Javier Vazquez
1 January 2010
Matsui as Designated Hitter and then bolstered their rotation, adding another Cy Young candidate in Javier Vazquez (15-10, 2.87 E.R.A., 1.026 WHIP in 2009) who they took off the hands of the Atlanta Braves. Vazquez’s 238 strikeouts were second only to Tim Lincecum’s 261 among National League pitchers. GM Brian Cashman and the rest of the front office are making a strong statement as they attempt to defend their first World Series championship since 2000.
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20 November 2009
irst-place votes (out of a possible 32), but only two other pitchers got a vote of any kind – Javier Vazquez (one 2nd) and Dan Haren (one 3rd). The third-place finisher, Wainwright, actually received more first-place votes (12) than the guys ahead of him, but his low total of second-place votes (5) kept him from claiming his first Cy Young Award.
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3 August 2008
ast six (including an eight-run outing on Saturday where he, too, could not escape the fourth), and Javier Vazquez has won one of his past seven starts (giving up three or more runs in six of them). Only youngsters Gavin Floyd and John Danks are even adequate, with Floyd winning half of his last ten, and Danks winning four of them.
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27 July 2008
nster Rockies deal) John Smoltz ($14M)Josh Beckett ($10.1M)Carlos Zambrano ($16M)Mark Buehrle ($14M)Javier Vazquez ($11.5M)Jose Contreras ($10M)CC Sabathia ($11M)Jake Westbrook ($10M)Roy Oswalt ($13M Gil Meche ($11.4M) Jon Garland ($12M)Jason Schmidt ($15.2M) Derek Lowe ($10M)Ben Sheets ($10.1M)Johan Santana ($16.9M)Pedro Martinez ($11.8M)Andy Pettitte ($16M)Mike Mussina ($11M)Carl Pavano ($11M)Matt Morris ($10M)Greg Maddux ($10M) Barry Zito ($14.5M)Chris Carpenter ($10.5M)Vincente Padilla ($11M)Kevin Millwood ($10.3M) AJ Burnett ($13.2M)Roy Halladay ($10M)
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