty has a torn UCL and will likely need surgery, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports...
5/18 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May 17th: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, May.18, 2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors....
5/18 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 43: Hafner Returns: The Yankees keep on playing the Blue Jays, and despite all the hype, the Yankees have been able to hit them hard very early...
5/18 It's About the Money (Stupid): Today’s Yankees Lineup: 5/18/13: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Lyle Overbay 1B Curtis Granderson RF Jayson Nix...
5/18 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 43 Lineup: Blue Jays vs. Yankees: Lineup: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Lyle Overbay 1B Curtis Granderson RF Jayson Nix SS...
5/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 42 Lineup: Blue Jays vs. Yankees: Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix 3B Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Ben Francisco DH Lyle Overbay 1B David Adams 3B Ichiro Suzuki...
5/17 Pinstripe Pundits: Is Ichiro done?: (This post is being syndicated from Pinstriped Bible) The Yankees are only a month and a half into Ichiro Suzuki‘s new...
5/17 Jays Journal: Vernon Wells Could Start All Star Game: Vernon Wells is currently tearing the cover off the ball for the New York Yankees. He has a .354 on base percentage with 10 homeruns...
5/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Are the returns of Granderson and Texeira necessarily a good thing?: The Yankees have survived the first month and change of the 2013 seasons without Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira,...
5/17 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May 16th: Like us on Facebook here Friday May.17/2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors. We are...
5/17 Jays Journal: Series Preview: Toronto Blue Jays (17-24) @ New York Yankees (25-16): With Vernon Wells and Lyle Overbay leading the charge the Toron…oh wait. This isn’t 2007. Seems like something that...
5/17 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE AL EAST FROM BEAST TO LEAST: Let’s take a look at how the AL East has been shaping up and take a guess at who will win the Division. 1 - The New York...
5/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees lose Pettitte, Stewart in loss to the Mariners: The Yankees dropped Thursday night’s game and the series to the Mariners, but more importantly they lost Andy Pettitte...
5/16 MLB Injury News: Yankees rumors: Vernon Wells still planning retirement: Since joining the New York Yankees this spring, outfielder Vernon Wells' career has been rejuvenated. Even so, Wells told...
5/16 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May 15th: Like us on Facebook here Thursday May.16/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): DH on our home site pages...
5/16 Jays Journal: Monitoring the Progress of the Process: With the Jays fresh of a sweep of the Giants I felt compelled to look at the actions of both teams front offices and see what...
5/16 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Raul Ibanez Loves Yankee Stadium: Raul Ibanez hit 2 home runs last night and drove in 6 RBI as the Seattle Mariners beat up Phil Hughes and the New York Yankees. ...
5/16 Baseballhotcorner.com: Can The New York Yankees Keep Up This Pace?: Can the Yankees keep up this pace? I have some numbers to throw at you. 32, 37, 40, 43 and 30, 34, 35, 35 Paul what is that...
5/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: AN AVALANCHE NAMED IBANEZ: Hey. Do you remember when Raul Ibanez told Bleeding Yankee Blue how excited he was to be back in pinstripes? I...
5/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees crushed by the M’s as David Adams and Brett Marshall make their MLB debuts: Phil Hughes didn’t even make it out of the first inning as the Yankees got absolutely crushed by the Mariners in a 12-2...
5/15 It's About the Money (Stupid): Hughes Falls Apart, Yankees Crushed By Raul Ibanez 12-2: Not So Filthy Hughes Phil Hughes entered this game trying to rebound from a 6 run game against the Royals and somehow had an...
5/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Wells, Red Sox: Here's the latest out of the American League East.. Whether you like the Yankees spend-heavy ways or not, you have to give...
5/15 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 40: One Hell Of A Birthday Present: Do you think David Adams could have asked for a better birthday present than a call up to the major leagues and a start...
5/15 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 39 Lineup: Mariners vs. Yankees: Looks like the Yankees have a new third baseman…check out the lineup Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells DH Curtis...
5/15 The Baseball Continuum: How the Yankees are pulling it off: As of this writing, the New York Yankees are in first place in the American League East with a 25-14 record, despite the fact...
5/15 Monkey with a Halo: Jason Vargas, the one thing Jerry Dipoto got right: Slow clap, everyone. Slow clap. Congratulations, Jerry Dipoto, through the tens of millions of dollars that you...
5/15 Ballr: Trevor Bauer Recalled: Following his May 1st start against the Phillies, the Indians sent Trevor Bauer back to AAA, where the 22 year old threw 6.2 innings...
5/15 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for May 15: It is a getaway day for many MLB teams, so many are playing matinee baseball, today. That means fewer late games this evening...
5/15 My Pinstripes: Adams Coming to the Rasta, Mon: No, David Adams isn't Jamaican, but I am tired. Per a tweet Trenton Thunder beat writer Josh Norris (@jnorris427),...
5/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Why the New York Yankees are a joy to watch: There is a sense of fun around the New York Yankees that I haven’t felt in quite some time. This group of guys has no quit...
5/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Granderson is back, but the Yankees lose Travis Hafner: Curtis Granderson is officially back, but that tough question as to which outfielder sits in his absence may not be as big a...
5/15 Macho-Row.com: Lee, Howard, Halladay, Hamels named on Sports Illustrated's Fortunate 50: The Phillies finally found a way to beat a team from Ohio last night, bringing the team to within just 3.5 games of the first...
5/15 Baseball News Source: Joba Chamberlain Should Be Traded Out of Need, Nothing More: Much has been written recently about the melodramatic confrontation between the overrated, “punk” reliever who never...
5/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees come from behind to beat King Felix, Mariners: The Yankees were trailing the Mariners 3-0 with King Felix Hernandez on the mound heading into the bottom of the sixth inning,...
5/15 More Than A Fan: A Simple Guide to Attending Games for Cleveland Indians Fans: by Ryan Isley Days like this past Monday are the ones where I love being a baseball fan. The Cleveland Indians had a traditional...
5/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE GRANDYMAN IS OFFICALLY BACK!: After being out since the beginning of spring training, Curtis Granderson finally made it back to the Bronx and to the starting...
5/14 MLB Injury News: Yankees’ Travis Hafner to get MRI on shoulder: The New York Yankees got back a powerful hitter when outfielder Curtis Granderson returned to their lineup on May 14. The...
5/14 Baseball Ruminations: Rooting for Juan Pierre: The other night I found myself watching a Marlins – Dodgers game with Baseball Ruminations founder Chris Rice. We were watching...
5/14 Baseball News Source: Curtis Granderson activated From DL by Yankees: The much anti**** return of Curtis Granderson will happen tonight against the Seattle Mariners. Granderson will be batting fourth...
5/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): What Do You Do With Four Outfielders?: Finally, a good problem. There are obvious deficiencies at every offensive infield position that's not second base, and the outfield...
5/14 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 38 Lineup: Mariners vs. Yankees: Guess who’s back…? Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells DH Curtis Granderson LF Lyle Overbay 1B Jayson Nix...
5/14 FanSided: New York Yankees Activate Curtis Granderson From Disabled List: The Bronx Bombers got a whole lot better today when they activated Curtis Granderson and his powerful swing from the disabled...
5/14 Baseball Musings: Granderson Returns: Curtis Granderson is in the Yankees lineup tonight, playing leftfield. Vernon Wells moves to designated hitter. The Granderson,...
5/14 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Jurrjens, Orioles, Yankees, Blue Jays: As Curtis Granderson gets set to return to the Yankees lineup, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com writes that the club surprisingly...
5/14 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Justin Masterson Continues To Be Masterful: The Yankees and Indians played a double header in Cleveland this afternoon and they split. Each team won by shutout. In game 1...
5/14 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Yanks return to the Bronx to host King Felix and the Mariners: Although the Yankees lost the first game of the Monday doubleheader against the Indians, they were able to shut out the Tribe...
5/14 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May 13th: Like us on Facebook here Monday May 13th, 2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors. We...
5/14 Halo Hangout: Joe Blanton is Not in Danger of Losing His Rotation Spot: On the fifth of December last year, a mighty groan arose from the earth. The groan could be heard for miles as it reverberated...
5/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): It’s May 14 and the Yankees are 24-14: If you predicted that this ragtag, seems to have been formed by flinging excrement at a wall team of lovable rejects would be...
5/14 Baseball Musings: Bronx Magic: Michael Schur convinces Joe Posnanski that the Yankees are magical: The emails are from Michael Schur, Parks and Recreation executive...
5/14 Beyond the Scorecard: 5/13/13 Box Score Ephemera: The leftover pizza from the games of Monday, May 13th, 2013. Be sure to check out the Muff and Boner Index at the right, updated...
5/14 BronxPinstripes.com: 2013 may be Cashman’s finest hour: It’s very hard to call a team with the highest payroll in baseball the underdog, but coming in to this season things felt...
5/14 Yanks Go Yard: YGY Series Preview Show: Mariners-Yankees (5/14-5/16): The New York Yankees continued their winning ways on the road as they finished up a 6-2 road trip with a split of the doubleheader...
5/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE RETURN OF THE GENTLEMAN: Curtis Granderson is coming back just in time for the Series with the Seattle Mariners and a Yankee team that clicks better...
5/14 Camden Depot: Chen's Injury Could Be Troublesome for Thin O's Rotation: Orioles' left-hander Wei-Yin Chen is likely headed to the disabled list with a right oblique strain. Chen would join Miguel ...
5/14 My Pinstripes: The Kids Are Hot Tonight: Nuno, Warren Earn Split: When you've got Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, and Kevin Youkilis missing from your...
5/13 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May.12th: Like us on Facebook here Monday May 13th, 2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors. We...
5/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees split doubleheader in Cleveland: Forgive the late update, but I was enthralled by an exciting New York Rangers 5-0 victory. Henrik Lundqvist just pulled off...
5/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: SPLITTING GOOSE EGGS: So the Yankees played the Indians in a "old school" double header today. In the first game, there isn't much to tell...
5/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): A Day in Cleveland: Two games, one win: Yankee fans were treated to over six hours of good baseball this afternoon. And even though the Yankees dropped the first game,...
5/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Late Inning Lapse Sends Tribe to Split; Yankees 7, Indians 0: No brooms were needed at Progressive Field after 18 innings on Monday afternoon. Despite a 1-0 win in the first game, the Tribe...
5/13 mlbreports.com : MLB Team Power Rankings: Week 6: Like us on Facebook here Monday May.13/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): The Rangers are #1 again based...
5/13 My Pinstripes: : Curtis Granderson is within reach of playing his first Major League game of the season. The Grandyman has been out since...
5/13 Baseball News Source: Justin Masterson shuts out Yankees with four-hitter: Justin Masterson struck out nine batters Jason Kipnis provided all the offense Cleveland Indians would need in a 1-0 shutout of...
5/13 Yankees Fans Unite: DH Game 2 Lineup: Yankees @ Indians: Well, the first game sucked. Here’s to hoping to a better Game 2! Here’s the lineup: Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix 3B...
5/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Masterson Splendid in Shutting Out Yankees; Indians 1, Yankees 0: A first inning solo home run off the bat of Jason Kipnis was the only run the Indians would score in Game 1 of their double header...
5/13 Baseball Analytics: AL Homer & Strikeout Percentage Leaders: I wanted to spend a few moments looking at ultimate results, all or nothing, homers vs. strikeouts. There are 20 players in AL...
5/13 mlbreports.com : Triple Play Podcast Ep #8 – Bucs And Nats Time In The Around The Horn Feature: Like us on Facebook here Monday, May 13th, 2013 By The Big Ticket Show ( AKA Triple Play Podcast on http://www.mlbreports.com)...
5/13 Call to the Pen: AL East Roundup (5/13 Edition): Welcome back to another edition of the AL East Roundup, where we’ll provide some storylines and analysis from the week that...
5/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Are the Yankees winning with “smoke and mirrors?”: I don't really know why, but this bit of an aside in George King's Post story on Hiroki Kuroda's performance yesterday has really...
5/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview #13: New York Yankees (23-13) at Cleveland Indians (20-15): Plenty has changed for the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians since the two teams were rained out of half of their series...
5/13 BronxPinstripes.com: Yankees Players of the Week: May 6-May 12: This is an absolute no-brainer. The Yankees player of the week from May 6 through May 12 is 1st year Yankee Vernon Wells. In...
5/13 Yankees Fans Unite: DH Game 1 Lineup: Yankees @ Indians: Let’s play two today! Here’s the lineup for Game 1! Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki LF Robinson Cano 2B Travis Hafner...
5/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: JOBA, MARIANO & RESPECT: I have respect for others, and it’s important that people have respect for me. If they do, then I smile, the system...
5/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): This week in Yankees baseball: Last week, I predicted this little-engine-that-could New York Yankees' team would go 3-3 and figured that was a reasonable...
5/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees sweep the Royals in Kansas City: The Royals are much improved this season, but the Yankees treated them like the same old Royals as they swept them in a three...
5/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Yankees’ Wild 2013 Ride Keeps Rolling Along: Today should be fun, huh? After starting off their "8 in 7" road trip with a 2-1 series win in Colorado and a 3-game sweep...
5/13 Fire Brand of the American League: Monday’s Links – Rest For The WearyDeep breaths, everyone. Deeeeeeep breaths....
5/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: I thought it would be easy to write about the Yankees when they won. It was, and then they just keep winning and all...
5/12 My Pinstripes: Pettitte Gets Back on Track; Yankees Alone in 1st: Andy Pettitte was just plain horrible in back to back starts against the Houston Astros and Oakland A's that preceded Saturday...
5/12 Halo Hangout: If the Angels Are Close at the Deadline, Will They Be Buyers?: DISCLAIMER: I knew full and well that it is barely mid-May, and it is probably way too early to be talking about possible deadline...
5/12 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 37 Lineup: Yankees @ Royals: Lineup vs. Royals: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix SS Lyle Overbay...
5/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE OUTSIDERS: Sure, in 1983, the Outsiders were a bunch of Greasers that had problems with the Socs, but we rooted for them. They were the...
5/11 The Sports Critic: New York Yankees’ Make-Shift Lineup Not So “Make-Shift”: Okay, so the New York Yankees have not exactly run away with the American League East so far this season. However, considering...
5/11 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 37 Lineup: Yankees @ Royals: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix SS Lyle Overbay 1B Chris Nelson...
5/11 Baseball Jerks: Vernon Wells: The Best Deal in Baseball?: In mid-December 2006, the Toronto Blue Jays and outfielder Vernon Wells agreed to a 7-year contract extension worth $126 million....
5/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING BACK GRANDERSON NOW!: I kid, I kid, but we have a great review on Curtis and you're gonna love to hear this. MLB.com's Andrew Kappes (HERE)...
5/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tonight’s Yankees lineup: 5/10/13: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix SS Lyle Overbay 1B Chris...
5/10 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 36 Lineup: Yankees @ Royals: Ah, Kansas City. I never thought I would be so glad to see the DH spot in the lineup. Speaking of which, here’s your lineup! ...
5/10 KC Kingdom: Preview: New York Yankees Vs. Kansas City Royals: It is like we have found a time machine. The first place (AL East) New York Yankees (20-13) are coming to town to battle it out...
5/10 Baseball News Source: Curtis Granderson to Return Soon, Shakeup Yankees’ Roster: Curtis Granderson delivered a base hit in his first rehab game on Friday and is now able to play a full nine innings. Granderson...
5/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Cleveland Sweeps and Thursday’s Box Scores: Many wondered if the 2013 A’s could recapture the mojo from their 2012 playoff run. The A’s came out of the box strong, but...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Despite injuries, New York Yankees keep winning: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.You just...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Bow to Felix Hernandez; bank on Matt Holliday: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Kevin Slowey surprising; Encarnacion swatting: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
5/10 Yanks Go Yard: YGY Series Preview Show: Yankees at Royals (5/10-5/12): The New York Yankees’ trip to Coors Field was not pleasant if you like a lot of runs, however, the team was still able to...
5/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees endure rain to take the series from the Rockies: The Yankees had to sit through a two-hour rain delay that knocked CC Sabathia out of the game, but they got a strong performance...
5/10 Kings of Kauffman: Series Q&A with Yankees Go Yard: After a brief three game road trip to Baltimore the Royals return to the K for a quick home stand against the Yankees. While we...
5/10 My Pinstripes: Warren Warrants Attention: Warren's performance in 2013 has given him something to smile about. I'll be the first to admit I did not see what all...
5/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CANO SERVES THE ROCKIES: The Yankees scored 3 runs today and it would be all they would need in Colorado. The scoring was simple, Vernon Wells...
5/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick recap: Yankees 3, Rockies 1: Since this is a quick recap, let's have some fun with numbers: CC Sabathia retired 11 batters in a row before the rain delay...
5/9 My Pinstripes: Sometimes You Can't Go to the Wells Once Too Often: "Brooks" Wells Vernon Wells was a one man wrecking crew in the Yankees 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies last night....
5/9 Billy-Ball.com: Now batting eighth for the New York Yankees…: The seriously depleted New York Yankees defeated the Colorado Rockies last night, 3-2. Here’s your Nine to Know: New York...
5/9 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 35 Lineup: Yankees @ Rockies: Here we go, it’s the series finale and the rubber game! Let’s win this…and never come back to Colorado again....
5/9 RoxPile: All Hail the Sandman: Yankees Prevail in Game Two: I have had really bad luck with weather so far this baseball season. I’ve attempted to go to five games and have only made...
5/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Bronx is Vernon: (With apologies to John Sterling for stealing his schtick.) I really like Vernon Wells. This isn't earth-shattering news...
5/9 BronxPinstripes.com: Granderson to begin rehab assignment: Curtis Granderson’s return is nearing, as he will begin a minor league rehab assignment Thursday with the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes...
5/9 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Angels have nowhere to go but up, right? Also, an extension suggestion for one Mark Trumbo and, Josh Hamilton is staying calm....
5/9 Yanks Go Yard: Players On The Mend: Many prominent players are scheduled to return within the next two months. In no particular order, here is the Yankees’...
5/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Vernon Wells wakes up to lead the Yankees to victory: Vernon Wells had been slumping pretty bad lately, but he woke up on Wednesday night to lead the Yankees to a 3-2 victory over...
5/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: LET GRANDERSON EARN HIS SPOT: I have three children, and in my house, we have one very important rule: If you want something bad enough, you work your...
5/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WELL, WELL, WELLS: Vernon Wells had a big night last night in Colorado. He hit a 2 run homer in the first inning and scored the game winning...
5/9 WasWatching: Guys You Never Expected To Play 3B For The Yankees: Since 1973: Player #Matching ▴ Rick Cerone 1 Ind. Games Rick Dempsey 1 Ind. Games Elliott Maddox 1 Ind. Games Tim McIntosh...
5/9 Baseballhotcorner.com: New York Yankees’ Vernon Wells Mans The Hot Corner And Looks Good: New York Yankees veteran outfielder Vernon Wells manned the hot corner for the first time in his professional career. Wells looked...
5/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): Did that really happen? Yankees 3, Rockies 2: Like I asked in the recap title, "Did that really happen?" Did David Phelps really bat 8th? Did Austin Romine really bat 9th? Did...
5/8 RoxPile: Yankees At Rockies, May 8th: Game Time, Lineups, And Preview: Yankees at Rockies. 6:40 P.M. MST (tentatively) Tonight’s game is going to be weird. It’s cold and rainy again, though...
5/8 Pinstripe Pundits: Yankees Results vs. Projections and Expectations: Entering opening day, I think just about any Yankees fan would signed up for an 18-13 start. The injuries have been aplenty, and...
5/8 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 34 Lineup: Yankees @ Rockies: No, what you’re seeing isn’t a typo. David Phelps is actually hitting 8th…before the catcher. Here’s the...
5/8 Yanks Go Yard: The Evolution of Phil Hughes: The first month of the season for the New York Yankees has been highlighted by a number of different things: the continued plague...
5/8 Jays Journal: Is Mark Buehrle a cost of being competitive?: While the Jays were able to mount an epic comeback on Monday night after Mark Buehrle gave up seven runs to the Rays, that sort...
5/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 31: An NL Ballpark: The last time the Yankees played in an NL ballpark was June 24th, 2012 in Citi Field. CC Sabathia faced off against R.A. Dickey...
5/7 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 33 Lineup: Yankees @ Rockies: It’s the first game of Interleague with the Yankees and Rockies! Here is the starting lineup! Ichiro Suzuki CF Jayson Nix...
5/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Despite the injuries, New York Yankees just keep winning: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.You just...
5/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: When are the Yankees injured players coming back?: Back in Spring Training, when the Yankees first had their run of injuries, which is now up to 11, it wasn’t supposed to...
5/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: MEREDITH MARAKOVITS: I’ve had my share of memorable baseball experiences in my life. I have met some great players and seen some games that...
5/6 Halo Hangout: Josh Hamilton and His April Swoon: By a show of hands, who was excited to see the Angels scoop up Josh Hamilton in December? It is safe to presume that most fans...
5/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Looking at how the Yankees have done position by position: Entering the season a lot of people predicted doom and gloom, but here we are a little more than a month into the season and...
5/6 Bleeding Yankee Blue: EDUARDO NUNEZ IS "DAY TO DAY": I mean, there is a grim reaper standing over Yankee Stadium right now, right? Luckily for us, we have Vernon Wells, Travis...
5/6 Swingin' A's: Waking up from a New York Nightmare: Sunday’s series win over the New York Yankees, represented a rarity for the Athletics. The city that never sleeps, has...
5/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES LOST, BUT I MET BALD VINNY: The Yankees tried their best to come back and win today against the Oakland Athletics, but they just fell short. Andy...
5/5 Swingin' A's: Athletics Out-Bomb Yankees to Take Bronx Series: I really didn’t think I’d be writing about the A’s pulling out a win in this afternoon’s rubber match...
5/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 30: Andy V. Straily: The Yankees will face off against right-handed pitcher Dan Straily this afternoon. The 24-year old made 7 successful starts...
5/5 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 32 Lineup: Athletics vs. Yankees: Here we go, it’s the last game of the homestand! We have Andy Pettitte on the mound who plans to bounce back from his last...
5/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IT'S NOT A SURPRISE, IT'S YANKEE MAGIC: It’s funny. Over the years there are guys that the Yankees collect that just provide this level of play that we hadn’t...
5/4 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Yankees, Bauer, Twins, Dickey: If you are looking for some interesting reading this evening, have a look at the evolution of the defensive shift as told by Travis...
5/4 MLB Injury News: Yankees rumors: New York seeking right-handed bats: Even after acquiring third baseman Chris Nelson from the Colorado Rockies, the New York Yankees remain in the market for right-handed bats,...
5/4 Halo Hangout: Josh Hamilton Gets A Day Off, Fans Rejoice: So far this season, the Angels have played 29 games. They have played these 29 games over the course of 33 days. And of those...
5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Bow to Felix Hernandez; bank on Matt Holliday: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....
5/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 31 Lineup: Athletics vs. Yankees: Yankees are facing their old teammate Bartolo Colon in Game 2. This is a must win game for the Yankees if they want to even the...
5/4 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY WOULD WE TRADE CURTIS GRANDERSON?: I've been banging the "Curtis Granderson could be traded" drum for weeks now. It's just an observation. I mean,...
5/4 Swingin' A's: A.J. Griffin’s Gem Puts A’s Over Yankees in Game 1: As it turned out, the game was over 16.24 seconds after it began. That was as long as it took Adam Rosales to sprint around...
5/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 30 Lineup: Athletics vs. Yankees: It’s a brand new series and we’re lucky enough to have our ace CC Sabathia on the mound! Let’s get to the lineups!...
5/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees Survive April, But Can They Survive May?: I'll be the first to admit that I had my doubts about the Yankees' lineup this April. Especially against left-handed pitchers,...
5/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE GRANDY-SSENTIALS: Quite a lot of talk about Curtis Granderson of late. Some folks, including some of my esteemed colleagues, believe we should...
5/2 Tyler's Think Tank: April All-Stars: I find it ridiculous how MLB opens up its All-Star voting in late April, when some teams are getting snowed out. I understand...
5/2 My Pinstripes: 2013 Yankees Position Players Report Card; The First Month: Written prior to Tuesday night's game. No one is comparing the current New York Yankees squad to the 1998 team that...
5/2 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Mid – Week Around The Horn Rant: Like us on Facebook here Thursday May.02/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): I am officially throwing...
5/2 Beyond the Scorecard: 5/1/13 Box Score Ephemera: A day late and a dollar short in discussing the Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 baseball games.***A CONTRAST IN STYLES***In the Yankees...
5/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: Stacking lefties against a bad team equals results: (Syndicated from Gotham Hub Baseball). When the Yankee lineup was released before Tuesday’s game, there were two noticeable...
5/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 28 Lineup: Astros vs. Yankees: It’s the series finale for the Yankees and Astros before an off-day tomorrow. Here’s your lineup! Ichiro Suzuki CF...
5/1 Jays Journal: Edwin Encarnacion Is A Beast: Edwin Encarnacion has been a model of consistency for the Toronto Blue Jays since the 2nd half of 2011. He plays for a team that...
5/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Kevin Slowey surprising; Encarnacion swatting: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....

News -- April 2013

4/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IT WAS A TEXAS NO STEP IN THE BRONX: OK, so the Yankees **** the bed tonight. It's 1 game. We come back tomorrow and we win, the end! If you,...
4/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees get blown out by the Astros: The Yankees were beaten and beaten badly by the Houston Astros in a 9-1 loss Monday night when Andy Pettitte didn’t have...
4/29 Pinstripe Pundits: Is Vernon Wells for Real?: It’s no secret that Vernon Wells has significantly outperformed the expectations so far in 2013. Most people around baseball...
4/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Could The Yankees Be In On Chris Nelson?: With the Travis Hafner and Vernon Wells deals working out for the organization, you have to think their scouting department has...
4/29 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 27 Lineup: Astros vs. Yankees: It’s that time of the season where we introduce the newest member of the AL…the Houston Astros. Let’s hope this...
4/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tonight’s Yankee Lineup: 4/29/13: Well, well, well, look at this: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Brennan Boesch...
4/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Current Yankees team hoping for some of that 96 Magic: The mood leading up to Opening Day was uneasy. The offseason had been full of second-guessing and unorthodox moves. The...
4/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: REINVENTING THE YANKEE WALK-UP SONGS: PART III: You probably have already read the world famous REINVENTING THE YANKEES WALK UP SONGS, PART 1 & PART 2. Now it's my...
4/28 Replacement Level Red Sox Blog: Junk Drawer: Following in the tradition of the great baseball writers–and mediocre baseball bloggers–here are some random thoughts...
4/28 The Sports Critic: New York Yankees April, 2013, Report Card: We have finished the final weekend of April, and the New York Yankees find themselves in second place, 2.5 games out, in the American...
4/28 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 26 Lineup: Blue Jays vs. Yankees: Phil Hughes is on the mound and we’re going for the series Sweep!! Let’s do this! Here is your staring lineup! Ichiro...
4/28 My Pinstripes: Yan-Kees Are Hafner There..Oh Oh, Living on a Prayer: Yeah, it doesn't get much cornier than that. But you can bet the Yankees are praying that Travis Hafner can stay healthy....
4/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees come back to beat the Jay 5-4: The Yankees trailed 3-0 and then again 4-3, but managed to come from behind to beat the Blue Jays 5-4 thanks to a big game from...
4/28 Baseball Musings: Heart Transplant: The Yankees replacement players continue to provide more than enough offense to keep the team in contention. I expected Vernon...
4/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HERE COMES THAT CLIFF LEE RUMOR AGAIN: So yeah, the other day I went out on a limb and suggested that Curtis Granderson is coming back soon, and that’s a good...
4/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PRONK SAYS: "THEY AIN'T HEAVY, THEY'RE MY BROTHERS!": Pronk carried the Yankees today. No doubt about it. Sure, the Yankees are dropping like flies, but in this world of injury,...
4/27 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 25 Lineup: Blue Jays vs. Yankees: Yankees are going for the series win today with CC Sabathia on the mound! Here’s your starting lineup! Brett Gardner CF...
4/27 Yankees Fans Unite: Yanks have injuries but not slowing down veterans: The Yankees have lost a lot of familiar names: Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, Alex Rodriguez, Francisco Cervelli,...
4/27 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees lose Cervelli and Nova but still beat Jays 6-4: Francisco Cervelli left in the first inning after he broke his hand on a foul tip and Ivan Nova left in the third with elbow pain,...
4/26 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES PLOW THROUGH DESPITE OBSTACLES: I really don't know how they're doing it, but they're winning. Sometimes teams click and when they do, it's the greatest,...
4/26 Jays Journal: Game Thread: Blue Jays (9-14) @ Yankees (12-9) THE PANIC EDITION: It’s happened again. For the 15th time this season (give or take all of them) the Blue Jays are facing a MUST WIN game....
4/26 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 24 Lineup: Blue Jays vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Jays: Brett Gardner CF Jayson Nix 3B Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Francisco Cervelli C Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo...
4/26 Beyond the Scorecard: 4/23/13 Box Score Ephemera: Thoughts on the box scores from the Tuesday, April 23rd baseball games. Also, I posted some thoughts and figures on baseball attendance...
4/26 Jays Journal: What Did The Blue Jays Ever Do To Vernon Wells?: If I was Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos, I would be ringing up prin**** Bud Selig and reporting a bully on...
4/26 Baseball News Source: Perception Vs. Reality: Yankees’ Season Starting Differently Than Predicted: The New York Yankees were scrutinized for the moves they didn’t make as much as for the players they acquired. Spring Training...
4/26 Bronx Baseball Daily: Top 5 Excuses the Yankees can’t use to explain losing to the Rays: So, if you’ve read my previous column, you may be of the mind that I like top 5 lists – and that would be true. I could...
4/26 My Pinstripes: Cano, Yankees Leave Their Mark On Buehrle Again: The Yankees wiped the smile off of Mark Buerhle's face again. Mark Buehrle has had a successful 14 year career in the...
4/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): GSN: Post game video: 4/25/13: Here are Derek Jeter and Joe Girardi before last night's game: Your browser does not support iframes. And Vernon Wells...
4/26 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HOT CORNERS: OVERBAY & YOUKILIS: We are just about a month into the regular season, can you believe that? We've been playing without Mark Teixeira,...
4/26 fantasyteamadvice.com: Patrolling the fantasy baseball 2013 waiver wire – week 5 – Shortstop, Third Base, Outfield: In this article I will continue to patrol the waiver wire for those of our owners that are in deep leagues, and are looking for...
4/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3: M-M-M My Kuroda: (I apologize for the title. I'm tired.) I know it's early in the season and I know it may be too soon to say this but I'm going...
4/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 21: Rematch In The Bronx: It's been a week since the Yankees were home, and now they get to face the Blue Jays and a couple of left-handed pitchers....
4/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick Hits: Jeter, Lineup, Youkilis: Derek Jeter held a press conference this afternoon and mostly discussed his ankle injury. For the most part, Jeter did a wonderful...
4/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 23 Lineup: Blue Jays vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Jays: Brett Gardner CF Ben Francisco DH Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Francisco Cervelli C Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo...
4/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: EVERYONE NEEDS VERNON WELLS TRIVIA: I love reading YESNetwork.com because there are always fun nuggets. Like this... think you know everything about Vernon...
4/25 BronxPinstripes.com: Granderson eyeing early May return: Curtis Granderson is well on his way towards returning to the Yankees, according to beat writer Bryan Hoch. The 32-year old outfielder...
4/25 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Michael Brantley has Reason to be Confident Facing Santana: On Friday night the Cleveland Indians begin a three game road set against the Kansas City Royals. The Royals have come on strong...
4/25 Jays Journal: Toronto Blue Jays/New York Yankees Series Preview: 4/2/6/13: It seems we could mirror the same thing we would have said after the last Yankees series heading into Baltimore: Toronto (9-13)...
4/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE TIPPING POINT OF WINNING: Here’s the deal, if you are winning, you are po**** and everyone wants you but if you are losing, well, now that’s a whole...
4/24 Yanks Go Yard: Will The New York Yankees Hot Start Last?: Well Yankees fans, we are three weeks into the young 2013 baseball season. There has been turmoil throughout the offseason and...
4/24 My Pinstripes: The Price Was Right For Small Ball: The master of small ball There are plenty of people out there, their own fans included, waiting for the Yankees to completely...
4/24 mlbreports.com : Yankees Update: Bad News On El Capitan While The Team Keeps Winning: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday April.24/2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (Yankees Correspondent/Trade Correspondent): Transitions...
4/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Brian Cashman is smart not to take credit for Yankees strong start, and other notes: The Yankees had some big holes in the lineup going into the season and most weren’t afraid to point them out. There was...
4/24 It's About the Money (Stupid): Analyzing The Yankees’ Early Contact Rates: (Syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod. Stats have not been updated to reflect last night's game because I woke up too late to...
4/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Ichiro leads Yankees to comeback win over the Rays: Behind Ichiro Suzuki and a little bit of small ball, the Yankees tied the game in the eighth and then took the lead in the ninth...
4/23 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Bundy, Yankees: Top Orioles prospect Dylan Bundy will see Dr. James Andrews after throwing on Monday and "not feeling quite right," MLB.com's...
4/23 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 21 Lineup: Yankees @ Rays: Brett Gardner CF Eduardo Nunez SS Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Ben Francisco DH Lyle Overbay 1B Chris Stewart C Ichiro Suzuki...
4/23 MLB Injury News: Yankees’ Curtis Granderson aiming for May return: New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson took a step forward in his recovery process yesterday, as the slugger began hitting...
4/22 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 18: Oh no, it’s another lefty: Good evening and welcome to tonight's game thread. The Yankees are down in Tampa to face the Rays for the first time in 2013....
4/22 Baseball Jerks: Week 4 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Weliable Wandy: Streaks, hot and cold, only last so long and play a key role on how to work the fantasy baseball waiver wire. As we enter week...
4/22 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 20 Lineup: Yankees @ Rays: Even from my sickbed I get to bring you guys the lineup. Here it is and enjoy the game. As for me, I’m going back to sleep....
4/22 Rays Colored Glasses: Talking Yankees With Ricky Keeler of Yanks Go Yard: Last night, I was fortunate enough to speak with Ricky Keeler of Yanks Go Yard to preview the upcoming Rays – Yankees series,...
4/22 BronxPinstripes.com: What in the world is happening to Ichiro?: Ichiro Suzuki has been a great player for a long time. He was the gold standard of leadoff hitters with his combination of contact...
4/22 Yanks Go Yard: YGY Series Preview Show: Yankees-Rays (4/22-4/24): The trip up north for the New York Yankees (10-7) ended up being a success over the weekend. Even though Yankees’ fans were...
4/22 It's About the Money (Stupid): Lunchtime links: Vernon Wells, the upcoming week and a spinning guy?: Good afternoon, Yankee fans. Overall, it was a successful weekend for the Yankees who took two out of three from the Blue Jays...
4/22 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees take 2 of 3 from the Blue Jays: The Yankees took two of three from the highly touted Blue Jays over the weekend as they won Friday and Saturday and failed to...
4/22 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES ARE GETTING BUSY!: Brace yourselves... what I am about to say will shock you. Are you ready? The Yankees are doing well. I know, I know....
4/22 mlbreports.com : Triple Play Podcast Ep #5 – An Interview With James Paxton And A Full Farm Report: Like us on Facebook here Monday, April.22/2013 By The Big Ticket Show ( AKA Triple Play Podcast on http://www.mlbreports.com)...
4/21 It's About the Money (Stupid): Blue Jays hand Yankees a victory that Yankee bullpen hands right back: Josh Johnson and the Blue Jays handed this game to the Yankees in the fifth inning. With the Blue Jays leading 2-1, the Yankees...
4/21 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Garza, Price, Yankees: "You can never have too much pitching" isn't just a cliche, and the 2013 Dodgers are proof of that. The Dodgers announced today...
4/21 Call to the Pen: New York Yankees Prove Us Wrong: You’ve got to admire the New York Yankees for what they have accomplished over the first few weeks of the 2013 baseball...
4/21 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 19 Lineup: Yankees @ Blue Jays: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Lyle Overbay 1B Eduardo Nunez SS Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix...
4/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: REINVENTING THE YANKEE WALK-UP SONGS: PART II: A compilation is never easy, but it is now time for our second installment of Reinventing the Yankee Walk Up Songs. ...
4/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES WIN AGAIN... AND LIFE IS GOOD: The Yankees beat the Blue Jays again. It was a nice combination of pitching and hitting. Again the old men did it. Hiroki...
4/20 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Red Sox Rally For Win, Angels Pound Tigers, Rays Blank A’s: Daniel Nava in a three run homer in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied for their seventh win in a row over the...
4/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Yankees vs. Blue Jays: Day 20 Observations: Yankees 5, Blue Jays 3 Kevin Youkilis: While the Yankees did rally to win from an off-day by reliever David...
4/20 It's About the Money (Stupid): Kuroda is great, DRob isn’t but Yanks still win in extra innings: The Yankees were only four outs away from a shutout when the Jays tied the game in the bottom of the eighth. The crowd of over...
4/20 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Wells, Lee, Konerko, Rodriguez: In his latest edition of Full Count, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (video link) gives the Yankees credit for realizing that Vernon...
4/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Crawford, Yankees, Wells: Here's today's look around the majors as the Red Sox take the field in Boston and look to extend their winning streak to seven...
4/20 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 16: Hello Mark Buehrle: Today, the Yankees are facing Mark Buehrle for the first time since he's crossed over the border into Toronto. Historically, the...
4/20 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 18 Lineup: Yankees @ Blue Jays: Brett Gardner CF Ben Francisco DH Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 1B Vernon Wells LF Francisco Cervelli C Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo...
4/20 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES WIN WITH THE "OLD GUYS": How many times have we heard that the "old guys" the Yankees signed in the off season were silly. "Let the kids play!", right?...
4/19 TheLeadoffWalk: Yankees vs. Blue Jays: Day 19 Observations: Yankees 9, Blue Jays 4 Vernon Wells: Not much attention has been paid to Wells’s start to his 2013 season around these...
4/19 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick recap: Yankees 9, Blue Jays 4: Some quick notes: Andy Pettitte: 7.1 IP, 6H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5K and 1 HR Robinson Cano, Travis Hafner, Francisco Cervelli...
4/19 Baseball Musings: The Replacements: The Yankees are up 9-3 on the Blue Jays in the seventh inning. Travis Hafner, Vernon Wells, and Lyle Overbay all homered. All...
4/19 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tonight’s Lineup vs Toronto 4/19/13: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo Nunez SS Lyle...
4/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: Gloves Matter Too: Brett Gardner’s Subtle Value To The Yankees.: The Yankees are two games over .500, and hitting home runs, despite the absence of several major stars. By now the tale is a...
4/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees rally but fail to take care of business in extra-innings loss: The Yankees rallied in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and send it to extra innings, but they failed to finish the job...
4/19 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Recap: New York Yankees Come Back But Fall In Extras To Diamondbacks: There’s a lot of fight in this New York Yankees team. Maybe because they don’t have the All-Star lineup they used...
4/18 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Jeter, Mills, Angels: A setback in Derek Jeter's ankle injury will keep the Yankees shortstop out until after the All-Star break, Mark Feinsand of...
4/18 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 16 Lineup: Diamondbacks vs. Yankees: Brett Gardner CF Vernon Wells LF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 1B Ben Francisco DH Francisco Cervelli C Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo...
4/18 Monkey with a Halo: Remain calm, the Angels will be just fine: This too shall pass. The season is just 14 games old for the Angels which translates to two and a half weeks in real time...
4/18 Through The Fence Baseball: It’s not so bad: New York Yankees look better than advertised: The New York Yankees got off to a not-so-au**** start to the season, dropping two at home against the rival Boston Red Sox. The...
4/18 Baseball News Source: New York Yankees “Big Three” Hold Key To AL East Crown: It’s about as diverse as it gets when it comes to the front of the Yankees’ rotation. CC Sabathia, enjoying his fifth...
4/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 13: Here Come The Lefties: As I mentioned in my previous post, the Yankees will face off against a number of lefties over the next few days. Half their...
4/17 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cubs, Red Sox, Hanley, Trades: A year ago today, the Indians signed Johnny Damon to a one-year contract with the hope that clean-shaven caveman could bolster...
4/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Taking a look into Ichiro Suzuki’s putrid start: (Syndicated from Pinstripe Pundits). Just two weeks into the season, only one position player has vastly underperformed his offensive...
4/17 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 15 Lineup: Diamondbacks vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. D-Backs: Brett Gardner CF Vernon Wells LF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 1B Ben Francisco DH Francisco Cervelli C...
4/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick Hits: Teixeira, Jeter, Cabral, Pineda, Rapada, Lineup: Lots of injury updates today, and they're all of the positive variety. Mark Teixeira began taking swings underwater yesterday,...
4/17 mlbreports.com : Down On The Farm – New York Yankees Update: aLike us on Facebook here Wednesday, April 17, 2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (Yankees Correspondent/Trade Correspondent): Yankees...
4/17 mlbreports.com : Yankees Week Two – Getting Right in Cleveland, A Bunch Of Rain And A Triple Play: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, April 17, 2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (Yankees Correspondent/Trade Correspondent): In baseball,...
4/17 WasWatching: What’s To Come For Yanks 5 Best Hitters In 2013 (So Far)?: Age G PA R 2B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS ▾ Robinson Cano* 30 12 54 9 4 4 11 5 9 .327 .389 .653 1.042 Travis Hafner* 36 11...
4/16 The Sports Critic: Who Said the New York Yankees Are Done?: With all of the crucial injuries that the New York Yankees have suffered, it was easy to count them out for all of 2013. I even...
4/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees beat the DBacks 4-2 on a night they all wore No. 42: With the entire team wearing No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, Robinson Cano provided the big blast and Ivan Nova and the...
4/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick recap: Yankees 4, Diamondbacks 2: It's only **** that the Yankees won tonight's game by a score of 4-2 while every player was wearing #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson,...
4/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 12: Interleague in April? Sure! Why not!: It's a supernova! Get it?! Actually, wait, a supernova is a dying star. I should probably try something else. Are...
4/16 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 14 Lineup: Diamondbacks vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. D-Backs: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo...
4/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers: Hello Wrigley; scoring woes; bullpen delight: The Texas Rangers are 8-5 after splitting a four game series over the weekend against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field. The...
4/16 BronxPinstripes.com: Yankees finding treasures off the scrap heap: It’s funny how a team who almost prides itself on paying for other teams’ superstars have to turn to the scrap heap...
4/16 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES: None of us expected this. Well, let me rephrase that… True Yankee fans, believers… you expected...
4/16 Baseballhotcorner.com: New York Yankees Veterans Stepping Up For Injured Players: The New York Yankees have been surviving so far. They are 6-5 on the season and there is a positive vibe. There was a negative...
4/15 Jays Journal: National Boo Week In Toronto: If you’ve been a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays since 2009 salary dump has to be 2 of your favorite words in the English dictionary....
4/15 Pinstripe Pundits: Ichiro’s Putrid Start: Just two weeks into the season, only one position player has vastly underperformed his offensive expectations: Ichiro. We are...
4/15 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: T.J. McFarland: Another Impressive Piece In The Orioles Stacked Bullpen: T.J. McFarland continues to impress as the Orioles long-relief man. After Wei-Yin Chen‘s quality start on Sunday night in...
4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Yankees, Lilly, Hamilton: Four players in the Yankees' lineup Sunday spent much of spring training with other teams, Andy Martino of New York Daily News...
4/14 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 13 Lineup: Orioles vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Orioles: Brett Gardner CF Vernon Wells LF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Ben Francisco DH Brennan Boesch RF Francisco...
4/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Red Sox and Yankees: Early Season Notes: Boston Red Sox There haven’t been any glaring John Farrell managerial mistakes as of yet. He’s pretty much gone by the book....
4/14 Yanks Go Yard: Were We Wrong About Vernon Wells?: In one of the more controversial moves for the New York Yankees, they acquired Vernon Wells from the Los Angeles Angels towards...
4/14 Birds Watcher: Orioles defeat Yankees and prepare for prime time: The Baltimore Orioles symbolically finished what their 2012 incarnation started yesterday in that they defeated the NY Yankees....
4/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CHECK OUT HOW MESA & NUNO ARE DOING...: I just wanted to bring you some news about Melky Mesa and what he is up to these days since the start of the season. I know...
4/13 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Yankees Win Fourth Straight, Indians Walk-Off With Win, Astros Blank Angels: The New York Yankees took advantage of an error to Adam Jones to score 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh and went on to beat...
4/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT THE PHIL? HUGHES STRUGGLED TODAY: I have always said that if your pitching allows enough runs to score, it's an uphill battle for your team to get back into...
4/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Orioles 5, Yankees 3: Booooooooooughes: Well, that wasn't fun. Phil Hughes couldn't find the plate and the Orioles took advantage early. Hughes only lasted three innings,...
4/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 10: At least it’s not a Fox game: I wonder what will happen in today's game. Will there be another set of crazy play that change the complexion of the game?...
4/13 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 12 Lineup: Orioles vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Orioles: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Ichiro Suzuki RF Francisco...
4/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES: A TRIPLE PLAY & AN AL EAST THREAT: The Yankees are alive. Don't get it twisted. Everything was great, what can I say. CC Monster was on the mound last...
4/12 Bronx Baseball Daily: Three-run error leads to 5-2 Yankees win over Orioles: A seventh inning three-run error by Orioles center fielder Adam Jones opened the doors for a 5-2 Yankees victory with CC Sabathia...
4/12 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees 5, Orioles 2: You score that a 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 triple play: I know other stuff happened in this game but the triple play was extremely important and occurred in a spot where it was...
4/12 Baseball Musings: Oops!: With the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the seventh, Vernon Wells of the Yankees hit a ball to Adam Jones, who went...
4/12 Down on the Yarn: Boston Red Sox Opening Day Lineup Announced: Opening Day is finally upon us and the Boston Red Sox are set to take on the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox have...
4/12 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 9: Take 3: Having two rain outs in a row has stunk, and it's possible that tonight could be a third. The weather is shaping up decently...
4/12 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 11 Lineup: Orioles vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Orioles: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo...
4/12 Monkey with a Halo: Angels progress report: Deja vu all over again.: “Deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.” -Trinity, “The Matrix”. If...
4/12 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Profar, Meyer, Joba, Colletti: On this date in 2002, Barry Bonds belted a homer in the first inning off of the Brewers' Nelson Figueroa for his 574th career...
4/12 Bronx Baseball Daily: Missed games in April could help the Yankees down the road, plus notes: Spahn, Sain and pray for rain. The 1948 Braves had two good pitchers, Warren Spahn, and Johnny Sain, who were honored in a...
4/12 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts: The “Pronk's Bomber” Illusion: Clearly, even Mother Nature had seen just about all she could stomach of the Yankees’ geriatric merry-go-round this week,...
4/11 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 9: Should Of Kept?: The weather report didn't look good earlier today, but things are starting to lighten up in Cleveland. The tarp has come off...
4/11 Monkey with a Halo: The evolution of Mike Scioscia: Since 2000, Mike Scioscia has been the manager of the Angels. He has compiled a record of 1156-928, good for a 55.4% win...
4/11 Baseball Jerks: Week 2 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers Stock Market: Breaking Evan: We are in the second week of the year and the seasoned fantasy daytrader knows that this is the hardest time to differentiate...
4/11 It's About the Money (Stupid): Hughes Shows A Dramatic Change In Fastball Movement In His Debut: One great thing about the beginning of the season is a fresh start, a clean slate, and we get a lot of players trying new things....
4/11 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick Hits: Granderson, Teixeira, Rivera, Lineup: Curtis Granderson removed his brace today, and was supposed to begin his throwing program, and indeed he did. It went really...
4/11 Monkey with a Halo: The new most hated Angels player is...: This last series in Texas reminded me of something: Angel fans no longer have anyone to boo! Just look at all the fun...
4/11 Bronx Baseball Daily: Bizarro Yankees Surviving Early Slate With Hitting, Not Pitching: Heading into 2013, the Yankees most glaring weakness figured to be their offense. They led the major leagues in home runs in...
4/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: EVERYBODY CALM DOWN... WE GOT THIS: When the bombs are dropping all around you; when enemy fire is pinning you to the ground; when the cavalry is not coming, ...
4/10 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Ellsbury, Red Sox, Ichiro, Yankees: In an interview with Mut & Merloni on WEEI, ESPN's Buster Olney said that the perception is that Jacoby Ellsbury will take...
4/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 9: Play Ball?: The weather is looking bleak over Progressive Field, and we already know that this game won't start on time. The map says...
4/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick Hits: (Casper) Wells, Injury Updates, Boesch, Lineup: I was personally holding out hope that the Yankees would be able to land Casper Wells as an upgrade over Ben Francisco. But the...
4/10 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 9 Lineup: Indians vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Indians: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Brennan Boesch RF Eduardo...
4/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: Vernon Wells provides early return for the Yankees: (Syndicated from Pinstripe Pundits). We may be only seven games into the season, but Vernon Wells has shown some unexpected...
4/10 The Sports Critic: Yankees’ Offense Coming to Life – Leads A.L. in Runs Scored: Yes, I fully understand that it is still very early, but if the New York Yankees’ series with the Cleveland Indians is any indication,...
4/9 WasWatching: The 25 Hottest Batters In Baseball So Far This Season: Rk Player OPS+ PA Year Age Tm G AB R H 2B HR RBI BB BA OBP SLG 1 Justin Upton 340 29 2013 25 ATL 7 26 9 11 2 6 8 2 .423 .448 1.192...
4/9 BronxPinstripes.com: Boesch getting looks at first base: Prior to tonight’s game against the Cleveland Indians, Brennan Boesch was seen working with Manager Joe Girardi and coach Mick...
4/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick Hits: Boesch, Cabral, Granderson, Swisher, Lineup: Brennan Boesch had a few looks at playing first base during Spring Training, despite not having played there in the major leagues,...
4/9 BronxPinstripes.com: Back to basics for Wells: They say Baseball is a game of adjustments. You have to constantly adjust because your opponent is doing the same thing, almost...
4/9 Pinstripe Pundits: Wells Provides Early Return: We may be only seven games into the season, but Vernon Wells has shown some unexpected life with his bat. In his first 26 plate...
4/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Nick Swisher said it “hurt” that the Yankees never made him an offer: Before the offseason started there were rumors that Nick Swisher was looking for Jayson Werth type money (more than $100 million)...
4/9 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cano and Hafner power the Yankees to win against the Tribe: Robinson Cano hit two home runs and Travis Hafner hit one homer with four RBI’s as the offense carried the Yankees to...
4/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: REINVENTING THE YANKEE WALK UP SONGS: PART 1: Now that baseball season is finally here fans are going to flock to the stadium for nine innings of baseball, a hot dog...
4/9 Baseball News Source: Yankees Castoffs Off to a Solid Start, Will Determine Season: This year’s version of the Yankees may be one of the most complicated rosters of all time for a supposed playoff contender....
4/8 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 7: Reuniting In Cleveland: The Yankees will take part in their third home opener of the year this afternoon, but this one will be a little more special....
4/8 BronxPinstripes.com: Slow starts aren’t the end of the world for the New York Yankees: The offseason for the New York Yankees wasn’t exactly A+ stuff. In fact, before the injury bug infected the clubhouse, the...
4/8 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 7 Lineup: Yankees vs. Indians: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo Nunez SS Lyle Overbay...
4/8 numberFire: Yankees' First Week Reveals Disturbing Trends: When 40-year-old Andy Pettite is your best pitcher, and it's not close, it may be a bad thing...See More Andy Pettitte CC ...
4/8 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Indians (4/8-4/11): The New York Yankees’ time in Detroit was not the most optimal for Yankees’ fans, but Sunday gave them a great sigh...
4/8 The Captain's Blog: Introducing the John Sterling Project: John Sterling must have been a busy man during spring training. Considering the turnover of the Yankees’ roster, the veteran...
4/8 BronxPinstripes.com: Yankees Player of the Week: April 1-7: Each Monday during the 2013 season, I will be selecting a player of the week for the Yankees from Monday to Sunday from the previous...
4/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees off to slow start, but it’s not time to panic: Before the season started the two things that we expected to be good from the Yankees were Robinson Cano and the pitching staff....
4/8 Bleeding Yankee Blue: VERNON WELLS: NICE GUYS FINISH FIRST: I lived in Toronto for ten years. In that time, I worked a lot of hours in the bar/restaurant industry, and went to a lot...
4/7 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Can’t Complete The Sweep, Drop Finale To Yankees 7-0: Yankees 7, Tigers 0 (box score) You always like your chances when Justin Verlander takes the mound, but the offense couldn’t...
4/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: 7 shutout innings by CC Sabathia helps Yankees avoid sweep: CC Sabathia didn’t have his best stuff and his velocity is still in the 90-92 mph range, but he was still able to lead...
4/7 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 6 Lineup: Yankees vs. Tigers: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Ichiro Suzuki RF Francisco Cervelli C Lyle...
4/6 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IT'S LONELY AT THE BOTTOM: This is a clip from the movie Goonies. It was the scene when the kids were at the bottom of the well desperately looking...
4/6 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees drop another in 8-4 loss to the Tigers: Things looked optimistic for the Yankees early, but they unraveled quickly as they were held to just six hits and Phil Hughes...
4/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tigers 8, Yankees 4: Well, that wasn’t fun: I was going to do a good news/bad news feature for this recap but there wasn't a lot of good news today. I guess the fact that...
4/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game Five: Guess Hughes Back: David Phelps was supposed to be your pitcher today, but after Hiroki Kuroda's short start, the Yankees have decided to bring...
4/6 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 5 Lineup: Yankees vs. Tigers: Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Brennan Boesch RF Francisco Cervelli C Lyle...
4/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick Hits: Eppley And Today’s Lineup: In case you missed it, Phil Hughes will be making an early return to the mound this afternoon. David Phelps was scheduled to pitch,...
4/6 Yankees Fans Unite: Love them or hate them: The John Sterling home-run calls: Ever since 1989, John Sterling has been in the broadcast booth calling Yankees games through thick and thin. He’s entertaining,...
4/6 Baseball Jerks: Have Some Respect For Yourself – Gerardo Parra Edition: Happy fantasy baseball season, folks! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been able to post here on Sports Jerks but I’m finally...
4/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Win First Series of Season: The Red Sox are no longer undefeated, but they are still in first place. Boston followed up a rousing Opening Day victory...
4/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): On Early-Season Lineup Tinkering: When the lineup for last night's game was released, there were probably a few eyebrows that went up. After just two games, one...
4/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKS WILL KEEP PUSHING TO GET "IN SYNC": Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
4/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: "A NEW YANKEE SEASON MEANS A CLEAN SLATE": We've had an interesting week. Opening Week. After all the "so-called" moves or non-moves the Yankees did this off season,...
4/5 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues and AL/NL Only: Tyler Flowers' early power surge makes him a trendy add. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "Under...
4/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game Three: A New Lineup… Again: The Yankees are still looking for their first win, and in an effort to get some more offense, Girardi has shuffled up the...
4/4 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Valverde, Rays, Viciedo, Wells: Baseball America has released this useful chart showing where each of baseball's 100 best prospects is currently playing. Elsewhere...
4/4 Baseball Jerks: Week 1 Fantasy Baseball Stock Market: Return of the Jed-i: The first series aren’t even over but we fantasy junkies are already itching to make some moves. The seasoned fantasy daytrader...
4/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 3 Lineup: Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Red Sox are attempting for the sweep. The Yankees are attempting to prevent the sweep. This should be good. Here’s the...
4/4 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/4: After winning last night, the Boston Red Sox look to open up the 2013 season with a sweep of the New York Yankees at Yankee...
4/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick Hits: Kuroda, Aardsma, Lineup: Good news from Joe Giradi, who says that Hiroki Kuroda is scheduled to make his next start. The pitcher's hand was grazed by a...
4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Players With Opt-Out Clauses: The opt-out clause seems to be gaining in po**** over the last ten years or so. The most po**** example is Alex Rodriguez's...
4/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): GSN Post-game video 4/3/13GSN: Post Game Sound (featuring: Joe Girardi / Chris Stewart / Vernon Wells) (click "view full post" to view more)...
4/4 TheLeadoffWalk: Day Three Recaps and Observations: Part Two: Indians 3, Blue Jays 2 Nick Swisher: It was a typical game at the plate for Swisher, who walked twice, homered, and...
4/4 Red Sox Life: 4 real? Four at bats that changed the game. Red Sox vs Yanks 4-3-13 : Game 2 of 162: Red Sox best the Yankees 7-4. The Red Sox made it two wins in a row to start 2013, and this game looked...
4/4 BoSox Injection: Sox Offense Maintains Torrid Start, Buchholz Sharp in 7-4 Win: The Red Sox carried over the energy from Opening Day with a 7-4 victory against the hated Yankees to take a commanding 2-0 series...
4/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Yanks drop second straight game to Sox in 7-4 loss: On Monday, the Yankees offense (besides Cervelli) was absent. Tonight, the Yankees hit two home runs but it wasn’t enough...
4/3 Red Sox Life: Make it a pair - Sox start 2-0 vs. Yankees: Admit it. It may be only two games, but this Red Sox team has been fun to watch. Whether it's the lack of Bobby V running...
4/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT RHYTHM: The Yankees lost... again. Game 2. It's over. We're 0-2. What's the good news? It's April 3rd and the Toronto Blue Jays are...
4/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: Kuroda knocked out as the Yankees fall to the Red Sox 7-4: The Red Sox literally knocked Hiroki Kuroda out of the game in the second inning, and the Yankees offense was mostly quiet again...
4/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Red Sox Add Insult To Injury In 7-4 Loss: Hiroki Kuroda was supposed to save us, but we got even more injury news tonight. He didn't start today's game particularly strong,...
4/3 My Pinstripes: Can You Hit Rock Bottom After 2 Games?: Tonight's second game of the Yankees-Red Sox series was about as dismal as the first. Ah, but with even colder temperatures. So,...
4/3 House of the Bluebird: The Season Where it All Comes Together: 3 Years, 5 Months, 30 Days. That’s how long it’s been since Alex Anthopoulos was named Blue Jays General Manager back...
4/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game Two: Hiroki!: The Yankees took a good beating in their first game of the season, but that was against a tough left-handed starter. As I...
4/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees Have A Light Schedule Against Left-Handed Pitchers In April: After losing Alex Rodriguez to hip surgery this offseason, the Yankees made a point of finding a right-handed hitting third baseman...
4/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 2 Lineup: Red Sox vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Red Sox: Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki RF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Lyle...
4/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tonight’s Lineup Versus The Red Sox: Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki RF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Lyle Overbay...
4/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/3: After beating the New York Yankees on Monday and then enjoying a day off yesterday, the Boston Red Sox get back to their...
4/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees set record with $230.4M payroll, money not well spent, plus notes: A lot of people, myself included, have accused the Yankees of caring more about profits than winning this offseason, but despite...
4/3 Fire Brand of the American League: Wednesday’s Links – First ImpressionsThe report card: Straight As for everybody!...
4/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): How Does Brennan Boesch Fit Into This Team?: There was a brief period of time after his signing on April 15th where things were looking pretty sweet for Brennan Boesch....
4/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBINSON CANO: Hey Robbie! I hope you're enjoying the start of the new season. I watched you in the World Baseball...
4/2 Angelswin.com: "Age Disparity" - Jerry Dipoto's Intelligent Design: By David Saltzer, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer -- This year, AngelsWin.com has been very fortunate to...
4/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Robinson Cano fires Scott Boras, signs with CAA and Jay-Z: Impending free agent Robinson Cano has fired his agent Scott Boras and has signed on with Creative Artists Agency Sports and...
4/2 Call to the Pen: Big Name Pitchers Own Opening Day: One baseball tradition is to roll out your ace to start the season. Opening day is the one day all season when pretty much every...
4/2 Fire Brand of the American League: Three Takeaways From The Red Sox Opening Day PerformanceWhile one game alone will not provide us with answers, we try to make some up anyway. ...
4/1 mlbreports.com : Trust In Cash: Vernon Wells And Getting Through Early 2013: Like us on Facebook here Monday April.1, 2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (Yankees + Trade Correspondent) There have been few moments...
4/1 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2011: Welcome to the year of evaluation. In 2010, Alex Anthopoulos spent his first season as GM tweaking the roster, making trades,...
4/1 BoSox Injection: Lester Notches Win, Bradley and Iglesias Shine, Sox Beat Yanks 8-2: It’s hard to imagine that today’s opener against the Yankees in the Bronx felt like like both a continuation of the...
4/1 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees Lose First Home Opener Since 1982: When Joe Girardi's lineup card hit Twitter, I though it may have been an April Fool's joke, but I was wrong. Brett Gardner...
4/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees drop Opening Day to Red Sox 8-2: CC Sabathia was typical Opening Day CC which is to say that he was bad, the Yankees lineup could only muster two runs on six hits...
4/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Game 1 Lineup: Red Sox vs. Yankees: Lineup vs. Red Sox: Brett Gardner CF Eduardo Nunez SS Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 1B Vernon Wells LF Ben Francisco DH Ichiro...
4/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Off Day Notes: Rapada, Wells, Overbay, 25 Man Roster: It’s the day before Opening Day and the Yankees are putting the finishing touches on their roster by once again cutting...
4/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Behind the music: The 2013 Yankees walk-up songs: When the baseball season starts, fans usually go to the ball park in order to take in nine innings of glorious baseball. As much...
4/1 Yankees Fans Unite: Exhibition Game 2: Yankees vs. Army Lineup: Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki RF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Lyle Overbay 1B Eduardo...
4/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES INSPIRATION STARTS AGAIN ON OPENING DAY: "You only get 1 shot to not miss your chance to blow, this opportunity only comes once in a lifetime." -- Eminem,...
4/1 BoSox Injection: Red Sox AL East Roundup: New York Yankees Q&A: New York vs. Boston. No other words get Yankee and Red Sox fans more fired up. Boston, coming off a miserable 2012, will square...
4/1 Jays Journal: AL Feast Week 2 (31/03/2013): As countless families hunt for Easter eggs and prepare a wonderful dinner feast, we here at Jays Journal are preparing to provide...
4/1 Fire Brand of the American League: Opening Day LineupsLineups for the Red Sox vs Yankees game. 1st pitch: 1:05pm...
4/1 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – New York YankeesScott Candage, a.k.a. The Advanced Scout, emerges from his hibernation and analyzes the New York Yankees...
4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Are the aged and broken New York Yankees doomed in 2013?: The New York Yankees have enjoyed 20-consecutive winning seasons and missed the postseason just once since 1995. No matter how...
4/1 SOX & Dawgs: 2013 Red Sox Opening Day Delight: It's a new season for the Boston Red Sox and hopefully a better one than the past two have been. Today, the Red Sox...
4/1 My Pinstripes: Let's Get This Party Started - Red Sox vs. Yankees: Enough whining about pay cuts, and age, and injuries. Opening Day and its clean slate is here. CC Sabathia faces off...
4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 AL West Preview: The division preview series starts with the AL West. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position players,...
4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Indians, Youkilis, Walker: Over the course of 48 hours last week, teams handed out nearly a half-billion dollars in long-term deals to Justin Verlander,...
4/1 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Dodgers, Wells, Athletics, Angels: The nine top names to watch in Los Angeles baseball in 2013 include Chase Headley and Robinson Cano, argues Bill Shaikin of...
4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 3/24/13 - 3/30/13: Here's a look at the week that was here at MLBTR. The Angels traded outfielder Vernon Wells and cash to the Yankees for...

News -- March 2013

3/30 Tomahawk Take: Power Rankings And Prognostications: Everybody’s putting out their power ranking and projections for the year so I thought I’d join in. I do it just a bit differently...
3/30 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2008: This is the year it all went south. Sure we had a winning record and some outstanding players but the key here is J.P. Ricciardi...
3/29 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Pre Opening Day: Carlos Ruiz is worth stashing in two-catcher leagues. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under...
3/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: KAY TO YANKEE FANS: "YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!": Listening to Michael Kay today, I was shocked. Look, I love Kay. I love Don La Greca and as far as I'm concerned, they...
3/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick hit: Yankees sign David Adams: And for everyone who was **** about the Yankees releasing David Adams, **** no more. Bryan Hoch just tweeted that the Yankees...
3/29 StoopSports.com: The New (York) Yankees: Kenny Garner- Every spring, baseball experts are met with the tough task of assembling their season previews. And over the past...
3/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game Thread: Yankees at Nationals: Good afternoon, everyone! It's the last Friday without meaningful baseball until almost Christmas (not really) and the Yankees...
3/29 Swingin' A's: NostraDavis Reveals the 2013 MLB Season: AL Edition: The most exciting time of the year is upon us all, as we are just a few days from the beginning of the regular season. For someone...
3/29 Yankees Fans Unite: Exhibition Game 1: Yankees vs. Nationals Lineup: Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki RF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Lyle Overbay 1B Eduardo...
3/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees release Juan Rivera as roster begins to take shape, plus notes: The Yankees 25-man roster started to really take shape yesterday when Ken Rosenthal broke the news that they have released outfielder/first...
3/29 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Ellsbury, Red Sox, Yankees, Wells: While many players entering their walk years opt to table contract talks until after the season, Jacoby Ellsbury says that negotiations...
3/29 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2007: When I proposed this idea I thought it would not only be kind of fun for a new generation to get a glimpse of the past, but would...
3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: How Not To React To Spring Training Injuries: Somehow, it seems the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are nearing a deal which will rid the franchise of outfielder Vernon...
3/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE REASON JUAN RIVERA WAS RELEASED: Juan Rivera had a good run this spring hitting .305. Juan Rivera is a nice guy and Juan Rivera could have been put on the...
3/28 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2006: To the average fan it looked like J.P. Ricciardi was going for it this season. To help augment the growing power of Vernon Wells...
3/28 Yanks Go Yard: 2013 New York Yankees: Patience An Unknown Virtue: Finally, the baseball season is almost here. For the last few months, all Yankees’ fans have talked about is $189 million...
3/28 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Pitches Per Plate Appearance Strategy: In 2012, the Yankees and Red Sox tied for 3rd place in pitches per plate appearance. In 2011, Boston was ranked first, and the...
3/28 My Pinstripes: Re-Thinking the Yankees' 25-Man Roster: "You other 24, line up behind me." A couple of days ago I tried to figure out the 25-man roster that the Yankees will...
3/28 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Release Juan Rivera: The Yankees released first baseman/outfielder Juan Rivera, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. Rivera, 34, hit .244/.286/.375...
3/28 MLBTradeRumors: Midseason Trade Candidates: The regular season is about to begin, and before you know it, fans of struggling clubs will be combing rosters for players their...
3/28 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Opening Day Fantasy Fillers: The 2013 MLB season has yet to see its first pitch, yet there are plenty of fantasy studs who will begin the season rehabbing...
3/28 Monkey with a Halo: Farewell to Vernon Wells: Goodbye, Vernon Wells. You were great as Wez in Mad Max 2, and iconic as Bennett in Commando, and California will miss...
3/28 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Happ, Mets, Nationals: The Yankees will finish in last place, predicts Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. Predicting the AL East is no easy task, that's...
3/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Optimizing the Yankees’ Lineup Using Platoons: (Syndicated from Pinstriped Pundits) Although opening day is a week away, it’s still pretty unclear what the Yankees’ lineup...
3/28 Yankees Fans Unite: Spring Training 3/28/13 Lineup: Here we go, it’s the Spring finale for the Yankees! Ichiro Suzuki CF Vernon Wells LF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B...
3/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees claim Sam Demel, waive Dan Otero, and other notes: The Yankees announced that they have claimed righty reliever Sam Demel off waivers from the Houston Astros and designated righty...
3/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: TRAVIS HAFNER: NO LAUGHING MATTER: "I feel better overall. My body feels really good; I don't get that sore anymore or anything. I feel like there's potential...
3/28 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: New York Yankees: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
3/27 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2005: Yes loyal readers I have fallen behind (stupid day job). I promise to have all the years covered by the time we reach 2013…which...
3/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): Wells Talks About His New Swing: Vernon Wells made his Yankee debut yesterday, and had a chance to speak with the media about his move to New York and expectations....
3/27 The Sports Critic: Yankees Need to Overcome Beginning with Major Injuries: We all know of the key injuries that will keep CF Curtis Granderson and 1B Mark Teixeira out for all of April and at least part...
3/27 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees sign Overbay, claim a reliever and cut a good prospect, plus injury updates: It was a busy day for the Yankees yesterday, but not a pretty one. The Yankees began the day yesterday by claiming right handed...
3/27 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Wells, Angels, Bourjos, Astros: The Angels surprised many on Sunday when they shipped Vernon Wells to the Yankees and received a significant amount of salary...
3/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): David Adams Release Reaction: The Irrational Fan's Take: '"What are the Yankees doing?? Why would they get rid of Adams? He's only 25 years old and...
3/27 On The Way Home: Vernon Wells to the Yankees: Will it Be Worth the Investment?: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have been trying to unload Vernon Wells and his contract for quite some time ... keep readingThe...
3/27 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES NEVER QUIT & NEITHER DO YOU: There’s too much reporting stacked against the Yankees. It’s always been that way. Sports writers are not supposed...
3/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Vernon Wells trade finally frees L.A. Angels from Reagins era: The Los Angeles Angels were in desperate need of a change in culture when they finally fired GM Tony Reagins two seasons ago. And...
3/27 Jays Journal: Bloggin’ Blue: Jays Links 3/27/13: Good Morning Toronto Blue Jays fans and welcome to another edition of Bloggin’ Blue. What an eventful 24 hours for the Blue...
3/27 Tyler's Think Tank: AL West Preview: 1st Place--Los Angeles Angels 2012 Record: 89-73 2012 Pythagorean: 88-74 2013 Projected: 92-70 After starting last year 7-15...
3/26 Baseball Musings: All Wells that End Wells: The Yankees traded for Vernon Wells, agreeing to take on $14 million of Vernon’s remaining salary. Maybe the Angels can...
3/26 Baseball News Source: Yankees Sign Lyle Overbay, Increase Roster Competition: The New York Yankees wasted no time signing another released infielder. The latest invite, Lyle Overbay, was released by the Red...
3/26 MLBTradeRumors: New York Notes: Mets Prospects, Havens, Marcum, Wells, Cashman: Here are some notes from the big apple's two big league clubs: The Mets are "in desperate need of clearing several spots" on...
3/26 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Release David Adams: The Yankees have released infielder David Adams to make space on the team's 40-man roster for Vernon Wells, tweets Sweeny Murti...
3/26 Bleeding Yankee Blue: VERNON WELLS & LYLE OVERBAY ARE YANKEES!: Big day in Yankeeland as we made the Vernon Wells trade official. You got the email from Yankees.com, I know you did. ...
3/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game Thread: Yankees vs. Astros 3/26/13: Greetings everyone! I know it's still only Spring Training but I figured since the game is a night game, we'd do a game thread....
3/26 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2004: And then there was one. If you recall, 2004 was the first year since 1976 that only one team from Canada was playing in the major...
3/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Yankees Get Vernon Wells…For A.J. Burnett: After all the ridicule the Yankees are receiving for trading for Vernon Wells and agreeing to even pay $13.9 million of the $42...
3/26 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Sign Lyle Overbay: The Yankees signed first baseman Lyle Overbay to a minor league deal, tweets Erik Boland of Newsday. Overbay was released this...
3/26 StanGraphs: Trade: Vernon Wells is a Yankee, Lou Gehrig No Longer Considers Anyone in New York Lucky: The Blue Jays made out like Canadian bandits when they jettisoned Vernon Wells to the Angels before the 2011 season by getting...
3/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick hit: Vernon Wells is officially a Yankee: Of course, his being on the BP schedule, being issued a number and being penciled into the lineup was an indication that the deal...
3/26 My Pinstripes: Wells Set to Don the Pinstripes: The deal for Vernon Wells is now complete. Wells will don uniform #56 for the Yankees and is overjoyed at the idea. Wells...
3/26 Yankees Fans Unite: Spring Training 3/26/13 Lineup: Brett Gardner CF Ichiro Suzuki RF Robinson Cano 2B Kevin Youkilis 3B Travis Hafner DH Vernon Wells LF Juan Rivera 1B Eduardo Nunez...
3/26 The Biz of Baseball: Why the Yankees are Smarter Than You Think for the Vernon Wells Trade: While Brian Cashman and the Yankees are being slammed for the Vernon Wells trade, they're smarter than you think This...
3/26 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Receive Cayones, Sneed In Vernon Wells Deal: The Angels received a pair of prospects in the Vernon Wells deal, tweets Jim Bowden of MLB Network Radio and ESPN: outfielder Exicardo...
3/26 Pinstripe Pundits: What to Watch For: Robinson Cano vs. Lefties: Last season was a banner year for Robinson Cano, setting career highs in home runs, walk rate, wOBA, wRC+, UZR, and WAR. He was...
3/26 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Claim Dan Otero: The Yankees claimed righty reliever Dan Otero off waivers from the Giants, tweets Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com. The...
3/26 My Pinstripes: Wells Set For Physical; Pass and Play: According to the NY Daily News' Mark Feinsand, Vernon Wells will be taking his physical in Tampa this morning and is...
3/26 Bronx Baseball Daily: A look at the Yankees Opening Day rosters, and notes: Nothing big in the news this morning so rather than rehash the Vernon Wells trade (because it makes me throw up in my mouth...
3/26 Fire Brand of the American League: Know Thy Enemy 2013: Toronto Blue JaysTimothy Brooks previews the club that has emerged as the favorites of the 2013 AL East: The Toronto Blue Jays....
3/26 Bleeding Yankee Blue: NOW IS THE TIME TO TURN IT ON!: I love this photograph. This is a picture of CC Monster in the playoffs. He's been nicknamed CC Monster by my...
3/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Bombers Blast: Old get older as Yanks trade for Vernon Wells: It’s never a rookie. The New York Yankees seem to always prize the old guy. It’s a wonder the team ever produced the likes...
3/26 Bleeding Yankee Blue: LEADING IN THE OUTFIELD: ICHIRO SUZUKI: 0 0 1 272 1554 Full Sail 12 3 1823 14.0 Normal 0 ...
3/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Expos, Vlad, Indians, Betancourt, Ankiel: Former Expos outfielder Warren Cromartie is convinced that the city of Montreal would welcome baseball back with open arms, writes...
3/25 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Puig, Wells, Martin, Teixeira, Hanley: The latest from ESPN's Buster Olney (Insider subscription required)... Cuban slugger Yasiel Puig is forcing the Dodgers'...
3/25 Baseball Jerks: Yankees May Lose Derek Jeter to DL, Close to Acquiring Vernon Wells: As if things weren’t going badly enough already for the New York Yankees, now it’s getting even worse. The team will already...
3/25 El Maquino: CARDS BENEFIT FROM LOHSE SIGNING: > Shelby Miller was officially named the fifth starter today. I’m just gonna chalk this up in the I told you so category...
3/25 Baseball Analytics: Vernon Wells to join in the New York decline: Over the last five seasons, Vernon Wells has hit .258 with 102 homers, 327 RBI, with a .306 OBP, .448 slugging pct., and .754...
3/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Analyzing Wells’ Recent Years And Why The Trade Is Not So Bad: Throughout his career, Vernon Wells has been a beacon of inconsistency. In 2004 and 2005, Wells was barely an above average offensive...
3/25 My Pinstripes: Yankees Opening Day Roster: 25 Men Once More Unto the Breach: "How the hell did I get here?" With Opening Day a mere week away (let's hope it warms up by then), the Yankees 25-man...
3/25 Jays Journal: Wells Wells Wells Look What The Yanks Dragged In: No, you’re not dreaming. The New York Yankees are acquiring Toronto Blue Jays great Vernon Wells. The man that’s 2nd in Blue...
3/25 Pinstripe Pundits: Optimizing the Yankees’ Lineup Using Platoons: Although opening day is less than 2 weeks away, it’s still pretty unclear what the Yankees’ lineup will look when the season...
3/25 Bronx Baseball Daily: A skeptic’s guide to the 2013 MLB season: So, if I’ve got this straight, the Bombers will be starting the season sans Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez and...
3/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WELCOME TO THE BRONX VERNON WELLS!: I know you saw this, but in case you didn't this tweet came from Vernon Wells late last night as the deal went down. I'm...
3/25 WSJ Daily Fix: Florida Gulf Coast Crashes the Sweet 16Florida Gulf Coast crashed the Sweet 16 party after upsetting San Diego State. ...
3/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): Lunchtime Links: Vernon Wells, more Vernon Wells and last place predictions: No, you weren't dreaming and no, this isn't shared nightmare by Yankee fans that we will all wake up from, sighing in relief and...
3/25 Monkey with a Halo: Remembering the best moments of the Vernon Wells era: Vernon Wells is gone but he won't be forgotten, though most of us probably want to. In the interest of fairness to a player...
3/25 The Captain's Blog: 2013 Yankees Shaping Up As Team Turnover; Scorecards Needed for Opening Day: And the first one now. Will later be last. For the times they are a-changin’”. – Bob Dylan, lyrics from The Times...
3/25 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees official on Vernon Wells trade: Where was this money in December?: When I woke up this morning I felt like the Vernon Wells trade was just a (bad) dream. Unfortunately when I opened Google Reader...
3/25 Billy-Ball.com: All’s Vernon that ends Wells: It looks as if Vernon Wells is getting ready to don Pinstripes. Thankful and Blessed!#Pinstripes about 14 hours ago via Twitter...
3/25 MetsToday.com: Yankees Acquire Vernon Wells – Any Other OFs Available?: You may have heard that the Yankees have acquired Vernon Wells. Why should a Mets fan care? I suppose a Mets fan shouldn’t...
3/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): This Lineup Tells You Everything You Need To Know: 1) Brett Gardner- CF 2) Eduardo Nunez- SS 3) Robinson Cano- 2B 4) Kevin Youkilis- 3B 5) Vernon Wells- DH 6) Juan Rivera-...
3/25 Sports Out West: Vernon Wells trade rumors: Angels will reportedly send veteran to Yankees: Los Angeles Angels veteran outfielder Vernon Wells may be on his way out of Southern California, as multiple sources have told...
3/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE VERNON WELLS TRADE IS BIZARRO: As the Yankees and Angels wait for the acquisition of Vernon Wells is approved, read HERE, There is no doubt, I have questions....
3/25 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees And Angels Notes: Wells Trade, Bourjos: The trade of the Angels' Vernon Wells to the Yankees appears to be on a path toward becoming official. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports...
3/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: The New York Yankees Are Not Acting Like The New York Yankees: I keep hearing over and over this winter and into spring training how the New York Yankees just aren’t acting like the Yankees. ...
3/24 Motor City Bengals: Angels Finally Get Rid of Vernon Wells: Yes, of course, this is a Tigers site. Not a general baseball site or a Yankees site. We spend most of our time delving into minutiae...
3/24 Pinstripe Pundits: Acquisition of Wells Bring More Questions, While Leaving Current Ones Unanswered: Hal Steinbrenner opened up his checkbook for what seems like the first time in a long time, but disappointingly failed to fill...
3/24 It's About the Money (Stupid): WBC Paying For Teixeira While On The DL: This is a rule I had no idea about. According to Buster Olney, the WBC is paying the money that Mark Teixeira is owed while he's...
3/24 Baseball Musings: Desperation: The Yankees and Angels are working on a deal that would send Vernon Wells to New York: “I’m not at liberty to have...
3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 3/17/13 - 3/23/13: Here's a look back at the week that was here at MLBTR: The Yankees inched closer to completing a trade for outfielder Vernon...
3/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: VERNON WELLS TO THE YANKEES IS INEVITABLE: I know you've read it all over the Internet, but it's worth me reporting it on BYB right now. The Yankees are close to a deal...
3/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees close to finalizing a trade for Vernon Wells, and other notes: The Yankees and Angels are discussing a deal that would send Vernon Wells to the Bronx for a low-level prospect with the Angels...
3/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Starting Pitching Key: Tommy Hanson Hanson was once a top Braves’ pitching prospect, all but untouchable in trades…then they...
3/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Yankees land Vernon Wells in trade from Angels – fantasy baseball fallout 2013: There hasn’t been much action in the trade market this year for MLB, but some news has finally trickled out that Vernon...
3/24 Porcupines in Pinstripes: Spring Training Roundup – March 24: A busy weekend was capped off my a walk-off home run by Ronnier Mustelier, but unfortunately it wasn’t all good news for the...
3/24 Jays Journal: Vernon Wells To Be Traded And More AL East News In The AL Feast: Week 1 (24/03/2013): Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players,...
3/24 The Captain's Blog: All’s Not Well for Yankees as Team Looks to Angel in the Outfield: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The Yankees are paying the price for a thrifty off...
3/24 Call to the Pen: Vernon Wells on Verge of Trade to New York: Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan has reported that the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels are discussing a deal that will send...
3/24 My Pinstripes: Cashman Loses Mind: Yankees About to Acquire Vernon Wells: "What do you mean we just signed Josh Hamilton?" I received a text from a friend (kudos Tmags) a few minutes ago that...
3/24 It's About the Money (Stupid): Quick hit: It’s too early for an April Fools joke, right?: What in the world is going on this year? Everyone joked that 2012 was "the end times" and nearly everything that occurred,...
3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Angels, Yankees Discussing Vernon Wells Trade: The Angels and Yankees are discussing a trade involving Vernon Wells and a deal could be done today, sources tell Jeff Passan...
3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels added the top position player available and rounded out their rotation after narrowly missing the 2012 playoffs. Major...
3/22 Kings of Kauffman: Platoon or Bridge: Dayton and friends have come to their senses as of late. First they took Luke Hochevar out of the starting rotation. Then...
3/22 StanGraphs: 2013 AL West Preview: 1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim For quite a while now, I have just been kind of comfortable assuming I’d pencil the Rangers...
3/22 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2001: 2001 was a very bland year for our Blue Jays. A space odyssey it was not. It seemed to be another of those pesky “can we...
3/20 Monkey with a Halo: The forgotten Angels: Vernon Wells.: Hi. I’m Jeremy Elwood. Let me introduce myself; I’m a new writer to this site, I’m a huge Angels Fan,...
3/17 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Most One-Sided Trade Of The Last Decade: Yankees GM Brian Cashman spoke last week about how his team nearly traded Mariano Rivera to the Mariners for Felix Fermin in...
3/12 The DoubleDay: Drenonomics | The Longoria Window | AL West: Tyler DrenonThe Astros have come a long way from their days as a boarding school for replacement players. Their grassroots renaissance...
3/7 Justin Jabs: Closer look at Not Ken Rosenthal: Yup, probably BS: Yesterday, when I first saw the tweet from Not Ken Rosenthal that Ryan Braun had been suspended, I quickly threw up this blog...
3/6 The Sports Critic: Yankees’ Curtis Granderson Tough to Replace: Derek Jeter, CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera – what do these New York Yankee superstars all have in common? They are all trying...
3/5 Tyler's Think Tank: The Plight of Mike Trout: Mike Trout's salary for the 2013 season is $510,000. That's 20 grand above the league minimum, considerably less than what Alex...
3/5 Fire Brand of the American League: You Ask Questions, Nick Cafardo Hates Them, Beats Dead Horses!: I have been stoked about this one for a full week now. Last week, my predecessor on this beat (twitter handle chip_buck) went...
3/4 That Ball's Outta Here: Angels Doing Everything They Can Make Mike Trout A Phillie In 2018: Every Phillies fan should, right now, at this very moment, stop whatever they’re doing, go to FTD.com, and buy a nice arrangement...
3/3 Baseball Musings: Trout Trouble: Jeff Miller thinks the Angels treated Mike Trout poorly: Mike Trout spent the summer of 2012 looking like the next Mickey Mantle....
3/1 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Which $100MM Contract Will Work Out Best?: Nine-figure contracts are becoming more commonplace in baseball and yet teams still can't buy certainty, no matter how large the...

News -- February 2013

2/28 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Hand Halos Their Seventh Straight Spring Loss: Angels 8 12 1 Dodgers 10 13 1 WP-Kershaw-1-1 LP-Williams-0-1 HR-Cruz-2-Kendrick-1 The Dodgers toppled the Angels...
2/27 The DoubleDay: The Bourn Apprehension: Kyle DrenonWill someone please sign Michael Bourn?He’s 30-years-old. Is arguably the best leadoff man in baseball. ...
2/27 Baseballhotcorner.com: Who Will Bat 2nd For The Los Angeles Angels in 2013?: Fans of the Los Angeles Angels have to be pinching themselves as the 2013 season quickly approaches. Not only did their ball-club make...
2/26 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Joe Mauer hates Pop-Ups: Sometimes inspiration strikes in odd ways. Today, Rhett Bollinger, the Twins' MLB.com beat writer, sent out this tweet:Joe...
2/26 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees Morning Bits: Damon, Wells, Soriano, CC, and prospects: The Yankees lost to the Orioles 5-1 on Monday. • Johnny Damon wants to fill in for Curtis Granderson. • The Yankees...
2/26 MLB Injury News: Yankees rumors: Trade for Vernon Wells, Alfonso Soriano not expected: The New York Yankees are currently seeking a fill in for injured outfielder Curtis Granderson, and two names that have come up...
2/25 MLBTradeRumors: Wells Intends To Retire After 2014: Vernon Wells will be 35 years old when his $126MM contract expires following the 2014 season, at which point he expects to retire....
2/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Granderson’s Injury Is An Opportunity: There isn’t much going on in the sports world in late February. Yesterday afternoon’s menu for sports fans wasn’t...
2/25 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Not Expected To Deal For Wells: Curtis Granderson’s broken arm could affect many teams around MLB, including the Angels. Now that the Yankees might be in the...
2/25 MLB Injury News: The Yankees shouldn't make a trade to replace Granderson: Whether the rumors are all media inspired or not, the New York Yankees may be willing to trade for an outfielder to replace the...
2/25 MLB Injury News: Replacing Curtis Granderson: Vernon Well, Alfonso Soriano: As soon as he went down, the New York Yankees were searching for another outfielder. Curtis Granderson was hit by a pitch...
2/25 Swingin' A's: A’s Get Their First Win of 2013, Beat Angels 7-5: Well, it wasn’t exactly the Angels team that shelled out tons of cash this offseason and last that fell to the Oakland Athletics...
2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Filling In For Curtis Granderson: A J.A. Happ fastball struck Curtis Granderson's right forearm today in a Spring Training game, which will knock the Yankees'...
2/24 The Captain's Blog: Yankees Suffer Depth Blow; Lose Granderson for 10 Weeks: Entering spring training, Joe Girardi wasn’t sure who would be playing left field on Opening Day. Unfortunately for the Yankees’...
2/24 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Lohse, Cano, Granderson, Orioles: MLBTR's Mark Polishuk examined the market for Kyle Lohse and wrote it would be very surprising to see the Royals make a move...
2/22 Jays Journal: Extreme Makeover Make Rebuild Look Pointless?: If you’re a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays or just a fan of baseball in general you can’t help but applaud Alex Anthopoulos...
2/21 MLB Dirt: AL West Players To Watch: Dan Marino continues his trek through each division in the major leagues and giving you one player he thinks is the: Rookie to...
2/21 MLBTradeRumors: The Oldest $100MM Players: Even as massive contracts become more and more common, baseball's first $100MM player remains the oldest person to obtain a nine-figure...
2/20 Nolan Writin': Even More Spring Training Musings: Earlier I read Jason Parks’ overview of the Rangers’ farm system, and I must say: I’m impressed. First and foremost,...
2/19 Jays Journal: Betting On Colby Rasmus: In Baseball America’s 2009 Top 100 Prospects the St Louis Cardinal’s Colby Rasmus was listed as the number 3 prospect...
2/14 RoxPile: Good News: Rockies Do Not Have Any Of The Worst Contracts In Baseball: Over at Grantland Jonah Keri rounded up his list of the 15 worst contracts in Major League Baseball. The National League West...
2/12 Billy-Ball.com: A Hard Look at B.J. Upton: There are a number of folks out there who have simply gone Lady Gaga over the Atlanta Braves outfield, and that’s not Lady-like,...
2/10 Jays Journal: The One That Got Away: At the beginning of the Toronto Blue Jays 2010 season the Blue Jays core was Vernon Wells, Adam Lind and Aaron Hill. Jose Bautista...
2/10 Jays Journal: Team Friendly Contracts Very Friendly: Back in the day on November 12, 2012 the Toronto Blue Jays were still considered a mediocre medium market team. For many years...
2/7 North and South of Royal Brougham: Felix Hernandez and His $175 Million Extension Great News for Mariners Fans: What you can’t see behind this hand is imminent doom for this blurry batter, also known as Felix Hernandez’s curveball. For...
2/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 12 Bargain Basement OutfieldersAn underrated bargain bin for fantasy baseball can be reserve outfielders. I find that guys who figure to platoon at More......
2/3 Call to the Pen: Did the Angels Mislead Torii Hunter?: Former All Star and Gold Glove CF Torii Hunter signed a two year deal with the defending American League Champion Detroit Tigers...

News -- January 2013

1/31 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Assessing Bill Hall (Briefly): What can the Angels expect from Bill Hall?It was reported earlier this week that the Angels have signed utility player Bill...
1/31 DC is for Baseball: The 2001 Baseball Prospectus top 40 Prospect List and the Nats: Yesterday, I came across the Baseball Prospectus top 40 prospect list published in January 2001 and was amazed at how many ex-Nats...
1/30 Bryan Harvey's Moustache: Los Angeles Angels 2013 Depth Chart: Outfield: Over the next week I'll be assessing the Angels depth at various positions. Today, I start with the outfield. It is reasonably...
1/29 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Fowler, Wells, Dodgers: Earlier today, the Padres signed Freddy Garcia to a minor league deal and announced that they've avoided arbitration with Luke...
1/27 The Flagrant Fan: Vernon Wells - Anatomy of a career's death: Vernon Wells was drafted in the first round with the fifth overall pick of the 1997 draft. His first full season for the Toronto...
1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Mets, Bourn, Abreu, Red Sox, Mahay: There were baseball people this winter who pleaded with their teams to go after B.J. Upton as a free agent and to trade for his...
1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Angels, Andrus, Upton, Jaso: On this date in 2008, the Twins announced that they struck new deals with Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer to keep them in...
1/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cubs sign Scott Hairston to a 2-year deal: The Yankees have had their eye on a certain right handed hitting outfielder pretty much all offseason, but they missed out on...
1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rockies, Yankees, Wells: The latest links from around MLB, as the Justin Upton rumors pick up... Though the Rockies continue looking for starting...
1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Likely to hold onto Vernon Wells: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are expected to hold onto OF Vernon Wells and use him as a part-time player this season. Owner...[+] Arte Moreno was never willing to eat a large portion of Wells' remaining $42 million contract over two years. The Philadelphia Phillies were interested, but they just signed OF Delmon Young.
1/23 Halo Hangout: Los Angeles Angels Hopes Of Trading Vernon Wells Offically Over?: Yesterday’s signing of Delmon Young by the Philadelphia Phillies confirms the one thing we knew all along was probably going...
1/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Phillies 2013 Success Hinges on Halladay, Hamels and Lee: Here are the facts about the 2013 Phillies: They’re old They’re expensive Their window is closing Their system is gutted of...
1/23 MLB Injury News: Angels Rumors: Vernon Wells Likely to Remain in LA: While Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells has been involved in several trade rumors this offseason, it is “very”...
1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wells, Angels, Young, Phillies, Wainwright: The Angels' Vernon Wells has been a trade candidate for quite some time but a source tells Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com (on Twitter)...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Phillies Sign Delmon Young: The Phillies announced that they signed Delmon Young to a one-year, $750K deal. The contract includes performance bonuses for...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Phillies Seriously Considering Delmon Young: The Phillies are seriously considering signing free agent Delmon Young, Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com reports. GM Ruben Amaro...
1/22 That Ball's Outta Here: Phillies Should Make An Offer For Chris Young: Look there, under that rock! It’s another outfielder possibility! Someone kill it, quick!!! As the Phillies continue their...
1/21 Jays Journal: 2 Years After The Vernon Wells Trade: It was like it just happened yesterday when I got a call from my best friend telling me the greatest Blue Jays news I had heard...
1/17 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Morse, Kubel, M's, Angels, Young: Yesterday, Mariners General Manager Jack Zduriencik told reporters, including MLBTR's Mark Polishuk, that while he liked what...
1/17 That Ball's Outta Here: Ruben Amaro Hints Another Outfielder Could Be Coming, But It Won’t Be Michael Morse: Ruben Amaro is trying to drive us all to alcoholism. Just a few days after saying the Phillies were likely done making moves,...
1/16 Crashburn Alley: Chase Utley and Left-Handed Pitching: Ken Rosenthal reported this week that the Phillies may be in search of a right-handed bat, listing Scott Hairston, Alfonso Soriano,...
1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Will The Phillies Add An Outfielder?: The Phillies already added one outfielder this winter, acquiring Ben Revere from the Twins. They’ve also considered the possibility...
1/9 Halo Hangout: Is Mike Trout The Face Of The Los Angeles Angels?: When you think of the Los Angeles Angels, what is the player that comes to mind the fastest? Is it future Hall of Famer Albert...
1/9 MLB Injury News: Phillies Rumors: Philly Still Eyeing Soriano, Wells, Hairston: While the Philadelphia Phillies could be done making moves for the winter, there continue to be reports of their interest in adding...
1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Padres, Orioles, Rockies, Phillies: The Orioles showed serious interest in Justin Upton before talks with the Diamondbacks sputtered, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...
1/7 Halo Hangout: ZiPS Projections And The 2013 Angels: Projection season is upon us. While Fangraphs already has the BABIP inflated Bill James projections along with those done by Fans...
1/7 Baseball News Source: Philadelphia Phillies Continue Search for Veteran Outfielder: Vernon Wells may prove to be a cost prohibitive option Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. is still looking...
1/6 MLB Injury News: Phillies Rumors: Philly Continues to Target Outfielders: Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. continues to target a veteran corner outfielder, according to Todd Zolecki...
1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Phillies Continue To Seek Outfield Help: Despite having already acquired Ben Revere this offseason, the Phillies continue to seek outfield help according to MLB.com's...
1/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Searching for corner OF: The Philadelphia Phillies continue to search for a veteran corner outfielder. Philadelphia has been going after free-agent OF...[+] Scott Hairston (Mets) and are pursuing a trade for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells. The Angels would need to eat most of Wells' remaining salary for the trade to be a fit. If no more outfielders are acquired, the team will enter spring training with OFs Domonic Brown, John Mayberry Jr., Darin Ruf and Laynce Nix on the corner spots.
1/2 Nolan Writin': Michael Bourn, and Stuff: I’m not entirely sure if I’ve been experiencing an extended holiday-induced hangover, or if I’m in an offseason...
1/1 MLB Injury News: Phillies Rumors: Scott Hairston Best Fit for Philly?: The Philadelphia Phillies have been tied to veteran outfielders Alfonso Soriano and Vernon Wells this winter, but the best available...

News -- December 2012

12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Dodgers, Angels, Federowicz, Wells: "The Los Angeles Dodgers ushered in 2012 with a divorce settlement," writes Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles in his recap of the...
12/30 Quantrill's Quandaries: Potential Platoon Partners for Adam Lind – Pick Your Poison: Although the Jays’ roster pretty much set for the 2013 season, there remains the need for a right-handed bat to partner...
12/29 Halo Hangout: Vernon Wells and the Fourth Outfielder Spot: I have learned during Jerry Dipoto‘s so far short reign as GM, to not take to much stock in the quotes he gives to the media....
12/28 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 34: One Night in Pankot Makes a Hard Man Humble: The intro to this Crash Bag was originally a 1,000-word screed on how, when I’m dictator of the world, I’m going to...
12/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Yankees | Discussed trading for Vernon WellsThe New York Yankees have discussed making a trade for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells....[+] The New York Yankees have discussed making a trade for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells.
12/26 Phillies Nation: Steer Completely Clear of Vernon Wells: The Phillies filled their centerfield void by acquiring Ben Revere, bolstered the bullpen with Mike Adams and s**** up the rotation...
12/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHO'S THE RIGHT FIELDER THE YANKEES WANT?: If you read Mark Feinsand's Tweet, it's clear the Yankees want to do something, but what? Feinsand's tweet reveals that Yankee...
12/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEE FANS REVOLT: "ENOUGH'S ENOUGH!": There are things that the Yankees have done this off season that has made my blood boil. I'm not kidding. They're sluggish....
12/24 MLB Injury News: Phillies Rumors: Philadelphia Eyeing Angels OF Vernon Wells: The Philadelphia Phillies have been “shocked by the prices” of free agent outfielders this offseason, so they could turn...
12/23 Baseball News Source: Yankees Finally Re-Sign Ichiro Suzuki: Two Years $13 Million: Ichiro’s signing completes and all left-handed Yankee outfield As expected New York Yankees re-signed Ichiro Suzuki to a...
12/23 Baseball News Source: Angels, Mariners Trade: Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas: Morales and Vargas are set to hit free agency after the 2013 season That was fast. Earlier today it was reported through various...
12/23 MLB Injury News: Yankees Rumors: NY Targeting Wells, Hairston and Baker: While the New York Yankees are not close to acquiring an outfielder at this point, the team continues to pursue a right-handed...
12/22 Halo Hangout: Halo Hangout Podcast Episode 1: Josh Hamilton‘s signing and what it means to the Angels lineup. The Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas swap. And, what is...
12/22 Halo Hangout: Angels Inching Closer to an All Time .500 Record: Baseball, has quite a long history. Baseball-Reference puts it as far back as 1861. Hundreds of teams have existed during that...
12/22 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Yankees, Baker, Orioles: Here's the latest from the AL East as the Red Sox move closer to acquiring Joel Hanrahan... The Yankees are not close to...
12/21 That Ball's Outta Here: Here’s Why Waiting To Spend Big Should Wait Until 2014: As the Phillies continue to wade into the abyss of the remaining free agent outfield pool and the less-than-ideal trade options,...
12/20 Halo Hangout: Angels Need To Trade Vernon Wells While They Can: If the Angels are going to let go of Vernon Wells, the time is now. The Phillies and the Yankees apparently have interest in Wells,...
12/20 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees make Ichiro’s 2-year, $13 million deal official: It took about a week after the deal was agreed to, but Ichiro Suzuki and the Yankees finally made his two-year, $13 million...
12/20 MLBTradeRumors: Amaro On Outfield Market: Even after trading for Ben Revere, the Phillies could add another established outfielder. But GM Ruben Amaro Jr. told Jon Heyman...
12/19 North and South of Royal Brougham: Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas a Significant Net Gain for the Mariners: The Mariners made a trade this afternoon that is quite frankly phenomenal. There’s not sense being poetic or cryptic over the...
12/19 Baseball News Source: Yankees Finally Re-Sign Ichiro Suzuki: Two Years $13 Million: Ichiro’s signing completes and all left-handed Yankee outfield As expected New York Yankees re-signed Ichiro Suzuki to a...
12/19 Baseball News Source: Angels, Mariners Trade: Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas: Morales and Vargas are set to hit free agency after the 2013 season That was fast. Earlier today it was reported through various...
12/19 Cubbies Crib: Phillies Favor Vernon Wells Over Alfonso Soriano: In so many ways, I wish I could publish a recording of my whooping guffaws last night as Cubbies Crib staff writer Stan Crousett and...
12/19 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: Hairston is Yankees priority right now, but Mets reunion is likely: The Ichiro Suzuki signing is still not official (what are they waiting for?), but that will eventually get done and when it...
12/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Would Kendrys Morales Be A Worthwhile Acquisition for the Rays?: Sometimes a sequence of events seems to fall perfectly into place. After the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Josh Hamilton,...
12/19 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT ARE THE BACKUP PLANS AFTER SCOTT HAIRSTON?: The Yankees’ off-season shopping list is nearly complete. After filling the various holes at starting pitcher, closer, and...
12/19 That Ball's Outta Here: Phillies Are Interested In Vernon Wells And Every Other Player You Don’t Want: Ruben Amaro has done a really good job trolling Phillies fans this year. The Phils have already signed John Lannan to a...
12/19 MLB Injury News: Phillies Interested in Angels' Vernon Wells: Oh how the Los Angeles Angels would love to be out from under the mistake they made with Vernon Wells. The Angels acquired...
12/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Phillies | Interested in Vernon Wells: The Philadelphia Phillies have an interest in Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells. If the Phillies made a deal for Wells,...[+] they would likely expect the Angels to pick up the vast majority of the $42 million remaining on Wells' contract through 2014.
12/18 MLBTradeRumors: Phils Interested In Vernon Wells, Still In On Cody Ross: The Phillies are still pursuing free agent Cody Ross and also have interest in acquiring Angels outfielder Vernon Wells, reports...
12/18 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Hamilton, Trumbo, Dodgers: The latest on the MLB’s two Los Angeles area teams... There's a clause in Josh Hamilton's new contract that calls for...
12/18 Phillies Nation: PN Mailbag #5: Mega Powers Explode: Lot of questions this week to check out, not a lot of time – let’s get to it! From willcorr91 via Twitter: Now that...
12/17 Quantrill's Quandaries: The Plan Comes to Fruition – AA Adds the Finishing Touch: The Plan: Phase 1: Blow It Up Well this is the moment Jays fans have all been waiting for… The Plan has come to fruition....
12/17 Baseball Musings: Dickey Dollars: R.A. Dickey and the Blue Jays agreed on a two-year, $25 million extension: The trade was contingent upon Dickey and the Blue Jays...
12/17 Halo Hangout: Angels Won’t Trade Mark Trumbo: With the Angels mystery-teaming MLB again by coming from nowhere to sign Josh Hamilton, the Anaheim based team enters 2013 in...
12/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumor: Yankees and Angels have discussed a trade for Vernon Wells: The Angels have extra depth in the outfield since their signing of Josh Hamilton and the Yankees are in need of a right handed...
12/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Oh dear, Vernon Wells?: Because things can always get worse, apparently the Yankees have seriously considered a trade to acquire The First National Bank...
12/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: On Matters of the Outfield: This past weekend, two slightly odd things about the Yankees and their outfield situation were reported. After they inked Ichiro...
12/16 MetsToday.com: Why Not Vernon Wells?: According to various reports, the New York Yankees are talking to the Angels about acquiring Vernon Wells. My immediate response:...
12/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Not learning from their mistakes: To any Yankee fan the perils of paying too much money on aging players are obvious. Alex Rodriguez is the ultimate example of...
12/16 Bleeding Yankee Blue: SHOULD VERNON WELLS GO TO THE YANKEES?: I'm a pretty level headed guy. When it comes to my Yankees, I get the way baseball works, how teams work and how the business...
12/16 Baseball Musings: NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!: Via BBTF, this ridiculous headline: Yankees eye righthanded-hitting veteran Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells as potential...
12/16 MLB Injury News: Yankees Rumors: NY, Angels Discussed Vernon Wells: The Los Angeles Angels would prefer to trade outfielder Vernon Wells than Mark Trumbo or Peter Bourjos this offseason, and...
12/16 MLB Injury News: Rays Rumors: Tampa Bay a Fit for Angels OF Vernon Wells?: The Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies are “possible fits” for Los Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells, reports...
12/15 My Pinstripes: Hamilton Official to Halos: Go west not so young man; perhaps that was the calling Josh Hamilton heard when he decided to sign with the Los Angeles...
12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Several could show interest in Vernon Wells : The New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays could show interest in acquiring Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...[+] OF Vernon Wells this offseason. The Angels understand that they will have to pay a majority of the $42 million still owed to Wells.
12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Want to keep Mark Trumbo, Peter Bourjos : The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim prefer to keep OFs Mark Trumbo and Peter Bourjos and trade DH Kendrys Morales and OF Vernon...[+] Wells.
12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees, Angels Discussed Vernon Wells: The Angels have a few too many outfielders after signing Josh Hamilton, though they prefer to trade Kendrys Morales or Vernon...
12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Dodgers, Angels, Pirates, Indians: Earlier today, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported that all signs point to the Mets trading knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. Here's...
12/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Trade Musing: Peter Bourjos, Mark Trumbo, And Hank Conger: I used to think the Angels had too many outfielders on their team, then they went ahead and gave Josh Hamilton a five-year $125...
12/14 That Ball's Outta Here: Angels Selfishly Hoarding Outfielders, Insist on Compensation in Exchange for One: The Josh Hamilton dream is dead. It was a pipe dream to begin with. Everyone knows that. The Phillies were never a serious player...
12/14 PaulLebowitz.com: The Angels Trump the Competition on Hamilton: There’s a fine line between decisive and desperate. The Angels used to adhere to a set of principles from which they would not...
12/14 Mariners Latest: So J. Hamilton Went to the Angels: Oops! Josh Hamilton signed with the Angels earlier Thursday for 5/$125m because, as we all know, the Angels need more...
12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Reactions To The Josh Hamilton Signing: We've already looked at how the Angels' five-year, $125MM agreement with Josh Hamilton has impacted players and teams around...
12/13 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Josh Hamilton Signs With the Halos: The Angels hope Josh Hamilton can help them reach the playoffs. (US Presswire)The Josh Hamilton sweepstakes are finally over,...
12/13 Tomahawk Take: Mark Trumbo On The Move?: Josh Hamilton has agreed to a five year, $125M contract with the Los Angeles Angels this afternoon, locking up a corner outfield...
12/13 SocraticGadfly: Hamilton to Angels - time for that all-LA Freeway Series: Josh Hamilton/ESPN photo Well, it didn't take the Los Angeles Angels very long to get over losing Zack Greinke. They just...
12/13 The Baseball Haven: Angel in the Outfield: Hamilton Signs for $125 Million: According to ESPN Dallas, free agent outfielder Josh Hamilton signed a five-year, $125 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels...
12/13 StanGraphs: Free Agent Signing: Angels Sign Josh Hamilton, Refuse to Lose (at Spending): The Angels have totally signed Josh Hamilton to a five-year deal worth a robust $125 million. Most teams were wisely avoiding...
12/13 Call to the Pen: Josh Hamilton Lands with Angels: The Los Angeles Angels didn’t manage to sign the best pitcher on the market, but it appears that they did get their hands...
12/4 My Pinstripes: Napoli, Victorino Join Red Sox: The Boston Red Sox have plenty of money to burn after unloading Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez at the 2012 trade...

News -- November 2012

11/24 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Looking Deep into the Minor Leagues: This is a Guest Post by Andy Young. Check out his blog at outliarbaseball.com or follow him on Twitter @outliarbaseball. Outliar...
11/17 Halo Hangout: Seriously? I Mean, Really?: Surprisingly, it didn’t take long to get over Mike Trout losing the MVP race to Miguel Cabrera. I had been prepared for...
11/15 Quantrill's Quandaries: Selig: “not happy” w Jays-Marlins swap; now “under review”: PR for Mia/Fla gov. MT @jonheymancbs: Selig said to be “not happy” w/ trade, but so far doesn’t see basis to...
11/15 Halo Hangout: Why Breaking Up With Torii Hunter Will Be Okay: It was a good relationship. Sure, it wasn’t the cleanest split and we might have left some of our CD’s at his place...
11/14 Halo Hangout: Did The Angels Mishandle Torii Hunter?: Torii Hunter is officially no longer an Angel. The outfielder signed a two year $26 million contract with the Detroit Tigers....
11/14 Quantrill's Quandaries: Breaking: Rogers is cheap no longer: Well he’s finally done it folks. Alex Anthopoulos has made the move that makes the Blue Jays an undeniable contender in...
11/13 PaulLebowitz.com: Alex Anthopoulos’s Kitchen Sink: Unwed to a particular strategy as his predecessor was, when Alex Anthopoulos took over as Blue Jays’ GM replacing J.P. Ricciardi,...
11/12 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Realignment, Ross to the Red Sox, Izturis to the Jays, Breaking Up the Rays and Remembering Matt Garza: Monday November 12th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
11/11 Jays Journal: Is Alex Anthopoulos Going To Make His First Big Free Agent Splash Soon?: There is a lot of speculation on when a team like the Toronto Blue Jays should make that ultimate push for the playoffs. It has...
11/9 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Ellsbury, Santana, Pierre: As we wait for the GM Meetings to wrap-up in California, here are some links from the week that was around the baseball blogosphere... Lookout...
11/7 Halo Hangout: Should the Angels Buy Out Vernon Wells?: News came out today that the New York Mets and Jason Bay reached a deal that will pay him what he’s owed for the remainder...
11/6 Halo Hangout: Hiding Vernon Wells: There were a lot of Angels in the outfield in 2012. Even Ryan Langerhans managed to log 1.1 innings in left field. Despite having...
11/5 Halo Hangout: Is 2013 The Year Of The Bourjos?: If you read the reports over the last few days, you’ll see that it appears that the Angels will be going with an outfield...
11/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells the fourth outfielder: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells, presuming he's not traded in the offseason, will open next season as the team's...[+] fourth outfielder. The departure of free-agent OF Torii Hunter opens up a spot in center field for OF Peter Bourjos, with OF Mike Trout shifting to left field. OF Mark Trumbo will take over in right field for Hunter.
11/4 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Shields, Twins, Wells, Red Sox, Aceves: After 25 years as a General Manager and president of the Twins, Cubs, and Orioles, Andy MacPhail stepped away from baseball...
11/3 Jays Journal: C’est La Vie – Blue Jays Trade Mike Aviles and Yan Gomes for Esmil Rogers: Well, that certainly didn’t last long. Much like when Alex Anthopoulos traded Vernon Wells for Mike Napoli (along with Juan...
11/3 Mets Merized: Some Surprises As Far As Players Who Did Or Didn’t Get Qualifying Offers Last Night: As you may have already heard, the Angels have opted against giving outfielder Torii Hunter a $13.3 million qualifying offer....
11/3 MLBTradeRumors: Dipoto On Haren, Hunter, Santana, Greinke: Earlier tonight, the Angels declined Dan Haren's $15.5MM option for 2013, but not before an interesting week of speculation and...
11/2 Halo Hangout: Torii Hunter Not Extended Qualifying Offer: The Angels not making a qualifying offer to Torii Hunter should not come as a surprise. They were not going to want to pay him...
11/2 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Eric Denton: This has been one incredibly hectic week, as anyone who lives on the east coast could probably attest too. Luckily, where I live,...
11/2 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Santana, Peavy, Ethier: On this date in 1999, Ken Griffey Jr. officially asked the Mariners for a trade. The Kid hit .297/.387/.613 with an average of...
11/1 Halo Hangout: What The Angels Do With Dan Haren Will Shape Entire Off-Season: If the Angels do indeed trade Dan Haren and every indication are he will, what they get in return will really shape the team moving...
11/1 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Hunter, Wells, Haren: Here's the latest from the Big A... The Angels may only be able to bring back Torii Hunter if they clear payroll space by...
11/1 Call to the Pen: MLB Rumors: Angels Looking to Deal Dan Haren and Vernon Wells: It’s no secret that the Los Angeles Angels have been actively working the phones to make some trades. On Wednesday, GM Jerry...
11/1 BoSox Injection: Red Sox, Angels Discussing Potential Haren Trade: As the first rumors of the offseason begin to circulate, the Red Sox are right in the center. MLB Trade Rumors has reported that...
11/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells involved in trade talks: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells' name has surfaced in trade talks with multiple teams, possibly including the Boston...[+] Red Sox.

News -- October 2012

10/31 Lasorda's Lair: Video Game like Trade Proposal: Juan Uribe (8), Matt Gurrier (4), Aaron Harang (8), and Mark Ellis (5.5) for Vernon Wells (23) and Dan Haren (15.5). Andre...
10/29 Call to the Pen: Angels GM DiPoto Ready to Play Waiting Game with Zack Greinke: The Los Angeles Angels have one major priority heading into the Hot Stove season, and that’s to re-sign right hander Zack...
10/28 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The Three and Four Hitters: Miggy and Fielder are "back-to-back fricken threats." (US Presswire)There was an article a few days ago from ESPN.com's Jerry...
10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Unlikely To Re-Sign Torii Hunter: The Angels are highly unlikely to re-sign right fielder Torii Hunter, MLBTR has learned from a source close to the situation....
10/25 Mets Merized: ESPN: Worst Contracts In Baseball: David Schoenfield posted his ten worst contracts in baseball on ESPN.com. 1. Alex Rodriguez, 10 years, $275 million: Hey, it’s...
10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels will pursue starting pitchers and relievers in the offseason ahead. Guaranteed Contracts Albert Pujols,...
10/23 Jays Journal: Prospect Positional Primer: Centerfield: Late last fall, with inspiration from Jason Parks of Baseball Prospectus, I began writing a series of articles which I titled...
10/22 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Claim Catcher Wilson From Angels: Stop me if you have heard this one before. In the process of evaluating their roster after another failed the season, the Toronto...
10/19 Baseball Musings: The No Trade: I thought this talk of Alex Rodriguez getting traded was a bit silly. Alex doesn’t want to go: Asked if, in his mind, there...
10/18 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Ausmus, A-Rod, Lamont, Orioles: Brad Ausmus has a supporter in former teammate Andy Pettitte, who tells Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald that Ausmus would...
10/18 Halo Hangout: Could Alex Rodriguez Be In The Angels Future?: We take a break from our looking back at 2012 series to take a look at someone who is in the news quite a bit lately in Alex Rodriguez....
10/17 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Los Angeles Angels: The 2012 season was one that brought great expectations to the city of Anaheim, but despite the presence of many high-priced veterans...
10/16 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Wells, Hunter, Bourjos, Pujols: A swap of bad contracts may be the Angels' best way to move Vernon Wells, opines MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez, who lists a few other...
10/12 Mets Merized: Will Wright’s Extension Rank Up There With Some Of MLB’s Worst Deals?: Nobody knows how much David Wright will ultimately get as Sandy Alderson and the third baseman try to come to a meaningful resolution...
10/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 4 Fantasy Baseball Players Out of a Job by Season’s End Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
10/11 Halo Hangout: Should Torii Hunter Be Re-Signed?: There’s no question that Torii Hunter can still swing the bat. He had his best season in a while at age 36 putting up .313/16/92...
10/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 3 Old Guys Revisited: In March we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come and...
10/7 Halo Hangout: Who is on the Block?: Now that the season is officially over for the Angels, we might as well gouge at the wound a little bit and go over who is most...
10/3 MLBTradeRumors: Angels To Pursue Pitching, Hunter: The Angels will make significant changes to their roster following a season that included many positive developments before ending...
10/2 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Santana, Wilson, Iannetta, Napoli: Despite adding Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson last winter and enjoying a legendary rookie season from Mike Trout, the Angels...
10/1 Call to the Pen: My Name Is Mike Napoli, Prepare To Lose: When the Angels traded Mike Napoli to Toronto on January 21, 2011, things appeared innocent enough. They had sent both he and...

News -- September 2012

9/27 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Angels Blow Chance To Cut A’s Lead To One Game: This was not the home finale the Angels have had in mind. The Angels had an opportunity to be down one game with six to go, however,...
9/27 Halo Hangout: Fun With WAR: Mike Trout vs Miguel Cabrera: I realize WAR (wins above replacement) isn’t for everybody and is widely considered a nerdy, sabermetric crutch. While most...
9/27 StanGraphs: La Russa Admits Pujols is Bad Now: Tony La Russa sure has been making some headlines of late. The now-retired third-winningest manager in baseball history recently...
9/27 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wolf, Taveras, Snider, Padres, Mariners: The Orioles recalled Bill Hall today, placing Randy Wolf on the 60-day DL to create room on the 40-man roster. The 36-year-old...
9/26 Call to the Pen: Angels Expected to Decline Options on Dan Haren, Ervin Santana: Los Angeles Angels right hander Zach Greinke figures to be the best pitcher available on the free agent market after this season....
9/22 Call to the Pen: Torii Hunter Looking to Return to Angels Next Season: Pending free agent Torii Hunter has expressed interest in staying with the Angels after this season according to a Los Angeles...
9/22 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: The Angels are going with a closer by committee approach to close out the season, Torii Hunter wants to stay in Anaheim and a...
9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Expected to look to trade Vernon WellsThe Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are expected to try everything they can to trade OF Vernon Wells this offseason....[+] The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are expected to try everything they can to trade OF Vernon Wells this offseason.
9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Mutual Interest For Angels, Torii Hunter: Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo, Peter Bourjos and Vernon Wells are all expected to remain with the Angels next year, so there’s...
9/20 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: We got buckets full of Mike Trout and his MVP chase, Vernon Wells disappearing behind a wall and, Ozzie Guillen backing up Yunel...
9/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Weaver Gets 100th Career Win: Jered Weaver earned his 100th career win as the Angels used an eight run fourth to beat the Texas Rangers 11-3. The Angels are...
9/18 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Dan Haren is slated to parti**** in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, American League West is once again the top division in baseball...
9/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Trumbo’s Trumbomb Leads Way: Apparently, Mark Trumbo loves Kansas City. He put on a show during the home run derby and his home run in the second helped lift...
9/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Lose On Back to Back Home Runs: It took four pitches. It only took four pitches and the season almost went up in flames. Luckily for the Angels, the Orioles beat...
9/14 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Angels Use Six Run Inning To Avoid Sweep: It’s always nice to get your ace back. Jered Weaver was back and looked like his first half self. Weaver threw seven shut...
9/13 StanGraphs: What to Watch Down the Stretch (Other Than the Awful Cardinals): That Padres series was especially hard to watch, and even harder to swallow. I don’t ever want anything like that in my...
9/13 Call to the Pen: 2012: The $20 Million Club: In the 2012 season, 13 players in Major League Baseball earned a total of $20 million or more for their services. As it turns...
9/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Robinson Cano’s 2012 season: Mike Trout is going to win the Most Valuable Player Award. He is a lock. And it is not even close. But what would have happened...
9/12 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Comeback Falls Just Short: Missed it by that much. The Angels comeback attempt fell just short as the Athletics beat the Angels 6-5. These next two games...
9/12 mlbreports.com : The Blue Jays Payroll 2013: A Reader’s thoughts On The Jays Moving Forward: Wednesday, September.12/2012 Note from Chuck Booth: Sometimes at the Reports, we are fortunate to have someone take out some...
9/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Matt Treanor Is Just the Best: Well, not in a baseball sense, because he’s having what is arguably the worst offensive year of a career that was already...
9/11 Jays Journal: Am I Falling Out of Love with AA?: First and foremost, I do not want to come across as a disaffected Blue Jays fan who is using the benefit of hindsight to direct...
9/10 mlbreports.com : The Toronto Blue Jays Payroll 2013 and Contracts: balti Monday, September.10/2012 Note from Chuck Booth: I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises...
9/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mark Trumbo, Vernon Wells to share time: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OFs Mark Trumbo and Vernon Wells will split time in left field for the forseeable future. Trumbo...[+] has been slumping at the plate since mid-July and has been moved down to seventh in the batting order. 'It's a point in the season where we need some production; that's pretty obvious,' manager Mike Scioscia said. 'And we certainly haven't given up on what we know Mark can do, and we want to give Mark an opportunity to contribute and get back to where he can be, and balance that with what Vernon's been able to bring. We have some depth, and hopefully we're going to get some of the production we're looking for out of the left-field spot.'
9/9 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Get To Verlander Early for 10th Win in 11 Games: When you’re hot, you’re hot and right now the Angels are absolutely on fire. The Angels earned their 10th win the...
9/8 High Heat Stats: Who will be the next 400 HR hitter?: This season, Paul Konerko, David Ortiz and Adam Dunn have joined the 400 HR club that now boasts 50 members. But, it’s not...
9/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Angels @ A’s Game 134: The A’s winning streak is done at nine as they fall to the visiting Halos 8-3. Really not much to write home about in this...
9/6 For Baseball Junkies: Blue Jays All-Time Team v.2012: Last year's team can be seen here.The Blue Jays don't have a lengthy history but in their 33 years of existence they have...
9/4 High Heat Stats: Labor Day game notes: The Game Notes hard drive died of a nostalgia overdose after watching music videos from the 1970s & ’80s. Je ne regrette...
9/4 Halo Hangout: The Angels Cash Commitments: Big spenders during Hot Stove 2011, it’s no surprise that the Angels finished in the top five of payroll commitments for...
9/4 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Wells and Iannetta Lead Way In Win: If the Angels are going to make the playoffs, guys like Chris Iannetta and Vernon Wells are going to have to contribute when their...
9/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mark Trumbo to receive day off Tuesday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said Monday, Sept. 3, that 1B Mark Trumbo will get the day off Tuesday, Sept....[+] 4. OF Vernon Wells will get a start in left field in Trumbo's absence.
9/3 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Iwakuma Quiets Angel Offense: Two out of three is okay to take in a series when you are fighting for a playoff birth, especially when you are taking on a team...
9/1 Halo Hangout: Now or Never: August MVP’s and LVP’s: With the conclusion of last night’s game against the Seattle Mariners, the Los Angeles Angels close the book on an August...

News -- August 2012

8/26 Halo Hangout: Erick Aybar is Streaking: No, not that kind of streaking. Erick Aybar is having himself quite the August though at the plate. Aybar signed a four year $35M...
8/26 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bullpen Falters As Angels Win Streak Ends: Well this looks like the Angels team from a week ago. Get lead. Starter pitches okay. Bullpen can’t hold it. This describes...
8/25 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Kinsler, Dempster lead Rangers past Twins: Minnesota 3 – Texas 9 - Ian Kinsler was a one-man wrecking crew with three hits and four RBI to lead the Rangers over...
8/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/24: As I was gathering my thoughts to write about last night's Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game, I didn't really...
8/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/24: As I was gathering my thoughts to write about last night's Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game, I didn't really...
8/24 Baseball Musings: How Low Can You Go?: Just how bad was the Boston pitching Thursday night? Vernon Wells went two for five with a double, home run, and a walk. That...
8/21 Halo Hangout: Could Vernon Wells For John Lackey Work?: I love some good unfounded rumors. I mean, that’s what Twitter is for, right? Let’s take a quick look at the one the...
8/21 BoSox Injection: The Hundred Million Dollar Man: We can rebuild him…we have the economy. This week Red Sox star left fielder and owner of a $142,000,000 dollar contract...
8/20 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Ellis, Lackey, Wells, Greinke: The Dodgers lead the NL West by the slimmest of margins (half a game) over the Giants, but their American League counterpart isn’t...
8/19 Baseball Musings: The Curse of Vernon Wells: The Angels sent Zack Greinke to the mound, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout hit home runs, but the Angels still lost to the Rays 8-3....
8/18 Halo Hangout: Vernon Wells Adjusts To Life On The Bench: After being activated from the DL, Vernon Wells has had to come to terms with being primarily a bench player. Part of that is...
8/16 mlbreports.com : Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Does Vernon Wells Have Anything Left in the Tank?: Thursday August 16th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Don’t be sad for Vernon Wells. Sure, he’s not getting an abundant amount of playing...
8/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Angels Ruin Roberto’s Return; Angels 8, Indians 4: By Christian Petrila Roberto Hernandez made his 2012 debut for the Indians on Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Unfortunately...
8/16 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights: Five Run Second Leads to Angel Victory: Well now, could the Angels have turned a corner? They say in baseball that momentum is as good as tomorrow’s starting pitcher....
8/16 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: So, yesterday was fun. The first news to break was about Melky Cabrera testing positive for performance enhancing drugs (shocked...
8/16 WahoosOnFirst: Analyzing the Return of Roberto Hernandez: Considering the season is pretty much in the tank barring an epic collapse or two by their division-mates, there’s not much...
8/16 WahoosOnFirst: Angels Spoil Roberto Hernandez’s Debut 8-4: Welcome to the 2012 season, Roberto Hernandez! That’s right, folks, last night was the long awaited debut of the...
8/16 Motor City Bengals: AL MVP Race: Mike Trout vs. Miguel Cabrera: There is much discussion right now in Detroit going on right now about the A.L. MVP race, fueled in part by Tigers manager Jim...
8/13 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Los Angeles Angels: It’s a good thing the Boston Red Sox are having as dreadful a season as they are because the Cleveland Indians needed that four-game...
8/13 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Handed Second Loss of The Season: He’s human after all. Jered Weaver has been nothing short of spectacular all season long. He had only lost one game coming...
8/13 Halo Hangout: Signs From Yesterday that “the Hand” is Moving Closer to the Proverbial “Panic Button”: With a 4-1 loss to the Mariners last night the sluggish Angels fell yet another game behind in the AL West standings and the AL...
8/12 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week: Ben Nicholson-Smith explored the possibility...
8/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells in lineup Sunday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells is in the starting lineup against the Seattle Mariners Sunday, Aug. 12, after he...[+] went 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs Saturday, Aug. 11. Manager Mike Scioscia said he hadn't planned on putting Wells into Sunday's lineup until after Saturday's performance, which he said made him look 'as comfortable in the box as we've seen him in an Angels uniform.'
8/12 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Lowe to the Yankees, Mauer Before Head and Shoulders, Extend Wright, Jose Canseco is Bankrupt (again) and Creative MLB Realignment: Sunday August 12th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen: Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
8/12 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Haren Rocked as Mariners Even The Series: Maybe Dan Haren‘s back is bothering him again. Maybe it’s just a blip. We’ll see in the next five days. The...
8/5 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights – Pujols Stays Hot as Angels Stop Three Game Skid.: After a 21 minute rain delay the Angels wasted no time in keeping their offense clicking. Mike Trout led off the game by getting...
8/5 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Bourn, Red Sox, Ellsbury, Youkilis: In today's column, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe looks at players who are candidates to be put on waivers. Big names (and...
8/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB Trade Deadline: The Baldwin Scale 2 – Tokyo drift: To most people, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, is just another day in the seemingly endless stream of days that flow through one’s...

News -- July 2012

7/31 Release Points: Snider Trade Reaction: Risk Worth Taking for Pittsburgh: In a swap of former 2006 first round picks, the Pirates sent right-hander Brad Lincoln to Toronto for outfielder Travis Snider,...
7/30 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB Reality Check: Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford: Rumormongers are pushing the idea that either the Red Sox are trying to get rid of both Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford or that...
7/28 Jays Journal: Jays Budget Issues: Will Attendance and Viewer Trends Affect Future Deals?: Before you read this article, I strongly recommend that you take a peak at this article written by Dustin Parkes in February of...
7/27 Baseball News Source: Greinke Joins Weaver and Wilson – Gives Angels Elite Trio of Starters: Forgive Angels manager Mike Scioscia if he feels a burst of exhilaration. Though his team entered Friday night’s game five...
7/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells activatedThe Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim activated OF Vernon Wells (thumb) from the 60-day disabled list Friday, July 27....[+] The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim activated OF Vernon Wells (thumb) from the 60-day disabled list Friday, July 27.
7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Angels Continue Pursuing Top Arms: The Dodgers are considering trades for Josh Johnson and James Shields since they aren’t making progress with the Cubs regarding...
7/26 High Heat Stats: Adam Dunn and triple-W games: In a recent post, John Autin identified that Jim Thome has the most career games with at least one of each of the TTO components...
7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells, Chris Iannetta close to returning: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) and C Chris Iannetta (hand) are close to returning from the disabled list....[+] Wells went 0-for-3 with Triple-A Salt Lake Wednesday, July 25, but is hitting .348 (8-for-23) with two homers, a double and three stolen bases in six minor league rehab games. Iannetta caught a full nine innings and went 1-for-3 Wednesday, and he's hitting .263 (5-for-19) in five rehab games. They are both likely to play for Salt Lake again Thursday, July 26, and both could be activated Friday, July 27.
7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Interested in moving Vernon Wells: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim would like to trade OF Vernon Wells before the trade deadline but are not willing to eat all...[+] of his contract at this point.
7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Greinke, Headley, Indians, Wells: The market for Zack Greinke appears to consist of the Rangers, Angels, White Sox and Braves, ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark reports....
7/24 Halo Hangout: Help Wanted: Starting Pitchers: Last night after the game, the Angels announced a trade, acquiring Barry Enright from the Arizona Diamondbacks for the ol’...
7/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Mid-Season Player Trade Predictions—National League: Yesterday I predicted where various available American League players would wind up (or if they won’t be traded at all). Now...
7/21 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: TJ, Curse of the Reports, WBC, Japan Boycott, Morneau and Brock, Coors Effect and the Havana A’s: Saturday July 21st, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen: Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
7/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells doubles in rehab game: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) started in left field, batting second, in his first minor-league rehab game...[+] Friday, July 20, for Class A Inland Empire. He had a double in three at-bats.
7/19 Baseball Musings: Working for Less: Torii Hunter is willing to take a pay cut to stay with the Angels in 2013: “This is the only team I want to play for,”...
7/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells may come off the bench: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) may be resigned to coming off the bench when he returns from the disabled...[+] list. 'The way Trout, Trumbo are playing they're gonna be out there every day and we'll see how VW folds in,' manager Mike Scioscia said.
7/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells takes BP: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) took batting practice again Monday, July 16, and is expected to do so this...[+] whole week before going on a rehab assignment.
7/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells to start rehab assignment soon: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said OF Vernon Wells (thumb) is on schedule to start a rehab assignment this...[+] weekend. Wells is expected to play in seven to 10 rehab games during the assignment.
7/14 Jays Journal: Jays Lock Up Edwin Encarncacion: As most of you already know, the Jays have locked up Edwin Encarnacion, a.k.a. El Toro, for the next 3, possibly 4, years. The...
7/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells takes BP on field: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) took batting practice on the field Friday, July 13, and manager Mike Scioscia...[+] said Wells would begin a minor-league rehab assignment as soon as he can hit pain-free for a week.
7/12 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Keys To The Second Half: The Angels start their post all-star break schedule on Friday in New York against the Yankees. They currently sit four games behind...
7/12 Baseball Musings: AL West at the All Star Break: Next up in the graphical division race series is the AL West: Powered by Tableau Texas is pretty much the class of the division....
7/11 Halo Hangout: Halo HIghlights- A Look Back at the First Half: The Los Angeles Angels enter the second half with a record of 48-38, four games behind the Texas Rangers for the AL West lead,...
7/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All Star Repost: How to Panic Well in a Snake Draft: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost written...
7/10 MLBTradeRumors: Potentially Available Outfielders: Teams willing to trade everyday outfielders this summer won’t have a shortage of interest. The Reds, Pirates, Indians, Dodgers,...
7/9 Baseball Musings: That will be Another Year Missed: Carl Crawford is going to miss another year of baseball at some point: But he did acknowledge there is a possibility he will need...
7/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Paul, Ross, Tanner, Wells, Martin: Let's check out some links as Saturday turns into Sunday.. Outfielder Xavier Paul has signed with the Reds and will report...
7/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells cleared to ramp up activity: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) was able to play catch Tuesday, July 3, for the first time since thumb surgery....[+] He has been medically cleared to begin more increased activity.
7/2 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Jason Evans Talks Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim come to town Monday night to kick off a three-game set at Progressive Field. So I talked to...
7/1 The "Mc" Effect: Emerging Trade Target: Vernon Wells: I've seen some speculation that the Angels will be looking to move Vernon Wells when the trade deadline rolls around. The Angels...
7/1 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Yankees, Ichiro, Greinke, Orioles: In today's column, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wonders why other clubs weren't more aggressive in their pursuit of third...

News -- June 2012

6/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wells, Attanasio, V-Mart, Mariners: The Padres franchise is still looking for its first no-hitter, as Andrew Cashner's no-hit bid was ended after 6 1/3 innings tonight. ...
6/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells might be a trade chip: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment in the middle of July, but when...[+] he returns to the team, he might not have much of a role due to the emergence of OFs Mark Trumbo and Mike Trout. OF Peter Bourjos is also on roster. However, Wells has a full no-trade clause and doesn't appear to be willing to waive it to find playing time with another team. 'I prefer to stay here,' Wells said. 'I love being here. The guys are awesome. We have the potential to be really good for a long time.' The Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians might go after Wells.
6/28 Through The Fence Baseball: The legend of Mike Trout grows — ROY and MVP worthy?: American League catchers may resort to hiding kryptonite in their pockets when Mike Trout comes to bat. There doesn’t seem to...
6/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Puig, Qualls, Harper: The Mets and Athletics could match up for a potential trade involving Grant Balfour, ESPN.com's Buster Olney suggests (on Twitter)....
6/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Kevin Youkilis — They can never tear us apart: It’s midnight on Sunday night and I am sitting at my computer listening to depressing indie rock music trying to come...
6/24 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Isn’t Real: I have this theory that Mike Trout is just an urban legend. And I’ll wake up one morning to find out he never existed. Until...
6/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Dempster, O's, Jays, Astros, Indians: Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com has the latest from the rumor mill in a pair of videos, the Rosenthal Report and Full Count....
6/14 PaulLebowitz.com: The Blue Jays: New Management, Talented Players, Same Mediocre Results: The Blue Jays have to start winning some games. Going back to the J.P. Ricciardi years, they’ve been on the verge of something...
6/12 Mastersball.com: LABR FAAB Report: Week of May 28: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly LABR FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as well...

News -- May 2012

5/30 FanSided: Two Cole/Kole's Make It To The Big DiamondMinnesota Twins right-handed pitcher ...
5/30 Baseball Musings: West Coast Roundup: Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo each homered off Andy Pettitte as the Angels beat the Yankees 5-1. Trumbo is hitting a very Pujols...
5/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: The challenge of “challenge trades”: Most of us are familiar with this ancient Chinese proverb: “No matter how hot she is, someone, somewhere is tired of...
5/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo powering red-hot Halos: Is this finally what we’ve been waiting for? Can we breathe now? In case you haven’t heard, the Los Angeles Angels...
5/29 Baseball Musings: Hunter Returns: Torii Hunter comes off the restricted list tonight for the Angels. The Angels were 15-18 when Hunter played, 10-7 without him,...
5/28 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: May 28, 2012: David Cooper $17I feel like I've written about Cooper a thousand times in this space when in reality this is only the second...
5/22 Call to the Pen: Vernon Wells Out 8-10 Weeks Due to Thumb Injury: Vernon Wells has been placed on the Los Angeles Angels disabled list with a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his thumb. ...
5/22 Halo Hangout: Kole Calhoun Ready For Angels DebutWith a depleted outfield after injuries to Vernon Wells and Ryan … [visit site to read more]...
5/22 Halo Hangout: Vernon Wells’ Injury Opens Door For Young Angels To Shine: When Spring Training broke, the outfield depth of the Angels was one of it’s biggests assets. They had four outfielders...
5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells to miss 8-10 weeks: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) is scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday, May 22, because of an injury to...[+] the ulnar collateral ligament in his right thumb. Wells is expected to miss eight to 10 weeks because of the injury.
5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Two placed on DL: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim placed OFs Vernon Wells (thumb) and Ryan Langerhans (shoulder) on the 15-day disabled list Monday,...[+] May 21, and recalled OF Kole Calhoun from Triple-A Salt Lake in a corresponding move.
5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells nursing thumb injury: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (thumb) is expected to be placed on the 15-day disabled list after suffering a thumb...[+] injury Sunday, May 20, against the San Diego Padres.
5/18 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Toronto Blue Jays: Time for 1977′s other expansion team to get the Rushmore treatment. Let’s get started. First of all, can you guess...
5/18 PaulLebowitz.com: There’s No Rift In Anaheim: Speculation about a rift between Angels’ manager Mike Scioscia and the new GM Jerry Dipoto rose greatly when—to the displeasure...
5/17 Baseball Musings: We’re So Sorry, Albert Pujols: The Angels score seven runs Wednesday night, three on an Albert Pujols home run, as the Angels beat the White Sox 7-2. The youngsters...
5/16 PaulLebowitz.com: Hatcher’s Firing Was Inevitable: In an unavoidable decision, the Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher—ESPN Story. I called it on April 30th in the...
5/16 El Maquino: Hatcher’s Firing Was Pujols’ Fault? Really?: The reaction by Cards fans and others to Mickey Hatcher‘s firing last night was annoyingly predictable. They looked to...
5/15 Release Points: Can Mark Trumbo Be Better Than A League Average Starter?: My stance on Mark Trumbo a few months ago was quite bearish. Actually, if I were Angels – and I’m just being completely...
5/12 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Josh Hamilton leads Texas Rangers route of Los Angeles Angels: Texas Rangers 10, Los Angeles Angels 3 Josh Hamilton just keeps on mashing, and the slugger smashed two home runs against an underperforming,...
5/7 Baseball Musings: Leaving the Table Dirty: RBI Percentage is a stat I use get an idea of how much a player’s RBI total is related to the number of men on base versus...
5/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Mike Trout: Looks like I’m a little late to the game. While everyone wanted Mike Trout to begin 2012 with the Los Angeles Angels, when...

News -- April 2012

4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Bobby Abreu Links: Angels, Wells, Trout, Yankees: Here's some of the fallout from last night's news that the Angels had released 17-year veteran Bobby Abreu.... Abreu doesn't...
4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Dodgers, O'Malley, Cook, Angels: Here's the latest pair of video news updates from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports... Even once their new ownership group takes...
4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Mike Trout leading off: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout is hitting leadoff in his season debut Saturday, April 28. OF Vernon Wells is not...[+] in the lineup.
4/26 FanSided: Game 19: Moore Fades But Allen Comes on Strong as Rays Clinch SweepThere's never a single moment where everything ends. The end of one thing is the start of something else. ...
4/26 Baseball Musings: Fallen Angel?: Halos Heaven detects a rift in the player manager continuum: “Hunter’s remark seemed to be a veiled criticism of Scioscia...
4/26 Baseball Musings: Influencing the Wrong Way: I thought Albert Pujols was supposed to be a positive influence on Vernon Wells, not the other way around. Remember, anything...
4/25 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Reyes, Napoli, Miller: Jared Hughes of the Pirates and Zach Putnam of the Rockies made history today as the 26th players on their teams' respective...
4/25 Baseball Musings: Que Ominous Music: Carl Crawford made an appointment with Dr. James Andrews about Crawford’s injured elbow: Valentine said he had no other...
4/24 Baseball Musings: The Elusive Trout: Halos Heaven looks at how Mike Trout keeps giving the Angels excuses to keep playing Bobby Abreu and Vernon Wells. The Halos’...
4/21 SocraticGadfly: What's wrong with #Pujols?: Before the start of the season, I predicted Albert Pujols would have a bounce-back year indeed. I said expect about a .320 BA,...
4/20 Baseball Musings: Flexibility Versus Certainty: Bill Plunkett reports on how Jerry Dipoto is trading payroll flexibility for cost certainty: “There’s two prongs to...
4/20 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Giants, Damon, Red Sox: Six years ago today, Julio Franco hit a pinch-hit home run for the Mets against the Padres in Petco Park. At 47 years and 240...
4/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Not being patient: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have swung at 33.1 percent of pitches outside the strike zone this year, second highest in the...[+] majors behind the Philadelphia Phillies. 1B Kendrys Morales has no walks in 42 plate appearances, OF Peter Bourjos has no walks in 32 plate appearances and OF Vernon Wells has one walk in 47 plate appearances.
4/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 13: I have been to countless baseball games in my life. Tonight, I saw the A’s take on the Angels at Angel Stadium and probably...
4/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 12: The A’s win 5-3. Decent offense, decent pitching, all around good performance. The A’s with the win again move into...
4/18 Baseball Musings: Late Night Roundup: Matt Carpenter hit a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth inning as St. Louis walked off with a 2-1 win over the...
4/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: April 15th, Angels vs. Yankees: Ivan Nova faces off against Jerome Williams in the rubber match of this weekend’s three game set against the Angels. Neither...
4/15 High Heat Stats: Run, Don’t Walk – First Base Ahead: Following up on the Imperfect Trifecta post, thought I’d give Rollins and Pierre a break and let some others share the...
4/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game thread: Saturday, April 14, Angels vs. Yankees: Phil Hughes may have only pitched 4.2 innings in his first start of the season but it wasn’t because he lacked stuff. Compared...
4/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout raking at triple-A; can Angels find room for him?: Mike Trout, the 20-year-old super-prospect for the Los Angeles Angels, took his demotion in stride. After battling a flu...
4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells back, Mark Trumbo sitting: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells, who is off to a 2-for-14 start this year, is back in the lineup Wednesday, April...[+] 11. However, 3B Mark Trumbo is sitting on the bench in favor of OF Alberto Callaspo. Callaspo is 12-for-33 (.364) with two homers in his career against Minnesota Twins SP Carl Pavano. Trumbo made three errors in his first two starts at third base. 'At the very least, we're going to 'spray-chart' him and get him some starts there,' manager Mike Scioscia said of Trumbo. 'If he plays above that, he'll get more. He got a good (early) workout today and I really think he's going to play at a higher level than what we've seen in his first two games over there.'
4/11 WasWatching: 100+ Games With 4+ AB & Zero Hits Since 2008: Here is the list - Rk Player #Matching PA AB H SO BA OBP 1 Dan Uggla 128 Ind. Games 549 527 0 182 .000 .038 2 Jimmy Rollins...
4/6 FanSided: Game 1 - Opening Day Live Blog, 2012: And, we're back. Thank goodness. It's been a fantastically under-marketed last few days around the world of baseball (a total...
4/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Evaluating the Biggest Contracts in MLB History: I owe you dear readers a qualifier. This is really about some of the largest contracts in baseball history that were signed...
4/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Pre-Season Predictions: 2012 Edition: The time has come to make bold predictions that will invariably be shown to be false over the course of the season. I have done...

News -- March 2012

3/30 High Heat Stats: Out Machine Redux – It’s Not Just Rollins and Pierre: How often have Juan Pierre and Jimmy Rollins had outs in a season totalling 75% of their PAs? You might be surprised to know that...
3/30 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Predictions: AL West: I am continuing my 2012 prediction series by revealing my AL West standings and a few positive and negative predictions for each...
3/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Oswalt Overkill and Desperation: In the category of unsubstantiated rumors of the day, the Angels are supposedly the “frontrunners” for fussy free agent righty...
3/30 MLBTradeRumors: Indians, Angels Discussing Bobby Abreu Trade: 10:32pm: The trade has a "50-50" chance of happening, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. A source...
3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
3/22 The Baseball Page: The Pujols Contract: A Worst-Case ScenarioThe Pujols Contract: A Worst-Case Scenario...
3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Forbes, Padres, Felix, Athletics: Forbes Magazine calculates the Yankees (unsurprisingly) as the most valuable franchise in baseball, worth an estimated $1.85 billion. ...
3/21 MLBTradeRumors: Arte Moreno On Pujols, Crawford, Reagins, Darvish: Angels owner Arte Moreno spoke to GQ's Nathaniel Penn about a number of the team's recent moves (and non-moves) in this Q&A...
3/21 The Baseball Page: MLB Spring Training Wrap Up: Rays beat Marlins 3-2MLB Spring Training Wrap Up: Rays beat Marlins 3-2...
3/20 The Daily Catch: Fun with Arbitrary Rankings: ESPN’s Top 500: This article is courtesy of our friends at Camden Chat Written by: Eat More Esskay Spring training games are kind of on the boring...
3/20 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Spring Training Watch: Rookies: Is Yoenis Cespedes the real deal? For all the talk of how HUGE Cuban free agent Yoenis Cespedes will be, it seemed like most people...
3/20 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball AL-Only Outfielder Rankings2012 Fantasy Baseball AL-Only Outfielder Rankings...
3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels stole Winter Meetings headlines by signing the offseason's best free agent hitter and pitcher in the course of a few...
3/18 The Baseball Page: Season Preview Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimSeason Preview Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
3/17 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 American League West Predicted Standings: Wins Losses GB 1. Texas Rangers 93 69 — 2. Los Angeles Angels* 90 72 3 3. Seattle Mariners 70 92 23 4. Oakland Athletics...
3/13 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: Outfield (Part II): Today I'll conclude with the second part of my A.L.-only outfielders.$8-9Nolan Reimold $9, Grady Sizemore $8, Eric Thames $8,...
3/11 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at the original reporting and analysis produced by MLBTR's writing staff this week.. We're always looking...
3/10 22gigantes.com: Giants take on Angels, Brewers today: The Giants will split their squad today with one team, led by starter Shane Loux (0-0, 0.00), heading over to Tempe Diablo Stadium...
3/7 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
3/7 MLBTradeRumors: Who Could Be Released This Year?: Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo, and Carlos Silva suffered the indignity a year ago of being paid to go away, as the three were...
3/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to Panic Well in a Snake Draft: SCENE: You, shoulders relaxed, with your computer on your lap and your feet propped up on the table. You’re confident. You...
3/6 Tyler's Think Tank: 10 Stats You Probably Didn't Know: AL West: -Adrian Beltre missed nearly 40 games last season but still managed to blast 32 home runs and drive in 105 runners, both of which...

News -- February 2012

2/29 Baseball Musings: Objective PMR, Leftfielders: The series on objective probabilistic model of range (PMR) continues by looking at leftfielders. I’ll show teams as a whole...
2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 2 – AL West: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its key...
2/27 MLBTradeRumors: The Oldest $100MM Players: Kevin Brown signed the first nine-figure deal in baseball history after the 1998 season. 33 at the time, Brown had just logged...
2/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells makes adjustments to swing: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells took batting practice for the first time Saturday, Feb. 25, using a more upright...[+] approach at the plate than he had used last season.
2/22 Tyler's Think Tank: AL West Preview: 1st Place Los Angeles Angels 2011 Record: 86-76 2011 Pythagorean: 85-77 2012 Projected: 96-66 Pedestrian offense? The best...
2/22 Philly Phanatics: MLB season preview: American League West: PhillyPhanatics.com’s Major League Baseball previews begin with the American League West In 2011, the American League champion...
2/20 Baseball Musings: Mathis not Missed: I didn’t realize Angels fans felt this strongly about Jeff Mathis: One fan, in response to the rising demand for Angels...
2/18 Baseball Musings: Changes, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim finished 2011 86-76, second place in the AL West. A 10-15 stretch from May 9th to June 10th...
2/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 3 Old Guys who will have their Wheels Fall Off: As we inch closer and closer to fantasy baseball season I want to talk about 3 players, who are so old they are inching...
2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: A Few Good Stats: TheSociety for American Baseball Research celebrates SABR Day each year on the Saturdaybefore the Super Bowl. We took part by...
2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: AL East Notes: We shared our droning on the NL East a couple of weeks ago. Springing forth in spite of a remarkable lack of creativity,...
2/15 Release Points: The 2012 AL Comeback Player of the Year: Vernon Wells, of course: Vernon Wells’ production last season was, well, putrid. Not just in terms of 2011, but across, oh, all of baseball history. ...
2/15 PaulLebowitz.com: The Angels’ DH Glut: When the Angels signed Albert Pujols, it created the “problem” of too many bats for too few spots in the lineup. Because they...
2/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | GM says Vernon Wells is team's LF: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim general manager Jerry DiPoto made it clear when asked about the team's left field position recently....[+] '(OF Vernon Wells) is our left fielder,' DiPoto said. The Angels are on the hook for $63 million over the next three years for Wells, which is angering to fans, who want to see teenage phenom OF Mike Trout up with the big club. 'Being 33 years old is not archaic or over the hill by any means in baseball,' DiPoto said. 'He's still a very athletic guy, he plays above-average defense and he hit 25 home runs. He struggled, but he still found ways of contributing. The guy has 13 years of major league experience. In some way, shape or form, he'll get out of this.'
2/6 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Fourth Edition (31-40): Fantasy owners who always draft the feel-good stories rarely claim the big prize. Playing to win means you may not always want...
2/6 Fragile Freddy's: Looking Back at Myself: In the next few weeks I will be running my “Players to…” series as I look at players to watch, not watch and key players...

News -- January 2012

1/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells working with hitting coach: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells is working with Chicago Cubs hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo this offseason in hopes...[+] of improving on his disappointing 2011 campaign. Wells is trying to rebuild his swing 'top to bottom' and has been working in the batting cages with Jaramillo. 'He's awesome,' Wells said. 'I finally have a load in my swing, which will be fun.' Wells thinks getting loaded early will help him catch up to hittable pitches and lay off balls outside the strike zone.
1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rizzo, Rangers, Garza, Johnson: It was one year ago today that the Angels and Blue Jays pulled off the huge trade that sent Vernon Wells to Anaheim in exchange...
1/20 Tomahawk Take: What if Jair Jurrjens isn’t traded?: This whole off season I have written that I expect Jurrjens to be traded at some point. Of course, people also wrote that Vernon...
1/19 MLB Dirt: 2012 Los Angeles Angels Top 16 Prospects: The Los Angeles Angels have built a farm system through the draft that has turned some solid upside picks into legitimate prospects....
1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Should The Angels Trade Trumbo Or Morales?: Albert Pujols is a great problem to have. The Angels created a serious logjam by signing the greatest hitter of the generation...
1/4 Baseball Musings: Backloading an Opt-Out: U.S.S Mariner thinks a back-loaded contract with an opt-out is a way the Mariners could afford to sign Prince Fielder. This is...
1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Starting Pitching Options For The Blue Jays: Alex Anthopoulos hasn't committed more than $3.75MM to any free agent since becoming the Blue Jays' general manager more than...

News -- December 2011

12/30 Baseball Musings: Back Loading: Reports are coming in that Albert Pujols’s contract is extremely backloaded. I understand doing this with a young player,...
12/24 High Heat Stats: The most valuable batters of 2011: The most valuable batter of 2011Icon SMIFollowing on from the top pitchers post, here are the top batters of 2011 using the same...
12/16 The Captain's Blog: Oh Canada for Darvish? Japanese Ace Could Make Blue Jays an Instant Contender: Several sources have identified the Toronto Blue Jays as the team that cast the winning bid in the Yu Darvish posting process....
12/10 High Heat Stats: Amnesty: which contract would each MLB team void?: The NBA recently adopted a rule that allows each team to claim amnesty on a particular player's contract. While they still have...
12/10 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Pujols Signing Opens First Base Options For Tribe: By Mike Brandyberry The Cleveland Indians were never a player in the Albert Pujols sweepstakes, but his signing...
12/8 Tyler's Think Tank: Angels Add Pujols, Wilson: The Los Angeles Angels endured a rough winter last year. They missed out on Carl Crawford, even though California was his...
12/8 For Baseball Junkies: Prince Albert Taking His Legacy West - Angels Sign Pujols to 10 Year Contract: The Angels made headlines today, signing Albert Pujols to a 10 year pact worth upwards of $250 million. The contract rivals...
12/8 SocraticGadfly: Crap: It's the Angels for Pujols: Albert Pujols hits his record-tying third home run in Game 3 of the 2010 World Series./From Yahoo Sports But, not totally...
12/8 Baseball Musings: Albert an Angel: Tim Brown tweets: Source: Pujols will sign with Angels for 10 years for between $250 and $260 million. Full no-trade. Pujols decided...
12/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Winter Meetings Day Three: The Search for Offense: For about five minutes last night, the Dodger corner of the internet exploded into panic when Jon Heyman reported that they were...
12/6 Mets360.com: The eight players clubs would trade for Jason Bay: Yesterday I wrote an article asking if the Mets should trade Jason Bay and David Wright for nothing. My idea, clearly not explained...
12/2 STLCardinalBaseball: UCB Roundtable Question Of The Day: Some of you may know that our little Cardinals website is a member of a larger Cardinals-related web community known as the United...
12/1 Call to the Pen: Chris Iannetta traded to the Los Angeles Angels for Tyler Chatwood: What an upgrade for the Angels. Jerry DiPoto listed catcher as one of his top priorities this offseason, and he also emphasized...

News -- November 2011

11/25 Baseball Reality Tour: AL East Notes: We shared our droning on the NL East a couple of weeks ago. Springing forth in spite of a remarkable lack of creativity,...
11/22 Release Points: How Well Does C.J. Wilson Fit with the Angels?: C.J. Wilson has been linked to the Angels for quite some time now, at least in terms of the ever-so-slow developing offseason. ...
11/21 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 Toronto Blue Jays looking to compete in AL East: The Blue Jays finished 81-81 in 2011. For those who can’t do the math, that’s a winning percentage of .500 and good for...
11/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ 2012 hopes hinge on enigmatic lineup: If the Angels hope to improve on their encouraging 2011 performance, they absolutely must score more runs. That’s not to say...
11/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Wilson wants $120 million? Don’t we all?: The theme out of the GM meetings seems to be that the asking prices for this year's free agents are really high. Bill Madden says...
11/16 High Heat Stats: Extremes in 2011 BAbip vs. Established Norms: I compared batters' 2011 BAbip (batting average on balls in play) to their established norms, which I defined as their combined...
11/16 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 3: Yoenis Cespedes: Trevor Bauer was the subject of yesterday’s Prospect A-Z feature. The former UCLA standout raised his draft stock throughout...
11/15 High Heat Stats: 2011 Leaders and Trailers in BABiP (Batting Average on Balls in Play): Just out of curiosity I wanted to look at BABiP leaders and trailers (among both hitters and pitchers) in 2011.Here are the batters...
11/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Two Sides of Value: Andrew Bailey: Susan Slusser has a piece up in the A’s Drumbeat today where she talked about Andrew Bailey as a potential trade piece...
11/9 MLBTradeRumors: Dipoto Talks Angels Offseason: 10:43pm: Dipoto said the Angels aren't interested in Aramis Ramirez but are interested in C.J. Wilson, according to Bowden...
11/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Unlikely to pursue Cuban prospect: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are unlikely to pursue Cuban OF prospect Yoennis Cespedes because they are already set in the...[+] outfield with OFs Vernon Wells and Mike Trout. MLBTradeRumors.com is reporting that the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates are interested in Cespedes.
11/5 All of Baseball: Will the Angels rush in where fools dare not tread?: Albert Pujols is one of the best hitters to ever play baseball. And it has been reported he wants to …Continue reading »...

News -- October 2011

10/28 All of Baseball: Vernon Wells shows class with retweet: The tweet that came over during Game 6 of the World Series was kind of no- brainer, asking people to …Continue reading »...
10/26 The Captain's Blog: Discarded by the Angels, Napoli Proves Most Valuable in Texas: Mike Napoli is on the verge of completing a season long journey that has taken him from the outhouse in Anaheim to the penthouse...
10/26 Motor City Bengals: How about Maicer Izturis?: The LA Angels are in limbo right now. They are currently operating without a GM right now, and the new hire will have the task...
10/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Deep thought: I'm glad that someone finally asked Mike Scioscia what he thought of Mike Napoli's success this year, and it was quite enjoyable...
10/25 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest | Mike Napoli, That's Amore: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have had trouble scoring runs the past two seasons, after finishing second to the New York...
10/24 All of Baseball: If it’s high, Napoli now able to make it fly: Mike Napoli has enjoyed a career year with the Texas Rangers in part because he now plays half his games …Continue reading...
10/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Rich Harden’s HR%: What Is To Blame?: A few days ago I looked at Rich Harden‘s 2011 campaign and came to the conclusion that it in fact wasn’t as good as...
10/19 Baseball Analytics: Napoli's High-Ball Hacking Pays Off: No player influenced the AL West in 2011 more than Mike Napoli. The part-time backstop, whose defense never earned him the full...
10/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Prince Fielder’s Free Agent Possibilities: Prince Fielder will not be back with the Brewers. And I don’t want to hear how he’d “love” to stay in...
10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels, soon to be under new leadership, will look to add a minimum of one starting pitcher, improve their offense and tinker...
10/18 All of Baseball: Red Sox will have to eat every penny of Lackey’s contract: Quick: Name the dumbest front office in major league baseball. The one team that has no scouts. The one team …Continue reading...
10/18 Through The Fence Baseball: A Texas title would be a parting shot for Angels: It was obvious from the start of the 2011 season that the Texas Rangers were doing everything right while the Los Angeles Angels...
10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Toronto Blue Jays: The Blue Jays will look for a second baseman, relief pitching and rotation help this offseason. They might consider some of the...
10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Service Time Breakdown For Mike Trout: If Kendrys Morales returns from his left ankle injury by Spring Training, Angels manager Mike Scioscia will have seven players...
10/17 mlbreports.com : David Ortiz to the Jays or Yankees? Try the Rays or Angels: Monday October 17, 2011 MLB reports – Jonathan Hacohen: With the World Series all set to commence on Wednesday (Cardinals...
10/16 All of Baseball: GM candidate Jerry DiPoto has helped the Angels already: In June, the Orange County Register ranked the ten best and ten worst moves GM Tony Reagins had made in …Continue reading...
10/16 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Red Sox, Lackey, Buehrle, Epstein: Upon joining the Cubs, Theo Epstein will leave behind one contractual headache in John Lackey and acquire another one in Carlos...
10/13 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Links: Wilson, Napoli, Cruz: After allowing six runs in six innings today against the Tigers, C.J. Wilson now has an 8.04 ERA in three postseason starts this...
10/11 Rising Apple: Bad Contract of the Day to Swap Jason Bay With: Vernon Wells: After posting his second consecutive subpar season in-a-row for the Mets, Jason Bay proved his lucrative $66 million, four-year...
10/11 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Owner Outlines GM Criteria: Angels owner Arte Moreno told Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register his decision to dismiss GM Tony Reagins was not an implusive...
10/10 All of Baseball: Invesment in Bonds paid off, but few megadeals work out for clubs: The amounts seem downright puny by today’s standards. When the San Francisco Giants and Barry Bonds agreed on a six-year, …Continue...
10/1 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Fun Stats: I haven't done one of these in over a month, and since the regular season is over I figure this is my last chance until next spring. ...

News -- September 2011

9/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tony Reagins Out As Angels GM: It's never fair to evaluate a general manager by one trade, or to judge a trade after one year, but the Mike Napoli-Vernon Wells...
9/29 MLB Dirt: The Dave Kingman Awards: Yes, it is awards season now that the regular season is over. Everyone with a keyboard will be giving you their version of who...
9/28 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Beltre, Napoli, Dodgers: Both the Angels (86 vs. 80) and Dodgers (81 vs. 80) have already improved on last year's win totals with one game to play. Here's...
9/26 BoSox Banter: Ellsbury deserving of the American League MVP: The day after Jacoby Ellsbury’s timely three-run home run to catapult the Red Sox to a 7-4 win in 14 innings at Yankee Stadium,...
9/23 Baseball Press: Around the Diamond - Weekly Linkage: For Vernon Wells, hitting and tweeting are firmly linked. (Icon SMI)Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles...
9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: The baseball Gods agree: Sit Wells and Mathis already: Please, forgive the following vitriol. Being a sports fan means letting go of reason in favor of a little entertaining rant from...
9/21 Baseball Musings: Wells Does it Again: Vernon Wells hit another home run against his former team as the Angels down the Blue Jays 7-2 to hang on in the AL Playoff race....
9/20 Baseball Musings: Vernon’s Revenge: Vernon Wells homered, doubled and drove in two runs as the Angels held off a late charge by the Blue Jays to win 10-6. The Angels...
9/20 Baseball Daily Digest: Blog Eat Blog: Tor-Votto?: September is a time for magic numbers, cups of coffee, and friendly banter about the end-season awards. Trade speculation is typically...
9/19 Baseball Musings: Angels Keep Falling: Toronto beat the Angels 3-2 in then innings to push LAnaheim further out of the playoff race. The fall five games behind the Rangers...
9/19 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Wells, Mariners, Young: Brad Pitt says he now feels "a little bit romantic about the A's" after portraying GM Billy Beane in the Moneyball movie, according...
9/19 MLBTradeRumors: Your Poll Performance: It's always interesting to see what MLBTR readers think in our polls, especially with thousands of votes coming in. Looking...
9/18 MLB Dirt: Trading Napoli Cost the Angels the Division: Catching when your manager was a former catcher himself can’t be easy. We’ve all seen the tensions in New York with...
9/17 Through The Fence Baseball: The baseball Gods agree: Sit Wells and Mathis already: Please, forgive the following vitriol. Being a sports fan means letting go of reason in favor of a little entertaining rant from...
9/16 MLBTradeRumors: No Six Or Seven-Year Deals For Blue Jays: The last time the Blue Jays signed a player to a seven-year deal, it didn’t work nearly as well as expected. Vernon Wells,...
9/13 All of Baseball: Angels’ deal for Wells cost them dearly: The American League West race may well have been decided in January. In an effort to bolster their offense, the …Continue...
9/13 Baseball Analytics: Vernon Wells: Historically Bad Power Hitter: As the Angels try to run down the Rangers in the AL West standings and snag a playoff spot, the offseason acquisition of Vernon...
9/13 Brotherly Glove: Bringing Oswalt Back: For most of the season, the declination of Roy Oswalt‘s 2012 option has been treated as a foregone conclusion. By extension,...
9/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Angels @ A’s Game 147: 8:44PM PDT: Halfway thru and the A’s lead. Decent outing for Gio Gonzalez so far: five innings, one earned run, on four...
9/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ key to success is mistake-free baseball: As we head into the second half of September, the playoff picture is pretty clear. For the most part, we know which teams will...
9/10 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Angels game 144 -2011: Game time! Time to beat the Angels! Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Robinson...
9/10 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY OUR YANKEES FELL SHORT: The Yankees only have 3 hits last night and 1 of them was a home run by Jesus Montero. We can celebrate Montero's talent since...
9/10 Yankees Daily: Yankees lose to Angels 2-1 despite strong performance by Colon: ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pinch-hitter Maicer Izturis drove home pinch-runner Jeremy Moore with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly...
9/10 My Pinstripes: Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones But Last Licks Really Hurt Me: The Yankees are on a roll right now and it's not a good one. Dominated by Jered Weaver, the Yankees managed just three hits against...
9/9 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB GM/Manager Merry Go ‘Round: Let’s have a look at the GMs and managers who might be looking for work after the season ends and who might replace them....
9/7 MLBTradeRumors: Where The Market For Pujols & Fielder Stands: With three weeks to go in the regular season, it’s clear that Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder will be the most tempting free...
9/7 SoDo Mojo: Felix Plays Red-Octagon On Road: via alloveraboutsports This was a typical Felix start, and for that I am glad. I am glad he is on our side, and not against...
9/6 Roto Think Tank: Keeper/Dump League Dilemma: Brett has a time sensitive question for me, so I'll get right to it.I have to drop one of the following hitters tonight (5x5...
9/6 Baseball Musings: Extreme Trade: Vernon Wells homered in the Angels 7-3 win over the Mariners Monday night. It wasn’t a big home run, as the Angels already...

News -- August 2011

8/31 mlbreports.com : Adam Dunn: The Future of the White Sox Slugger: Wednesday August 31, 2011 MLB reports: Not every player can fit onto a particular MLB team. That is a baseball reality. ...
8/29 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Athletics, Cruz, Angels: Ichiro Suzuki's streak of ten consecutive 200-hit seasons will likely end this year, since he's 49 hits away from 200. But as...
8/23 Baseball Musings: Weaver’s Own Deal: Jered Weaver says he left money on the table, not taking advice from his agent Scott Boras: Jered Weaver admits he had to go against...
8/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels have a pulse, but still need to work: With the Angels’ 2011 season hanging in the balance and facing a 1-0 deficit in the ninth, Mark Trumbo stepped into a fat pitch...
8/16 MLBTradeRumors: Unloading Carlos Zambrano: I would say the Cubs have no chance of unloading combustible righty Carlos Zambrano this offseason, but the Vernon Wells...
8/16 MLBTradeRumors: Revisiting The Mike Napoli Trades: Typically when you take on most of one of the worst contracts in baseball, you don't have to give up anything of value. However,...
8/13 Baseball Analytics: Down the Wells: Vernon Wells of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim own the lowest OBP in the major leagues among hitters with at least 350 plate...
8/13 Baseball Musings: Stuck in the WellsAt Baseball Analytics, I look at why Vernon Wells owns the lowest OBP among major league regulars. ...
8/11 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Ripken, O's Draft, Wells: A few items of note out of the AL East, as we get word that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will soon begin a minor league...
8/11 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Angels Game 116 -2011: Starting Lineups Los Angeles Angels Erick Aybar SS Alberto Callaspo 3B Bobby Abreu DH Torii Hunter RF Mark Trumbo 1B Vernon Wells...
8/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: Angels vs. Yankees, 8/11/2011 (1:05PM EST on YES): Win the series fellas! Today’s lineups (compliments of BaseballPress.com) Angels: 1. Erick Aybar (S) SS 2. Alberto Callaspo...
8/10 Yankees Daily: Nova and Granderson help Yankees beat Angels 9-3: NEW YORK (AP) — Curtis Granderson hit a three-run homer off Garrett Richards before the rookie got his first major league out...
8/10 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Angels Game 115 -2011: Starting Lineups Los Angeles Angels SS Erick Aybar 2B Howie Kendrick DH Bobby Abreu RF Torii Hunter 1B Mark Trumbo LF Vernon Wells...
8/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Scioscia needs to retool Angels lineup: For one reason or another, Angel fans have been treated lately to the sight of Bobby Abreu striking out looking in the cleanup...
8/9 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Angels Game 114 -2011: Starting Lineups Los Angeles Angels Erick Aybar SS Howard Kendrick 2B Bobby Abreu DH Torii Hunter RF Mark Trumbo 1B Vernon Wells...
8/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees v. Angels: Larry usually writes these previews, but he is on vacation, so I am going to take a stab at it. Try not to point and laugh at...
8/9 Baseball Musings: A Season in a Game: Jeff Sullivan notes that the Mariners/Rangers game took 162 minutes, the same number of games in a season. I wonder, if you assigned...
8/8 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: August 8, 2011: If you're interested in my write-ups on Travyon Robinson and Johnny Giavotella, check out this past Friday's Gearing...
8/7 SoDo Mojo: From Stem to Stern: Angelic pitching duels: The Mariners went to LA for a weekend series after sweeping aside the Oakland A’s. I was really hoping that things would...
8/7 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Lose Game and Series 2-1 to the Angels: The Mariners only allowed four total runs in the three game series with the Angels this weekend and yet manged to lose the series...
8/6 Baseball Musings: One is the Loneliest Number: One was the most important number in the AL West Friday night. One game separated the Rangers and Angels. The temperature in Arlington,...
8/6 B-R Blog: Friday night factoids: -- This is the sort of thing that happens to a team in the throes of a losing streak: Pittsburgh got 24 baserunners (15 hits,...
8/5 Baseball Analytics: Alls not too Wells with Vernon: When the Angels acquired Vernon Wells from the Blue Jays they had two goals: one, to move the then disappointing Mike Napoli and...
8/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ inactivity at deadline shows faith in the future: Not surprisingly, the Los Angeles Angels let the 2011 trade deadline go by without making a move. Frustratingly, the powers of...

News -- July 2011

7/31 Baseball Musings: Verlander through Seven: Justin Verlander walked Bobby Abreu for the second time in the game, but retired the other three Angels batters to keep his no-hitter...
7/31 MLBTradeRumors: Bobby Abreu's 2012 Option Vests: When Bobby Abreu came to the plate against Jose Valverde in the ninth inning of today's game, it was his 433rd plate appearance...
7/29 Baseball Musings: Blue Jays Way: The Blue Jays pull off another nice trade, picking up Colby Rasmus from the Cardinals. St. Louis is taking some heat over the...
7/25 mlbcoverage.com: Jose Bautista’s Transformation: We all know the gist of Jose Bautista‘s journey from a fringe MLB player for several years to presently the best player...
7/23 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals Notes: Morse, Desmond, Livan, Marquis: Michael Morse could be "the biggest bargain in baseball," writes Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post. Morse, earning just...
7/23 mlbcoverage.com: Jose Bautista’s Career Changing Decision: We all know the gist of Jose Bautista‘s journey from a fringe MLB player for several years to presently the best player...
7/23 B-R Blog: Friday notes, part deux: Postgame edition for July 22: -- Jets 17, Raiders 7: The starting pitcher must go down, and he must go down hard: Trevor Cahill set a career high with 10...
7/22 Baseball Musings: Santana and a Slam: Ervin Santana kept the Orioles at bay, not allowing a run until the eighth inning. He allowed just three hits and a walk, despite...
7/21 The Golden Sombrero: Around the League: Colby Rasmus, Jim Thome, Adam Dunn and Aramis Ramirez: Mevs over at Diamond Hoggers offers a suggestion on how to **** up the All-Star Game and its other side-stage...
7/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ Kendrick shows flashes of potential: The Los Angeles Angels sent three players to the midsummer classic in Arizona, two of whom were pitchers. This tally is a pretty...
7/17 mlbreports.com : Vernon Wells Trade Discussion: Midseason Winners and Loser: Sunday July 17, 2011 Rob Bland (Intern- MLB Reports): January 21, 2011 is seen as a bit of a turning point in the history...
7/16 mlbcoverage.com: Bautista’s Career Changing Decision: We all know the gist of Jose Bautista‘s journey from a fringe MLB player for several years to presently the best player...
7/12 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Acquire Juan Rivera; Designate Thames: The Dodgers acquired outfielder Juan Rivera from the Blue Jays for a player to be named later or cash considerations and designated...
7/12 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: The Beginning of the End….: The Mariners lost a heartbreaker tonight 4-3 to the dreaded Los Angeles Angels in what may very well be the beginning of the end...
7/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Big move not likely for Angels: With the Angels very much alive in the AL Pennant race, the Anaheim air is abuzz with talk of a big move. Frankly, though, it...
7/5 Giants Nirvana: The "Curse" of Pitching Depth: The following is a guest post from Chip Buck. Chip writes for Fire Brand of the American League, a blog about the Boston Red Sox;...
7/5 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Texas took their bats to the Orioles pitching staff Monday night and knocked out seven doubles, a triple and two home runs, winning...
7/4 The Process Report: Blue Jays Designate Juan Rivera For Assignment: Aside from effecting a direct competitor’s roster, the news of Juan Rivera being designated for assignment should catch the...
7/1 B-R Blog: Losing 1-0 on an unearned run: A couple of days ago, the Nationals lost to the Angels by a 1-0 score. In the game, Jordan Zimmerman threw a complete game (only...
7/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels look to continue winning formula at home: The Angels may have finally hit their winning stride with a dominant home sweep of the Washington Nationals. The Nationals entered...

News -- June 2011

6/30 SoDo Mojo: Mojo Balls – First Half Awards: The Mariners season is officially half over, as last night they played their 81st game. I figured we’d take advantage of...
6/29 For Baseball Junkies: First Half MLB Awards: One half of the season is in the books and I think that it's safe to say that this season has been a good one. Here's a recap...
6/26 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Wait Until Last Second to Avoid Sweep: For most of the afternoon, today’s matchup between Clayton Kershaw and Jered Weaver more than lived up to the hype, matching...
6/24 MLBTradeRumors: Aggressive Baserunning Paying Off For Jays In 2011: John Farrell inherited a vastly different offense than the one that clubbed a league-leading 257 home runs for Cito Gaston in...
6/20 Baseball Musings: Re-evaluating History: Angels fans wonder if they were too hard on a former GM: Back in the days when the Halos weren’t mediocre, we always ****...
6/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Long road trip could be the cure for Angels: For the 33-36 Angels, a long stint away from home could be exactly what the doctor ordered. At home, the Halos have fallen flat,...
6/14 MLB Dirt: Boxscore: Game 67: This was kind of a big game and I’m not going to lie and say that winning this game to me wasn’t anymore important...
6/14 Baseball Musings: Well Wells: Vernon Wells played a rare good game Monday night, hitting two home runs and driving in three runs as the Angels gained on the...
6/12 Baseball Musings: Late Saturday Roundup: The Braves and Astros scored more in the tenth inning than they did in regulation as a 2-2 tie ends in a 4-1 Atlanta victory....
6/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Scioscia’s bullish approach needs to change: After Wednesday’s heartbreaking loss to Tampa Bay, Mike Scioscia finally let his frustrations fly in a postgame interview. He...
6/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Disappointing Angels shouldn’t surprise anybody: Inevitably, there comes a defining point in a season — a point at which you either throw up your hands and call it quits...
6/4 Stealing First Base: Yankees lose to Angels after Weaver’s strong Showing: ANAHEIM, Calif. – Jered Weaver tied for the AL lead with his seventh victory — 39 days after getting his sixth one — and...
6/3 B-R Blog: Traffic Jam on the Interstate: 13 Batters Hitting Below .200: Through games of June 2, thirteen batters are still hitting under .200 with at least 100 ABs: Rk Player BA AB Tm G PA R H 2B 3B...
6/3 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Tigers, Twins, Hernandez, Dunn: On this date in 1997, the Tigers drafted Matt Anderson first overall (under management that has since been replaced). The flame-throwing...
6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells to be re-examined Friday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) was able to take batting practice Wednesday, June 1. He'll have a full workout...[+] Friday, June 3, and then will be re-evaluated by the team medical staff. Barring any setbacks, he is expected to join Triple-A Salt Lake for a minor league rehab assignment over the weekend. He is targeting a return for the team's next homestand which ends June 12.
6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells nearing rehab assignment: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) was able to take batting practice Wednesday, June 1, and will need a few...[+] more BP sessions before going on a rehab assignment.
6/1 MLBTradeRumors: If The Cubs Become Sellers: At 23-30, the Cubs are 8.5 games back in the NL Central and eight back in the wild card. Their chance of making the playoffs...

News -- May 2011

5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells runs at full speed: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) was able to run at full speed in a workout Tuesday, May 31. He is expected...[+] to take batting practice Wednesday, June 1. Barring any setbacks, Wells might be able to head out on a minor league rehab assignment this weekend.
5/31 B-R Blog: “Clutch” Since 1996: A list for discussion purposes: It's all active players with at least 1,000 games played between 1996 and 2011 (to date). And,...
5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells continues to make progress: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) ran and performed agility drills Monday, May 30, and then hit during batting...[+] practice before the game against the Kansas City Royals. Wells is scheduled to continue working out for the next two days in Kansas City before being re-evaluated. Manager Mike Scioscia said Wells will need a short minor-league rehab assignment before returning.
5/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Who can figure out these Angels?: The name of the game in Anaheim is unpredictability. This team has become increasingly difficult to write about with confidence....
5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells runs at game speed: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) was able to run on the grass edge of the infield Saturday, May 28, for the...[+] first time since he was placed on the 15-day disabled list May 10. He ran from first to third and back twice at game speed, and manager Mike Scioscia felt he might be back sooner than anticipated. Wells is aiming to return for the team's next homestand which runs from June 3-12.
5/29 B-R Blog: American League left fielders are terrible so far: Reader Eddy E. wrote in with this gem: Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB BAbip tOPS+ ▴ sOPS+ as LF 706...
5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells hopes to play in next homestand: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) said Saturday, May 28, that he is aiming for a return from the 15-day disabled...[+] list for the team's next homestand which runs from June 3-12. 'I'd like to play on the next homestand,' Wells said. 'Once I have a few (minor league) rehab starts, it will be a good indication of where I am with this.'
5/28 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: McCourt, Abreu, Sizemore, Purcey: A night after striking out four times in four plate appearances, Adam Dunn walked in all four of his plate appearances in Friday's...
5/27 MLB Fantasy Recon: Doctor, You're Needed In The OR: It’s been a good week for me. I avoided the rapture, my Canucks are in the Stanley Cup Final and I finished my last final exam...
5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells works out: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) performed some agility drills and did some light running before the team's...[+] game Thursday, May 26.
5/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Too Many Home Runs? Surely, You Jest!: I read something funny the other day that I’d never heard before. The Yankees hit too many home runs! Yes, I know. It...
5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | More on Vernon Wells: Updating previous reports, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) is playing catch and working out in the exercise...[+] pool but is a ways away from doing baseball activities.
5/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Baseball announcers and other incurable diseases: I just Googled the phrase “Joe Buck is a terrible announcer” and there were 273,000 results. It’s not enough, people. Not...
5/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells hoping to return in three weeks: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) is hopeful that he can return to action in approximately three weeks. He...[+] has started strengthening exercises but has not yet resumed running.
5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells might be out much longer: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said Friday, May 20, that OF Vernon Wells (groin) might still be out a while...[+] longer. 'This is going to be a while,' Scioscia said. 'Hopefully we're not, you know, talking months. But it's certainly not day-to-day.'
5/20 Through The Fence Baseball: For Angels’ Hunter, it’s time to put up or shut up: Torii Hunter dazzled Angels fans upon his arrival in Anaheim in 2008, making spectacular plays in the outfield and contributing...
5/20 B-R Blog: Hitting turnarounds in 2011: There were 29 players in 2010 to have at least 300 PA's and an OPS+ no better than 80. Of those guys, here are the ones with the...
5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Who’s to blame for the Angels’ recent struggles?: Every Angels loss leading up to Tuesday’s game featured glaring flaws in the team: a blown save here, a boneheaded baserunning...
5/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Angels’ Izturis, Aybar a pleasant surprise: In an Angels offense consisting of many young players looking to cement their places in Mike Scioscia’s lineup, a couple of...
5/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): The IIATMS morning update: 5/17/2011: Well, I'm officially out of snarky quips about the previous night's loss to lead these things off. What else is there to say,...
5/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Angels @ A’s Game 41: 7:28PM PDT: Love the dude wearing a Raiders jacket. Can’t have a groundskeeping squad uniform? I hope that cost savings...
5/16 BoSox Injection: Juan Rivera Must Be Traded or Cut Loose By Jays: Alex Anthopoulos needs to be credited for doing something that many people across MLB thought was absolutely impossible: he moved...
5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | No timetable for Vernon Wells: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (groin) has no timetable for his return. 'We're not going to get a read on this...[+] thing for a couple of more weeks,' manager Mike Scioscia said. 'The soreness has diminished. But until he can get into some kind of active rehab, you're not really going to be able to test it.'
5/16 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Jeter, Lawrie, Bautista: The Rays lost most of their bullpen and several regulars during the offseason, but they currently sit atop the AL East with a...
5/16 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Juan Rivera: The move to the cleanup spot prompted four strikeouts Top 1: Juan Rivera struck out swinging against Nick ...
5/15 MLBTradeRumors: Three Months Later: Bautista's Extension: Perhaps no player has exploded from relative obscurity into superstardom like Jose Bautista has over the past year. It's been...
5/15 BoSox Injection: Anthony Gose is Heating up in New Hampshire: Out of all of the moves made by Alex Anthopoulos thus far in his short career, the most polarizing one has surprisingly been a...
5/14 SocraticGadfly: Does Morales injury put Angels back in Pujols sweepstakes?: It's certainly possible. Angels first baseman Kendrys Morales will be out the rest of the season for surgery on the ankle he...
5/13 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues: Many gave up on The Cobra, but he's returned to form. (Icon SMI)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under the...
5/12 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Bautista, Red Sox, Orioles, Rays: Ten years ago today, Marlins starter A.J. Burnett pitched a no-hitter against the Padres despite walking nine batters. Now...
5/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: : Take a shot of BorbonHot Fantasy Picks just posted a list of 10 waiver wire adds for you to consider and while some of the...
5/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Rain, Braden, Morales and More: So today’s game between the A’s and Rangers didn’t happen. Rainouts are weird like that once the game has started....
5/11 COSFBA: Where Can I Find: Home Runs: If you're in a standard 5x5 Rotisserie league, you need to do all you can to not fall too far behind in any one category. A common...
5/11 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Blue Jays, Royals, Bradley, Reyes: The trade that sent Vernon Wells from Toronto to Anaheim was the “Holy Grail” of deals for the Blue Jays and the best move...
5/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Amid flurry of change, much remains the same for Angels: Following what can only be described as a head-scratcher of an off-season, there was somewhat of an aura of mystery surrounding...
5/11 Through The Fence Baseball: What does the Vernon Wells injury mean for the Angels?: In the fourth inning of Monday’s game against the Chicago White Sox, Vernon Wells hit a ground ball to third base and then...
5/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | MRI confirms groin strain for Vernon Wells: Los Angeles Angels OF Vernon Wells (groin) had an MRI Tuesday, May 10, which confirmed a strained right groin. 'We're definitely...[+] breathing easier that it wasn't really major,' manager Mike Scioscia said.
5/10 MLB Fantasy Recon: Has the well run dry?: Vernon Wells (OF Anaheim Angels) For the years following Wells’ massive contract in 2006, I’ve heard – and contributed...
5/8 Baseball Musings: Nail Biters for 1000: The Angels defeated the Indians 6-5 Sunday afternoon for Mike Scioscia‘s 1000th victory as a manager. The Angels fought...
5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells drives in three runs Saturday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer against the Cleveland Indians Saturday, May...[+] 7.
5/8 Baseball Musings: White Outpitches Weaver: Indians rookie Alex White out pitched Jered Weaver as Cleveland took the game against the Angels 4-3. White made one mistake,...
5/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Top 25 Prospect Update from MLB Dirt: Temper your expectationsEric Hosmer was the big name this week with the call up. The 21 year old destroyed AAA pitching...
5/6 Mets360.com: Should fans lobby for Carlos Beltran, too?: Mets fans everywhere are lowering their expectations, resigning themselves to a payroll that will no longer be in the top five...
5/5 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/5: After falling to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the wee hours of the morning, the Boston Red Sox look to close out the...
5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Maicer Izturis resting: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SS Maicer Izturis is not in the starting lineup Thursday, May 5. OF Bobby Abreu is in left field...[+] with OF Vernon Wells shifting to right. OF Torii Hunter is the designated hitter.
5/5 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/5: After falling to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the wee hours of the morning, the Boston Red Sox look to close out the...
5/4 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/4: The Boston Red Sox will look for their fourth straight win overall and their seventh straight this season against the Los Angeles...
5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Changes made to lineup: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SS Maicer Izturis is starting at second base and hitting third in the lineup Wednesday, May 4, with...[+] OF Vernon Wells dropped to seventh. 1B Mark Trumbo is on the bench and 2B Howard Kendrick is playing first. 'We're trying to get a different dimension to our lineup,' manager Mike Scioscia said. 'There are some things we still need to be patient with. And there are some things we have to move forward with.'
5/4 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/4: The Boston Red Sox will look for their fourth straight win overall and their seventh straight this season against the Los Angeles...
5/4 MLBTradeRumors: How Much Will Jered Weaver Make Next Year?: Jered Weaver's upcoming arbitration case won't be as groundbreaking as Tim Lincecum's, but Weaver should still continue to set...
5/4 Red Sox Beacon: A Few Quick Game Notes Before I Spill Something Else On The Cat: Don’t ask… Jon Lester had his best start of the year last night in beating the Angels 7-3, just as the calendar turned...
5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/2: After salvaging the finale of their series against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday in walkoff fashion, the Boston Red Sox continue...
5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/3: The Boston Red Sox continued their recent dominance over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last night and look to do the same...
5/3 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/3: The Boston Red Sox continued their recent dominance over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last night and look to do the same...
5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells finally does something positive: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Monday, May 2, against the Boston Red Sox....[+] It was just his second homer, and seventh and eighth RBIs of the season. Wells is still batting just .172 with an awful .218 on-base percentage.
5/2 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/2: After salvaging the finale of their series against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday in walkoff fashion, the Boston Red Sox continue...
5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells dropped to sixth: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells was dropped to sixth in the lineup Sunday, May 1, for the game against the Tampa...[+] Bay Rays.
5/1 Baseball Musings: Productive Out: The Angels came back from trailing 5-0 after one inning to beat the Rays 6-5. Vernon Wells won’t get credit for this in...
5/1 The Process Report: Daily Process: Fifth Inning Meltdown: Mike Scioscia is a bit like the Mike Holmgren of baseball. Scioscia’s coaching tree grows by the offseason (just look in the...

News -- April 2011

4/30 MLBTradeRumors: Dead Money: Paying Players To Play Elsewhere: Eating money in trades or by releasing players is far from an ideal business practice, but sometimes it's a necessary evil. The...
4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells trying too hard: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells had a meeting with manager Mike Scioscia and hitting coach Mickey Hatcher Friday,...[+] April 29, to figure out whats behind his slow start. 'Just talking through some things that we can get him on board with, can help him with,' said Scioscia. 'His swing is getting big. There are times when it looks like hes trying too hard to contribute by hitting three home runs a game.'
4/29 The Process Report: The Process Versus Howie Kendrick & Angels Hitters: Round 2… Batter Bats LHOPS RHOPS Jeff Mathis Right .659 .530 Hank Conger* Switch .333 .587 Mark Trumbo* Right .167 .200...
4/29 MLB Fantasy Recon: Buy Low or Bust - Vernon Wells: Feeling just a little unWellsWe all predicted a drop off for Vernon Wells this year, but nothing like this. Wells has been...
4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells hurts team defensively this time: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells took his eye off a slicing 10th-inning fly ball that turned into a leadoff triple...[+] and eventual game-winning run Wednesday, April 27, against the Oakland Athletics. To make matters worse, he was 1-for-4 with a strikeout, as his average remains at .178. 'It hasn't been a smooth transition, that's for sure,' Wells said. Wells is batting just .118 at home this season.
4/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 24: 5:25PM PDT: Another three up-three down inning for Tyson Ross as he gets Hank Conger to strike out swinging to end the fifth....
4/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 23: 7:28PM PDT: All-Star balloting begins today at all 30 MLB ballparks. Can’t say I’d vote for any of the A’s at...
4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells being very impatientLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells has seen the fewest pitches per at-bat of all 187 qualifying players, at 3.05....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells has seen the fewest pitches per at-bat of all 187 qualifying players, at 3.05.
4/25 MLBTradeRumors: Center Field Options For The Nationals: Six days ago, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reported that the Nationals are searching for a center field upgrade. They haven't...
4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells wraps up nightmare series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells went hitless in three at-bats Sunday, April 24, against the Boston Red Sox, dropping...[+] his season average to .169, reports Mark Saxon, of ESPNLosAngeles.com. Wells ended the three-game series against the Red Sox with just one hit in 15 at-bats.
4/24 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 4/23: The Boston Red Sox look for their fourth straight win as well as their third straight road victory in game three of a four-game...
4/24 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/24: The Boston Red Sox look for their fifth straight win and a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this afternoon at Angels...
4/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/23: The Boston Red Sox are beginning to play like they were expected to at the beginning of the season. Although the hitting has...
4/24 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/24: The Boston Red Sox look for their fifth straight win and a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this afternoon at Angels...
4/23 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 4/23: The Boston Red Sox look for their fourth straight win as well as their third straight road victory in game three of a four-game...
4/23 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/23: The Boston Red Sox are beginning to play like they were expected to at the beginning of the season. Although the hitting has...
4/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Early Season Oohs And Ahs: Let’s have a look at some of the early seasons positives and whether or not they’re real or a mirage. The rampaging...
4/22 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 4/22: After an extra innings win last night, the Boston Red Sox look for their third straight win and second against the Los Angeles...
4/22 The Helmholtz Way: Weekly MLB Review: April 14th -20th Meltdown in Twin City? Joe Nathan, who was one of the most dominant closers in baseball, showed that he is not...
4/22 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 4/21: After splitting a brief two-game set in Oakland, the Boston Red Sox are in Anaheim, CA to take on the Los Angeles Angels of...
4/21 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 4/21: After splitting a brief two-game set in Oakland, the Boston Red Sox are in Anaheim, CA to take on the Los Angeles Angels of...
4/21 Baseball Moves: The Watchlist: Rookie closers are all the rage: The Watchlist will be an article that comes out every Thursday afternoon and it will focus on rookies, minor leaguers, and post-hype...
4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells gets into the homer column: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, his first of the season, with a walk Wednesday,...[+] April 20, against the Texas Rangers.
4/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Blue Jays I: Oh, it’s you again: The Yankees head up to Toronto to face their most annoying foe of the 2010 season (for some people that distinction might go to...
4/19 MLB Fantasy Recon: Slow Starts - Hold or Deal Crawford, Morneau, Bruce, Rios: Not smiling nowGrady Sizemore, Julio Borbon, and Lance Berkman all had more value in your league last year before the season started. ...
4/19 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Toronto Blue Jays: The Blue Jays are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series. Eligible For Free Agency (6) The Jays seemingly took Juan...
4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Last Players Under Contract: When signing players to long-term deals, teams are forced to look many years into the future. Let's take a look at which player...
4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells hitting his stride in box: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells is starting to hit in the batter's box, according to Lyle Spencer of MLB.com. He...[+] went 4-for-12 in the series against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, and his double to deep center on Saturday, April 16, was his first extra-base hit since Opening Day. 'His last 15 at-bats, you're seeing him more on pitches,' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. 'He's seeing the ball better. The ball he hit to right-center, it's good to see when he's driving the ball up the middle.'
4/16 Red Sox Beacon: It Gets Better, Offense Edition: Fangraphs rolled out Dan Szymborski’s in-season ZIPS projections this week. In case you think that Carl Crawford‘s...
4/15 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Off Base Percentage: Last evening on The Baseball Show, co-host Clint Evans from Diamond Hoggers and I welcomed Derwood Morris from...
4/15 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Jeremy **** vs. Dan Haren: With the start of the baseball season comes the return of my favorite aspect of our national past time: pitching duels. When...
4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells gets mental day off: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells, who has been slumping, got the day off Tuesday, April 12, reports Mike DiGiovanna,...[+] of the Los Angeles Times. 'It's a mental day off,' manager Mike Scioscia said. 'Every hitter has rough spots. A lot of guys have some four-for-40s in their history, but when you're with a new team, there's a lot of attention to it.' Wells is batting .091 (4-for-44) with 12 strikeouts through his first 10 games.
4/12 Mastersball.com: There are Some Very Blue Jays: No, it is not some avian disease. It is a management, roster, or personnel problem affecting the play of the Toronto Blue Jays...
4/10 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 4/3/11 - 4/10/11: The offseason hot stove has cooled down as teams evaluate their needs early in the season, but we're still providing plenty of...
4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells snaps hitless streak Saturday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells snapped an 0-for-16 streak Saturday, April 9, against the Toronto Blue Jays, with...[+] a third-inning RBI single, according to The Associated Press.
4/10 MLB Fantasy Recon: Player Notes on Josh Beckett, Chris Getz, Matt Thornton: Now is the time to get BeckettMatt Thornton is putting a little twist in everyone's preseason closer rankings by imploding again. ...
4/8 The Golden Sombrero: My First Week of Fantasy Baseball: Team **** or GTFO: When I say this is my first week of fantasy, I don’t mean the first of the season—I mean I’ve...
4/8 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Mariners, Cousins, Walden: April 8th has been a busy day in baseball history. Three years ago the Mets played the final home opener at 45-year-old Shea Stadium,...
4/8 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Castro, Escobar, Wells, Pineda : The Red Sox should complete a seven-year extension worth $154MM or so with Adrian Gonzalez at some point in the next ten days,...
4/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): A Good Way to Make a Living (Baseball’s 2011 Payrolls, Part 1): Lost in the excitement of baseball’s Opening Day was this year’s announcement of baseball’s Opening Day player payrolls....
4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Toronto Blue Jays: The Blue Jays are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League Signings Jon Rauch, RP: one year, $3.75MM. Includes...
4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells off to bad start: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells is just 3-for-18 (.167) to begin the 2011 season, according to the Los Angeles Times'...[+] Kevin Baxter.
4/5 The Process Report: The Process Versus Angels Hitters: Meet the Los Angeles Angels hitters… Batter Bats LHOPS RHOPS Jeff Mathis Right .659 .530 Hank Conger* Switch .333 .587 Mark...
4/5 Cut Four: 2011 Projections: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Since winning the World Series in 2002, the Angels have made a habit of overperforming their projections and winning the AL West....
4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Vernon Wells' Free Agent Value: In my Angels offseason in review article, I suggested that Vernon Wells might have gotten four years and $52MM at best if he had...
4/4 B-R Blog: Longest home run streaks to start a season: By now you've probably heard that there were a lot of home runs in some ballparks during the first weekend of the season. Here...
4/3 Baseball Musings: Last Minute Royals: Once again, the Royals are looking for a last at bat win. Down two in the bottom of the ninth to the Angels, they load the bases...
4/2 Baseball Musings: Wells Wow: Vernon Wells just made a terrific catch in the bottom of the sixth inning at Kansas City. With two outs and a runner on third...

News -- March 2011

3/31 Baseball Musings: Hurtin’ Vernon: Vernon Wells gets hit in his first plate appearance as an Angel. That loads the bases with two out, but a ground ball ends the...
3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 pre-season preview: AL East – Toronto Blue Jays: Blue Jays 3B Jose Bautista Toronto Blue Jays (2010 record: 85-77) The Blue Jays had the busiest off-season of any team in Major...
3/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Pre-Season Predictions: 2011 Edition: The time has come to make bold predictions that will invariably be shown to be false over the course of the season. I have done...
3/30 Caught Looking: 2011 vesting options: No, no this isn’t about who wears a nice vest on their night out. With Opening Day less than 24 hours away, I think it’s...
3/29 Redbird Dugout: UCB Project: American League West: With the loss of Cliff Lee, can the Rangers still win the division?(Photo: Keith Allison/Flickr)Each month the United Cardinal...
3/29 B-R Blog: Home run winning percentage: After Steve's post a few days ago about most homers coming in a loss, it got me wondering what the team's winning percentage looks...
3/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells remains sidelined: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (hamstring) was out of the lineup again Monday, March 28, reports Mike DiGiovanna,...[+] of the Los Angeles Times. Wells said he expects to play Tuesday, March 29.
3/28 Baseball Musings: AL West Preview: The 2011 division previews continue with the AL West. I’ll use 2010 WAR from FanGraphs for the evaluation. I concentrate...
3/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells not in lineup Sunday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (hamstring) is not in the lineup for the team's spring training camp Sunday, March...[+] 27, reports Bill Plunkett, of The Orange County Register. He is expected to play in the team's exhibition game Monday, March 28.
3/27 Subjective Baseball: 2011 Predictions: AL West: 1. Oakland AthleticsPerhaps the most improved team from last year to this one, the A’s have scary good potential. They...
3/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): 2011 American League Preview: Texas Rangers: (This post is a continuation in a series. For previous entries, click here) 2010 record: 90-72 (1st place A.L. West, American...
3/25 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Busts: Looking HealthyFantasy Baseball Buzz brings us a list of potential busts for 2011. Players displaying warning signs of not...
3/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells not playing Thursday: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (hamstring) is not in the lineup Thursday, March 24, and is receiving treatment...[+] after feeling tightness in his left hamstring Wednesday, March 23, according to The Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett. Wells likely won't play until Sunday, March 27.
3/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells not worried about injury: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (hamstring) said his tight left hamstring is no big deal, reports Bill Plunkett,...[+] of The Orange County Register. 'It just tightened up on me going around first base,' Wells said. 'Normal game, you keep going but there's no reason to push it now.'
3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells departs with tight hamstring: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells (hamstring) was pulled for precautionary reasons after feeling tightness in his...[+] hamstring Wednesday, March 23, according to Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register.
3/17 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2011: Toronto Blue Jays: Two years ago, I started a series I called Playing Pepper, where I asked questions of bloggers of each major league team about...
3/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Cubs @ A’s ST Game 21: 2:33PM PDT: One pitch to Alfonso Soriano, and one lead loss. Ouch. Cubs 3-2 on Alfonso dinger off Ziggy. 2:31PM PDT: Geovany Soto...
3/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Peter Bourjos could be odd-man out: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Peter Bourjos could be the odd-man out in the lineup if 1B Kendrys Morales (leg) starts the season...[+] as the team's designated hitter, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. 1B Mark Trumbo would play first, OF Bobby Abreu would play left and OF Vernon Wells would shift to center field. Abreu could hit third in the lineup if Morales begins the season on the disabled list.
3/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Going Yard: Traditional rotisserie players need not apply: Last winter I was introduced to the HR only version of Fantasy Baseball. Finally a fantasy baseball league for those of us who...
3/15 Chicken Friars: Wade LeBlanc gives up 6 in loss to Angels: W: Joel Pineiro (2-0) L: Wade LeBlanc (0-2) S: Ryan Brasier (2) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ANA (9-10) 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 9 10 2 SD...
3/10 Philly Phanatics: Player movement scorecard: AL West: AMERICAN LEAGUE SIGNINGS/TRADES • NL SIGNINGS/TRADES • FREE AGENTS STILL AVAILABLE (listed by position and ranked) • http://www.phillyphanatics.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=controlpanel.php...
3/10 StLCards.net: Season Preview: AL East: Oh the AL East. How much media attention can be lavished upon it this year? The Tampa Bay Rays lost Carl Crawford to the Red Sox....
3/8 The Daily Catch: Under The Radar: There are only a handful of stories that seem to catch the attention of baseball writers at this junction of the season. All the...
3/7 MLBTradeRumors: The Oldest $100MM Players: Kevin Brown signed the first nine-figure deal in baseball history after the 1998 season. 33 at the time, Brown had just logged...
3/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Players to Watch: A.L. West: We’re almost done with this series, which means baseball is coming back to us soon. NL West NL Central NL East 2010 ended...
3/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumors: Vernon Wells Would Have Approved Trade to Yankees: Via Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated: Vernon Wells had 3 teams he would have approved for trade. besides Angels/Rangers,...
3/4 Jason's Baseball Blog: Season Preview: AL West: Time to move to my own team’s division, as I take a look at the AL West. You can also take a look at my previews of the...
3/4 Baseball Press: Not With a Ten-Foot Pole: Third Baseman: Statistics say Jose Bautista won't repeat his 2010 numbers (Getty)With fantasy drafts hitting full stride over the next few...
3/4 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Richard, Crawford, Feliz, Castro: Links for Friday as Jake Peavy prepares for his first game action since last July. Peavy faces the Angels in Arizona this afternoon... Chris...
3/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Garret Anderson Retires Atop Angels’ Leader Board; A Look at Other Franchise All-Time Hits Leaders: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). During his prime years, Garret Anderson was one of the first battleground...
3/2 The Captain's Blog: Garret Anderson Retires Atop Angels’ Leader Board; A Look at Other Franchise All-Time Hits Leaders: During his prime years, Garret Anderson was one of the first battleground players in the war between traditional statistics and...
3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells singles in debut: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells debuted in left field for the team Monday, Feb. 28, according to MLB.com's Lyle...[+] Spencer. He had a line-drive single in three at-bats as the Angels won 8-7 over the Oakland Athletics.

News -- February 2011

2/28 The Biz of Baseball: Attendance Watch 2011: The LA Angels: As David continues to look forward to possible attendance trends he's wound his way through the AL East (see the Yankees - Red...
2/28 It's About the Money (Stupid): 2011 American League Preview: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: (Click here to see the previews of the American League teams we've completed so far.) 2010 record: 80-82 (3rd place, A.L....
2/26 Philly Phanatics: Player movement scorecard: AL West: AMERICAN LEAGUE SIGNINGS/TRADES • NL SIGNINGS/TRADES • FREE AGENTS STILL AVAILABLE (listed by position and ranked) • http://www.phillyphanatics.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=controlpanel.php...
2/24 Call to the Pen: 30 Teams, 30 Questions: Pt. 3: Continuing to ask all these questions. I’m feeling like the anti-Alex Trebek here. With today’s landing in the American...
2/24 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The 2011 Los Angeles Angels: Torii Hunter hopes to lead the Angels offense in 2011. (Getty)In 2010, the Los Angeles Angels offense was hampered by a mid-season...
2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Lineup taking shape: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said he is leaning toward a batting order that will begin with SS Maicer Izturis,...[+] followed by OF Bobby Abreu, OF Torii Hunter, 1B Kendry Morales, OF Vernon Wells, 2B Howie Kendrick, SS Erick Aybar, C Jeff Mathis and OF Peter Bourjos, according to the Los Angeles Times' Mike DiGiovanna.
2/23 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman: Angels' Courtship Confuses Crawford: Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford remains "puzzled" by the Angels' pursuit of him on the free-agent market this offseason, writes...
2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Offense to be more action-oriented: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia expects the team's offense to be more action-oriented with OFs Vernon Wells...[+] and Peter Bourjos replacing OFs Juan Rivera and Hideki Matsui, according to The Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett. 'This year ... (the Angels will) try to create more offense on the basepaths and create that situational look. It's contingent on the talent in that room. You can't force it. Some of the guys we had last year, you couldn't force some of those guys to go first-to-third if they didn't have the ability to go first-to-third,' Scioscia said.
2/21 Caught Looking: Trying to figure out the Vernon Wells trade: Last month the Blue Jays dealt Vernon Wells to the Angels for catcher Mike Napoli and outfielder Juan Rivera. Looking at it strictly...
2/20 Philly Phanatics: Off-season scorecard: AL West: AMERICAN LEAGUE SIGNINGS/TRADES • NL SIGNINGS/TRADES • FREE AGENTS STILL AVAILABLE (listed by position and ranked) • http://www.phillyphanatics.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=controlpanel.php...
2/18 MLBTradeRumors: Michael Young Rumors: Friday: Michael Young is scheduled to arrive at the Rangers' Spring Training camp tomorrow, where he is expected to address the media...
2/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells rips Texas: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells ripped the way the Texas Rangers have handled their situation with 3B Michael Young,...[+] according to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Mark Saxon. 'I dealt with it in-house, which was the right way to do things. He's having to deal with it, unfortunately, publicly,' Wells said. 'It creates all kinds of problems. It's been handled poorly on their end, I'll say that.'
2/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: A Look at the 2011 Toronto Blue Jays: In 2010 the Toronto Blue Jays did not actually hit 397 home runs against the Yankees, while using a starting rotation composed...
2/17 The Process Report: Bautista and McGee: Jose Bautista signs an extension I’ve been a fan of Alex Anthopoulos’ doings in Toronto, but this one confuses me a bit. Bautista...
2/16 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Scott Podsednik Inks With the Blue Jays: Scott Podsednik's speed is coming to Canada (US Presswire)The Toronto Blue Jays have had a busy off-season this year, and after...
2/16 Baseball Musings: Blue Jay Bomber: The Blue Jays and Jose Bautista pushed back their arbitration date, and appear to be close to a deal: The Toronto Blue Jays and...
2/16 MLBTradeRumors: The Market For Albert Pujols: The Mayan calendar hints that the world will end in December 2012, but the "Albertageddon" may come this winter if Albert Pujols...
2/15 Mastersball.com: Angels show no respect for Jered Weaver: Arte Moreno has surprised us again. After what can only be described as a bizarre offseason for the Angels, their owner has managed...
2/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Why So Down, Charlie Brown?: When Spring Training opens, most media coverage around the league tends to stress the “hope springs eternal” angle...
2/14 Jason's Baseball Blog: Who are the Faces of the Franchise? AL West Edition: Continuing on with my look at each organization and their Face of the Franchise, the AL West… Angels – I think that...
2/14 The Biz of Baseball: Attendance Watch 2011: The Toronto Blue Jays: As David Simmons continues to look at attendance for the upcoming 2011 season, we've kicked off by looking at the AL East with...
2/14 Philly Phanatics: Off-season scorecard: AL West: AMERICAN LEAGUE SIGNINGS/TRADES • NL SIGNINGS/TRADES • FREE AGENTS STILL AVAILABLE (listed by position and ranked) • http://www.phillyphanatics.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=controlpanel.php...
2/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): 2011 American League Previews: Toronto Blue Jays: (This is the third installment in our series previewing the 2011 seasons of each American League team. Last week we looked...
2/13 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/6/11 - 2/12/11: Spring Training is in the air at last... let's run down the last seven days as baseball sneaks up on us: The Rangers and...
2/11 Jason's Baseball Blog: Who are the Faces of their Franchise? AL East Edition: The recent signing of Eric Chavez by the Yankees and trade request by Michael Young got me thinking: which players are truly the...
2/11 NY Baseball Digest: Should the Mets Enter the Michael Young Fray?: When you hear terms like “chicken” to describe the ongoing trade discussions between Colorado and Texas regarding...
2/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): The Angels: Penny-wise, pound foolish: I know that sounds harsh, but hey, sometimes you have to call a spade a spade. After an off-season that involved losing...
2/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): Things that might only interest me: Highest paid players, per team: Via an email from Larry@IIATMS, this amazing tidbit: Johnny Damon will be the highest paid Tampa Bay Ray in 2011. Per Cot’s. Damon...
2/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Crasnick: B’s for A’s: Jerry Crasnick finally got to the American League West today in his ESPN series on grading the offseasons of every division. Here’s...
2/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Sporting News Give A’s Top Spot: The Sporting News also had their offseason “grades” released today. They just ranked the teams as opposed to giving...
2/9 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: AL West Prospects | Baseball Digest: It's only a matter of time before Mike Trout is shredding MLB pitchingBD Hot Stove: AL West Prospects | Baseball DigestIt’s...
2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: AL West Grades, O-Cab, Scott, Hernandez: Offseason grades were revealed for the NL Central on Tuesday by ESPN.com's Jayson Stark, and his colleague Jerry Crasnick has...
2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Interested In Trading Juan Rivera: The Blue Jays would like to trade Juan Rivera, whom they acquired from the Angels in the Vernon Wells swap, writes Ken Rosenthal...
2/7 PaulLebowitz.com: Young Chronicles: It would be nice if the parti**** assisted me by doing whatever they’re going to do before I finish my book. Selfish desires...
2/7 Call to the Pen: Olde Man’s Tavern: The Big Halo: Has the Angels halo lost a bit of luster? Could be, but it's not a lack of "funding" that's creating that luster. It's also not...
2/2 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Lee, Cabrera, Wells, Pujols, Hamilton: Owner Chuck Greenberg and the Rangers were slower to offer Cliff Lee a competitive deal than other interested clubs, according...
2/2 MLBTradeRumors: New York Notes: Beltran, Garcia, Pettitte: The Angels considered the possibility of trading for Carlos Beltran before they acquired Vernon Wells from the Blue Jays, according...

News -- January 2011

1/31 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: East Coast Bias?: This weekend Joel Sherman of the New York Post ranked the offseasons of each of Major League Baseball’s 30 teams. Where...
1/31 Bronx Baseball Daily: Clause in Crawford’s Contract Doesn’t Allow for Trade to Yankees: Via Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune: Because they are highly competitive division rivals, it’s...
1/31 The Daily Catch: Albert Pujols: $300 Million Man: 22 Days. That is how long the St. Louis Cardinals have to sign their superstar Albert Pujols to a contract extension. Pujols set...
1/31 Marlin Maniac: Marlins should look to Rays for successful team building: Over the weekend, amidst the chaos that was the Vernon Wells trade to the Los Angeles Angels (quick reaction: worst trade in the...
1/31 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Damon & Manny, Vernon Wells, KC Royals, Owings, Harper, Trout and more…: Today on The Baseball Show, co-host Clint Evans of Diamond Hoggers and I discuss recent trades and headlines...
1/31 The Biz of Baseball: Inside the Numbers: 2011 MLB Salary Arbitration at the End of Jan: No, we’re not done yet. But, we’re in the home stretch. While we’ll be releasing a detailed report after the final arbitration...
1/31 Philly Phanatics: Off-season scorecard: AL West: AMERICAN LEAGUE SIGNINGS/TRADES • NL SIGNINGS/TRADES • FREE AGENTS STILL AVAILABLE (listed by position and ranked) • http://www.phillyphanatics.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=controlpanel.php...
1/31 PaulLebowitz.com: The Policy Of Truth: The mouth that roared: Brian Cashman needs to shut up. Now. This new honesty doctrine under which he appears to be living is hurting...
1/31 PaulLebowitz.com: Teetering: Barring anything miraculous in the positive or negative sense, there are teams that we pretty much know their collective fates....
1/31 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest: Washington Hopes For Nationals Holiday | Baseball Digest: Baseball Digest: Washington Hopes For Nationals Holiday | Baseball DigestIf you are among the growing number of Washington Nationals...
1/31 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 1/23/11 - 1/30/11: Time to recap the last seven days of original MLBTR content... Ben Nicholson-Smith provided a ton of original Blue Jays'...
1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Avoid Arbitration With Mike Napoli: The Rangers have avoided arbitration with Mike Napoli, agreeing on a one-year, $5.8MM contract with the catcher/first baseman,...
1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Anthopoulos Talks Hill, Encarnacion, Wells, Arencibia: Alex Anthopoulos says he has has 'tinkered' and 'talked' about acquiring a third baseman and won't rule out potential acquisitions....
1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Wells, Butler, Weeks, Cubs: The Brewers signed Jim Edmonds to a minor-league contract one year ago today, even though the outfielder did not play at all...
1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Law's Top 100, Sisk, Almonte: While the Angels have picked up a re**** for adding pricey outfielders in recent years, they have a highly touted, cheap one on...
1/27 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Blue Jays, Red Sox, Jennings: We've already caught up on the Yankees, but it's now time to check in on a few of the Bronx Bombers' AL East rivals. Here's the...
1/26 Baseball Musings: Impromptu Arte: Arte Moreno answered reporters questions after today’s press conference on everything from the Vernon Wells trade to negotiations...
1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Vernon Wells Notes: Rangers, Blue Jays, Angels: You know a trade is big when Sports Illustrated, ESPN and the Wall Street Journal are chattering about it nearly a week later....
1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Receive $5 million from Toronto: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim received $5 million from the Toronto Blue Jays in the deal for OF Vernon Wells, SI.com's Jon...[+] Heyman reports. The Angels will owe Wells $81 million over the next four years now.
1/26 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Young, Rockies, Giants, Napoli: On this day in 1978, the Padres acquired future Hall-of-Famer **** Perry from the Rangers for left-hander Dave Tomlin and $125K. ...
1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Notes: Trout, Wells, Padilla, Gores: This year's Oscar nominations were announced today, so it's only **** that we check out the latest baseball news from Hollywood. ...
1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Pursued Jose Bautista Trade: The Red Sox "made multiple offers" for Jose Bautista during the Winter Meetings, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. Boston...
1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays, Rangers Swap Napoli, Francisco: Hopefully Mike Napoli's suitcase is still packed. Just four days after acquiring the catcher/first baseman from the Angels,...
1/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Mania: The speed with which we get information today can be a good or bad thing. Many times it’s positive as in cases of Amber...
1/25 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Rays, Orioles, Ortiz: Four American League East teams won at least 85 games last year. Here are some notes on AL East clubs, as they prepare to compete...
1/25 The Biz of Baseball: GUREWITZ: The Angels and Big Numbers Don’t Mix: “If I'm going to spend $20 million [on Carl Crawford] and go to $144 million without taking care of the bullpen or third base,...
1/24 PAAPFLY: Revisiting Zito's Contract: When decisions are made during times of desperation, the results are rarely pretty. In the 2006 offseason, the Giants were determined...
1/24 Giants Nirvana: Notes: Vernon Wells, Buster Posey, Manny Ramirez: If you don't think the Vernon Wells trade was a terrible move by the Angels, read this. And this. And this. On a...
1/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Daily Pujols – 01.24.2011: On the morning of January 19th, I started collecting links – as many as I can find with minimal effort – that discuss...
1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells to play left: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Vernon Wells will play left field this year, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer. Manager Mike...[+] Scioscia prefers Wells in left, OF Peter Bourjos in center and OF Torii Hunter in right field.
1/24 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Guerrero, Wells, Mariners: Some notes on the AL West with an update on a potential Hall of Famer and another take on the Vernon Wells trade... Rangers...
1/24 PaulLebowitz.com: The Remainders: As spring training approaches, the Rays weekend signings of Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez diminishes the number of remaining...
1/24 Baseball Musings: Forty Three Percent: With the collective bargaining agreement up for negotiations, the current document expiring in December 2011, I want to look at...
1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Looking At The Blue Jays' Future Salary Obligations: A case can be made that Friday's Vernon Wells trade was the most significant move of the offseason. The Angels took on his entire...
1/23 The Process Report: The Blue Jays Are Sly: While the Rays were busy securing their offense, the Toronto Blue Jays were busy freeing budgetary shackles. On Friday night,...
1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/16/11 - 1/22/11: Another Sunday closer to Spring Training and Opening Day 2011. Let's recap the last week: In an astonishing move, Toronto...
1/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Scott Podsednik May Have Chosen Poorly: After Scott Podsednik came to the Dodgers from Kansas City in late July, he hit an underwhelming .262/.313/.336 (79 OPS+) in 160...
1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells' outfield position hasn't been determined: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have not decided whether OF Vernon Wells will play center field this season, with OF Peter Bourjos...[+] playing left field, or vice versa, according to MLB.com's Lyle Spencer.
1/23 Call to the Pen: Analyzing the Angels/Blue Jays Vernon Wells Trade: Well, this is weird. It seems like the vast majority of trades feature one team trading future assets (young players) to a struggling...
1/23 Call to the Pen: Analyzing the Angels/Blue Jays Vernon Wells Trade: Well, this is weird. It seems like the vast majority of trades feature one team trading future assets (young players) to a struggling...
1/23 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 1.23.2011: Jeff at Red State Blue State writes RE the Mets: As always, I feel like I’m getting an honest reaction to the Mets mess...
1/22 The Sporting Hippeaux: Plowing The Depths of the Designated Hitting Market: When the week began, the only question remaining for the Hot Stove season was how to sort out the plethora of defensively-challenged...
1/22 It's About the Money (Stupid): The AL East Is Just Ridiculous: Last night was one heck of a night for the AL East. On a seemingly quiet night in the middle of winter, two teams in the AL...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Thompson, Dodgers, Crawford, Athletics: Links for Saturday... SI.com's Melissa Segura tweets that the Astros have signed Jose Carlos Thompson for approximately $250K....
1/22 Baseball Musings: In the Clouds: The Orange County Register posts word clouds containing the reactions of Angels and Blue Jays fans to the Vernon Wells trade. ...
1/22 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Rays Try to Become ’04 Sox, Jays Trade Their Albatross: We’re just about three weeks away from the time pitchers and catchers report to spring training, but...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Rays, Jays & Angels Links: Manny, Damon, Wells: Unsurprisingly, there is still plenty of chatter going on about yesterday's Vernon Wells trade as well as the Rays' agreement...
1/22 Jason's Baseball Blog: Trade Review – Vernon Wells to the Angels: Holy crap! I wasn’t expecting any more big moves this offseason. And I definitely wasn’t expecting this. Today the...
1/22 The Captain's Blog: AL East Roundup: All’s Well That Ends Wells in Toronto; Red Sox Reunion in Tampa; Baltimore Courting Vlad: For much of the offseason, all eyes in the A.L. East have been focused at the top as the Red Sox gobbled up high-priced free agents...
1/22 Baseball Musings: Money With Vernon?: In the comments to the previous post, there were different amounts of money being sent to the Angels with Vernon Wells. According...
1/22 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Jays Unload Wells for Rivera and Napoli: Wells will join Torii Hunter and Peter Bourjos in the Angels outfield. (Getty) Toronto Blue Jays' general manager Alex Anthopolous...
1/22 Philly Phanatics: Off-season scorecard: AL West: AMERICAN LEAGUE SIGNINGS/TRADES • NL SIGNINGS/TRADES • FREE AGENTS STILL AVAILABLE (listed by position and ranked) • http://www.phillyphanatics.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=controlpanel.php...
1/22 Call to the Pen: Analyzing the Angels/Blue Jays Vernon Wells Trade: Well, this is weird. It seems like the vast majority of trades feature one team trading future assets (young players) to a struggling...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Yankees, Bradley, Padres, Teheran: What a day for outfielders. Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez went to the Rays, Vernon Wells went to the Angels, Vladimir Guerrero...
1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Details Of The Vernon Wells Trade: The major players in the Vernon Wells-for Mike Napoli/Juan Rivera trade discussed the move with reporters this evening, and...
1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Reaction To The Vernon Wells Trade: Pundits are already chiming in on the huge Vernon Wells-for Mike Napoli/Juan Rivera trade between the Angels and Blue Jays...
1/21 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove Breaking News: Manny, Damon Sign; Angels-Jays Trade | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove Breaking News: Manny, Damon Sign; Angels-Jays Trade | Baseball DigestA very dormant period in the hot stove heated...
1/21 Baseball Musings: Jays Dump Wells: The Angels didn’t make a dent in the free agent market, but acquired a high-priced player anyway as they trade for Vernon...
1/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: Jays jettison Yankee Killer Vernon Wells while Tampa Bay goes all 2004 Red Sox and signs both Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon: I step away from the Internet for two hours only to come back and find that two of the Yankees' AL East rivals have made a handful...
1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Designate Rommie Lewis For Assignment: The Blue Jays have designated left-hander Rommie Lewis for assignment, the team announced. The move was made to free up a 40-man...
1/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Earth to Orange County: Tony Reagins is quickly trying to earn accolades for the worst general manager in baseball. If swapping Major League Baseball...
1/21 The Biz of Baseball: REPORT: Angels Acquire Vernon Wells from the Blue Jays: They say (whoever they are) that some contracts are untradeable. They maintain that the terms of the deal are so incendiary...
1/21 Fungoes.net: Longest-tenured franchise players: In our post on Albert Pujols’s contract comparables, we noted that one of many similarities between the Cardinals’...
1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays To Acquire Mike Napoli: The Angels have agreed to send Mike Napoli to the Blue Jays, pending a physical, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi...
1/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Vernon Wells joining team?: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have reportedly acquired OF Vernon Wells from the Toronto Blue Jays as part of the deal that...[+] sent C Mike Napoli to Toronto, according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
1/19 The Sporting Hippeaux: Fantastic Thoughts: Everybody's Underrated in Canada: Since the mid-nineties, few save diehards like myself, have felt it necessary to follow that friendly fourth-place team from north...
1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays, Rajai Davis Agree To Two-Year Deal : The Blue Jays avoided arbitration with Rajai Davis and agreed to sign the outfielder to a two-year deal, the team announced. The...
1/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Balfour, Wells, Pirates, Penny: The Astros signed Wandy Rodriguez as an amateur free agent 12 years ago today. The lefty, who turns 32 next week, is an extension...
1/11 Baseball Musings: Reviving the Manufacturing Sector: Via BBTF, the Blue Jays want to improve their scoring by manufacturing more runs. At least, that’s the opinion of Vernon...

News -- December 2010

12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Beltre, Braves, Dye, Wells: On this date in 1972, Roberto Clemente was killed when a plane carrying him and relief aid for people affected by a earthquake...
12/23 The Process Report: Loathe The Jays?: Those who follow basketball or simply watch ESPN undoubtedly caught wind of the Paul Pierce trash talk towards the supposed rivalry...
12/21 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Sign Corey Patterson: The Blue Jays announced six minor league signings today: outfielder Corey Patterson, righty Winston Abreu, catcher Ryan Budde,...
12/20 The Biz of Baseball: COLLER: The Jayson Werth and Cliff Lee Deals Aren't As Crazy as You Think: Jayson Werth will make two and a half times the guaranteed money of New England Patriots QB Tom Brady. Cliff Lee...
12/16 Call to the Pen: Safety In Numbers: Now You’re Playing With (Isolated) Power: Today, let’s take a look at isolated power. You may have seen it referenced here and there, but what is it really? What...
12/15 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Home Run Derby: Does it ruin swings?: Earlier this year, there was a lot of discussion about the alleged home run derby curse. This post by Andy on Baseball-Reference.com...
12/11 Jason's Baseball Blog: Free Agent Signing – Jayson Werth to the Nationals: It was announced on Sunday evening (to quite a bit of dismay) that the Nationals had signed free agent outfielder Jayson Werth...
12/6 MLBTradeRumors: Jayson Werth Signing Reactions: Yesterday Jayson Werth signed the third-largest contract ever for an outfielder, as the Nationals locked him up for seven years...
12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Werth Agrees To Deal With Nationals: Free agent outfielder Jayson Werth has agreed to a seven-year, $126MM deal with the Washington Nationals, according to Tim Brown...
12/1 PaulLebowitz.com: The Bronx Zoo Revisited: Typical insanity: With George Steinbrenner gone, I thought things were supposed to calm down; that there would be a businesslike...

News -- November 2010

11/30 Baseball Daily Digest: For A Few Dollars More: AL East: The last leg on our trip through the American League covers the East, where the cash flows like wine, and the free agents instinctively...
11/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Yankees' Top 10 WPA Swings of 2010: After toying around with the Yankees' cumulative WPA scores, I became increasingly curious to find out the individual plays that...
11/17 The UpperCard Network: Blue Jays Acquire Rajai Davis: The Blue Jays have acquired outfielder Rajai Davis to the roster according to a team press release. Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.com...
11/11 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Have Inquired On Greinke, Gordon: The Blue Jays have inquired about the availability of Zack Greinke and Alex Gordon, according to Bob Elliott of the Toronto...
11/10 Sabernomics: 2010 Most Valuable Players (Position Players): Here are the most valuable position players in the leagues, according to my estimates. AL Rank Player Team $-Value (MRP) 1 Jose...
11/9 The Process Report: What To Expect From Desmond Jennings in 2011: Player Name Age PA BA OBP SLG Cameron Maybin 23 322 0.234 0.302 0.361 Jason Heyward 20 623 0.277 0.393 0.456 Colby Rasmus 22 520...
11/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Irony: I do not fear Twilight Zone-level irony... Twilight Zone-level irony should fear me. Some may believe it's going to be...
11/4 MLBTradeRumors: The Mets' Decision To Hire J.P. Ricciardi: The Mets know J.P. Ricciardi signed Vernon Wells, B.J. Ryan and Frank Thomas to questionable deals, but they still wanted to...

News -- October 2010

10/31 NY Baseball Digest: Thoughts on DePodesta and Ricciardi: There has been talk that Paul DePodesta and J.P. Ricciardi are under consideration to join Sandy Alderson’s management team....
10/27 Call to the Pen: What’s Next: Leo Nunez, Manny Ramirez, James Shields, and More Bobby V: In 2003, the Detroit Tigers lost an American League record 119 games. As the World Series begins tonight, the San Francisco Giants...
10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Non-Tender Candidate: Fred Lewis: Next season in Toronto, the Blue Jays will likely roll out an outfield of Jose Bautista, Travis Snider, and Vernon Wells. Meanwhile,...
10/23 MLBTradeRumors: 2011 Payroll Commitments: With the 2010-2011 offseason drawing closer, we're going to start hearing more and more about how much each team is able to spend...
10/21 Jason's Baseball Blog: The AL Stan Musial Award: Over at the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance, we have been voting on our award winners for the regular season. Previously I have...
10/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 10.17.2010: Before anything else... One simple question about NLCS game 1: in the eighth inning, with the Giants leading 4-3; Brian Wilson...

News -- September 2010

9/30 My Pinstripes: Hang 'em Javy Keeps Yanks Looking Up: You know you had your doubts coming into tonight's Yankees-Blue Jays game when you saw that Javier Vazquez would make the start...
9/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: Dual overarching 2010 storylines of A.J. Burnett being terrible and Blue Jays (and Vernon Wells) positively owning Yankees collide in 7-5 laugher: The Blue Jays beat the Yankees 7-5 Monday night, continuing what has been a season-long stretch of dominance over New York. The...
9/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Blue Jays VI: Oh, it's you again: The Yankees and Blue Jays meet in Toronto for what feels like the 300,000th time this season though in actuality will be the sixth...
9/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells reaches 30-homer mark again: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells became the fourth player in franchise history to record at least three 30-homer seasons Friday,...[+] Sept. 24, against the Baltimore Orioles, according to The Associated Press. Joe Carter, Carlos Delgado and Fred McGriff were the other players to accomplish the feat.
9/25 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Notes: Managers, Lewis, Scouting: The big news in Toronto continues to be the incredible Jose Bautista, who launched his 51st and 52nd homers of the season tonight...
9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells goes deep Wednesday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells hit a solo home run in a losing effort Wednesday, Sept. 22, according to The Associated Press....[+] Wells has 29 homers this season and two in as many nights.
9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Three homer in Tuesday win: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells and OF Travis Snider hit two-run homers while 3B Edwin Encarnacion added a solo shot in the...[+] team's 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners Tuesday, Sept. 21, according to The Associated Press.
9/19 B-R Blog: Troy Tulowitzki’s great 3-game stretch: In his last 3 games, Troy Tulowitzki has 5 homers and 13 RBI. Among the 58 times that a guy has homered in at least 3 straight...
9/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Who WANTS That Job?: No, I'm not talking about the Mets: Not really. The Mets are folded into the question be necessity, but the question isn't...
9/14 Jason's Baseball Blog: Original Draft Series: #4 – Toronto Blue Jays: For those that missed the guidelines I am using for this series of posts, you can find them here. Team #4: Toronto Blue Jays General...
9/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells hits two out: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells hit two homers Tuesday, Sept. 7, and has homered in three straight games, The Associated Press...[+] reports. He has 27 homers on the year, which is the most since his career high of 32 in 2006.
9/7 El Maquino: Roberto Clemente 2010: Pujols, a two-time National League MVP, says it is the most meaningful award he has ever won, and in his speech he said that if...
9/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Three players homer Monday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells, 2B Aaron Hill and SS Yunel Escobar all homered Monday, Sept. 6, to give the team a 7-2 win...[+] over the Texas Rangers, according to The Associated Press.
9/6 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 5: Home Run of the Day: Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals (Trot Time: 22.95 seconds) [video] This Cardinals/Reds rivalry should...
9/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Renovation Plans: Refurbishments and collateral attacks: I loathe hypothetical trades. Mostly because they make absolutely no sense and are...
9/6 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: September 5: Home Run of the Day: Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals (Trot Time: 22.95 seconds) [video] This Cardinals/Reds rivalry should...
9/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Toronto hits three home runs against Phil Hughes, snaps Yankee win streak: The Yankees' eight game win streak came to an end today at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays, and the long ball. Phil Hughes...
9/1 PaulLebowitz.com: Judgment Calls: They swung at what they heard: Aroldis Chapman of the Cincinnati Reds exploded onto the big league scene last night with a...

News -- August 2010

8/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells restsToronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells was rested Monday, Aug. 30, The Associated Press reports. ...[+] Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells was rested Monday, Aug. 30, The Associated Press reports.
8/26 The Captain's Blog: All’s Wells for Jays As Yankees Drop Another Series to Toronto: Amid increasing speculation about his innings limit, Phil Hughes apparently found a way to take matters into his own hands: he...
8/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Jays continue to out-hit and out-pitch Bombers, beat Yanks 6-3: Raise your hand if you're getting tired of losing to Toronto. I know I am. With a 6-3 victory, the Blue Jays have now beaten the...
8/25 Baseball Musings: Wells Wallops: Vernon Wells misses the cycle by a double as he drives in four runs in a 6-3 Blue Jays win over the Yankees. Wells now holds 62...
8/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: Jose Bautista hits two more Jose Bautistas, spoils Nova's debut start as Blue Jays beat Yanks 3-2: Do we really have to play this team eight more times?Jose Bautista hit two more home runs -- or Jose Bautistas, as they have...
8/22 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Delight - 8/22: Editor's note: Per the usual on Sunday, we'll be combining the recap post with the lineup post for the day. If it wasn't for...
8/22 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Delight - 8/22: Editor's note: Per the usual on Sunday, we'll be combining the recap post with the lineup post for the day. If it wasn't for...
8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/21: After getting s**** 16-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to rebound in game two of a three-game set against the Toronto...
8/21 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/21: After getting s**** 16-2 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to rebound in game two of a three-game set against the Toronto...
8/13 MLBTradeRumors: Tallet, Encarnacion Clear Waivers: Brian Tallet, Edwin Encarnacion and Vernon Wells have all cleared waivers, tweets Bob Elliott of The Toronto Sun. We'll overlook...
8/13 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/13: It looked like the Boston Red Sox were going to tie a franchise record with eight wins in a season at the Rogers Centre in Toronto....
8/13 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/13: It looked like the Boston Red Sox were going to tie a franchise record with eight wins in a season at the Rogers Centre in Toronto....
8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells, Yunel Escobar return Wednesday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells (foot) and SS Yunel Escobar (knee) both returned to the lineup Wednesday, Aug. 11, according...[+] to The Associated Press.
8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells updateToronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells (toe) could return Wednesday, Aug. 11, The Associated Press reports. ...[+] Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells (toe) could return Wednesday, Aug. 11, The Associated Press reports.
8/9 The UpperCard Network: Blue Jays Weekend A Sign Of The Future: While the Blue Jays are unlikely to make the postseason, sitting 8 back in the Wildcard and 10.5 back in the AL East, they just...
8/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | More on Vernon Wells: Updating previous reports, Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells (toe) is likely to miss a few games with a dislocated big toe on...[+] his right foot, MLB.com's Jordan Bastian reports.
8/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells injured Sunday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells (toe) left Sunday, Aug. 8, with a dislocated toe, which happened when he made a leaping catch...[+] against the wall in the sixth inning. Wells stayed down briefly before jogging slowly off the field. The Associated Press reports Wells will have X-rays on Monday, Aug. 9.
8/6 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Suitors For Carl Crawford: There's a whole lot to like about Carl Crawford's game. He can hit, as his .302/.356/.485 line shows. He has stolen 38 bases (47...
8/2 MLBTradeRumors: Waiver Trade Candidates: AL East: Last year, Ronnie Belliard, Jose Contreras, Jon Garland, Scott Kazmir, Jon Rauch, Billy Wagner, Bill Hall, Ivan Rodriguez, Aubrey...
8/1 El Maquino: One Less Outfielder: I know why they did it. It couldn’t have been Colby Rasmus, the newer, younger centerfielder just outside of rookie status....

News -- July 2010

7/27 Baseball Musings: Should the Jays Trade?: Drunk Jays Fans brings up the thought of trading Jose Bautista: I shouldn’t have to tell you what an absolute outlier this season...
7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells breaks homer drought: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells hit his 20th home run of the season Sunday, July 25, against the Detroit Tigers. According to...[+] The Associated Press, it was his first homer since June 27.
7/25 Baseball Musings: Action Jackson: Austin Jackson just tripled leading off the bottom of the eighth inning to give himself three quarters of the cycle. He just needs...
7/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells has three hits Wednesday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells recorded three hits in a losing effort Wednesday, July 21, according to The Associated Press....[+]
7/13 Wezen-Ball: If Derby Parti**** Had to Run Out Their Blasts: Using the average trot time so far this season for each of the eight Home Run Derby parti**** and the number of home runs they...
7/12 El Maquino: The Bombing of LA: “It’s like a big show, and the game is an afterthought, which is totally ESPN.” -Tony LaRussa on the Homerun...
7/12 Wezen-Ball: If Derby Parti**** Had to Run Out Their Blasts: Using the average trot time so far this season for each of the eight Home Run Derby parti**** and the number of home runs they...
7/10 El Maquino: Questionable #3′s: Looking over the box scores today, I’ve seen some weird 3-hole hitters. So, I thought I’d list them. Keep in mind...
7/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells snaps slump Wednesday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells snapped an 0-for-21 slump Wednesday, July 7, with a double in the seventh inning, reports The...[+] Associated Press. Wells finished the game 1-for-4 with one RBI.
7/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells, Aaron Hill out of lineup Tuesday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells (illness) and 2B Aaron Hill (illness) were not in the starting lineup Tuesday, July 6, because...[+] of flu-like symptoms, according to The Associated Press. Wells was able to pinch hit during the game.
7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | AL Home Run Derby participants announced: The American League participants for the 2010 Home Run Derby will consist of Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera, New York Yankees...[+] 2B Robinson Cano, Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz and Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells, according to ESPN.com.
7/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | American League All-Star reserves announced: The following position players have been added to the 2010 American League All-Star team as reserves, according to MLB.com: Baltimore...[+] Orioles IF Ty Wigginton, Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera, Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia, C Victor Martinez and DH David Ortiz, Texas Rangers 2B Ian Kinsler and SS Elvis Andrus, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Torii Hunter, New York Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez and Toronto Blue Jays C John Buck and OFs Jose Bautista and Vernon Wells.
7/3 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 3, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
7/2 My Pinstripes: Pen Writes A Bad Ending: Today's game between the Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays should have been about A.J. Burnett's return to the nickname the "Good...
7/1 Baseball Musings: Mid-Season Awards: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the results of all-star and mid-season award voting on Thursday,...

News -- June 2010

6/28 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: June 27: Home Run of the Day: Vernon Wells, Toronto Blue Jays (Trot Time: 23.07 seconds) [video] Robinson Cano and Kurt Suzuki both...
6/28 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: June 27: Home Run of the Day: Vernon Wells, Toronto Blue Jays (Trot Time: 23.07 seconds) [video] Robinson Cano and Kurt Suzuki both...
6/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells homers Sunday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells hit his 19th home run of the season Sunday, June 27, against the Philadelphia Phillies, reports...[+] The Associated Press. Wells finished the game 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored.
6/24 Call to the Pen: Call to the Pen All-Star starters: On Tuesday, July 13th the 81st All-Star Game in major league history will be played in Anaheim. Today, we reveal the 2010 Call...
6/24 Baseball Musings: Morrow Control: Brandon Morrow is not known as a control pitcher. He came into Thursday night’s Cardinals/Blue Jays game with six walks...
6/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells homers twice Thursday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells homered twice in a winning effort Thursday, June 24, according to The Associated Press. He now...[+] has 18 homers on the season and two multi-homer games.
6/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells cooling off: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells has just four hits in his last 35 at-bats (.114) after going 0-for-4 Sunday, June 20, according...[+] to MLB.com's Bailey Stephens.
6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | John Buck, Vernon Wells go deep Wednesday: Toronto Blue Jays C John Buck and OF Vernon Wells both homered in a winning effort Wednesday, June 16, according to The Associated...[+] Press. Buck's homer was his third of the series and 12th of the season. Wells now has 16 homers this year. Wells was 2-for-28 (.071) on the road trip before his home run. Buck has 11 of his 12 home runs in his last 31 starts.
6/16 WasWatching: Top 25 OF In The A.L.: You know…a case could be made that…both Nick Swisher and Brett Gardner should be on the All-Star team this year. It...
6/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells snaps hit streakToronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells snapped a 14-game hitting streak Tuesday, June 8, The Associated Press reports. ...[+] Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells snapped a 14-game hitting streak Tuesday, June 8, The Associated Press reports.
6/7 TetreaultVision: Take Me Back from the Ballgame June 6, 2010: Yesterday was buy nine innings, get extras free, with six games going to the tenth and two of them continuing to the eleventh. ...
6/6 My Pinstripes: Yankees Hit Their Way to Finale Win: The Toronto Blue Jays silenced the Yankees bats through the first two games of the their three games series and had done so for...
6/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees salvage final game of series; beat Toronto 4-3: Remember everything I said about the Toronto Blue Jays' pitching before the series started? Well, it was even better than advertised....
6/6 TetreaultVision: Take Me Back from the Ballgame June 5, 2010: The first weekend of June began with more tightening in the AL East. Based on Baseball-Reference's SRS (Simple Rating System...
6/6 My Pinstripes: Jays Top Punchless Yanks in 14: Mark Teixeira wasn't worried. He knew that every April he struggled. It was commonplace. And he knew that come May his bat...
6/6 Baseball Musings: Upside: There’s a good discussion going on in this post at The Book Blog on Dontrelle Willis: As a serious question, what is the...
6/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Are the Toronto Blue Jays for real?: The following is a guest post from huge Yankee fan and friend of Yankeeist Eric Mollo. Mollo previously bantered with me last...
6/2 Baseball Musings: Sean of the Dead: Sean Rodriguez kills Kevin Gregg with a bases loaded single with two out in the ninth to turn a 5-4 Toronto lead into a 7-5...
6/1 Baseball Musings: Sean of the Dead: Sean Rodriguez kills Kevin Gregg with a bases loaded single with two out in the ninth to turn a 5-4 Toronto lead into a 7-5...

News -- May 2010

5/30 TetreaultVision: Take Me Back from the Ballgame May 29, 2010: No Previews today, busy day on this Sunday before Memorial Day. Hope you are enjoying a fantastic weekend of baseball. 13 Cleveland...
5/29 Baseball Musings: Power Dependence: The Toronto Blue Jays downed the Orioles 5-2, all five of their runs scoring on four home runs. Vernon Wells broke a 2-2 tie...
5/29 Baseball Musings: Power Dependence: The Toronto Blue Jays downed the Orioles 5-2, all five of their runs scoring on four home runs. Vernon Wells broke a 2-2 tie...
5/28 MLBTradeRumors: Discussion: Lyle Overbay: Much has been written over the last few years about Vernon Wells' immovable contract, but besides that significant commitment...
5/26 Baseball Daily Digest: Those Surprising Blue Jays: Unheralded Jose Bautista, overpaid Vernon Wells, and journeyman Alex Gonzalez lead a Toronto Blue Jay team that many of the...
5/26 Baseball Daily Digest: Get Your Ballots Ready: A Look At Early AL Voting: It’s now been about a month since MLB opened All-Star voting. If I had my druthers, we’d just now be passing out ballots,...
5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells, Alex Gonzalez sit: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells and SS Alex Gonzalez received their first days off Sunday, May 23, according to The Associated...[+] Press.
5/18 Baseball Musings: Jays Away: The Blue Jays blow away the Minnesota Twins with a four home run attack, 11-2. Vernon Wells hit his 11th long ball of the season,...
5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Four homer Tuesday: Toronto Blue Jays 3B Edwin Encarnacion, OF Vernon Wells, 2B Aaron Hill and 1B Lyle Overbay all homered in a winning effort Tuesday,...[+] May 18, according to The Associated Press. Wells now has 11 homers this season. His homer was also his 203rd career blast, tying him for second on the team's all-time list for home runs.
5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells moves up franchise list: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells singled Monday, May 17, to move into sole possession of second place on the team's all-time...[+] hits list with 1,414, according to MLB.com's Jordan Bastian.
5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells drives in four runs Friday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells went 1-for-5 Friday, May 14, against the Texas Rangers, with a home run and four RBIs, according...[+] to The Associated Press.
5/12 Birds with Balls: Is Vernon Back?: It’s hard to complain about Vernon Wells‘ numbers at the plate this season. Everything about them is excellent. ...
5/7 Baseball Daily Digest: Get Your Ballots Ready: Big Changes to the NL Squad: MLB.com opened voting for the All-Star Game some about two weeks ago, which I postulated was about a month too early. There have...
5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Gordon, Dunn, Lowell: The five most untradeable contracts in baseball? ESPN's Jayson Stark's poll of baseball executives say it's Alfonso Soriano,...
5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Players With Full No-Trade Clauses: A contract with a full no-trade clause lets a player control his destiny. Looking at Cot's Baseball Contracts, here's an attempted list...
5/2 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo's Latest: Blue Jays, Dunn, Washburn, Dukes: In his column today for the Boston Globe, Nick Cafardo explores the effect of Arizona's controversial immigration law on baseball....
5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells hits 200th career homer Friday: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells went 3-for-4 Friday, April 30, against the Oakland Athletics, with a home run, two RBIs and...[+] two runs scored, according to The Associated Press. It was his sixth home run this season and the 200th of his career. Wells also moved past George Bell for second place on the franchise's all-time list with 741 RBIs.

News -- April 2010

4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Vernon Wells doesn't plan to opt out: Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells has an opt-out clause after the 2011 season in his contract, but he recently told FOXSports.com's...[+] Jon Paul Morosi that he doesn't plan on going anywhere. Wells would give up four years and $86 million if he opted out.
4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Morosi On Washburn, Tigers, Vernon Wells: A few links from Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports... MLBTR's Luke Adams summed up the latest on the unsigned starting pitchers...
4/24 MLBTradeRumors: Highest Paid Players In 2010: Let's round up what each of the 30 teams are paying their highest paid player this season. This includes any known signing bonus...
4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Wells goes deep again: The Associated Press reports Toronto Blue Jays OF Vernon Wells went 3-for-4, including his seventh homer, and increased his average...[+] to .364 on the season.

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