Was Watching (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
A great stat from Tyler Kepner - Of the 27 World Series starters for the last seven champions, only two — Chris Carpenter and Jeff Suppan of the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals — came to their team through major league free agency. Fourteen were acquired through trades, eight through the draft, two on the international market [...]
MLB (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
... the 2008 season that will pay between $45 and $51 million depending on his arbitration status. Jeff Suppan is second on the list with his four-year, $42 million deal. Yet Melvin must also know that the Brewers face an uphill climb with Sabathia, the best pitcher on the market who is likely to draw interest from the Yankees and Angels, among other big-spending clubs, and could get...
Yanksfan vs Soxfan (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... million Tom Glavine, 104, $8 million Greg Maddux, 104, $10 million Jamie Moyer, 103, $6 million Jeff Suppan, 103, $8.25 million Gil Meche, 102, $11.4 million A few other notes on Wakefield's 14-year career with Boston: He's thrown at least 140 innings every season -- even the ones where he was used mostly as a reliever. Only Mike Mussina and Greg Maddux have matched that in the same...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
... Carlos Silva, Miguel Batista, and Jarrod Washburn (Mariners); Daniel Cabrera (Orioles); Jeff Suppan (Brewers); Ian Kennedy and Kei Igawa (Yankees); Scott Olsen (Marlins). Table 2, relief pitchers: Mike MacDougal (White Sox); Aaron Heilman and Scott Schoenweis (Mets); Jason Frasor (Blue Jays); Luis Vizcaino (Rockies); Kevin Gregg (Marlins); Justin Speier (Angels); Brandon Backe (Astros)....
LA Times (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... it's starting to stick in the majors."Shields grew up not far from another standout local pitcher, Jeff Suppan, who attended Encino Crespi in 1993 and was the National League Championship Series MVP in 2004 for the St. Louis Cardinals.There's something in the air, or more likely, something about playing high school baseball in the San Fernando Valley area, that prepares a pitcher...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
... Gallardo Manny Parra. After that, they have two back-end-of-the-rotation veterans in Dave Bush and Jeff Suppan. Their top two starters, CC Sabathia Ben Sheets, are free agents likely to be elsewhere next season.Considering pitching is always the primary factor in a team remaining a contender, the Rays have good reason to believe 2008 will not represent a one-year breakthrough. Kazmir,...
