Ex-New York Mets closer Billy Wagner returns to NL East, signs one … - New York Daily News He returned to the New York Mets on Aug. 20, reached 96 mph in his first appearance, then was traded to the Boston Red Sox five days later. Wagner was 1-1 with a 1.98 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 13 2-3 innings for the Red Sox. In Game 3 of the playoffs …

... of note in that link are their promos of recent including a certain Jack Kerouac Bobblehead. — The NL East teams have done nothing too impressive unless you happen to be from Atlanta. Florida has done absolutely nothing concrete so far, but you can assume that they have discussed moving every player on their team that has any worth for ...

... numbered. So confused. Perhaps dayf has a little more insight into this card's origin. The Braves were probably the second-best team to pick for this break, so I also need to show another card he's getting: 1998 Upper Deck Tape Measure Titans #22 Andruw Jones (2564/2667). This came in the weird tin of cards. We're going front to back, back to front, so up next is the AL East.

Congratulations to former Mets manager Davey Johnson who has been hired by the Washington Nationals to be senior adviser to general manager Mike Rizzo. Johnson who coached the US National team this past summer had the opportunity to manage Nats #1 pick, Stephen Strasburg . "When I first laid eyes on him, I really got nervous," Johnson said. "He threw so good ...

Posted by Steve Sidoti According to Joel Sherman of the NY Post via Twitter, the Yankees have dealt reliever Brian Bruney to the Nationals for a player to be named later. This is non Mets news ofcourse, but it will be interesting to see Bruney and K-Rod in the same ballpark each time the Mets face the Nationals. The two were involved in a feud last June and the Mets closer chose not to back ...

Well, lookey here!  The Phillies have signed another player (via The Zo Zone): The Phillies have found the last player for their bench. Word spread late tonight at the Winter Meetings in Indianapolis that the Phillies had signed free agent outfielder Ross Gload. A baseball source said it was a two-year contract. HOWEVER, if you’re an avid reader of The Fightins, you obviously knew this ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- This was one of the busiest divisions in baseball before the Winter Meetings, with the additions of Placido Polanco, Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito. Yet there's still plenty to do. The Mets came to Indianapolis to add, the Marlins to subtract and the Braves to do both -- and none of the three made a great deal of headway. Atlanta got sidetracked when reliever Rafael Soriano ...

... 4.17 4.14 4.31 Chicago (NL) 649 4.01 4.20 4.29 ... 3.63 3.76 4.04 New York (NL) 615 3.80 3.88 3.90 ... 3.74 3.51 As expected, the Phillies had the best offense in the NL, while the Giants had the worst in 2009. And here’s the divisional breakdown, by average FIP against: NL East: 4.30 NL Central: 4.14 NL West:  4.10 Like the AL East, the NL East is a clear league leader, with the Central and ...

... in the NL are... Austin and Washington? - Washington has been leading the NL East for most of the season. They're doing it on the backs of their youngsters- Willis Biddle looks like a star in the making and Carter Leonard could end up winning ... . - In the south, it's a Texas shootout. Austin is the only NL team that is 20 games above .500 (47-27) and Houston is ...

Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan, a former East Lake standout, has been named the National League Rookie of the Year. Tampa Bay Rays RHP Jeff Niemann came up short in his bid to win AL Rookie of the Year, as he finished fourth. Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ in a tight race after receiving 17 first-place votes and 105 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers&# ...

Baseball America recently completed their Top 10 prospects for each NL West Team, and since I took the plunge and subscribed for 3 months, I bring you the Top ... league teams. I have already provided you with the Top 10's for the NL East and NL Central teams. Today I bring you the Top 10's from the NL West.   Giants 1. Buster Posey, c 2. Madison ...

... ideal. Two, Bengie Molina is the free agent who intrigues the Mets the most. The Mets introduced new uniforms. And there was much rejoicing. Around the NL East The Phillies came to terms with utility player Juan Castro. Former ... to be an even surer thing than the AL voting, the NL MVP award went to Albert Pujols. Joe Posnanski writes that Pujols& ...

... successful career, thus the 2 year $7.5 million contract from the Brewers. He does seem better suited for the NL though. Greg Zaun was with Toronto for a long time, so we should know him, but don' ... and Ryan Braun, they have two legitimate power threats in their lineup. In other news, our AL East friends the Baltimore Orioles are closing in on a trade for Kevin Millwood. Baltimore's a ...

SES Astra announced today that it is further expanding its successful satellite-based broadband service Astra2Connect, and will offer the service in the Middle East as of next year. As a result, the company has signed a second service distribution agreement with Intersat Africa, a leading provider of satellite-based internet services based in Kenya, for broadband

Per MLB.com. Scully, who turned 82 on Sunday, will continue with the same broadcasting workload -- calling virtually all home games, plus road games as far east as Colorado. He made no commitment beyond 2010. "We have had two exciting seasons consecutively -- getting into the second round of the playoffs -- and when you get that close, you look to the next year as perhaps the one that you ...