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By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Bottom of the 5th Aaron Cunningham pops out to shortstop Michael Young. Two out. Bobby Crosby grounds out softly, pitcher Vicente Padilla to first baseman Hank Blalock. Three out. Author: excelvir Keywords: Oakland A's Athletics Aaron Cunningham Bobby Crosby Texas Rangers MLB Baseball

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Vicente Padilla (born September 27, 1977 in Chinandega, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers. He has also played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and, most notably, the Philadelphia Phillies. He is known for his 96 mph (154 km/h) fas...

By Adam J. Morris When the Texas Rangers learned two months ago that Vicente Padilla would no longer pitch for them, several players exchanged handshakes with General Manager Jon Daniels in the clubhouse. Second baseman Ian Kinsler even reportedly said, "Congrats."

The BoSox were defeated by Vicente Padilla and the Texas Rangers yesterday afternoon in Fenway, putting New York ahead by the smallest of margins. These bitter rivals will meet for the third time this season tomorrow night, as Boston welcomes the Bronx ... Yankees power up, pound Rays MLB.com

Comeback of the week: Vicente Padilla pitched a strong seven innings after being placed on waivers earlier in the week to help Texas win 6-3 at Boston. The Rangers won two out of three games for their first series victory at Fenway Park since 1997. ...

 TX BUCKSHOT: Wang, 0-3, lowered his ERA from 16.07 to 14.46 against the Rangers, who also tried make themselves better with a waiver-wire erasure of Vicente Padilla ... and (ahem) look who won Sunday. THIRD SHOT: Got any summertime tips for the Rangers on ...

 TX The Rangers built a 4-0 lead against Daisuke Matsuzaka in the third inning, but Boston scored twice in the bottom half of the inning and now trail 4-2. One of the two runs against Vicente Padilla was unearned, as second baseman Ian Kinsler booted a ...

Trog weighs in with a fan blog and his opinion on why the Rangers put Vicente Padilla on waivers. I disagree with some of Trog's thoughts and will discuss on the next page. Trog's blog: Rangers starting pitcher Vicente Padilla was placed on outright ...

 TX But with the club unhappy with Vicente Padilla and already some injuries occuring in the rotation, a spot could open up at any time. You see what Omar Vizquel is doing for Elvis Andrus. Could Glavine do the same thing for Derek Holland and Matt ...

CBC.ca Of note: Foxsports.com reports the Rangers have requested waivers on right-hander Vicente Padilla, who has a 5.57 ERA and twice plunked the Yankees' Mark Teixeira on Tuesday. … The Reds' Johnny Cueto, 23, had completed at least seven innings in eight ...

Nelson Cruz had a three-run homer for the Rangers, who lost their second game in a row. Vicente Padilla (4-2), who was activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to the game, took the loss after giving up seven runs on as many hits in 3 2/3 innings. ...

Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Texas Rangers right-handed pitcher Frank Francisco was activated from the 15-day disabled list on Friday and the club placed righty Vicente Padilla on the 15-day DL. Francisco, who was suffering from right biceps ...

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Sports Network) - The red-hot Texas Rangers will try to remain in the win column today when they host the LA Angels of Anaheim in the final matchup of a three-game series in Arlington. Last night, Vicente Padilla hurled eight effective innings to lead ...

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Projected Opening Day Pitching Roster: Starter #1: Kevin Millwood Starter #2: Vicente Padilla Starter #3: Matt Harrison Starter #4: Scott Feldman Starter #5: Brandon McCarthy Long Reliever: Dustin Nippert Middle Reliever: CJ Wilson Set-up Man: Eddie Guardado

By Matthew Carruth One of the worst overall units in baseball this past season, the Rangers’ starters did see slight rebound years from Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla, but given their sad state in 2007 that’s not saying much. ...

Washington Post  - Vicente Padilla (14-8) and Kevin Millwood (9-10) both had lingering injuries and disabled list stints. Matt Harrison (9-3, 5.49 ERA)2 became the only ... Texas Rangers season review Fort Worth Star Telegram MLB: Los Angeles Angels 7, Texas 0 United Press International

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) The Angels beat Vicente Padilla slowly but steadily. There has been talk from some quarters, perhaps the Angels broadcast booth, that Padilla has changed his stripes and he's stopped hitting so many batters; but he's about in line with his recent career, with 15 on the season after this ga...

By Joey Matschulat ● Vicente Padilla (shoulder/neck soreness) is an apparent no-go for Friday evening according to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, which places Luis Mendoza and Dustin Nippert at the front of the line to make the spot start against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

By Joey Matschulat ● Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports that right-hander Vicente Padilla is again experiencing neck soreness that derailed his scheduled Tuesday bullpen session, miring his Friday start against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in doubt.

By Joey Matschulat ● Baseball Prospectus’s Will Carroll offers the following injury-related nugget on right-hander Vicente Padilla as part of his Thursday morning “Under the Knife” segment: Murphy, the Rangers’ third-round pick in the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft, went 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA and stell...

By Joey Matschulat Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, circa Wednesday night: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Jason: Assemble the ‘09 pitching staff using only pieces that are currently with the organization. 1. Kevin Millwood 2. Vicente Padilla 3. Brandon McCarthy 4. Scott Feldman 5. Eric Hurley

By Joey Matschulat Rangers Major League Player of the Month - Josh Hamilton 115 AB, .322/.360/.617, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 161 OPS+ First Runner-Up: Vicente Padilla (35.2 IP, 33 H, 16 BB, 35 K, 3.53 ERA, 1.37 WHIP) Second Runner-Up: Joaquin Benoit (16.1 IP, 13 H, 5 BB, 13 K, 2.20 ERA, 1.10 WHIP) ● Texas is six games back again. Uh-oh.

By Joey Matschulat And what of the starting rotation? Let’s just say that if the quintet of Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla, Jason Jennings, Brandon McCarthy and Kason Gabbard doesn’t manage to significantly outperform their respective projections, the Rangers will be lucky to win 70 games next year. Gr...

By Joey Matschulat ● According to T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com, Jennings is currently slated to slide into the #3 slot of the Rangers’ tentative Opening Day starting rotation, behind Kevin Millwood and Vicente Padilla but ahead of Brandon McCarthy and Kason Gabbard. Sammy Sosa: Part Deux anybody?

By Adam J. Morris The rotation is hard to say...Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla, Edinson Volquez, and Brandon McCarthy all have the ability to be above average major league starters, but I'd be hard-pressed to say that any of them is much better than a 50/50 bet to be an above-average starting pitcher next ye...