Posts Tagged Chone Figgins
What’s Wrong With Chone Figgins?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball, Fantasy on June 29, 2010
Already on the decline?
Chone Figgins entered 2010 as one of the biggest free agent acquisitions of the off-season. His strong on base percentages, combined with his ability to hit for a high average, made him an intriguing fantasy option. Just the thought of employing Ichiro and Figgins in the 1-2 spots was enough to make many owners (and Mariners’ fans) salivate. Figgins, however, has been a major disappointment this season, hitting .232/.337/.277. With the All-Star Break approaching, can Chone Figgins figure out a way to turn things around?
Who Loves The Hot Stove?
Posted by Chris Cwik in Baseball on December 9, 2009
No One Is Getting Barry Zito Money This Year
The MLB off-season is arguably the most exciting off-season of all the major sports. There, I said it! Aside from free agency, the MLB is probably the most active league when it comes to trades. Although this off-season was supposed to feature one of the weaker free agent classes in recent memory, I’m finding it far more entertaining than I had expected. What other sports league holds an event like the Winter Meetings, where they get all the GMs together in an attempt to encourage trades/conversations. Think about any fantasy league you have been a part of, most of the deals happen when a few of the owners get together and discuss their league/team/players. This is exactly what happens every MLB off-season. While the free agency class isn’t that strong, there are a number of important story lines that, although they haven’t been discussed in detail, have been carrying the MLB off-season thus far.
Free Agency Is Upon Us…
Placido Polanco has returned to Philadelphia after some time in Detroit
And the big names, Holliday, Bay, and Lackey haven’t found a new home yet, but Chone Figgins, Placido Polanco and Marco Scutaro are now off the market.
Let me say, as a White Sox fan, I’m glad Placido Polanco is out of the division, as well as AL, because it seemed like he killed the White Sox every time he was at the plate. His .319/.361/.434 in 79 games vs. the Sox was better than his career .303/.348/.414 splits, not to mention his gold glove in 2007. So I’m not shedding any tears for him leaving Detroit.
Second Podcast
Posted by Monty in Baseball, Basketball, Football, Miscellaneous, Podcast on November 19, 2009
We love pizza and sports
Chris Cwik and I completed our second podcast earlier today. Here were the topics we discussed…
1. Lincecum wins NL Cy Young, did voters get it right?
2. Angels have Vlad, Lackey and Figgins hitting FA, tough off-season for LA?
3. Marquette Basketball Season is underway
4. Is Detroit-Cleveland the worst NFL matchup this season?
5. Do the Broncos have a chance to win with Chris Simms?
6. Brandon Jennings
7. Pop Culture notes
Here it is and hope you enjoy it.
Yankees Sneak Past Angels To Take Game 2 of ALCS
Angels OF Vladimir Guererro went 1-7 in Game 2 of the ALCS, including striking out with the bases loaded in the 7th inning
A Maicer Izturis throwing error in the bottom of the 13th inning ended the 5 hour and 10 minute playoff game between the Yankees and Angels. After trailing 2-0, the Angels scored two runs and sent the game into extra innings. The Angels only lead of the game, and series, was short lived in the 11th inning. A Chone Figgins RBI single gave LA a 3-2 lead heading into the bottom of the 11th with closer Brian Fuentes on to finish the job. The first batter Fuentes faced was Alex Rodriguez, and A-Rod continued his excellent postseason by hitting a HR just over the right field wall to tie the game. The homerun for A-Rod was his 3rd tying HR in a postseason game from the 7th inning or later, an MLB record. It remained scoreless until Izturis made a throwing error that allowed Jerry Hairston Jr. to score the winning run. The Yankees lead the majors with 15 walk-off victories and have added two in the playoffs.
Both starters pitched good enough to win this game. Saunders went 7 innings, allowed two runs, striking out five hitters. Burnett pitched into the 7th gave up two runs on three hits. Both bullpens were used extensively; in fact, Yankees manager Joe Girardi used seven relievers, including Mariano Rivera for 2 1/3 innings. For Rivera that was his longest outing since May 30th, 2006. Conversely, Mike Scoscia used four relievers. Fuentes Blown Save in the bottom of the 11th was the eighth blown save in 17 opportunities for all closers in the 2009 postseason.
CC and Angels Defense Give Yankees Game 1 Win
CC led the Yankees in a Game 1 victory
The Angels offense led in Batting Average, and each hitter had a wOBA over .339, including four players hitting over 20 Home Runs this season. Despite that impressive hitting resume, the Angels were only able to scratch one run across the plate Friday night in the Yankees 4-1 victory. CC Sabathia dominated Angels’ hitters. He struck out 7 and allowed only 5 base runners in 8 innings. Angels starter John Lackey pitched better than his box score indicated, but his usually stout defense, let him down. The Angels committed 3 errors, and that doesn’t include a pop-up on the infield that dropped between Chone Figgins and Erick Aybar allowing a run to score in the 1st inning.
The Yankees offense led MLB by a sizeable margin in Home Runs this season, but found a way to win this game without use of the long ball. Alex Rodriguez continued his strong postseason going 1-2 with a sac fly RBI and walk, despite being thrown out at home when he blew through a stop sign. Hideki Matsui drove in 2 other runs, with Derek Jeter driving in the 4th run in the 6th inning. The Yanks offense took the first pitch from John Lackey 24 of 28 times and he was pulled from the game in the 6th after throwing 114 pitches. It wasn’t a great day for the Yankees offense, but in the low-40 degree weather, they did enough to win this game.
2009 MLB Postseason Picks
Can A-Rod finally win a World Series?
It is here, the playoffs start Today and let’s see what Foul Pole 2 Foul Pole’s bloggers think about who will win it this year. Without further ado, here are the picks…
| Postseason Picks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blogger | NYY-MIN | LAA-BOS | PHI-COL | LAD-STL | AL Champ | NL Champ | World Series Champ | World Series MVP |
| Matt Montgomery | NYY | BOS | PHI | LAD | NYY | LAD | NYY | Alex Rodriguez |
| Chris Cwik | NYY | BOS | COL | LAD | NYY | LAD | NYY | Mark Teixeira |
| Marco Radenkovich | NYY | BOS | COL | STL | NYY | STL | NYY | Mark Teixeira |
| Mark Cunningham | MIN | BOS | COL | STL | BOS | COL | COL | Troy Tulowitzki |
| Brian Hendricks | NYY | BOS | PHI | STL | NYY | STL | NYY | Mark Teixeira |
| Kevin Tracy | NYY | LAA | PHI | STL | NYY | PHI | NYY | CC Sabathia |
| Rene Delombard | NYY | BOS | PHI | STL | NYY | STL | NYY | CC Sabathia |
| Julia Lopez | NYY | LAA | PHI | STL | LAA | STL | LAA | Chone Figgins |
| Brad Galli | DET | LAA | COL | STL | DET | STL | DET | Justin Verlander |
MLB Playoff Analysis: Los Angeles Angels
Any way we look at it, the Halos have something that no other team has. The motivation that will give them the type of drive that no manager, no amount of money, or no superstition would be able to do. Two words: Nick Adenhart. Nick Adenhart was a 22 year old pitcher for the Angels who had a promising career. During his first major league baseball game, he pitched six shutout innings against the A’s. That night, he was killed in a car accident. This horrific incident has changed the way the Angels look at the game of baseball. With their first 13 games after the accident, the Angels lost 9 of them. Around mid-April is when the entire organization turned around. They held a memorial service for Nick Adenhart one morning which seemed to be a spark for their success. They are playing for more than a ring, a trophy, or bragging rights . . . they’re playing for their teammate Adenhart.
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