Sunday, May 1, 2011

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moving toward a new contract

The Angels designated hitter total 774 occurrences of the 1,100 he needs in the past two seasons, to enforce his contract option for next year. The projection of the "Kid" also improved, but still does not guarantee a 2012 with the Mets

Bob Abreu needs to appear on the plate 326 times this season, to ensure their presence in the lineup for the Angels next year.

A clause in the contract of Aragua states that the player will see renewed his contract and his current salary of $ 9 million between 2010 and 2011 if it builds 1,100 appearances.

takes good step. In the past year totaled 667 and woke up on Friday with 107 in the current tournament, to 774 in total.

The legal appearances include at-bats and tickets, balls, sacrifices and opportunities in the batter gets in circulation due to interference.

Abreu, in theory, is facing a hard time with the bat. He arrived at the weekend average of .247, the lowest of his career, slugging just .341, just higher than its debut in the majors with the Astros in 1996. But his .402 on-base average is the best for him since 2006.

The covenant of "Comedulce" is not unique. Several players have clauses that extend their agreements, if put some statistics. Francisco Rodriguez is one of them.

Rodriguez did not want to touch on the many times he has been consulted by the press in New York. Only one has complained, citing last week that inaction was affecting their control problems.

The "Kid" needs to close 55 games for his contract is guaranteed for 2012. If this happens, the Caracas became the best closer in annual salary in major league history, with $ 17.5 million.

Never mind that in these close the Venezuelan pitcher takes the bran. You just have to be the last pitcher of the game.

The lock on the Mets came into Friday with a projection of 52 closures. Manager Terry Collins has been careful to use him against the blackboard. Closures only adds two-game losing by Metropolis: 6 to April 14, both after spending four days without work, a span unthinkable for short relievers mentioned by reason of slippage in the capital.

Rodriguez has been effective. Their inaction is not due to a drop in performance. Until yesterday, has six saves in a row, with 1.86 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 9.2 innings.

's success has allowed the Mets' K-Rod "relieved more often. Tallied four outputs and as many closures in the six days that ran between 22 and 27 April.

But Rodriguez is not enough for their current pace, unlike Abreu, who may lose a third of the games and still get the apparitions that are missing.

stat:
Johan Santana to pitch 420 innings between 2012 and 2013 to ensure his contract with the Mets in 2014. We also get if you become among the top three voted the Cy Young in the next two seasons

Clause Freddy Garcia
are players whose salary depends on what is done in the field. This is the case of Freddy Garcia with the Yankees, who have a base salary of $ 1.5 million, with bonuses related to the total of meetings that can open this season. In the best case, if you start 30 games, win an additional $ 3.6 million, for a total of 5.1 million. The last night was his third. Is a projection of 15, but seems to be screwed into the rotation in recent days.

Posted in National on Saturday, April 30, 2011.

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-hitter Alex Torres

The day they opened seven Venezuelan pitchers

That day Friday, with five starting pitchers on the mound Creole is not a national brand for the expedition, which in 2006 had seven pitchers from the start, including some who took leave of the largest and perhaps professional baseball

Carlos Zambrano in common with last Friday's Tony Armas, Gustavo Chacin and Kelvim Escobar on April 18, 2006? In

days starting pitchers full of Venezuela, Zambrano got the win, as did Armas, Chacin and Escobar just over five years. That April 18, five years ago, stands as the day when most pitchers have started Creole major league games.

were seven arms. We recall the hype that was put in the newspapers and international media. ESPN dedicated the cover of baseball to unprecedented event, a sign that, finally, the producer of shortstops had changed of course, to become an exporter of pitchers.

Zambrano was one of those seven shooters who entered the books on April 18, 2006. He was also one of the five who went to the mound from the first inning, two days ago. Five years ago

Escobar did with the Angels, with the National Arms, with the Blue Jays Chacin, Victor Zambrano to the Mets, the Twins Carlos Silva, Felix Hernandez with the Mariners and the "Bull" for the Cubs.

lot has changed since then.

Armas was devoted to personal business and raising thoroughbreds, after repeated complaints that reduced their potential.

Victor Zambrano walked away from the majors and ended up becoming one of the greatest disappointments of New Yorkers, who gave the Rays for him nothing less than your top prospect at the time, Scott Kazmir. Chacin

struggled to overcome injuries, to return as a reliever in the Astros organization. Escobar

still struggles to complete a new return (the same Friday, coincidentally, shared with Johan Santana and Francisco Rodriguez a Twitter exchange, in which he announced to be very close to start to drop balls, again.)

Silva is at the Yankees complex in Tampa, conditioner, but still not face hitters. Just

Carlos Zambrano and "King Felix" has maintained its status of figures, then and now.

The "Bull", which five years ago was a no-decision, took the better part of 2011 and reached a 10 laurels and 11 road games unbeaten.
April 18
That left some things to the story.

Chacin beat none other than Randy Johnson, who was beaten by Toronto with seven runs in 3.1 innings.

Hernandez, a future Cy Young, was defeated by one John Koronka, the Rangers, remember?

Arms's rival was the late Cory Lidle, then with Phillies, Lidle to the Yankees would soon pass along to Bob Abreu and die in New York in October of that year, in a plane crash.

Escobar and Silva star in a matchup of native and fratricidal clash was in 2011, with Carlos Zambrano to Armando Galarraga.

Freddy Garcia was defeated in the fall of the Bronx Bombers this year and so did Galarraga and Jhoulys Chacin, the Rockies. Jeanmar Gomez was no contest with the Indians. The Friday, paradoxically, was one of the best of Galarraga presentations so far in 2011: took his second quality start in five raids, for the first time since April 6 completed six innings for the first time this harvest had seven or more episodes with three or fewer entries.

But on Friday launched no better than the "Toro", despite striking out just two defenders and transferred to three.

Eventually, Zambrano only tolerate a couple of hairlines on the way to only win among Venezuelans who opened game two days ago.

Posted in El Nacional, on Sunday 1 May 2011.