Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Chicago White Sox reliever determined to come back strong next season CLEVELAND -- Scott Linebrink appreciated the blunt assessment of his season from pitching coach Don Cooper.
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
... 6-6 17 17 0 112 116 15 31 81 4.18 1.31 Bobby Jenks 4-2 50 0 30 54 47 4 18 50 3.00 1.20 Scott Linebrink 3-3 55 0 0 58 56 8 20 50 3.88 1.31 Jake Peavy 16-8 33 33 0 215 181 19 69 217 3.18 1.16 Matt Thornton 5-4 73 0 4 81 70 7 33 86 3.33 1.27 Unfortunately, there's no projection for Daniel Hudson , who I have pegged as a league average starter (a #4) next year.
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
This could be one of my all time favorite MLBTR posts. Tim Dierkes scoured all of baseball's contracts and cribbed together the worst of the worst , the contracts any GM would love to get rid of. Happily, only Jeff Suppan (1 year, $14.5 million) is listed under the Brewers , though there are some other familiar names, including CoCo (2 years, $25 million) and Scott Linebrink (2 years, $10.5...
The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
... Thorton would probably make a solid closer (see Brian Fuentes) it moves both Tony Pena and Scott Linebrink into roles they should not be in on a contender.FREE AGENCY5) Which positions are in most dire need of an upgrade?One of the corner outfield spots are in dire need of an upgrade more than anything else on this team. It would be nice to have at the spot filled by an athletic player not...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
... Eric Byrnes , Diamondbacks - one year, $11MM Fausto Carmona , Indians - two years, $11MM Scott Linebrink , White Sox - two years, $10.5MM Nate Robertson , Tigers - one year, $10MM Edgar Renteria , Giants - one year, $9.5MM Pat Burrell , Rays - one year, $9MM Kei Igawa , Yankees - two years $8MM Jeff Francis , Rockies - one year, $5.75MM Kyle Farnsworth , Royals - one year, $5MM Willy Taveras...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
... - $2.75MM SP - John Danks - $520K+ SP - Freddy Garcia - $1MM RP - Bobby Jenks - $5.6MM+ RP - Scott Linebrink - $5MM RP - Matt Thornton - $2.25MM RP - D.J. Carrasco - $440K+ RP - Tony Pena - $430K+ RP - Randy Williams - $410K RP - Carlos Torres - $400K Other commitments: Mike MacDougal - $350K, Jermaine Dye - $1MM Non-tender candidates: Bobby Jenks The White Sox have about $82MM committed...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
... . . .D.J. Carrasco -- Any role. Any inning. Any questions? . . .Carlos Torres -- Yawn. . . .Scott Linebrink -- Kill me now. . . .Octavio Dotel -- Spanish for Scott Linebrink. . . .Tony Pena -- Too often looks like Dotel on training wheels. . . .Scott Podsednik - What does it say when a guy who’s bad on defense and worse as a baserunner considering his speed is the best this team can...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
... (3-0) shut down the Tigers, giving up only two hits and two walks, while striking out five. Scott Linebrink gave up only one hit in the ninth. “I’ve been puzzled all year why we haven’t hit better,” Leyland said. “It’s simple — we have to score runs. If we don’t, we’ll get beat.” Jackson (13-9) pitched five innings, giving up eight earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
... (3-0) shut down the Tigers, giving up only two hits and two walks, while striking out five. Scott Linebrink gave up only one hit in the ninth. “I’ve been puzzled all year why we haven’t hit better,” Leyland said. “It’s simple — we have to score runs. If we don’t, we’ll get beat.” Jackson (13-9) pitched five innings, giving up eight earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
... (3-0) shut down the Tigers, giving up only two hits and two walks, while striking out five. Scott Linebrink gave up only one hit in the ninth. “I’ve been puzzled all year why we haven’t hit better,” Leyland said. “It’s simple — we have to score runs. If we don’t, we’ll get beat.” Jackson (13-9) pitched five innings, giving up eight earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking...
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
... Yanks maintaining that same lead in the 9th inning, Melky worked a full count off reliever Scott Linebrink before lifting a pitch into the right-centerfield gap. Dye misplayed the ball and it went all the way to wall, and the result was the first cycle by a Yankee since Tony Fernandez way back in 1995. August 7th: A-Rod ’s 15th inning walk-off vs. Boston ( video ) In the second game of what...
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
More photos » by Nam Y. Huh - AP Browse more photos » Remember the rules. You can't be someone who will be retained for the 2010 season. So that eliminates the coaching staff and front office. You also can't be someone who has an unmovable contract. So Scott Linebrink will have to wait to take the fall for the 2011 season. Essentially, you're looking at guys who are free agents to...
River Ave. Blues (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
... are awful. However, four of his closest statistical comps (Brian Fuentes, Mike Gonzalez, Scott Linebrink, and Oliver Perez) have gone on to have varying degrees of big league success. Chapman would probably rank as one of the top 25 prospects in the game according to Baseball America’s Jim Callis , although he wouldn’t supplant Jesus Montero as the Yanks’ top farmhand. No one tops the Jesus....
