Wikio - Billy Wagner

Cordero to the Mets ? (Mets Fever)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:09:00 GMT

Closer Billy Wagner long tossed but still is experiencing pain and Omar Minaya doesn't believe the Mets will be making a deal before the post season roster deadline ( Aug. 31 ) but there's still a slight chance they could make something happen. For example the Reds spent alot of money on their bullpen and now that their not in the pennant race they may look for salary relief. It's been...

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Wagner is week to week, Minaya still looking on the waiver wire.... (Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:52:00 GMT

Omar Minaya said Billy Wagner has been tossing a baseball at 60 feet, including today at Shea, but has yet to get on a mound. The GM labeled Wagner “week to week.” Minaya added that he didn’t expect to pull off a waiver trade before Aug. 31, but wouldn’t rule it out. The problem: Any NL West team in search of a reliever can trump the Mets because of an inferior record. “I don’t...

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Health: Wagner Improving (MetsBlog)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:26:31 GMT

Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post reports Billy Wagner, who is rehabbing a swollen left elbow, was back at Shea Stadium yesterday playing catch. According to Hubbuch, Wagner will be re-examined next week to determine if he needs more rest or can begin throwing off a mound. No timetable has been set for his return.

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WAGNER'S ELBOW IS IMPROVING (New York Post)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:04:31 GMT

PHILADELPHIA - Billy Wagner is back in New York and playing catch at Shea Stadium while reporting improvement in his swollen left elbow. GM Omar Minaya said Wagner could be re-examined next week to see if he can start throwing off the mound again...

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This Is Radio Nowhere : Nats Games Have Fewer Listeners Than Craig Wedren (Can't Stop the Bleeding)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:58:24 GMT

(Washington skipper Manny Acta shows great patience with broadcaster Charlie Slowes’ suggestion that playing Lasting Milledge’s mixtape diss of Billy Wagner might boost ratings) Tony Kornheiser’s least favorite Washington Post colleague Paul Farhi reports the Nationals radio broadcasts are being heard by fewer persons than those paying to attend Nats games. That there’s more than a [...]...

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Athletes We Love to Hate: Billy Wagner (Phillyist)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:30:00 GMT

... Lang, yes. Now that we’re clear on the rules, let’s get on to this week’s heel-in-question: Billy Wagner. In the disastrous days following the Jose Mesa era, Billy Wagner came to Philadelphia touted as the savior of our much beleaguered bullpen. The Hardest Throwing Man in Baseball regularly topped 100mph on the radar gun, eliciting cheers from the crowd and making the...

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Mets should use Oliver Perez as closer (Baseball Etc.)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:17:00 GMT

The Mets, despite acquiring a decent reliever in Luis Ayala are still in a grave circumstance. They have no closer. With Billy Wagner sidelined indefinitely, the Mets must make a dramatic move and make it fast. I feel the answer lies in their deep starting pitching rotation. Down the stretch, the Mets will have adequate enough starting pitching to get them deep into ballgames in Johan...

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What do Josh Beckett and Billy Wagner have in common? (The Final Score)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:16:10 GMT

They both have inflammation in his elbow, and that isn't good for either pitcher. Wagner's is more severe, as he is likely lost for the season and may be headed for surgery. Beckett just had his next start pushed back,...

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Midday notes: David Ross inks deal with Red Sox (Beerleaguer)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:38:23 GMT

Catcher David Ross has accepted a minor league deal to join the defending world champs, according to FoxSports scribe Ken Rosenthal. The Phillies had been interested. Also ... -- The New York Daily News suggests that Mets closer Billy Wagner is at least three weeks away. Rotoworld provides a summary: “The team hasn't set a timetable yet, but Wagner's arm has actually been getting...

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Mets will look for that closing arm... (Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:46:00 GMT

Mike Pelfrey took matters into his own hands last night by pitching a complete game. The bullpen rested and watch the young marvel master his craft in front of 50,000 last night. But the Mets won't have starts like that every game. Billy Wagner has said that he will be back but it is going to take some time, probably 3 weeks. So they will need to close out games whether it comes from...

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Didja Ever Notice: Nifty 50 (Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:40:00 GMT

Part of a continuing, neverending series, related to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Nineteen dollars and 95 cents provides you the ability to purchase 50 archived newspaper articles within a 30-day span at NewsLibrary.com. Guess what I used it to find? Shocker, as Billy Wagner might say, that I purchased 41 articles published on October 26, 1986. You may recall that I've done this with...

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Ex-Cardinals Watch 8-21-08: Reyes Finds New Home, Moyer Looks To Improve At Home, Drew Back In Lineup, Polanco Return This Weekend (Cardinals Best News Links)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:54:00 GMT

Al Reyes(Mets): Proceeding under the knowledge that Billy Wagner might not return to active duty this season, the Mets took another step toward repairing their bullpen void on Wednesday, signing former Rays closer Al Reyes to a Minor League contract and assigning him to Double-A Binghamton. It's a small move that could produce significant results, if Reyes can prove worthy of some late-inning...

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THT Daily:THT Daily: Mets Pen (The Hardball Times)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:00 GMT

The Mets do not have an encouraging timeline for Billy Wagner but picked up Al Reyes to help out.

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Fernando Tatis The Unlikely Catalyst Of The Resurgent Mets (Cardinals Best News Links)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:44:00 GMT

Few teams have suffered more setbacks this year than the Mets. Already coming off one of the biggest late-season collapses in recent memory, the Mets have given their fans more heartburn this year, thanks to a cavalcade of high-profile injuries — Pedro Martinez, Billy Wagner, Moises Alou, Ryan Church, John Maine, Luis Castillo, and Orlando Hernandez, not to mention plenty of more minor...

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Mets add former Rays closer Al Reyes to bullpen (Miami Herlad)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

While the Mets won't find a replacement for injured closer Billy Wagner, that hasn't stopped them from trying to solve the problem by simply adding more bargain-rate relievers. Three days after acquiring Luis Ayala from the Nationals, the Mets yesterday signed Al Reyes, the former Rays closer, to a minor-league contract and sent him to Double-A Binghamton.

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Wagner may miss 3 weeks (NY Daily News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:42:00 GMT

The Mets have refused to put a timetable on the return of Billy Wagner from the disabled list, but apparently the initial estimate the pitcher received is three weeks from now.

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Ten men needed to click down stretch (CBS SportsLine.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:20:00 GMT

The Mets minus Billy Wagner are in big trouble ... unless their offense can score enough to make closing irrelevant. That's why Carlos Delgado is one of 10 key players Danny Knobler pinpoints for the playoff push.

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Video- BBTN On Billy Wagner Situation (The Mets Report)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:02:22 GMT

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Wagner, Church, Castillo, Tonight's Lineup, Pelfrey vs Braves! (Dom D's - Mets Fan Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:11:00 GMT

On the topic of closers, the Mets are giving no timetable for a possible return of closer Billy Wagner from elbow inflammation. His agent, however, told 1050 ESPN that after a doctor’s appointment Tuesday the pitcher was "surprised it will take three weeks." In other injury news, Ryan Church (concussion) and Luis Castillo (hip flexor) will both play tonight for Binghamton. It’s the last...

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Agent: Best case for Mets' Wagner is three weeks (ESPN)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:54:18 GMT

Billy Wagner has more pain and swelling in his pitching elbow, and the New York Mets' All-Star closer is out indefinitely.

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