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Drew Pomeranz dropped to 0-4 after allowing three runs in 4 1/3 innings against the Marlins on Monday.
Not only has Pomeranz lost all four of his starts, but he hasn't even lasted five innings yet. The Rockies don't have any ideal replacements at the moment, but they just can't do much worse right now. Maybe they'll be able to land a fungible starter in a trade.

Jul 23 - 12:12 AM

Hey, the Marlins went 37 inning without scoring until they faced Pomeranz. Say thank you.

Pedroia agrees to extension through 2021

In a matter of days, the Red Sox will formally announce that they've reached a seven-year, $100 million contract with Dustin Pedroia. Although the financial security is nice, Pedroia made it clear that his motivation in signing is to make sure he never plays a Major League game for any team other than the Red Sox.

And they kept telling me Pedroia was too tiny to play major league baseball. WoW!

Off hook, NL MVP denies using PEDs

By DAN MARTIN

Last Updated: 9:34 AM, February 25, 2012

Posted: 2:30 AM, February 25, 2012


Ryan Braun won his appeal of his positive drug test on Thursday, and yesterday the Brewers outfielder and reigning National League MVP flatly denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs.

“We won because the truth is on my side,” Braun said during a press conference at Brewers’ camp in Maryvale, Ariz., a day after his 50-game suspension was overturned by an arbitrator. “The truth prevailed.”

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Gotta love it!

joez wrote:Pedroia agrees to extension through 2021

In a matter of days, the Red Sox will formally announce that they've reached a seven-year, $100 million contract with Dustin Pedroia. Although the financial security is nice, Pedroia made it clear that his motivation in signing is to make sure he never plays a Major League game for any team other than the Red Sox.

The Sox want to build the team around him. I believe they will name him Captain, and he will wear a C on his uniform. I believe the only two players with that honor were Yaz and Varitek.

PEDroia !

Certainly no evidence or credible accusations of him doing PEDs.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/ ... story.html

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1221 ... eft-untold

I would be totally shocked if they find out that Pedroia was ever on the PED's. SHOCKED!

If I owned a franchise, Pedroia would be the guy I build my team around.

Aaron Rodgers was willing to bet his entire paycheck that Ryan Braun was not using PEDs.

Who would have thought that Paul Byrd was using HGHs ?

Remember testing did not catch these current guys either. The Biogenesis records and an employee caught these guys.

WoW! Yasiel Puig is still raking. En Fuego! A lotta teams, including the Indians, should be kicking themselves in the ass for not even putting a bid in.

Yasiel Puig’s Defection From Cuba Involved A Run-In With The Coast Guard And (Maybe) A Mexican Drug Cartel


by Ricky Boebel | 1:00 pm, July 3rd, 2013



Yasiel Puig is one of the most mysterious athletes of our time. In a world with relentless media coverage, Puig didn’t exist to many of us until a couple of months ago. His rise to fame has been rapid, but details of his journey have been few and far between.

Last night, Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan posted an excellent feature on Yasiel Puig’s defection to the United States, uncovering more information on the young slugger’s journey. You should check out the whole thing. Here are some highlights.

In April of 2012, Yasiel’s first attempt at defection fell short when a U.S Coast Guard boat, the Vigilant, intercepted the vessel he and other Cuban defectors were on. The Coast Guard’s Policy in this situation is to return the illegal passengers back to their country of origin. That’s exactly what happened to Puig and his shipmates.

This was not the first time Puig had attempted an escape:

During the 2011 World Cup in Rotterdam, Puig said, he and another player tried to defect. Left-handed pitcher Gerardo Concepcion left successfully and signed for $6 million with the Chicago Cubs. Puig was caught, and Cuba banned him from playing.
Puig even attempted to bribe the ship’s translator, Carlos Torres, with the proposition of being his agent.

On the good days, Puig would play cards with his friends and wax on about baseball. His older friend said he was better than Cespedes, that one day he was going to play in the major leagues, and maybe Torres could be his agent, take his small slice of the booty that awaited.
Before the vessel met up with Cuban authorities, Torres became the first American to get Puig’s signature.

Puig tennis ball

Upon his arrival in Cuba, Puig was disciplined with another year away from baseball. Two months later, Puig was living in Mexico. The circumstances of which are still unclear. Puig will not comment on any of his attempts to escape Cuba.

Some say he was brought to Cancun by a drug cartel in exchange for a portion of his contract. This would certainly explain his silence on his journey to the MLB. If the story is true we may never know for sure. Funding a Mexican drug cartel would not only damage his image, but also land him in trouble with the law.

When future agent Jaime Torres met Puig in Mexico, he told Yahoo! Sports:

Puig “was scared. I remember he asked me: ‘Please help me. Help me get to the big leagues.’”
After Torres notified major league clubs of Puig’s defection to Mexico, a migration of scouts flew in. Many left disappointed. Yasiel had not played baseball for a year and was out of shape. To the surprise of the baseball world, the Dodgers saw through the red flags and offered him a seven-year, $42 million contract. The deadline to restrict the money international players was just days away and many thought the Dodgers were insane to give Puig this much money. It’s early yet for the Cuban expatriate, but if he comes close to sustaining his current production, he will far exceed this contract.

Yasiel Puig didn’t just exceed the expectations of baseball experts around the league, he exceeded the expectations for any kid that grows up in an island that keeps its people stuck in the 1960s.

So somehow he got to Mexico but he will not tell people how. He will tell them about the Coast Guard though.

Everyone he meets he asks them for help and he will give them a piece of his contract.

Drug cartel speculation.....

Would not touch him with your 10 foot pole.

That's fine! But, personally, I'd rather have Puig than Giambi.