Ernesto Frieri News

It's only a four-team division and the Rangers still have a comfortable lead, but the Angels are suddenly in second place in the American League West.

Nike at one point chose to focus an advertising campaign on the popularity of home runs, declaring that “chicks dig the long ball.” But in an era of smaller sluggers and increasingly dominant pitchers, Major League Baseball may want to rebrand to focus on strikeouts.

Ryan Braun 's bizarre two-strike bunt attempt Tuesday came as the reigning NL MVP is getting a reputation as a prima donna.

I had some trouble coming up with a topic for this week's analogies, so I decided to get back to this column's roots: writing about TV shows that I like, but few other people watch.

SEATTLE If it wasn't love at first sight, the SABR-minded side of Angels GM Jerry Dipoto was certainly smitten.

The Los Angeles Angels are lost. They have Albert Pujols as their first baseman and he's only hit four homers.

Ernesto Frieri was plenty good in a year and a half with the Padres, yet manager Bud Black never seemed to want to trust him in close games.

All the A's right-hander will have to do in Wednesday's series finale against the Angels is look at the man pitching opposite him.

C.J. Wilson and Ernesto Frieri combined on a one-hitter and the Los Angeles Angels broke out of their offensive slump in a 4-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

C.J. Wilson tossed eight scoreless innings and allowed just one hit as the Los Angeles Angels shut down the Oakland A's, 5-0, in the middle game of a three-game series on Tuesday.

Yan Gomes' ability to play multiple positions will keep him in Toronto so long as he proves capable of hitting major-league pitching.

Baker doubled over the head of left fielder Ryan Langerhans, who hurt his right shoulder when he stumbled and fell into the wall.

Quite by coincidence, Clayton Richard was pitching for the Padres that night. Of the four pitchers the Chicago White Sox traded to San Diego for Jake Peavy in midseason of 2009, Richard is the only one still with San Diego.

Would he like to be a closer? "For sure," Frieri said. "That's every reliever's dream." The Angels might give Frieri that chance.

The diminutive second baseman drove home the winning run with a seventh-inning double after using his legs to score the Padres first two runs in a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Another tough loss last night means a two-game losing streak for our Padres coming into tonight's game.

Donn Roach, the right-handed starting pitcher who came to the Padres with second baseman Alexi Amarista in the Ernesto Frieri trade, improved to 7-0 and lowered his California League earned run average to 1.69 Friday night.

It was a busy week for MLB transactions with the Padres getting a new starting middle infield, the Blue Jays a new first baseman, the Orioles a new left fielder and a plethora of players hitting the disabled list.

It was a day of new faces and fresh attitudes as the Padres finally ended their run with the good old Hudson/Bartlett double-play combination and moved forward with Everth "I used to have a big-ass poster on the side of the building" Cabrera and Li'l Alexi Amarista, part of the Ernesto Frieri trade.

Saying "it was time to make a change," San Diego Padres General Manager Josh ByrnesA on Thursday A requested unconditional release waivers on infielder Orlando Hudson, placed infielder Jason Bartlett on the 15-day disabled listA with a strained right knee and recalled infielders Everth Cabrera and Alexi Amarista from Triple-A Tucson.