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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... some sort of platoon with Blum/Kepp/C. Johnson. With Lance Berkman , Geoff Blum , Kaz Matsui and Jeff Keppinger already assured of spots on the club in 2010, Ed Wade will have decisions to make on which other infielders to bring in. It seems as if Tommy Manzella will play shorstop, as a trade or free agent signing isn't likely. While Chris Johnson has shown promise, don't look past...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... .342, .791, 5.45 2009 .336, .795, 5.0 Geoff Blum Projection .297, .657, 3.54 2009 .314, .681, 3.9 Jeff Keppinger Projection .348, .743, 4.98 2009 .320, .707, 3.7 Chris Johnson Projection .300, .725, 4.49 2009 .130, .221, 0.00 Kaz Matsui Projection .317, .696, 4.22 2009 .302, .659, 3.9 Humberto Quintero Projection .286, .644, 3.4 2009 .286, .662, 3.1 Michael Bourn's performance is...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... Blum isn't getting any younger and Chris Johnson isn't getting any better at getting on base. Jeff Keppinger was great as a platoon there, but I think we can find a better option. This option could include re-signing Tejada and slotting him at 3rd, but I doubt that happens in the wake of the Blum re-signing. If we really wanted to go for it: Chone Figgins (probably a multi-year deal...
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MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
... at minor trades made by Minaya, and where the departing prospects ended up, including players like Jeff Keppinger, Brian Bannister, Heath Bell , Matt Lindstrom, Drew Butera, Mike Carp, Ezequiel Carrera, and Mike Jacobs, among others. That said, Minaya also traded for Xavier Nady, John Maine , Oliver Perez , Duaner Sanchez , Paul LoDuca, Carlos Delgado , Luis Castillo , J.J. Putz ,...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
... candidates (some of whom, like Russell Branyan , I will discuss in future posts) to platoon with Jeff Keppinger , who is very strong against LHP. 2. Luis Rodriguez . A great buy-low free agent pickup, Rodriguez is not the type of player you'd like to buy and pencil in at third base, but his stats are nonetheless impressive... Except, of course, for his batting average and slugging...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
... and refining the inputs and suddenly we were an 82 win team. Then in late March Ivan Rodriguez and Jeff Keppinger landed in Houston and we quickly became an 83 win team. There was probably inflation, but a .500 season seemed realistic, and there were all the variables in place to allow for some kind of meaningful and exciting season to get underway. April and May saw the NL Central...
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MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
... three doubles, one home run, and six RBI. Today was a 2004 Mets redux by the Astros as former Met Jeff Keppinger and Kaz Matsui were in the lineup for Houston today. Cheers to the fans that stuck around during and after the rain delay – they were allowed to move to the first rows behind the dugout to watch the game. Up Next: The Mets will play their final game of the 2009 season tomorrow...
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The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
... to badly hurt his hamstring on the final pitch of that inning, a deep flyout off the bat of Jeff Keppinger --and Ryan Madson worked the last two frames for his 10th save. Madson needed just nine pitches to set the Astros down 1-2-3 in the eighth, but he had to work hard in the ninth: Matsui led off with a single to left, and Lance Berkman followed two batters later with a seeing eye...
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CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
... dugout by catcher Paul Bako. Center fielder Shane Victorino made an outstanding, twisting catch on Jeff Keppinger's drive as Moyer watched on his hands and knees. Moyer strained his left groin.Kazuo Matsui and Lance Berkman homered for the Astros, who won the first five meetings between the teams.Wilton Lopez (0-1) allowed five runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings in his first career...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
... dugout by catcher Paul Bako. Center fielder Shane Victorino made an outstanding, twisting catch on Jeff Keppinger's drive as Moyer watched on his hands and knees. Moyer strained his left groin. Kazuo Matsui and Lance Berkman homered for the Astros, who won the first five meetings between the teams. Wilton Lopez (0-1) allowed five runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings in his first career...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
... dugout by catcher Paul Bako. Center fielder Shane Victorino made an outstanding, twisting catch on Jeff Keppinger's drive as Moyer watched on his hands and knees. Moyer strained his left groin. Kazuo Matsui and Lance Berkman homered for the Astros, who won the first five meetings between the teams. Wilton Lopez (0-1) allowed five runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings in his first career...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
... dugout by catcher Paul Bako. Center fielder Shane Victorino made an outstanding, twisting catch on Jeff Keppinger's drive as Moyer watched on his hands and knees. Moyer strained his left groin.Kazuo Matsui and Lance Berkman homered for the Astros, who won the first five meetings between the teams.Wilton Lopez (0-1) allowed five runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings in his first career...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
... dugout by catcher Paul Bako. Center fielder Shane Victorino made an outstanding, twisting catch on Jeff Keppinger's drive as Moyer watched on his hands and knees. Moyer strained his left groin.
Kazuo Matsui and Lance Berkman homered for the Astros, who won the first five meetings between the teams.
Wilton Lopez (0-1) allowed five runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings in his...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Carlos Lee greeted Walker with a two-run double. After Walker walked Hunter Pence and surrendered an infield single to Jeff Keppinger to load the bases, Clay Condrey replaced him and gave up a two-run single to Kazuo Matsui. It was 8-2, Astros, leaving the Phillies gloomy, although they insist their confidence has not been shaken.
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The Eagle Sports (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
... 12 to play only to blow the NL pennant by dropping 10 straight.Miguel Tejada had four hits and Jeff Keppinger had three hits and two RBIs for Houston, which is 5-0 against the Phillies this season.Bazardo (1-2) allowed two runs and two hits to earn his third career win and first since Sept. 25, 2007, with Detroit. The 25-year-old right-hander signed with the Phillies as a minor league...
