This and That

Sorry to the brevity of this post guys, I'm just catching up some of this week's news:

- Seattle Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young award. Hernandez finished 13-13 with a 2.27 ERA, leading baseball in almost every pitching category other than wins. Hernandez's 13 wins are the lowest ever by a Cy Young award winner in a full season. Tampa Bay Rays' ace David Price and New York Yankees' ace CC Sabathia finished second and third, respectively, in the voting.

- Yesterday, the Yankees named former Chicago Cubs' pitching coach Larry Rothschild as their new pitching coach. Rothschild is a successful pitching coach, as he was on two world series teams: The bullpen coach of the 1990 Cincinnati Reds, and the 1997 pitching coach of the Florida Marlins. A pitching coach who loves strikeouts, under Rothschild, the Cubs led all teams in strikeouts with 11,604 over the last nine seasons.

- Former Rays reliever Joaquin Benoit signed a three-year, $16.5 million contract with the Detroit Tigers. A little much if you ask me.

- Former Toronto Blue Jays catcher John Buck signed a three-year, $18 million deal with the Marlins. The Jays also acquired outfielder Rajai Davis from the Oakland A's for three prospects.

- The Texas Rangers signed RHP Barret Loux to a contract worth $312 K. The sixth overall pick in this years' draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks was granted free agency after he failed his physical in June.

- The Yankees have offered Derek Jeter a 3-year contract worth $45 million.