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Chad Billingsley to Undergo Tommy John Surgery on Wednesday

Posted by Scott Lewis under Los Angeles Dodgers, News And Notes on Apr 23, 2013

Chicago Cubs v Los Angeles Dodgers

The baseball gods are unkind to the Los Angeles Dodgers, so it seems. Chad Billingsley is scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow tomorrow.


Billingsley joins Zack Greinke and Chris Capuano on the Dodgers’ list of hurlers currently injured. The decision to allow Billingsley to try and pitch with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament is a particularly confounding one, given that the team was aware of the risks as far back as January. I wrote about Billingsley’s plan to pitch through the injury on January 30th, when an actual medical doctor said it’s all well and good to try and rehab such an injury so as long as you’re not a Major League Baseball pitcher.

You live and learn, I guess.

Billingsley was 1-0 in two starts, with a 3.00 ERA and six strikeouts in 12 innings this season.

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Ruben Amaro Jr. Realizes Delmon Young May Have Trouble Playing Right Field Every Day

Posted by Scott Lewis under HardBall Talkin', Philadelphia Phillies on Apr 22, 2013

New York Yankees v Detroit Tigers - Game Four

Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. really thought he found his ball club a bargain when he signed Delmon Young to a one-year, $650,000 deal in January. Young, after all, drove in 74 runs with the Detroit Tigers in 2012 when he hit behind a pair of guys who get on base all day in Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. Never mind that Young is an entirely inadequate fielder and walked just 3.3% of the time in 608 plate appearances last season. It’s all about the production, as Amaro stated back in January:

“I don’t care about walks. I care about production. To be frank with you, I’ve said this all along. All of the sabermatricians and all of the people who think they know exactly what makes a good club . . . to me, it’s more about run production and being able to score runs and drive in runs.”

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MLB GIFs of the Week: You Can Take Our Greenies, but You Can’t Take Our Crazies

Posted by Scott Lewis under Riffin' And GIFfin' on Apr 19, 2013

Here’a bevy of looping images in motion to end your work week and mutilate your browser. We lead with a glimpse at Jonathan Papelbon, clearly high on his own awesomeness.

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Anatomy of a No-Doubter: Jonathan Lucroy vs. Matt Cain

Posted by Scott Lewis under Riffin' And GIFfin' on Apr 18, 2013

Matt Cain had already surrendered home runs to Ryan Braun and Yovani Gallardo before he served up a curving cookie to Jonathan Lucroy in the third inning of Thursday’s matinee between the Giants and Brewers. Gallardo’s surprising shot just cleared the left field wall, while Braun’s blast to left more or less announced its departure the second bat met ball. Lucroy’s blast, though, combined with Cain’s body language, provided us with an absolute no-doubter to give the Brewers a 7-0 lead.

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GIF: Alcides Escobar Makes a Great Defensive Play

Posted by Scott Lewis under Riffin' And GIFfin' on Apr 17, 2013

Shortstops are stealing the show in Atlanta this afternoon. Alcides Escobar sees your great play, Andrelton Simmons, and raises you a double play.

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GIF: Andrelton Simmons Makes a Great Defensive Play

Posted by Scott Lewis under Andrelton Simmons, Atlanta Braves, Riffin' And GIFfin' on Apr 17, 2013

Nothing to see here, just Andrelton Simmons making it look easy on a Wednesday afternoon.

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A.J. Griffin’s Curveball Challenges Batters, Laws of Physics

Posted by Scott Lewis under Oakland Athletics, Riffin' And GIFfin' on Apr 17, 2013

Houston Astros v Oakland Athletics

A.J. Griffin‘s performance in 15 starts was just another pleasant surprise for an Oakland Athletics team that delivered a few in 2012. Griffin tossed 82.1 innings and finished with a nifty 3.06 ERA, 3.85 FIP, and 4.06 xFIP to go along with 64 strike outs and an excellent 5.7 BB%. Some might express concern over surrendering the long ball (10 home runs allowed; 10.2% HR/FB rate is a little on the high side for a starter who calls O.co home), Griffin exceeded whatever expectations the club could have had for him coming in as a lesser known prospect.

Through three starts this season, Griffin appears to have picked up where he left off in 2012 before running out of gas in his final few appearances. Griffin laid some hurt on the lowly Houston Astros on Tuesday, giving up two earned runs on four hits and striking out eight, although four batters earned a free pass. The right-hander registered five whiffs with his 67-69 mph curveball, with Marwin Gonzalez and Rick Ankiel looking the most foolish.

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