Jason Bartlett

• Sunday on Gleeman and The Geek we talked about Jason Marquis' latest clunker of a start and how much longer the Twins could possibly stick with him in the rotation. It didn't take long for an answer, with LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis St...

Here’s another idea I’ll probably drop real quick: Every month, I’m going to go over which players are giving the owner-less Padres the most bang for their buck. As the season hasn’t started yet, this is based on projections b...

Yesterday the Philadelphia Phillies inked utility infielder Andres Blanco to a minor league deal.  However, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told Jayson Stark of ESPN that he’s continuing his search for additional infielders. … [visi...

For those loyal readers, who might be curious as to why I haven’t posted much during the Spring Training. I have two reasons and mostly I prefer to stand back to observe on all the ongoing activities rather than bore … Continue reading →...

With their Opening Day only a week away, the Philadelphia Phillies have yet to make a move for an additional infielder.  Once it was determined that Chase Utley and Michael Martinez would join Ryan Howard on the sidelines for the start of the regula...

The Philadelphia Phillies need an infielder is a bad way.  Not only have they lost starters, but even their reserves have gone down.  The club has said it is willing to look outside the organization in order to increase its infield depth, and Georg...

Entering Tuesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles, the Philadelphia Phillies maintained that they were not looking outside the organization for infield assistance.  Then Michael Martinez was hit by a pitch that broke his foot.  This incident...

Most of the talk surrounding the Boston Red Sox of late has involved starting pitchers Roy Oswalt and Edwin Jackson.  It was reported yesterday that the Red Sox have a one-year offer for Jackson on the table.  In other Sox news, it appears that Bos...

The San Diego Padres have made a flurry of moves in the last couple of weeks to improve their offense, so let’s take a look at what their lineup might look like come Opening Day. 1. Will Venable, RF 2. Jason Bartlett, SS 3. Cameron Maybin, CF 4...

Major League Baseball seems to be in a holding pattern.  After last week’s flurry of moves at the 2011 Winter Meetings, teams looking for starting pitching are waiting to see what happens with the Yu Darvish situation.  Meanwhile, Prince Fielder,...

Sources are telling Ken Rosenthol of Fox Sports that San Diego Padres general manager Josh Byrnes “is willing to talk about every player on his roster”.  We’ve heard for some time now that the Padres have been talking with teams about their ve...

During his chat session the other day, Bill Center of the San Diego Union reported that the Padres are continuing to talk trades with several clubs this offseason.  San Diego already dealt pitcher Wade LeBlanc and several other members of the Padres...