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[Tag's Lines] - Free agency begins Friday. Who do you want?

mctaggart — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:05:51 GMT

... ls (34) Xavier Nady (31) - Type B Randy Winn (36) - Type B Starting pitchers Brandon Backe (32) Cha Seung Baek (30) Miguel Batista (39) Erik Bedard (31) - Type B Kris ...

[MLB - Rangers] - Inbox: How can Rangers keep Byrd?

T.R. Sullivan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:44:15 GMT

... 't be in Arlington. With the Rangers on a tight budget, what do you think of Brandon Backe? He wouldn't cost a lot, and do you think Mike Maddux could turn him into a ...

[Bronx Baseball Daily] - 2010 MLB Free Agents

Rob Abruzzese — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:35:36 GMT

... ary Sheffield NYM Fernando Tatis NYM (B) Randy Winn SF (B) Starting Pitchers Brandon Backe HOU Josh Beckett * BOS Erik Bedard SEA (B) Daniel Cabrera ARZ Bartolo Colon ...

[iYankees] - 2010 Free Agents

iYankees — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:30:31 GMT

... eld (41) Matt Stairs (42) Mike Sweeney (36) Jim Thome (39) Starting pitchers Brandon Backe (32) Cha Seung Baek (30) Miguel Batista (39) Erik Bedard (31) – Type B Kris ...

[The Crawfish Boxes] - Astros Roster Breakdown: The Starters

davoag — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:27:48 GMT

... Yorman Bazardo (P - HOU) , Felipe Paulino (P - HOU) , Bud Norris (P - HOU) , Brandon Backe (P - HOU) , Jeff Kent (2B - LOS) , Roy Oswalt (P - HOU) , Wandy Rodriguez (P ...

[Fungoes] - Best World Series FIGS: Where does Lee rank?

Pip — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:31:46 GMT

... STL @SLB 9 36 2 12 0 69 21 Josh Beckett 10/24/07 1 BOS COL 7 27 1 9 0 69 21 Brandon Backe 10/26/05 4 HOU CHW 7 26 0 7 0 69 21 Frank Viola 10/25/87 7 MIN STL 8 29 0 7 ...

[The Crawfish Boxes] - Meet your new manager: The Astros hire Brad Mills

DyingQuail — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:36:01 GMT

... is offseason (you decide). ("The Astros announced today that they're signing Brandon Backe back to a minor league deal" just doesn't have the same pizazz as hiring a n ...

[Daily News: Touching Base] - Dodger Drama Squiggles

Jesse Spector — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:38:04 GMT

... coreless innings, only to see his team lose, which most recently happened to Brandon Backe of the Astros in Game 4 of the 2005 World Series. Martinez is the first such ...

[The Cutoff Man] - Who will earn spot in Tigers' 2010 starting rotation?

James Schmehl MLive.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:01:01 GMT

... gles and grab a spot in the Tigers’ starting rotation. FREE AGENT PITCHERS • Brandon Backe (32) • Cha Seung Baek (30) • Miguel Batista (39) • Erik Bedard (31) • Kris B ...

[Baseball Prospectus] - Prospectus Hit List: Season Finale by Jay Jaffe

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:51:29 GMT

... s that any team relying upon Brian Moehler , Mike Hampton , Felipe Paulino , Brandon Backe , and Russ Ortiz to make exactly half its starts ain't goin' nowhere. Royals ...

[FanGraphs] - Paulino Experiences Whiplash

R.J. Anderson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:59:03 GMT

... ncapable of starting in the majors. I mean heck, this same organization gave Brandon Backe 70 starts over the last four years to prove he didn’t belong in the league, ...

[Baseball Prospectus] - Prospectus Hit List: Nearly All Wrapped Up by Jay Jaffe

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:12:27 GMT

... a rotation that relied upon Brian Moehler , Mike Hampton , Felipe Paulino , Brandon Backe , and Russ Ortiz to make more than half its starts this year, a minor league ...

[The Crawfish Boxes] - Thursday Midday Astros, etc Round Up

HighLeveragePerformer — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:15:24 GMT

... tion to trade Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt , and also mention Darin Erstad , Brandon Backe and Jason Michaels more than probably need be, but such is their way I suppo ...

[Another Cubs Blog] - Free Agent Pitchers

MB21 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:35:44 GMT

... st of the potential free agent pitchers after this season. Starting Pitchers Brandon Backe HOU Miguel Batista SEA Josh Beckett * BOS Erik Bedard SEA Daniel Cabrera ARZ ...

[FanBlog: Astros] - Would Cooper firing in April have turned around Astros?

Chip — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:27:26 GMT

... disagreements with Cooper? Oswalt, Ortiz, Paulino, Sampson, Backe? Oh yeah, Brandon Backe goes on a six-game rehab assignment, where he started games in an effort to ...