According to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com, the Philadelphia Phillies have released veteran right hander Joel Pineiro. The Phillies signed Pineiro to a Minor League deal back in January.
Pineiro was 7-7 with a 5.13 ERA, 1.0 HR/9, 2.3 BB/9 and 3.8 SO/9 in 145.2 innings last season with the Angels.
The Mariners also announced that they released [...]
03/19/12
The Seattle Mariner have signed long time Dodger lefty reliever Hong-Chih Kuo to a one-year deal, Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times reports. Kuo will earn a base salary of $500k plus bonuses of up to $2.5mm. In addition, Kuo will make $1mm if he makes the Mariners’ 25-man roster.
When healthy, Kuo was one of [...]
02/07/12
Despite his plans to undergo a fifth surgery on his elbow this week, Los Angeles Dodgers’ left-handed pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo does not plan to hang it up. In an article by Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, Kuo’s agent said that his client intends to pitch next season.
“There’s no thought of retirement,” Alan Chang [...]
10/27/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Left handed pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo will undergo surgery in his left elbow to remove loose body according to Jon Weisman of Dodgers Thoughts. He’ll be able to throw after 6-8 weeks of recovery.
– Right handed pitcher Juan Nicasio is making remarkable progress from his [...]
10/27/11
You know you’re having a rough to start to the season when you have an entire post dedicated to injury updates related only to your team. So here they are compliments of Joe Block of Dodger Talk 790 KABC, from manager Don Mattingly.
-Rafael Furcal could be rejoining the team Sunday or Monday as he completes [...]
05/21/11
The Dodgers placed Hong-Chih Kuo on the 15-day disabled list earlier today but did not immediately specify what the reasoning for placing him on the DL was. When manager Don Mattingly was asked why Kuo was placed on the DL, he stated that he couldn’t say why Kuo was placed on the DL until the [...]
05/12/11
Dodgers’ closer Jonathan Broxton is on the 15-day Disabled List, and the team decided to give Vicente Padilla the closer job while Broxton is injured. Padilla, on Sunday earned his second save, and according to Dodgers’ manager, Don Mattingly, if Padilla continues to pitch well, he could remain the closer even after Broxton is activated [...]
05/09/11
Here’s a few injury updates for several Major League players from around the league:
– Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake is currently hospitalized after undergoing surgery on his left elbow for a staph infection and is expected to be sidelined for six weeks, reports Ken Gurnick of MLB.com. Blake underwent a one-hour procedure to [...]
04/30/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates for several Major league players:
– Alex Rodriguez was taken out of today’s ballgame with lower back and oblique stiffness reports Ben Shpigel of the New York Times. There are no tests planned for the third baseman as of this writing.
– According to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Twitter account, [...]
04/17/11
In a Tweet by Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times, he reports that the Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $2.725 million contract with Hong-Chih Kuo. Kuo can earn an additional $700,00 in incentives. $600,000 of the incentives is based on games finished. Kuo is not scheduled to close for the Dodgers at the [...]
02/02/11