Jeff Samardzija's pitching line was filled with crooked numbers, as baseball people like to call digits other than one or zero. San Francisco's No. 3 starter, who's prone to yielding…Read more
Veteran reliever Hector Rondon, who's appeared in only one Grapefruit League game this spring, threw in the bullpen on Friday afternoon with pitching coach Brent Strom watching closely. Read more
The Giants' 10-7 Cactus League triumph on Friday over the Mariners at Scottsdale Stadium raised a couple of essential issues about Buster Posey: the frequency with which the All-Star catcher…Read more
You're going to say spring statistics aren't worth a warm bucket of pine tar, aren't you? You're going to argue that we should not get worked up by anything that…Read more
Except for an ambush home run by the first batter he faced, Kansas City's Whit Merrifield, Kenta Maeda was on his game Friday, striking out four in three innings of…Read more
Cardinals right-hander Bud Norris is hoping the back end of the bullpen is where he continues his Major League career. The 33-year-old, who has 188 starts under his belt, had…Read more
Phillies right-hander Jerad Eickhoff repeatedly found himself digging out of holes of his own making on Friday afternoon. Eickhoff ended up with the loss, allowing four earned runs on five…Read more
Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy threw three scoreless innings on Friday, giving up three hits and one walk while striking out two in the Royals' 7-2 split-squad loss to the D-backs.…Read more