loogy Stories - Beyond the Box Score
The White Sox Need a LOOGY
With Jose Contreras now in Charlotte and lefty Clayton Richard to be inserted into the rotation, Ozzie Guillen will be left with a bullpen that has only a single lefty, Matt Thornton, for him to play match-ups. But with Jose’s demotion and plenty of room on the 40 man roster, it is a near...
Shawn Estes and the Dodgers' LOOGY Experiment
Shawn Estes accepted an assignment to the Dodger's minor league camp, where he will attempt a conversion "I'm going over there to pitch out of the bullpen," said Estes. "I'll pitch [on Tuesday], probably pitch on back-to-back days, then come back to the Major League club for the last week. I...
Aaron Poreda Pitches Predictably
It's late, so this is gonna be a quick one. Aaron Poreda made his Chicago-area network debut Wednesday night. Sure, there were six innings of baseball before he took the mound -- Betemit and Konerko went deep, and some other stuff happend -- but the highlight for most Sox fans who frequent this...
Regarding Donald Veal
Marc Hulet did an excellent job at Baseball Analysts covering the tantalizing Rule 5 pitching options. One I want to cover today is Cubs lefty Donald Veal. If memory serves right, it wasn't too long ago people were calling him the next Dontrelle Willis. At the time, that was a compliment, so people...
Brewers Sign R.J. Swindle
It's time to scratch off one of the more promising freely available LOOGYs today. The Milwaukee Brewers have signed R.J. Swindle to a one-year major league deal. The contract is apparently a split deal, but Swindle will make the 400k minimum if he stays in the majors. Not only is that an awesome...
F.A.T.: LOOGYs
LOOGYs are funny. Teams will overpay for something so easily found throughout the minor leagues and scrap yards. Here's the list of guys worth keeping in mind for your team that won't run you a great ransom. John Rheinecker via mlb.mlb.com John Rheinecker is perhaps the most interesting of the...
Trever Miller Needs to Face Less Righties
Here are Miller's splits thus far this season: OPS versus right-handed batters: .876 OPS versus left-handed batters: .596 By those numbers Miller should be purely a LOOGY, yet amazingly he's actually faced the same number of lefties and righties (22 plate appearances against each). This is a...
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