6/30/12

Stuff


CLEVELAND INDIANS: Optioned INF/OF Vinny Rottino to Columbus (IL).

Vin Scully on Ruben Tejada's fourth hit, "... (he's) thrilled. Sounded like he hit it with the morning paper, but he'll take it.”

Oliver Perez tossed another 2 shutout IP for the Mariners tonight. ERA down to 1.69, which is almost a half-run lower than Dickey's

Andrew Keh Daniel Murphy projects an uncommon air of serenity this season. Even as he admitted his shortcomings, he described this season as “unbelievable” and “extremely enjoyable.” His current state of mind, he said, can be traced to a choice he made last fall, as he was rehabilitating his most recent injury, to devote his life to Christianity. He needed to be more humble, he decided. He needed to untether his identity from the game, to untie his mood from the scorecard. “For a long time, if I got hits, I was happy; if I didn’t get hits, I was unhappy,” Murphy said. “That’s how I evaluated my self-worth.”

Sixteen-year-old Dominican shortstop Germán Ahmed Rosario is due to sign with the Mets for $1.7 million on Monday, when the new group of international teenagers is eligible to be signed, according to ESPNDeportes.com's Enrique Rojas.

David Price has an MLB-high 44 called strikeouts this season

Buster Olney‏ - There are 25 individual hitters with 15 or more homers -- more than the season total for the entire Dodgers lineup that started Friday (14).

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