Archive | June 22nd, 2012

Carpenter Continues to Progress

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Injured Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter took another significant step in his rehab from a nerve issue Friday afternoon, facing hitters for the first time during a simulated game on the field at Kauffman Stadium. Carpenter, who has yet to pitch this season after being shut down during spring training with weakness in [...]

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Royals Put Three in Futures Game

The future continues to look bright with no clouds for the Royals. The Royals will have blue-chip prospects Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi and Yordano Ventura in the 14th annual All-Star Futures Game, which will be played July 8 at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals are the only organization in baseball to place three players in the [...]

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Brewers Pitchers Won’t Go the Distance

MILWAUKEE With his bullpen overused and struggling in its last few outings, Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke made a joking plea on Wednesday to starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo. “A nine-inning shutout would be really nice,” Roenicke said, with a laugh.But in the past two seasons of baseball for the Brewers and really for all of [...]

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Twins Losing Ground on AL Central Foes

A week and a half ago, the Minnesota Twins were winners of four straight series, seemingly gaining some traction after being stuck in reverse for most of the season. During their brief run of success, the Twins climbed back to within 10 games of .500 by improving to 24-34. Everything was working starting pitching, hitting [...]

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Twins Losing Ground on AL Central Foes

A week and a half ago, the Minnesota Twins were winners of four straight series, seemingly gaining some traction after being stuck in reverse for most of the season. During their brief run of success, the Twins climbed back to within 10 games of .500 by improving to 24-34. Everything was working starting pitching, hitting [...]

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Twins Losing Ground on AL Central Foes

A week and a half ago, the Minnesota Twins were winners of four straight series, seemingly gaining some traction after being stuck in reverse for most of the season. During their brief run of success, the Twins climbed back to within 10 games of .500 by improving to 24-34. Everything was working starting pitching, hitting [...]

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Posted in MLB News Wire