mike-leake Stories - Royals Review
Opening Day roster coming into focus
"I think I'm done,"-- Walt Jocketty, to Mark Sheldon. With Renteria and Lewis signed to guaranteed contracts, the 2011 Opening Day 25-man roster stew now seems very unlikely to contain any additives from outside the organization. As John Fay observes, the list is nearly complete on the position...
Red Reposter - What's Old is New Again
Spring is a time for renewal. A time for debuts. We're likely to witness one in the fifth spot of the Reds' rotation, so I for one feel a sense of solidarity with [LEAKE, MIKE or WOOD, TRAVIS]. As junior member of the Reposter staff, I'll be responsible for generating hip, catchphrase-laden prose...
Sun Devils Take Care Of Business, Beat UNC 5-2 in College World Series
The entire week, Pat Murphy was very secretive regarding his choice of starting pitcher for ASU's first game in Omaha against North Carolina. It turned out that going against the grain and starting his #2 pitcher paid dividends for the Sun Devil skipper. Josh Spence went seven strong innings,...
ASU in the MLB Draft: First 20 Rounds
ASU started off awfully strong, with Mike Leake breaking into the top 10 and getting drafted by the Cincinatti Reds at number 8 overall. Most people had Leake pegged at 12-14, but the Reds pulled a mild surprise tapping the wiry righty. Scouting Report on Leake, via Jason A. Churchill: Leake is a...
Draft Notes
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Stephen Strasburg and those other guys
Matt Wieters wears Stephen Strasburg pajamas to bed. We've had some fun looking back at past drafts and their historical implications, now let's look at this upcoming draft class, starting with college pitchers. There's this guy named Stephen Strasburg that I hear is pretty good, and there will...
Mike Leake's 2009 Season
Unfortunately for Mike Leake, his best season as a college player came in the same year NCAA Baseball witnessed perhaps the most impressive season by a pitcher in history - Steven Strausburg down in San Diego.Otherwise, people would be talking about the season Mike Leake put together this season,...
#2 ASU baseball sweeps Winthrop, now 38-11
The Winthrop Eagles, straight out of South Carolina, came rolling into Tempe this week with 30 wins and a respectable season and left between their tailfeathers between their legs.Game one set the tone with a 14-3 win. Kipnis was 4-5 with 3 RBI, his 13th HR, a walk, and his 19th SB. Mike Leake went...
Friday Rockpile: Rockies in a funk, draft speculation starts
With some changes to a line or two to The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Loving Feeling": You've lost that winning feeling, Whoa, that winning feeling, You've lost that winning feeling, Now it's gone...gone...gone...whoa-oh. Another game, another loss. It starts to get to the fans,...
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