Rain Delay (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
There’s not a whole lot to say about our latest first baseman. He came over at the deadline with minor league pitcher Stephen Marek for Mark Teixeira. And spent a lot of time on the berevment list because of his sick mother. Kotchman is a whiz defensively with the glove, but doesn’t deliver the power [...]
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
The saddest words of tongue or pen are not tragedy, but “What might have been...” Casey Kotchman was the Angels’ first round pick in the 2001 draft. He made his major league debut after a dramatic baserunning injury to Darin Erstad in 2004, called up from AA Arkansas to join the team on a Sunday afternoon. He had been a batboy to Garret Anderson in the minors where his father, Tom Kotchman...
Baseball America (Free subscription) | yesterday
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iYankees (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... lock up Tex, especially when you consider that they gave up a cheap and talented first baseman in Casey Kotchman in order to acquire Teixeira.
ajc.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... feet wet and show what he can do.”Marek said he was surprised to be included with first baseman Casey Kotchman in the Teixeira trade. He’s admittedly shy and took awhile to adjust, but said Mississippi manager Phillip Wellman and his new teammates made the transition easier.“At first, I missed my buddies [after the trade], but I grew up a Braves fan,” Marek said. “And there’s a lot...
Sons of Bill Simmons (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... between what Texas got from Atlanta (five young players) and what the Braves got from the Angels ( Casey Kotchman and a minor leaguer).
View from the cheap seats (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... place to the slugger from St. Louis while the late-season Angels star earned four. Former Angel Casey Kotchman received the final firstplace vote. ... And on Molina: Maybe his brothers are getting jealous; they’re creeping up on him. But it’s a repeat Fielding Bible Award for Yadier Molina in 2008 (88 points). Jose Molina finished tied for second with Jason Kendall of the Brewers...
ArmchairGM (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
... 6.95% and after it was 6.86%. Looks like that old teammate of his was right. However, let’s take Casey Kotchman out of the equation in the “before” category before calling this a done deal. With Kotchman out of the formula the Angels had 255 unintentional walks in 3,494 plate appearances, a rate of 6.54%. So with that said, rest of the Angels did walk more often after Teixeira...
