Chad Gaudin News

Lou Piniella seems to be playing a little game of cat and mouse with Jake Fox . When the Cubs called up the 26 year-old, who had been destroying Triple-A pitching, owners went berserk and instantly added him to one-third of the leagues on CBSSports.com. Then Sweet Lou sat him, then sat him some more, and then the front office sent him packing back ...

''I guess it's what I get for making fun of the guys who go on the DL for burning their faces in the suntan booth,'' he said.

Manny Ramirez looked like a guy who had missed 50 games. Returning from his suspension for violating baseball's drug policy, the Los Angeles slugger barely hit the ball out of the infield in the Dodgers' 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

Manny Ramirez is back in the big leagues. His bat might soon follow. Returning from his 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy, the Los Angeles slugger barely hit the ball out of the infield in the Dodgers' 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

There were fireworks on Friday, alright. Just none involving No. 99, Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez, who returned to the Major Leagues with a relative thud, going hitless while his teammates torched the Padres.

The 2009 Rangers defy all the past, convenient stereotypes. The conventional book on this club in recent seasons was that it was an offensive juggernaut, but dramatically short on competent pitching.

" The award is given for seven days' work. Putting it into a week, however, doesn't begin to put a label on Chad Gaudin.

Yanks 4, Mets 2: The Yanks swept the Subway Series against the injury-depleted Mets, who scored a total of three runs in the three game set and need to make a trade.

Chad Gaudin allowed one hit over eight scoreless innings and Scott Hairston snapped an 0-for-17 slide with a homer for San Diego as the Padres won their first series in a month with a 2-0 victory Sunday night over the stumbling Texas Rangers.

Do you have any idea what to think of this guy from off an 11-strikeout performance on Tuesday night? Even better, Chad Gaudin has 19 strikeouts in his last two starts covering 13 innings.

Each week, we'll profile the projected two-start pitchers for the upcoming fantasy week .

Chad Gaudin had been jolted by unexpected career news before. After all, he was traded from the A's to the Chicago Cubs last July along with Rich Harden.

Will the breakdown of negotiations over the Cubs sale result in a short-term return to the payroll flexibility the Cubs had the last two seasons? It's probably too soon to tell, especially if the Ricketts family stays firmly in the picture, or if the bankruptcy court steps into Cubs business.

What will it take to keep this guy smiling all year and into October? Browse more photos>> Since the next game isn't till Tuesday night, and instead of harping on the tired old Sox/ Cubs things that we'll no doubt see in the traditional media, I thought I'd take a bit of Monday to examine what the Cubs could realistically do, if management decided ...

Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th inning, sending Arizona to a win over San Diego on Sunday in the longest major league game this season.

Forty-four of his 50 appearances were in relief, including all 24 with the Cubs.

Don't congratulate Arizona's Mark Reynolds for the three-run homer he slugged in the 18th inning Sunday to end the season's longest game.

Eighteen was enough for Mark Reynolds and the Arizona Diamondbacks . Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th inning, sending the Diamondbacks to a 9-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday in the longest major league game this season.

Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th inning, sending the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday in the longest major league game this season.

Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer off infielder Josh Wilson with two outs in the 18th inning, sending the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday in the longest major league game this season.