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The Clippers got some better pitching this week, but were tough luck losers in 10 innings twice. They still have their division lead, but it’s been trimmed to 1 game. Let’s take a closer look at the Clippers’ week…
This Week: 2-3
Current Record: 41-30, 1st place...Read Full Story
According to Cliff Corcoran, the signing is baffling in regard to Laffey's abilities In terms of stuff, he’s a soft-throwing sinker/slider lefty, whose four-seamer averages just shy of 88 miles per hour per TexasLaguers.com. Those sinkers do get him a more than average amount of groundballs, which is how he avoids getting murdered, but he has also had a high batting average on balls in play rather consistently throughout his career, so expecting some correction on his current .320 BABIP is...Read Full Story
The Clippers did their best to stay in the game on a rainy and chilly night at Huntington Park last night, but in the end their bullpen just couldn’t put zeros up on the board when it counted. Michael Brantley went 5-for-5 with 2 RBI, Carlos Santana hit his team-leading 12th home run, and Josh Rodriguez drove in two of his own, but it was not enough as single runs in the eighth and ninth innings off of losing pitcher Jeremy Sowers provided the final margin for the Red Wings. In addition, Matt...Read Full Story
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It was a move that will go unnoticed by most Indians fans, but late yesterday, GM Chris Antonetti sent Left-hander Aaron Laffey to the Seattle Mariners for minor league Infielder Matt Lawson. (No, its not the return of Matt Lawton people). Laffey was in a group of pitchers vying for the fifth spot in the Indians starting rotation.
That group has now been reduced by one.
Laffey was a guy who I felt was really jacked around with by the Indians brass. Some of it was his own doing...Read Full Story
Indians SP Aaron Laffey struggled took in Friday’s 10-3 defeat against the Reds. Laffey, who was making his first start since his demotion to Triple-A on May 30, allowed five runs on five hits in four innings. He was pulled after throwing just 86 pitches. He allowed a two-run homer to Drew Stubbs in the second inning and was tagged up for three more runs in the third inning after walking a pair and allowing two hits. He walked three and struck out five while falling to 0-2 with a 6.37 ERA on...Read Full Story
The Blue Jays have agreed to a minor league contract with left-hander Aaron Laffey and invited him to spring training. Laffey was 3-2 with a 3.88 ERA in 47 relief appearances for Seattle and the Yankees last season. He held left-handed batters to a .242 ...
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(AP) -- Kansas City Royals left-hander Aaron Laffey and Detroit Tigers second baseman Will Rhymes became free agents after their teams declined to offer 2012 contracts. Clubs had until midnight EST on Monday to offer contracts to unsigned players on their ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Kansas City left-hander Aaron Laffey, Chicago Cubs catcher Koyie Hill and Washington left-hander Doug ... pitcher Jerome Williams ($920,000), Milwaukee catcher George Kottaras of Markham, Ont., Colorado pitcher Kevin Slowey ...
The Royals chose to risk arbitration with seven of eight eligible players Monday by tendering formal contract offers to all unsigned players except left-handed reliever Aaron Laffey before ... to play the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Ariz.
Aaron Steven Laffey (born April 15, 1985 in Cumberland, Maryland) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians. He made his major league debut with the ...
Laffey is starting in place of Scott Lewis , who strained his elbow on opening day and is on the 15-day disabled list. To make room for Laffey, the Indians optioned infielder Josh Barfield to Triple-A. Laffey went 5-7 in 16 starts last season for the ...