Cliff Lee

Congratulations to Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw who won the 2011 NL CY Young in a landslide. Kershaw won the N.L. pitching triple crown in 2011, tying for the league lead in victories with 21, and leading it with 248 strikeouts and a 2.28 ERA. He also is the eighth Dodger to win the award, [...]

In recent years, pitchers have dominated the game and this season it’s no different. A lot of people might say it’s because of the end of the steroids era, but I’ve always thought that banning steroids is not the reason for pitching success. Hitters were not the only ones using steroids during the steroids era, as pitchers [...]

Here are a few more notes regarding some Major League pitchers: – To no one’s surprise, Cliff Lee threw a hell of a game today for his third consecutive complete shutout. He limited the Red Sox’s offense to two hits, struck out five and walked two. In June, he has a 0.21 ERA in 42 innings [...]

After reading the headline you might think I lost my mind, and you’re probably right, but this title actually makes a lot of sense. Yesterday, Yankees starter Freddy Garcia worked  7 innings while allowing just three runs and nine hits leaving his record at 4-4 with a 3.34 ERA in 56.2 innings through 10 games, 9 starts. The [...]

General manager Brian Cashman confirmed on Wednesday that the New York Yankees have no plans to talk to CC Sabathia before the end of the season about his opt-out clause in his contract, Buster Olney of ESPN reports. “We haven’t had any discussions about having any discussions about a contract extension,” Cashman said, in response [...]

The last two days, we predicted the division winners for the American League and the National League. Earlier today, we covered our award predictions for the American League.  Without further ado, here are the National League award predictions. Writer National League MVP Allan Buster Posey Ryan Albert Pujols Juan Albert Pujols Writer National League Cy Young Allan Roy Halladay Ryan Cliff Lee Juan Tim Lincecum Writer National League ROY Allan Aroldis Chapman Ryan Brandon Belt Juan Brandon Belt Writer First NL [...]

Much has been said about the New York Yankees rotation after Cliff Lee decided to sign with the Phillies and Andy Pettitte decided to retire. The Yankees began the Spring Training with three starters C.C. Sabathia, A.J Burnett and Phil Hughes and six other pitchers fighting for the fourth and fifth spots on the team’s rotation. [...]

Were you the cool kid on the block with an original jersey or did you follow the in-crowd?  Here’s a list of the top-10 selling jerseys from 2010 according to Major League Baseball’s official jersey maker, Majestic (via Arren Rovell of CNBC). 10. Tim Lincecum – San Francisco Giants 9. Alex Rodriguez – New York [...]

Last week, left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee mentioned on the radio that he did not choose to go to the New York Yankees because “some of the Yankee guys are getting older.” It took a few days, but general manager Brian Cashman responded to Lee’s comments, as reported by Brian Costello of the New York Post. “Some of [...]

According to a team source close to Bob Brookover of the Philadelphia Inquirer, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. and the Phillies have agreed to a contract extension. Jon Morosi of FOXSports confirms the deal is done and adds that the deal is for four-years. Paul Hagen of the Philadelphia Equirer was the first to report that the [...]