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The bats were huge today, its a 3-game series sweep over the Indians, and John Ryder is in on a Sunday afternoon to discuss.
lone exception being a walk to Travis Hafner ), the wheels started to come ..... walking in Jack Hannahann , Bard got Travis Hafner to ground one to Dustin Pedroia ..... picking up a strikeout against Travis Hafner . - The Red Sox haven’t often
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Cabrera. Only then did Valentine make the move to the bullpen, summoning Rich Hill to face Travis Hafner with the bases loaded and one out. Hill walked Hafner to force in a run, got a groundball from Carlos Santana that was muffed at third by Will
designated hitter. He is currently 361 behind the all-time leader, Harold Baines. The next active player on the list is Travis Hafner , who resides 2,288 behind Ortiz. Ortiz was 27 years old when he first dipped his toes into the full-time DH waters
contracts ever conferred upon DHes: Travis Hafner , Indians: 4 years, $57 million ..... signed mid-2007 (at a time when Hafner was amidst a run that suggested ..... to the pure DHes (himself and Travis Hafner when he signed his deal) but also
pursuit of a full-time DH like Ortiz. VERDICT: Not a fit. Indians: The Indians have $13 million tied up in DH Travis Hafner . When healthy, he’s been a very good hitter, with an .820 OPS and 126 OPS+ over the last three years. However
Michael Young ($16 million), Travis Hafner ($13 million), Milton Bradley ..... Adam Dunn, Jim Thome, Ramirez, Hafner , Matsui) who project to play ..... Lind ($5 million) Cleveland: Travis Hafner ($13 million) Seattle: Milton
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000/1.000/3.000, 1 double, 1 home run, 4 RBIs Shin-soo Choo (3): .500/.667/1.000, 1 double Travis Hafner (3): .000/.000/.000, 1 walk Casey Kotchman (3): .000/.000/.000 Shelley Duncan (2): .000
Brantley (3): .000/.000/.000, 1 strikeout Asdrubal Cabrera (3): .667/.667/1.667, 1 home run, 1 RBI Travis Hafner (3): .000/.000/.000 Jack Hannahan (3): .500/.667/.500, 1 walk Red Sox vs. Jimenez (RHP) Adrian
9 RBIs, 3 walks, 14 strikeouts Casey Kotchman (25): .280/.280/.400, 1 home run, 2 RBIs, 4 strikeouts Travis Hafner (24): .350/.458/.700, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 6 RBIs, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts Asdrubal Cabrera
min. 25 AB): .577 – David Ortiz, BOS, 2011 .576 – Frank Thomas, CHW, 1997 .560 – Cam Carreon, CHW, 1963 .560 – Travis Hafner , CLE, 2004 ———————————————————————————————————- Vicente Padilla – Padilla
average annual value, ever conferred upon a designated hitter, surpassing the $14.25 million AAV being earned by Travis Hafner from 2009-12 and the four-year, $56 million deal ($14 million AAV) to which the White Sox signed Adam Dunn last
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Celtics Head Coach Doc Rivers joined D & C this morning to break down his team's Game 2 loss to Philly. He gives his take on the foul called on KG's screen at the end of the game, the health of both Paul Pierce and Avery Bradley, and if they should have fouled earlier at the end of the 4th quarter.
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