Major League Baseball Scoreboard June 15

SCOREBOARD
Brewers (35-29) 14 at Indians (29-37) 12
W: Coffey (2-1) L: Perez (1-2) S: Hoffman (16)

Angels (33-29) 9 at Giants (34-29) 7
W: Lackey (2-2) L: Zito (3-7) S: Fuentes (17)

HR LIST
Pablo Sandoval 2 (8)
Prince Fielder (16)
Ryan Braun (14)
Mark DeRosa (12)
Victor Martinez (11)
Shin-Soo Choo (9)
Juan Rivera (9)
Travis Hafner (6)
Bobby Abreu (3)
Andres Torres (2)
Erick Aybar (2)
Sean Rodriguez (1)

Major League Baseball Scoreboard June 14

SCOREBOARD
Astros (29-32) 8 at Diamondbacks (27-37) 3
W: Moehler (3-4) L: Buckner (2-3)

Red Sox (38-25) 6 at Phillies (36-25) 11
W: Park (3-1) L: Beckett (7-3)

Mets (32-29) 0 at Yankees (36-27) 15
W: Burnett (5-3) L: Santana (8-4)

Tigers (34-29) 3 at Pirates (30-33) 6
W: Ohlendorf (6-5) L: Willis (1-4) S: Capps (16)

Marlins (32-33) 11 at Blue Jays (34-31) 3
W: Johnson (6-1) L: Tallet (4-4)

White Sox (30-34) 5 at Brewers (34-29) 4
W: Thornton (4-1) L: Hoffman (0-1) S: Jenks (14)

Braves (30-32) 2 at Orioles (27-36) 11
W: Bergesen (4-2) L: Lowe (7-4)

Twins (32-33) 2 at Cubs (30-30) 3
W: Marmol (2-1) L: Crain (2-3)

Nationals (16-45) 4 at Rays (34-31) 5
W: Wheeler (2-1) L: Villone (3-3) S: Howell (3)

Mariners (30-33) 1 at Rockies (31-32) 7
W: Hammel (4-3) L: Vargas (2-2)

Reds (31-31) 1 at Royals (28-34) 7
W: Bannister (5-3) L: Cueto (6-4)

Athletics (27-35) 1 at Giants (34-28) 7
W: Cain (9-1) L: Anderson (3-7)

Dodgers (42-22) 6 at Rangers (35-27) 3
W: Billingsley (9-3) L: Holland (1-4) S: Broxton (16)

Padres (28-34) 0 at Angels (32-29) 6
W: Weaver (7-2) L: Young (4-6)

Cardinals (34-30) 0 at Indians (29-36) 3
W: Lee (4-6) L: Carpenter (4-1)

HR LIST
Corey Hart 2 (8)
Juan Rivera 2 (8)
Ty Wiggington 2 (5)
David Ross 2 (5)
Ronny Paulino 2 (3)
Mark Reynolds (17)
Lance Berkman (13)
Robinson Cano (11)
Jack Cust (11)
Mark DeRosa (11)
Hideki Matsui (10)
Casey Blake (10)
Alex Rios (9)
Miguel Olivo (9)
Hunter Pence (8)
Andruw Jones (7)
Pablo Sandoval (6)
Jimmy Rollins (5)
Kelly Shoppach (5)
Stephen Drew (4)
Kevin Millar (4)
Rocco Baldelli (3)
Nick Green (3)
Gabe Kapler (3)
Josh Beckett (1)
Mark Buehrle (1)
Casey McGehee (1)
Carlos Gomez (1)
Nate Schierholtz (1)

Major League Baseball Scoreboard June 13

SCOREBOARD
Astros (28-32) 6 at Diamondbacks (27-36) 4
W: Oswalt (3-3) L: Garland (4-7) S: Hawkins (9)

Twins (32-32) 2 at Cubs (29-30) 0
W: Swarzak (2-2) L: Harden (4-3) S: Nathan (15)

Cardinals (34-29) 3 at Indians (28-36) 1
W: Thompson (1-2) L: Ohka (0-1) S: Franklina (15)

White Sox (29-34) 7 at Brewers (34-28) 1
W: Contreras (2-5) L: Parra (3-8)

Marlins (31-33) 6 at Blue Jays (34-30) 5
W: West (2-1) L: Janssen (2-3) S: Lindstrom (12)

Red Sox (38-24) 11 at Phillies (35-25) 6
W: Okajima (3-0) L: Bastardo (2-1)

Mets (32-28) 6 at Yankees (35-27) 2
W: Nieve (1-0) L: Pettitte (6-3)

Tigers (34-28) 3 at Pirates (29-33) 9
W: Duke (7-4) L: Galarraga (3-7)

Nationals (16-44) 3 at Rays (33-31) 8
W: Sonnanstine (5-6) L: Bergmann (0-1)

Mariners (30-32) 3 at Rockies (30-32) 5
W: Corpas (1-3) L: Lowe (0-4) S: Street (13)

Braves (30-31) 4 at Orioles (26-36) 8
W: Bass (4-1) L: O'Flaherty (1-1)

Athletics (27-34) 2 at Giants (33-28) 5
W: Johnson (6-5) L: Outman (4-1) S: Wilson (17)

Reds (31-30) 4 at Royals (27-34) 7
W: Davies (3-6) L: Arroyo (7-5)

Dodgers (41-22) 3 at Rangers (35-26) 1
W: Wade (2-3) L: Grilli (0-1) S: Broxton (15)

Padres (28-33) 1 at Angels (31-29) 9
W: Saunders (7-4) S: Geer (1-2)

HR LIST
Torii Hunter 3 (16)
Albert Pujols 2 (22)
Raul Ibanez (22)
Carlos Pena (20)
Jason Bay (17)
Ben Zobrist (13)
Lance Berkman (12)
Ryan Zimmerman (12)
Adam Jones (12)
Jason Kubel (11)
Cody Ross (10)
Bengie Molina (10)
Kendry Morales (10)
Jayson Werth (9)
Alex Rodriguez (9)
Jose Lopez (9)
Jeremy Hermida (8)
Lyle Overbay (8)
Alex Rios (8)
Adam LaRoche (8)
Mark Teahen (8)
Matt Kemp (8)
Gary Sheffield (7)
Kevin Koumanoff (7)
Chris Young (6)
Andruw Jones (6)
Freddy Sanchez (5)
Ramon Hernandez (5)
Omir Santos (4)
Ryan Raburn (4)
Gabe Gross (4)
Pedro Feliz (3)
Kurt Suzuki (3)
Jacoby Ellsbury (2)
Marcus Thames (2)
Ramon Castro (1)
Jeff Mathis (1)

Major League Baseball Scoreboard June 12

SCOREBOARD
Astros (27-32) 1 at Diamondbacks (27-35) 8
W: Haren (5-4) L: Hampton (4-5)

Twins (31-32) 7 at Cubs (29-29) 4
W: Slowey (9-2) L: Wells (0-3) S: Nathan (14)

Cardinals (33-29) 3 at Indians (28-35) 7
W: Huff (2-2) L: Pineiro (5-7)

Red Sox (37-24) 5 at Phillies (35-24) - F/13
W: Saito (2-0) L: Kendrick (0-1) S: Bard (1)

Braves (30-30) 7 at Orioles (25-36) 2
W: Hanson (1-0) L: Berken (1-3)

Tigers (34-27) 3 at Pirates (28-33) 1
W: Porcello (7-4) L: Snell (1-7) S: Rodney (12)

Mets (31-28) 8 at Yankees (35-26) 9
W: Rivera (1-2) L: Rodriguez (1-1)

White Sox (28-34) 2 at Brewers (34-27) 7
W: Suppan (5-4) L: Dotel (1-2)

Marlins (30-33) 7 at Blue Jays (34-29) 3
W: Meyer (1-0) L: League (1-3)

Mariners (30-31) 4 at Rockies (29-32) 6
W: Jimenez (5-6) L: Washburn (3-5)

Nationals (16-43) 3 at Rays (32-31) 4
W: Howell (2-2) L: Villlone (3-2)

Athletics (27-33) 0 at Giants (32-28) 3
W: Lincecum (6-1) L: Mazzaro (2-1)

Dodgers (40-22) 0 at Rangers (35-25) 6
W: Padilla (5-3) L: Kuroda (1-2)

Reds (31-29) 1 at Royals (26-34) 4
W: Hochevar (2-2) L: Maloney (0-1)

Padres (28-32) 6 at Angels (30-29) 11
W: Palmer (6-0) L: Gaudin (2-5)

HR LIST
Albert Pujols (20)
Mark Teixeira (20)
Ryan Howard (19)
Mark Reynolds (16)
Russell Branyan (15)
Brandon Inge (14)
Joe Mauer (13)
Hank Blalock (13)
Torii Hunter (13)
Carlos Lee (11)
Kevin Youkilis (11)
Jason Kubel (10)
Robinson Cano (10)
JD Drew (9)
Derek Jeter (9)
Hideki Matsui (9)
Cody Ross (9)
Kendry Morales (9)
Troy Tulowitzki (8)
Yunel Escobar (6)
Gary Sheffield (6)
Kevin Kouzmanoff (6)
Chris Young (5)
Billy Butler (5)
Alberto Callaspo (4)
Martin Prado (3)
Gerardo Parra (2)
Gabe Kapler (2)
Jonny Gomes (1)

Major League Baseball Scoreboard June 11

SCOREBOARD
Tigers (33-27) 3 at White Sox (28-33) 4
W: Jenks (1-2) L: Zumaya (3-1)

Cardinals (33-28) 6 at Marlins (29-33) 5
W: Miller (2-0) L: Nunez (2-3) S: Franklin (14)

Twinns (30-32) 3 at Athletics (27-32) 4
W: Ziegler (1-1) L: Henn (0-2)

Pirates (28-32) 3 at Braves (29-30) 1
W: Jackson (2-1) L: Soriano (1-1) S: Capps (15)

Mariners (30-30) 6 at Orioles (25-35) 3
W: Olson (1-1) L: Uehara (2-4) S: Aardsma (11)

Rockies (28-32) 5 at Brewers (33-27) 4
W: Cook (5-3) L: Gallardo (6-3) S: Street (12)

Royals (25-34) 3 at Indians (27-35) 4 - F/10
W: Herges (2-0) L: Farnsworth (1-4)

Cubs (29-28) 1 at Astros (27-31) 2 - F/13
W: Fulchino (2-1) L: Ascanio (0-1)

Angels (29-29) 1 at Rays (31-31) 11
W: Balfour (3-1) L: Santana (1-3)

Giants (31-28) 1 at Diamondbacks (26-35) 2
W: Scherzer (3-4) L: Sanchez (2-6) S: Qualls (13)

Yankees (34-26) 3 at Red Sox (36-24) 4
W: Saito (1-0) L: Sabathia (5-4) S: Papelbon (16)

Reds (31-28) 2 at Nationals (16-42) 3
W: Tavarez (2-4) L: Herrera (0-2) S: Beimel (1)

Blue Jays (34-28) 0 at Rangers (34-25) 1
W: Millwood (6-4) L: Romero (3-3) S: Wilson (6)

Phillies (35-23) 6 at Mets (31-27) 3 - F/10
W: Eyre (1-1) L: Parnell (2-2) S: Madson (4)

HR LIST
Ross Gload 2 (3)
Raul Ibanez (21)
Albert Pujols (19)
Carlos Pena (19)
Curtis Granderson (14)
Russell Branyan (14)
Luke Scott (14)
Evan Longoria (14)
Ryan Braun (13)
Jim Thome (12)
Ian Stewart (12)
Justin Upton (12)
Joe Crede (10)
Miguel Olivo (8)
Derrek Lee (7)
AJ Pierzynski (6)
Adam Kennedy (5)
Carl Crawford (5)
Ramon Santiago (4)
Dioner Navarro (4)
David Ortiz (4)
Delwyn Young (1)

Tony LaRussa adds to his puzzling moves

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa added to his career of puzzling moves with today's getaway day lineup in Florida. After the Cardinals finally broke out of their slump with the bats by scoring 12 runs (almost matching what they had scored in the whole month of June). LaRussa elected to bench rookie CF Colby Rasmus. I definitely understand this move...NOT!!! Rasmus has a 9 game hitting streak going, plus he went 2 for 4 on Tuesday night and 2 for 5 last night with a 3 run homerun. He has been the hottest hitter in that lineup ever since going into the clean up role behind Albert Pujols.

You know how baseball experts always say umpires should not be noticed and I think we all agree this would be the same about managers. But I honestly believe that Tony wants to make sure he is in the news even if it is done to hurt his team at times. I know he has won a ton of games, but I honestly believe LaRussa has caused many more losses in his career than he has wins. I am begging GM John Mozeliak to hire Jose Oquendo at the end of the year and let one of the biggest egos in managerial baseball history to head back to the Bay and enjoy his cats.

Major League Baseball Scoreboard June 10

SCOREBOARD
Mariners (29-30) 4 at Orioles (25-34) 1
W: Hernandez (6-3) L: Guthrie (4-6) S: Aardsma (10)

Cardinals (32-28) 13 at Marlins (29-32) 4
W: Wainwright (6-4) L: Volstad (4-6)

Royals (25-33) 9 at Indians (26-35) 0
W: Meche (3-5) L: Pavano (6-5)

Pirates (27-32) 3 at Braves (29-29) 2
W: Karstens (3-4) L: Jurrjens (5-4) S: Capps (14)

Angels (29-28) 5 at Rays (30-31) 9
W: Cormier (1-1) L: Lackey (1-2)

Reds (31-27) 4 at Nationals (15-42) 2 - F/12
W: Masset (4-0) L: Villone (3-1) S: Weathers (1)

Yankees (34-25) 5 at Red Sox (35-24) 6
W: Wakefield (8-3) L: Wang (0-4) S: Papelbon (15)

Phillies (34-23) 5 at Mets (31-26) 4 - F/11
W: Park (2-1) L: Parnell (2-1) S: Madson (3)

Blue Jays (34-27) at Rangers (33-25) - POSTPONED

Rockies (27-32) 4 at Brewers (33-26) 2
W: De La Rosa (2-6) L: Bush (3-3) S: Street (11)

Tigers (33-26) 2 at White Sox (27-33) 1
W: Verlander (7-2) L: Danks (4-5)

Cubs (29-27) 1 at Astros (26-31) 2
W: Sampson (3-0) L: Guzman (2-1)

Twins (30-31) 6 at Athletics (26-32) 3
W: Guerrier (3-0) L: Bailey (4-1) S: Nathan (13)

Giants (31-27) 6 at Diamondbacks (25-35) 4
W: Zito (3-6) L: Davis (3-7) S: Wilson (16)

Padres (28-31) 3 at Dodgers (40-21) 1
W: Correia (3-4) L: Kershaw (3-5) S: Bell (18)

HR LIST
Chase Utley 2 (15)
Jose Lopez 2 (8)
Mark Teixeira (19)
Carlos Pena (18)
Jay Bruce (15)
Johnny Damon (13)
Jim Thome (11)
Mike Lowell (10)
Kevin Youkilis (10)
Jorge Posada (9)
Brad Hawpe (9)
Jason Kubel (9)
Bengie Molina (9)
Colby Rasmus (7)
Jeremy Hermida (7)
Guillen (7)
Miguel Olivo (7)
Troy Tulowitzki (7)
Willy Aybar (5)
Rick Ankiel (4)
Alberto Callaspo (3)
Garret Anderson (3)
Geovany Soto (3)
Everett (2)

Boras has all the power in the Strasburg negotiations? Don't think so!!

As expected, the Washington Nationals drafted the best amateur prospect in the history of Major League Baseball, pitcher Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg went 13-1 with a 1.32 ERA in 15 starts this season at San Diego State and was named a Golden Spikes Award finalist. He struck out 195 batters with just 19 walks in 109 innings pitched. Signability. That is the word that you hear at every amateur draft in all sports. It sounds like a bad Bud Light marketing campaign. Now everyone says Scott Boras has all the cards in these negotiations. The Nats need to boost attendance. The Nats need a face for a very, very bad franchise. The Nats need everything. Strasburg has become a national icon before he has even pitched in the majors. But I think the Nats hold all the cards. If the Nationals are unable to sign Strasburg, they would get the 2nd pick overall in next year's draft because they could not come to an agreement. Plus, the Nats are on pace to have the #1 overall pick in the 2010 amateur draft as well. So they would hold the #1 and #2 picks.

So if I am the owner, president and GM of the Nats - I am telling Boras, look - we own his rights - and this is a fair offer....just a thought...5 years at $35 million. If the Boras would say that is ludicrous, just tell Scott that is our final offer and we will re-draft him at #2 overall next year. So that way, Strasburg has been out of baseball for over a year and now he has slipped from #1 to a #2 overall pick, which hurts the negotiations for Boras even more.

Furthermore, and even funnier - as bad as the Nationals are overall as a franchise from the majors to rookie ball - this could be the same scenario in the 2011 draft. I'll tell you what - if this does happen and contiunes down the same path after the 2010 draft - Strasburg will fire Boras sooner than later.

Stephen - advise Boras to get a deal done...you have no leverage here!

Baseball Lock for June 10th

Chad Billingsley and the Dodgers beat the Padres 6-4 last night to send my Lock of the Day overall record to 31-19 and I now have a little 2 game winning streak going...

Baseball Lock for June 10th

I will back Justin Verlander (6-2, 3.26) and the Detroti Tigers to beat John Danks (4-4, 5.10) and the Chicago White Sox. Verlander won the AL pitcher of the month for May and started June with 8 shutout innings. In his last 8 starts, his ERA is a Bob Gibson like 1.12 ERA. Danks has never been a guy that can shut a team down - he does keep the White Sox in games, but never dominant...back the Tigers!!

2009 Baseball Lock of the Day Record...31-19

Major League Baseball Scoreboard June 9

SCOREBOARD
Mariners (28-30) 1 at Orioles (25-33) 3
W: Bergesen (3-2) L: Vargas (2-1) S: Sherrill (12)

Cardinals (31-28) 3 at Marlins (29-31) 4
W: Lindstrom (2-1) L: Motte (2-2)

Royals (24-33) 4 at Indians (26-34) 8
W: Perez (1-1) L: Cruz (3-2)

Pirates (26-32) 3 at Braves (29-28) 4
W: Lowe (7-3) L: Burnett (1-2) S: Soriano (5)

Angels (29-27) 4 at Rays (29-31) 3
W: Weaver (6-2) L: Shields (5-5) S: Fuentes (16)

Reds (30-27) 3 at Nationals (15-41) 2
W: Cueto (6-3) L: Detwiler (0-3) L: Cordero (15)

Yankees (34-24) 0 at Red Sox (34-24) 7
W: Beckett (7-2) L: Burnett (4-3)

Phillies (33-23) 5 at Mets (31-25) 6
W: Santana (8-3) L: Condrey (4-1) S: Rodriguez (16)

Blue Jays (34-27) 9 at Rangers (33-25) 0
W: Tallet (4-3) L: Mathis (0-1)

Rockies (26-32) 3 at Brewers (33-25) 2
W: Hammel (3-3) L: Coffey (1-1) S: Street (10)

Tigers (32-26) 7 at White Sox (27-32) 6 - F/10
W: Lyon (2-3) L: Linebrink (2-4)

Cubs (29-26) 7 at Astros (25-31) 1
W: Lilly (7-4) L: Moehler (2-4)

Twins (29-31) 10 at Athletics (26-31) 5
W: Baker (4-6) L: Anderson (3-6) S: Nathan (12)

Giants (30-27) 9 at Diamondbacks (25-34) 4
W: Cain (8-1) L: Buckner (2-2)

Padres (27-31) 4 at Dodgers (40-20) 6
W: Billingsley (8-3) L: Young (4-5) S: Broxton (14)

HR LIST
Andre Ethier 2 (11)
Raul Ibanez (20)
Ryan Howard (18)
Justin Morneau (16)
Mark Reynolds (15)
Aaron Hill (14)
Chase Utley (13)
Brandon Inge (13)
Ben Zobrist (12)
Adam Lind (12)
Miguel Cabrera (11)
Lance Berkman (11)
Mark DeRosa (10)
Carlos Beltran (8)
Jason Kubel (8)
Nolan Reimold (7)
Matt Kemp (7)
Jeremy Hermida (6)
Miguel Olivo (6)
Elijah Dukes (6)
Mike Fontenot (6)
Pablo Sandoval (5)
Jimmy Rollins (4)
David Wright (4)
Orlando Hudson (4)
Cristian Guzman (3)
David Ortiz (3)
Stephen Drew (3)
Nick Green (2)
Ryan Church (2)
Mat Gamel (2)
Brian Anderson (2)
Juan Uribe (1)