MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Some links to read through on Ryan Howard's 30th birthday... MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez reports that the Marlins may spend on a corner outfielder, a second baseman or a third baseman if they free up some payroll by trading Dan Uggla. Jamey Carroll is one of the many free agents the Marlins would consider. The Brewers are open to bringing Craig Counsell back, according to MLB.com's Adam...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
You know how most of us were just assuming that the Brewers would be able to bring back Craig Counsell on another hometeam-friendly one year contract after a surprisingly good 2009 season? According to Buster Olney, that might not happen. Olney tweets that about 12 teams are interested in Counsell’s services, and wouldn’t [...]
MLB (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Report: 12 clubs interested in Counsell
MLB (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Counsell, Weathers join free-agent pool
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | yesterday
... . The Indians are looking for an extra infielder. Hoynes suggests Ronnie Belliard , Alex Cora and Craig Counsell could be fits for the Tribe.
Cute Sports (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
There are plenty of great Craig Counsell stories out there, but this one is the best. If you didn't have a ton of love and respect for Craiggers before, you should now. Counsell a class act By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel Oct. 16, 2009 My boss, Garry D. Howard, was kind enough to share this e-mail with me that former Marquette basketball coach Rick Majerus, now...
Mopupduty.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
... SS) Khalil Greene (flake + declining production) Miguel Tejada (Type A) Wish List (alphabetical) Craig Counsell Counsell is listed as a 3B on most free agent lists but can play SS if need be. Craig’s offensive production would be, let’s see, comp out to a poor man’s Gregg Zaun. How exciting. Counsell brings virtually no slugging to the table (career .350) and...
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... Rivera , CF 6. Damian Miller , C 7. Pokey Reese , 2B 7. Tony Womack , SS 8. Kelly Stinnett , C 8. Craig Counsell , 3B 9. Chris Reitsma , P. 9. Randy Johnson , P Full boxscore The MLB Network showed Randy Johnson's 20-strikeout game at the start of the month, part of a series of high-K outings. It provided a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era of Diamondbacks baseball Look at the...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Brewers’ GM Doug Melvin added Sounds’ versatile infielder Adam Heether to the Brewers’ 40-man roster on Monday. This move means either: a. Heether has been identified as valuable trade bait; or b. Heether figures to replace Craig Counsell as the Brewers’ back-up middle infielder in 2010; or c. Heether will play again in AAA, only getting called up if [...]
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... .262/.329/.454 Actual: .201/.265/.341 Mat Gamel Projected: .274/.334/.442 Actual: .242/.338/.422 Craig Counsell Projected: .231/.322/.332 Actual: .285/.357/.408 Before the season we were pretty optimistic about Bill Hall, with six of the nine projectors giving him an OPS of .780 or above. Instead, he played his way off the team and got to the point where the Brewers ate most of his...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... free agents: Outfielders Mike Cameron , Frank Catalanotto and Corey Patterson , infielders Craig Counsell and Felipe Lopez , catcher Jason Kendall and pitchers Braden Looper , Claudio Vargas and David Weathers . The Carlos Gomez acquisition likely means Cameron is gone and the Brewers are ready to give a healthy Rickie Weeks the second base job over Lopez, a Type B free agent who...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
... Actual: .229/.302/.357 Alcides Escobar Projected: .263/.308/.359 Actual: .304/.333/.368 Craig Counsell Projected: .231/.322/.332 Actual: .285/.357/.408 If you've just now noticed that J.J. Hardy had a disappointing season, I'm sorry. Hardy underachieved our expectations by 143 OPS points. possibly the single largest gap between expectations and reality on the 2009 Brewers . Meanwhile,...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
These charts tells me the Royals are now in the Luis Rodriguez sweepstakes. Click to enlarge Full data after the jump. Second basemen AGE TYPE CLUB OPTION WAR UZR/150 wOBA ISO PA Felipe Lopez 30 B 4.6 7.6 0.356 0.118 680 Placido Polanco 34 A 3.1 11 0.321 0.112 676 Juan Uribe 31 2.9 16.4 0.351 0.206 432 Orlando Hudson 32 A 2.9 -3.7 0.342 0.134 631 Craig Counsell 39 2.8 18 0.336 0.124 459...
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
... … To read more from Olney, check out his Twitter page, here , where he also writes about interest Craig Counsell , Brandon Lyon and Rays OF B.J. Upton .
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... team's most productive. Projections: Rickie Weeks Projected: .257/.362/.425 Actual: .272/.340/.517 Craig Counsell Projected: .231/.322/.332 Actual: .285/.357/.408 Casey McGehee Projected: ..279/.334/.393 Actual: .301/.360/.499 TheJay, while refusing to predict exactly who would end up playing in Weeks' place, nearly nailed a 2009 prediction for Weeks, saying: "Hey, someone has...
