MLB Pickstreak

Today, I want to take a close look at the standings in each division heading into the games this weekend. I have been out of touch with the games since the trade deadline.  The teams have all played around ten games in August and I feel like I can get back in a rythym with the posts and the picks if I can get a good feel for how each team has played to begin the month. Let's take a quick look at the standings in each division. NL West The Padres have been playing better than any team in the division and that includes the Dodgers.  Winners of five in a row and seven of their last ten games, San Diego is now only eight games back of LA for first place in the division.  It isn't an insurmountable deficit.  San Diego's schedule looks as soft as any team in MLB into October and they play three games with the Dodgers at the end of September.  The Diamondbacks have played .500 baseball since the beginning of the month but their schedule looks difficult to close out Aug...

Another day waiting out the storms.  I got caught in the derecho and now every storm that pops up on the radar has me running for cover. It was the same before I got caught in that crazy storm but Im taking extra precaution until the entirety of the system passes by.   There is another band of storms forecast for Saturday afternoon but Friday afternoon looks fairly clear.  

Storms all morning and hiked a few miles in the afternoon.  Oppressive humidty and heat exhaustion.  The storms have been stressful.   More storms expected on Thursday and through the weekend.  I dont know when the rain is going to pass. Im completely out of sync with the baseball blog since the trade deadline.  Staying out of the rain has been my primary focus. If it keeps raining in the midwest, there is going to be a flood.  I passed by the river the other day and its as high as Ive ever seen it.

I got caught in a torrential rain storm today.  I was camped out under the awning of a shopping center.  I was expecting rain.  Had a coffee, was nice and cozy. The storm that passed through wasn't your typical rain storm.  It wasn't even a downpour.  It was similar to a god damn hurricane. The wind was blowing probably sixty to seventy miles and hour and the rain was blowing sideways.  There was no eacape. The storm arrived in a matter of seconds.  I was taking a piss in the alley and there was some wind and a sprinkle of rain.  Before I finished my bathroom break I was soaked.  There was no escape.  I spent the entire storm walking around the parking lot looking for my ball cap.  My hat blew off and it's long gone.  The wind probably took it all the way to Indiana.   I haven't been caught in a storm like that and I was in Florida for a few tropical storms.  This storm was something else.  It was a short an...

I followed the game most of the night on the Superfan Sports app.  It was a pitchers' duel into extra innings. MacKenzie Gore managed only 5.1 innings on 103 pitches but one earned run on four hits, nine strikeouts to one walk, it was a good start for Gore and the Rangers needed it with how well Detmers was throwing for LA. Detmers goes 6.0 innings on only 88 pitches.  Three hits, one earned, six K's, he could have got the halos seven innings last night.   Both bullpens were clean into the tenth.  Jose Fermin, Taylor Saucedo, Ben Joyce and Sammy Natera Jr. combined for three scoreless for LA.  It was Tyler Alexander, Chase Silseth, Robby Ahlstrom and Peyton Gray with 3.2 scoreless for Texas.   Rookie Luke Murphy inherited the Manfred Runner in the top of the tenth and walked the lead off hitter, Wyatt Langford.  I like litching around the lead off hitter with the Manfred Runner to setup a double play.  No harm in the lead-off walk, espec...

I was going to play a parlay tonight.  I liked the Brewers to beat Casey Mize and the Padres because Mize is slow to find his comfort zone.  It took him about three years in Detroit and he got shelled in his first start with San Diego.   Ultimately, I feel like the price on this Texas game tonight is so good that the best bet is to play it as a straight wager.   TEX (-115) ML @ LAA Reid Detmers (3-8) starts for the Angels.  Detmers doesn't have much to pitch for this season and I feel like Detmers, without a long-term contract in place, is the sort of pitcher who is going to save his arm for the '27 season.  I think he has been soft-tossing.  He has posted a 2.78 HR/9 since July 3rd (six starts) and that mark supports my argument to some degree.  The bookies aren't discounting Detmers and I am.   MacKenzie Gore (6-9) starts for the Rangers.  Gore didn't have a great July.  He posted a 6.82 ERA over 31.2 innings pitche...

I've been on the message boards most of the morning and the big news of the day is that Ohtani has resumed his pitching activities.  Ohtani has been sidelined with a sore knee and hasn't thrown an inning since July 3rd.    The Dodgers, they look like a lock to win the NL West with or without Ohtani on the mound.  Despite a (2-8) record over their last10 games, LA still holds a 7.5 game lead over the Diamondbacks, 8.5 games up on the Padres, with just over 40 games to play.  Getting Ohtani sharp for the playoffs is the oriority for this Dodgers' team but what about Ohtani's individual accolades in 2026?  He looked like he could win the Cy Young with how well he pitched into June.   Ohtani is (8-2) on the season as a starting pitcher with a 1.79 ERA over 85.1 innings. If he makes six starts into the end of the regular season, he is likely to finish the year at approximately 120.0 innings pitched.  It won't qualify him for the ERA title, a pitch...

Sunday I drank the best hot coffee.  I probably had five cups it was so good. I didnt get to the baseball blog, I did soend most of the day commenting at MLB Trade Rumors.  It's an exercise that in some way keeps you sharp. I do want to get back to the games and enjoyed following the boxscores yesterday.  The playoff races are exciting this season.   Let's see how Monday goes.  

I have been busy all weekend for the most part, hiking and resting, it has been all-encompassing and I havent figured out a way to balance the long days with writing the blog.  Until I do, there will be many days off from blogging. Only seven weeks left of MLB games in the regular season.  Stay tuned.

I had a busy day hiking and cleaning up some golf balls that I dug out of the water hazard at the golf course. I found about thirty balls, there are probably another hundred or two in the creek.  I scrubbed them with a tooth brush and hand sanitizer.  The hike took a few hours, the golf ball ghing took a few hours and when I landed, I couldn't find a good wifi connection so it's another day off for MLB Pickstreak. Our mobile office is without mobile connectivity.   The baseball blog has taken a backseat to the hiking goals this summer.  That's all there is to it.

I took a look at the board, there isn't a game that I really like today.  Christopher Sanchez and the Phillies are going off at (-345) and that's too expensive.   I sort of like the Braves and Martin Perez and think its the best bet on the board at (-140) but Im going to pass today. This weekend is shaping up to be a good one.  Red Sox and the A's square up, there should be a pick in there.  Cubs are at the Royals, should be a good game to bet in that series as well. Let's see how the games look tomorrow.  That's it for today.  Stay tuned to see how the season plays out.  

I'm feeling better today.  Waiting out the rain in the shed at Home Depot.  Hopefully I can get back to hiking soon.  300 more miles to go this summer. It's an all encompassing effort but I have some down time today and I'd like to get back to the baseball posts.  The trade deadline has passed and that was madness in some way.  Exciting but exhausting and difficult to focus on the standings and the games. What it amounts to, after the trade deadline, is seven teams competing for one Wild Card in the AL and seven teams competing for two Wild Cards in the NL.   The Cubs look likely to win a Wild Card but the Phillies, Padres, Pirates, Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Reds and the Marlins are all within 5 games of the Wild Card and remain in contention.  The Nationals have bowed out of the race in some regard but are also within 5.5 games of a Wild Card birth in the NL. The AL East looks to have two wild card spots sewn up.  The Yankees, the Rays and th...

Four days in a row I've taken off now and it's a direct result of some sort of stress and exhaustion so I'm going to let it run its course and hopefully can get back on track soon. I feel like it's better to let it pass than to press on through it so that's what I'm going to do. When I am feeling better, I'll resume the Game Day posts and the picks.  Until then, there won't be any more updates. I have some sort of heavy stress with me this week and it's really weighing heavily on me.  Hopefully it passes soon.  

I took the day off on Tuesday as well. It's been difficult to hike and to study the baseball.  I'm on the move most of the day and when I rest, it can be difficult to find a good wifi connection. The top priority is getting the miles in this summer.  The baseball writing, I put in a good effort over the first half of the season and will do my best to finish the season. I am still set on accomplishing my goal of beating the book.

I took a day off on Monday too.  There were many trades and transactions to learn about and it was a very busy day in that regard.   The MLB trade deadline is a crazy few days of MLB news.  It's difficult to follow the games and the boxacores with all the roster moves.  It's difficult to make picks too until all the dust settles. I figure I will probably hold off the picks until the weekend or even into next week.  It takes a week or two for the rosters to get settled and for the teams to find equilibrium. I'm going to try and get a Game Day post up tonight and hope to get back to posting daily into the end of the regular season. The goal is still to bank 51 or more units before the end of September.  I have plenty of units left to put together a winning streak or two and rack some units. Stay tuned.

It's the trade deadline.  I spent the entire day commenting on the threads at MLB Trade Rumors.   I'm burnt out.  It was an exciting day of trades.  Some big names and top prospects changing teams today.   Blue Jays, Nationals and Tigers are officially sellers.  Padres, Orioles, Diamonbacks and Cardinals are still in the shadows.   It's going to be a busy day of trades tomorrow.  I'll probably take a day off tomorrow too and resume my posts on Tuesday.  

I know had said that there will be a pick today, but all the news around the trade deadline has me confused.  Too much nonsense in the airwaves.  I'm going to pass on making picks this weekend and wait until after the trade deadline passes on Monday afternoon. After all the trades have been made, there will be a much clearer picture in regards to what teams are playing games competitively into the end of the regular season. The picks will resume sometime next week.  Until then, I'll post a Game Day article and do my best to keep abreast of the box scores and the standings.  

It's the first day of August, a quick look at the schedule and it reports that there are 58 more days left of the MLB regular season.  This weekend and eight full weeks of games before the playoffs are set. The regular season is a little over two-thirds of the way complete.   This weekend and Monday afternoon will be the last opportunity for teams to trade players from their active rosters.  The last month has been a toss-up of rumors and speculation.  Mostly unsubstantiated trade proposals made by fans and professional pundits alike. It's mostly an exhausting merry-go-round of bullshit.  I have participated in the trade rumors for a few seasons now and it's incredibly disruptive and tiring. You can barely focus on the schedule and the games and they have been some of the most important games of the entire season. I had an idea the other day that all teams have to put forth and submit a roster of players that are available to be traded four weeks prior to t...

I got stuck at the Metra depot on Friday and spent all afternoon waiting out the rain.  There was no wifi.   I am sort of like a roving reporter in that I don't have an office or a home even.  I don't have mobile internet service either and am entirely dependent on free wifi. If, for one reason or another, I can't get a connection, it's a day off.  Only two or three days off all season as far as I can recall.   When I was in camp, it wasn't that difficult to get connected.  I had a fairly normal routine to get supplies, water and wifi. Since I started hiking, I have had to scout locations on the move everyday as well as monitor the weather closely so that I don't get caught in the rain. It is somewhat more difficult to keep up the daily posts but I intend on finishing the season and on finishing my miles. Today, I'm at the library waiting out the rainstorm.  Most of my day will be spent working on the blog so I should have a post and a pick f...

I'm passing on the picks today.  24 units left. 24 more opportunities to put together a Pickstreak that makes our season. Stay tuned to see how it all plays out.  

The smell of Indian food is wafting through the air.  There are more Indians, from India, here than there are Native Americans.  Send us your poor, your needy, your hungry but they all come with stacks of cash and they own every hotel and convenience store in the country?   I'm unsure about them.  I asked an Indian at the liquor store the other day if he was following the World Cup.  He wasn't interested.  I asked him if he liked baseball.  He had no clue.  I asked him if he liked cricket.  He liked cricket.  That is the sport in India. I have never given it much of a chance to be honest.  It looks like a game that you'd play in your back yard as a kid.  Running back and forth from pole to pole.   The bats are flat like paddles.  The pitchers are called bowlers.  They get a running start and bounce them in.  If they crash the pole the batter is out.  In that way the batter is a defender. ...

It was a good game.  Schlittler got his:  6.1IP 2H 1ER 8K 1BB -- and the Yanks had a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning. Cruz , Blackburn and Doval let it slip away. The Yanks' bullpen is squarely on the hook for this loss.   The Yanks had an opportunity to put some runs on the board in the 12th inning.  Ben Rice was at the plate with one out and the bases loaded.  White Sox reliever Jordan Hicks mowed him down with a series of 100MPH fastballs.  Ali Sanchez grounded out to end the inning. White Sox catcher Edgar Quero gets the big hit in the bottom of the 12th to walk it off.   Credit Jordan Hicks with this win.  He earns his first win of the season as the pitcher of record and is throwing the ball well this season. It's a loss for the Pickstreak Blog but we did rack a pair of units and in hindsight that was a good decision.   I'm not all together disappointed in how that set of bets went.  I didn't feel good ...

New York looks to make it three in a row over the Chicago White Sox with rookie ace and Cy Young favorite Cam Schlittler (10-6) on the mound for the Yankees. Schlittler has been strong all season.  He carries a 2.04 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP into tonight's game and those marks have been posted over a large sample size.  The rookie has pitched 130.1 innings this season and has shown no signs of tiring out into August.  If Schlitter finishes the season strong into October pitching as well as he has, his season could go down as potentially the single best rookie season for an MLB starting pitcher in the history of the game.  That is impressive. Davis Martin (9-5) starts for Chicago.  Martin was easily the White Sox best pitcher over the first half of the season but has since slid to the three in the White Sox current five-man rotation.  Erick Fedde has eclisped him.  It's been some good games mixed in with some real honkers.  A 5.68 ERA in 25.1 innings in ...

The Orioles are down 7-0 into the eighth inning after getting drubbed 14-0 in yesterday's game with the Detroit Tigers.   They lost a series against the Braves over the past weekend and with the loss today, they will have lost a series against the Tigers too.  I had said in a post last week that the Orioles could use their next three series as a thermometer (or barometer) in making a decision on whether or not to add to this ball club. Win all three series and it's an easy decision to add players and make a run at the playoffs.  Lose a series or two and the decisions become murky.   Even with the loss today, Baltimore could potentially sweep the Phillies over the weekend.  If they manage to pull off the sweep, they will sit at 56-56 at the trade deadline.  A mere series win against Philly is good for a 54-58 record and that is likely to be, at worst, 3.5 games back of a Wild Card in the AL heading into the month August.   The O's aren't ...

Back to back wins for the Yankees over the White Sox and that's good for two in a row for the Pickstreak Blog as well. Garret Cole pitched 6.0 innings of shutout baseball and the Yankees' bullpen held the White Sox scoreless into the 9th inning.   David Bednar entered the game with a 3-0 lead.  It was a save opportunity for Bednar and despite allowing a two-run homer to Chase Meidroth, Bednar locked it down fairly convincingly.  He strikes out he side for his 22nd save and it's a 3-2 Yankees win. That's pretty much the story of the game last night.  It was a pitcher's duel.  Anthony Kay pitched a good game for the White Sox.  Jordan Hicks had another nice appearance striking out a pair and Tyler Schweitzer throws 3.0 clean frames to close the ninth.  Three earned runs charged to Kay in the 2nd inning.  Yanks put together some hits. Credit Garret Cole with the victory last night.   ----------------MLB Pickstreak Pick Results---------...

I like a few other games on the card tonight but I'm going to try and string together a couple wins for a big parlay bet this weekend.   The game I like the most tonight is the Yanks at the White Sox  NYY (-140) ML @ CHW Once again the bookmakers are offering a great price on an ace.  Garrett Cole (3-5) may have a losing record this season but he is still the pitcher he was before he had a Tommy John surgery in '25.  Over his last5 starts, the Yankees' veteran has recorded 37 K's to 3 walks for a K/BB ratio of 12.33.  That is nice.  Cole can definitely rack double digits tonight against the White Sox. Anthony Kay (7-4) starts for the White Sox.  Kay has thrown four bean balls over his last3 starts and issued seven walks in just 14.1 innings pitched.  He puts lot of runners on base and even without Judge and Bellinger in the lineup, the Yanks' have plenty of slug.   The Yankees bullpen through quite a few pitches in yeaterday's win b...

The Colorado Rockies are one of the few teams that are officially out of contention this season.  As such, there have been a lot of rumors centered around Rockies' players heading into the August 3rd trade deadline.  Three players in particular are drawing a lot of interest from teams around the league.   (C) Hunter Goodman Catcher Hunter Goodman could land the Rockies a haul in trade but trading Goodman leaves a hole in the Rockies' lineup that can't be replaced easily.  Goodman has hit 31 homers this season and leads all catchers in slugging percentage.  His slash line from June 1st is very good:  .286/.364/.665 -- Goodman has gotten better as the season has progressed and in some way that makes him more difficult for the Rockies to trade this season. The Rockies' draft was very interesting in that they drafted Georgia catcher Daniel Jackson with their first pick (26th overall) and Cincinnati Jack Natali with their third round pick.  Natalli is ...

The White Sox got out to an early lead in the first inning and they were really putting the wood to Yankees' starter, Max Fried.  It didn't look good.  Four hits in the first and three earned charged to Fried but he did strike out a pair and in the second, Fried racked another pair of big strikeouts with a runner in scoring position.  It seems that Fried is still shaking off some rust but he has his strikeout stuff and that bodes well for the Yanks. Aaron Boone pulled Fried in the third, likely as a precautionary measure, and left this game up to the bullpen.  The Yankees' bullpen is pitching well and last night, they throw 6.0 innings combined, allowing four hits and one earned run (two runs scored).  Angel Chvilli and Paul Blackburn, two of the Yankees' lessor regarded bullpen arms have been two of their best over the past month and both were sharp again last night.  The Yanks scored some runs and get a 9-5 win last night.  The White Sox bullpen impl...

I almost took a flyer on Max Scherzer against rookie Eddy Yean.  Plus money on Toronto is enticing with a rookie on the mound for Washington but Scherzer isn't all that reliable and the Nationals are a better team than the Blue Jays.   I had wanted to parlay the Yanks with Zach Wheeler and the Phillies but that game has posted.  It's just the Yanks tonight but I like the price on this game. NYY (-140) ML @ CHW The Yankees' lineup looks soft without Judge and Bellinger but Max Fried (4-3) is back in the rotation for the Yanks and starts tonight against a Chicago team that relies heavily on it's left-handed power.  How'd Fried's first start back from the injured reserve go last week?  7.0 inmings pitched, one earned runs on five hits, nine strikeouts.  He didn't walk a single hitter.  I'd say Fried is well rested and has his best stuff working.   Noah Schultz (3-7) starts for Chicago.  Schultz is back in the rotation despite getting s...

It's a new week, the last full week of play in the month of July and the last week of games before the trade deadline on August 3rd.   Most of the chatter around the league is regarding potential trades that may or may not be made this week. All the speculation about trades is exciting initially and then it's exhausting.  I'm looking forward to August. There have been a few trades already and one major trade between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox that saw Red Sox rookie Connelly Early traded for Nationals diamond in the rough, Curtis Mead.  This was an exciting trade.  Finally, all the anticipation pays off.   Mead was initially signed by the Tampa Rays at the age of 19 as an International free agent out of Adelaide, Australia.  I once met some aussies who said Adelaide is full of bogans.  Bogans are akin to hillbillies here in the United States. He posted strong numbers in his first season in the minor leagues and was a top ...

There isn't a game on the card that I like today and with most of the games underway, there is no pick today. I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off.  The sun is out and Im looking forward to the new week. Have a good afternoon and stay tuned.

The Pirates lost to the Cubs 11-0 and are facing the brooms this afternoon in Pittsburgh.  Paul Skenes didn't pitch a bad game.  He struck out the side in the fourth and had only allowed one hit into the top of the fifth.  Cubs' put some hits on a string out of the eight and nine hole.  That's always irksome to a pitcher.  Three earned runs charged to Skenes in the inning.  He allows a pair of baserunners in the sixth and the Cubs had Skenes out of the game.   The Pirates' bullpen is horrendous.  Isaac Mattson replaces Skenes.  Both inherited runners cross the plate.  Four hits allowed in the inning by Mattson, three earned runs charged to the Bucs' reliever, tack two more on Skenes and it's 8-0 Cubs into the bottom of the sixth. Imanaga pitched a tidy game.  He clears 6.0 innings allowing only four hits and no earned runs.  The Cubs' hurler seems to have pitched his way out of the deep end.  In four starts from May 1...

It's getting late and I'm stressed in the mind some so Im going to take the day off.   It's a gloomy day in Illinois.  Overcast skies all day.   I'll be back tomorrow with a full report.

Skubal was game last night.  Noah Cameron matched him inning for inning in his best start of the season and the Royals had an opportunity late but the Tigers' bullpen held.  Kenley Jansen records his 12th save of the season. That was a high pressure, high leverage situation last night for both Hanifer and Jansen.  Credit to the Tigers' relievers for bringing home the win.   The back-end of the parlay bet didn't go our way.  Davis Martin had only allowed three baserunners through five innings and the White Sox had a 5-0 lead into the sixth. Im the top half of the sixrh inning, the Astros scored eight runs on six hits.  Cam Smith topped it off with a long ball to make it 8-5 Astros.  Martin spun out.  Bryan Hudson and Seranthony Dominguez couldn't limit the damage.  It's as bad of a loss as the White Sox have taken all season.   Martin had been their best starter over the first half of the season but he has really struggled since...

Big night of games.  I'm betting on Skubal and the Tigers tonight and packaging it up with the Chicago White Sox for a (+143) payday.   DET (-270) ML @ KCR The line on this game is way out there at (-270) with Tarik Skubal (6-5) on the mound for the Tigers and Bobby Witt Jr. out of the lineup for the Kansas City Royals. Skubal has been his best self since returning from the IR in June, posting a 1.59 ERA in three July starts along with an outstanding 7.67 K/BB ratio.  He is still MLB's best starting pitcher.   Rookie Beck Way (1-0) opens for Kansas City.  He has pitched out of KC's bullpen since the beginning of June and isn't stretched out to pitch more than an inning or two.  Noah Cameron (5-8) is likely to pick up the bulk innings tonight and he has been fair game in July.  Gleybar Torres is back in the lineup for the Tigers.  He could help to spark an anemic Tigers' offense.  The Tigers' don't have the greatest lineup in basebal...

It's a big weekend for MLB with a number of important series opening Friday night across the country.  Games into the August trade deadline will determine the course for many teams who are teetering between contention and surrender.   Let's take a look at this weekend's most important matchups. Chicago Cubs (56-44) at Pittsburgh Pirates (52-49) The Northsiders are clearly in contention at 12 games above .500 and while that's good for fourth best in the NL and the top spot in the NL wild card standings, the Cubs' situation at the end of July is precarious at best.  Take a look at Chicago's schedule in August and September.  They might have the most difficult schedule in MLB into October.   The Cubs are only 4.5 games up on the Pirates in the standings.  The Pirates don't need to win this series to remain in contention.  Unlike the Cubs, the Pirates' play a very soft schedule and that is going to be a big advantage down the stretch.  ...

Only five games on the schedule.  It's a full slate tomorrow and some tough matchups at first glance. I'm definitely going to bet on Skubal tomorrow but Id like to parlay it with one or two more games.   Let's see how it goes in the morning.  

What's going on in MLB today?  I read the headlines and it's a light day of news.  The boxscores are more interesting. The Orioles avoid the sweep at the hands of the Boston Red Sox.  It was a big win in Game Two of a double-header on Wednesday.  Kyle Bradish gets the win for Baltimore with a strong effort on the mound.  Bradish threw 6.0 innings, allowed only four hits and one earned run.  Bradish is seemingly earning his money.  The Orioles' rightly recently signed a 5yr/90M dollar extension. It isn't the '26 season where he earns his money.  All the risk is stacked into the '28, '29 and '30 seasons.  How he pitches for the remainer of the '26 season and in the '27 season is for the most part inconsequential.  Bradish had a year of arbitration before he was to be a free agent in '28.  He won't truly earn his money until he throws a full season in 2028. As far as the Red Sox and Orioles go, it's a hotly contested AL East.  The...

It's been difficult getting the research in.  The hiking is difficult.   Read all about it at: https://www.boathousedreams.blogspot.com It's too late to work on the picks.  I will get into a better rythym with it all but it's the first week of a new paradigm and it's been challenging in some way. Let's see how it goes tomorrow.  

Oh crike, it's late.  4:28 PM or 16:28 in the Central Standard time zone in Illinois. Let's check in on the Illinois' teams. The White Sox made a terrible trade before the MLB Draft.  Trading Jacob Gonzalez for what amounts to a first round draft pick.  This kid hit .320 with 19 homers at AAA Charlotte.  You trade him for a draft pick to select Landon Thome, spoiled rotten skinny wimp of a player.   When you look at the trade as Gonzalez for Thome it's a gigantic sacrifice.  You trade a player who is proven to be ready for MLB at-bats for a prep player who honestly is a bit of a cunt.  I watched some interviews and didn't really like the way he carried himself.  Cunty, I'd call it. They gave up Brandon Eisert too,  LHRP (left-handed relief pitcher) with four years of team control.  Eisert has pitched some good innings in MLB and has the potential to have a long career.  Left-handed relief pitchers aren't easy to find and the Wh...