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McNeal: Trading deadline preview: N.L. buyers, sellers and needs

Phillies: They need to upgrade their rotation, much like they did last season when they traded for righthander Joe Blanton. With closer Brad Lidge struggling/hurting, they will look for bullpen help, too. Prediction: They'll do what they need to do. ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  13 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Nate McLouth,  Brad Lidge,  Doug Davis,  Joe Blanton,  Brad Penny

McNeal: Trading deadline preview: A.L. buyers, sellers and needs

Just remember two things everyone tells me: Anyone (just about, anyway) can be traded, and the best trades are the ones that don't get tested in media speculation. Coming Saturday: N.L. buyers, sellers and needs There are seven weeks until Major ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  12 Jun 2009
Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Kenny Williams,  Paul Konerko,  American League,  National League

McNeal: There are subplots aplenty as Mets-Yankees highlights interleague play

Can the Mets keep chipping away at the Yankees' 37-29 lead in interleague? The Mets won four of six last year and haven't lost a season series since being swept in six games in 2003. Yankees vs. Mets is about as big as regular-season games get. ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  12 Jun 2009
Related Topics: New York Mets,  New York Yankees,  TBS,  Johan Santana,  A.J. Burnett

Nationals should take their time with Strasburg

Convincing Scott Boras, uh, Stephen Strasburg, to sign with the Nationals probably will take the Washington brain trust a while. That's a good thing, even if it means weeks of having Boras control the process. There wasn't much drama when it came ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  11 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Stephen Strasburg,  Washington Nationals,  Scott Boras,  Major League Baseball

McNeal: Healthy Helton helping to lead Rockies' turnaround

Helton is as accommodating as any superstar, but he isn't into this little sit-down chat. Maybe he'd rather be spending his morning preparing for the early afternoon game. Maybe he is tired of talking about the recent firing of longtime manager ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  9 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Clint Hurdle,  Jim Tracy,  Clint Barmes,  Garrett Atkins

McNeal: Yankees' recent surge headlines big week of baseball in Big Apple

"We're very pleased with how we are playing," G.M. Brian Cashman said. "The pitchers are going deep (into games), we're playing good defense, getting offensive contributions from a lot of guys." Alex Rodriguez wants to make headlines for what ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  8 Jun 2009
Related Topics: New York Yankees,  Brian Cashman,  Alex Rodriguez,  New York Mets,  Nick Swisher

McNeal: Baseball deserves credit for addressing mental, emotional issues

Somewhere, Ty Cobb must be rolling his eyes and shaking his head wondering what has happened to today's major leaguer. Fifty years ago, a player's manhood was questioned for sitting out with an injury that didn't come with bone breaking skin. Heck, ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  5 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Khalil Greene,  Dusty Baker,  Ty Cobb,  Joey Votto,  Kevin Towers

McNeal: Braves get better with flurry of moves

But make no mistake. The Braves are a better baseball team today than they were yesterday. Atlanta also called up Tommy Hanson, who has 305 fewer wins than Glavine but is considered one of the game's top pitching prospects. The Pirates, in fact, were ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Charlie Morton,  Jeff Locke

McNeal: What's next for Glavine? Well, he doesn't have many options

Tom Glavine wants to pitch. Teams always need pitching. Put those two together and Glavine should have no trouble finding work. Right? Well, don't be surprised if the market for the future Hall of Famer is limited. 1. Dodgers. No team is in better ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Tom Glavine,  New York Mets,  Brett Myers,  Jamie Moyer,  Jake Peavy

McNeal: Unit could be last of the 300-game winners

After 66,921 pitches, 4,843 strikeouts, 606 starts, five Cy Young Awards, three back surgeries and two no-hitters, 45-year-old Randy Johnson will make his first attempt at win No. 300 tonight against the Nationals. "Amazing," Scott Bradley told ...

From STAN MCNEAL, Sporting News,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Cy Young,  Nolan Ryan,  Scott Bradley,  Princeton University,  Adam Wainwright

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