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Giovany A. Gonzalez (born September 19, 1985, in Hialeah, Florida) is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. Gonzalez attended Hialeah High School in Hialeah, Florida, for the first 3 years of his high school career, where they won two state championships and nearly won a third. After his junior year, he transferred over to Monsignor Edward Pace High School in 2004. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round. In 2005, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with Aaron Rowand and Daniel Haigwood for slugger Jim Thome. Gio was rated the # 2 prospect in the Phillies' system behind Cole Hamels by Baseball America in 2006. In December 2006, Gio was traded back to the White Sox with Gavin Floyd for Freddy Garcia.
Gio Gonzalez is an awesome teammate. Gonzalez tweeted out this pic of the personalized V-Moda headphones he had made for the other four starters that make up the Washington Nationals rotation (Jordan Zimmerman, Ross Detwiler, [...]...
By: Call to the Pen
22May2012NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco Giants 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (F/14) Giants starter Madison Bumgarner pitched seven innings and only allowed one earned runs while striking out 10, but it wasn’t enough to get him a win. The Brewers rallied to tie...
By: Phillies Flow
22May2012The Phillies have lost three in a row, dropping the first two in their recent funk because of their startingRead the Rest...
In lieu of actually attempting to provide a rational examination of the loss, I have instead decided that verbally assaulting members of the Nationals makes considerably more sense.
By: The Ghost of Moonlight Graham
21May2012Earlier in the day, we looked at who are the candidates for the American League and National League MVP award at the quarter mark of the baseball season and now it’s time to look at the guys who are toeing the rubber better than anyone else thr...
#Correia4Bullpen No rest for your Buccos. They obviously slept with whoever makes the schedules significant other. No rest traveling from Pittsburgh to Florida to Washington to Detroit back to Pittsburgh? Seems fair on top of the hardest schedu...
By: Blog Red Machine
10May2012A home series doesn’t get much shorter than three games on the baseball schedule (excluding that “special edition” one-game Opening Night that the Miami Marlins hosted earlier this year). The Reds only have two of them on their schedule: R...
If you picked Bryce Harper (this kid is my personal selection) you would be happy to know that he ended the day 0-4 with five men left on base with the most terrible haircut that I have ever seen on a millionaire.
By: Swingin' A's
1May2012Remember him? The A's traded Gio Gonzalez last winter as the team continued their youth-movement. Image Credit: Brad Barr-US PRESSWIREOne Month Review: The Gio Gonzalez Trade - Swingin' A's - Swingin' A's - An Oakland Athletic...
By: Blog Red Machine
26Apr2012Tonight with the Reds losing a day game, it appears to be a good time to focus on the 9 game winning streak authored by the Bakersfield Blaze. Pitching for the Blaze will be highly touted prospect Tony Cingrani who has a 1-1 record entering into th...
The Phillies early struggles at the plate haven’t diminished the stellar job that their starting pitching has done, or has it? Their rotation is old news...
By: Astros County
17Apr2012In Game 2 of the Nationals series, the Astros will face... *6'0" 200lb, 26-year old LHP Gio Gonzalez. *Gonzalez played for Hialeah (FL) High School, winning two state championships in his first three seasons. *Gonzalez was the 38th overall pick by...
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