Baseball Notes

• D'Backs released reliever Tom Gordon, who pitched 1.2 innings this year before being put on the DL with a hammy injury.
  
• Brewers GM Doug Melvin tells us that SS J.J. Hardy has not been placed on waivers.
• The Angels have released righty Justin Speier.

Stay tuned.....This week could be very exciting!

B & G's 8/10/09

Baseballs:

**John Baker, Florida Marlins- John went 2-4 with a double and drive in 2 runs, giving him 34 RBIs. John is now hitting .276.

**Lyle Overbay, Toronto Blue Jays- Lyle went 2-3 with a walk and hit his 12Th Home Run of the season, driving in his 45Th run. Lyle is now hitting .264.

**Mark Ellis, Oakland Athletics- Mark went 5-5 and drove in 4 runs, giving him 35 RBIs. Mark had a double and is hitting .270.

**Nick Green, Boston Red Sox- Nick drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. He drove in 2 runs after a 1-3 evening. He is hitting .239 with 34 RBIs.

**Kyle Lohse, St. Louis Cardinals- 6 strong inning to earn his 1st win in over 2 1/2 months. He gave up 1 run (1 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 3. Kyle now has a 4.34 ERA.

**Troy Tulowitsky, Colorado Rockies- Troy hit for the cycle, and he finished up 5-5 and drove in 7 runs. He now has 21 Home Runs and 60 RBIs. Troy is now hitting .276

**Doug Davis, Arizona Diamondbacks- 7 strong innings, giving up 2 runs (2 earned), he walked 3 and struck out 2. Doug won his 7Th game and now has a 3.62 ERA.

**Vladimir Guerrero, LA Angels- Guerrero hit 2 Home Runs, giving him 8 on the season. He went 2-4 and drove in 2 runs, giving him 25 on the season. Vlad is hitting .299.

**Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers- Matt hit a big 3 run double, giving the Dodgers the lead for good. He finished off 1-4 and has 72 RBIs. Matt is hitting .314.

**Kenji Johjima, Seattle Mariners- Kenji got a big hit, a 2 run Home Run, his 4Th of the season, he now has 14 RBIs. Kenji is hitting .252 on the season.

Goofballs:

**Chris Sampson, Houston Astros- Chris gave up 3 runs (3 earned) in 2 innings, he walked 3 and didn't strike anyone out. Chris now has a 4.28 ERA.

**Nick Swisher, New York Yankees- Struck out 3 times.

**Jeremy Guthrie, Baltimore Orioles- Jeremy threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up 5 runs (5 earned), he walked 1 and struck out 2. Guthrie now has a 5.43 ERA, losing his 12Th game.

**Tigers Offense- They did come back, but couldn't do enough. 5 runs, on 10 hits, and they left 8 men on base.

**Reds Offense- 1 run on 6 hits, 0 walks and 3 strikeouts.

**Tom Gorzelanny, Chicago Cubs- Tom only threw 1 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs (6 earned), he didn't walk anyone and struck out 1. Tom now has a 6.23 ERA and gave up 2 Home Runs.

**Mets Offense- 4 runs on 9 hits, they left 7 men on base and couldn't get things going until the 9Th inning.

**B.J. Upton, Tampa Bay Rays- He is sulking over being dropped to hitting 9Th, but guess what? B.J. is having a horrible season, injured or not. He struck out 3 times and went 0-4 again. Upton is hitting .237 on the season.

**Giants Offense- They only scored 2 runs on 9 hits, they didn't walk anyone and struck out 3 against their division rivals.

**Jim Thome, Chicago White Sox- Jim struck out 3 times and finished up 0-4. He is hitting .252.

Corners Market

As we know yesterday afternoon the White Sox acquired Alex Rios from the Jays as straight waiver claim, so the Blue Jays will receive nothing in return. Rios (28) will be a White Sox till 2014 with an option for the 2015. GM J.P. Ricciardi had this to say:

"This allows us to get out from under a contract and do more to address our club.

Other news:

• Brandon Webb will pitch next year, but hopes the D'Backs pick up his $8.5MM or they'll have to buy him out for $2MM.
• Gary Sheffield said that he would prefer not to be traded, but suggested that could all change, depending on where the Mets try to deal him.
• Olney hears that Doug Davis is currently on waivers while John Smoltz has cleared waivers.
• Olney also hears that the Rays might listen to offers regarding B.J. Upton this off-season.