Cesar Izturis

Milwaukee Brewers suffer another injury. Cesar Izturis going on 15 day DL with sore hamstring.Read Full Story

It seems St. Louis Cardinals fans can forget about seeing their scrappy free agent shortstop in a Red Bird uni next season, as they've signed utility infielder Cesar Izturis to a $2.85 million, one-year contract rather than offer arbitration to lead-off hitter David Eckstein.Izturis, a 27-year-old switch-hitter, batted .258 in 110 games last year between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. His best offensive season came in 2004, when he hit .288 with a career-high 32 doubles, four homers...Read Full Story

It looks like the Orioles have started looking for a shortstop on the market, and may have found a candidate...From The Baltimore Sun: The Orioles have talked to the representative for free agent Cesar Izturis, the latest indication that the slick-fielding shortstop is at the top of their list to fill the team's vacancy at the position.Izturis, 28, hit .263 last season with one homer and 24 RBIs in 135 games for the St. Louis Cardinals. He's a career .260 hitter over parts of 10 major league...Read Full Story

Kansas City StarGreat Cesar's ghost: O's walk off for sweepMLB.comThe Orioles completed a three-game sweep of the Angels on Thursday night, courtesy of Cesar Izturis' walk-off RBI single to continue to add credibility to the Buck Showalter spark. Izturis laced a pitch into center field ...Orioles sweep AngelsWDEL 1150AMHalos' rally turned aside by O's walk-offAnaheim AngelsOrioles beat Angels 5-4 for three-game sweepThe Associated PressWashington Post -MiamiHerald.com -CBSSports.comall 376...Read Full Story

Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! Fire up that hot stove. You say you don’t like it, but girl I know you’re a liar, ’cause when we kiss, fire. Really? Cesar Izturis? Really? I know they’re still working on Mark Teixeira, but they could have done better than this. For a team that’s been so weak at shortstop, they had to do better than this. The Orioles signed Cesar Izturis yesterday. .263 Cesar Izturis. All right, Izturis may not be an offensive star, but he can’t be any worse than...Read Full Story