The Cubs added another piece to their bullpen yesterday with the addition of Tim Lahey, a kid from the haaht of the commonwealth (and Gnopple’s hometown), Worcester, Ma. Congrats, Tim and the Lahey family. How cool would it be to help the Cubs actually win one:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Cubs acquired Tim Lahey for cash considerations from the Tampa Bay Rays, who had picked the right-handed pitcher first overall in Thursday’s Rule 5 Draft.
Lahey spent most of last season with the Minnesota Twins’ Double-A New Britain team, posting an 8-4 record with 13 saves and a 3.45 ERA in 50 games. He struck out 56 and walked 33 over 78 1/3 innings. Lahey appeared in two games for Triple-A Rochester, totaling three innings.
“We feel it’s a good opportunity to add, again, to the bullpen candidates for the club,” Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said. “He’s a young man who used to catch, a big strong guy. He was converted [to a pitcher] two years ago. He has tremendous life on his fastball, a great sinking fastball and the makings of a good slider.”
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Tagged: Chicago Cubs, Tim Lahey, winter meetings, worcester mass
The Sox lost a big name at the winter meetings — no, not Buchholz, Ellsbury, Crisp, Lowrie, or Masterson. The Phillies plucked Lincoln Holdzkom from the Red Sox in the 2007 Rule 5 Draft. With a name like Holdzkom, you just know the guy is going to pick up the pieces when J.C. Romero’s $12M contract fails to deliver.
In fact, with John Stevens’s permission, I propose that we refer to the hold stat as “a Holdzkom” from now on.
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Tagged: hold, Holdzkom, minor leagues, Red Sox Caliphate, winter meetings
Besides the big deal for Dejo, there were two other trades today involving relief pitchers:
In case you haven’t heard yet, everybody’s talking about the second deal. Most people believe that the Tigers are unstoppable now that they have Denny Bautista. They’re probably right.
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Tagged: Denny Bautista, Jose Ascanio, Jose Capellan, trades, Will Ohman, winter meetings
See that guy to the left? He’s 25 years-old. He’s 6′5″ and weighs 250 pounds. He’s a flame-thrower. He’s a New York Yankee.
With all the attention on Johan Santana, the Yanks made an under-the-radar trade, swapping Tyler Clippard — one of several pre-pubescent starters who was forced into action early last season — for Jonathan Albaladejo. Albaladejo, who I like to call “Dejo,” pitched just 14.1 innings last season out of the Nationals’ bullpen, but was impressive: 12 K’s, .628 WHIP, 1.88 ERA, 224 ERA+.
Welcome to New York, Dejo!
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Tagged: Jonathan Albaladejo, New York Yankees, trades, winter meetings
