Around The Majors- Monday

Rocky mountain highs, BoSox blues, Torre turmoil and tomorrow's stars right now on ATM.

LCS
Like Jeff Suppan and Jeff Weaver last year, Josh Fogg is a mediocre pitcher stepping it up in a huge way in the postseason. The former Pirate threw six strong innings and Yorvit Torrealba hit a huge 3 runs jack to give Colorado a 3-0 series lead with a 4-1 win. Torrealba is majorly boosting his FA value this postseason, and the Rox will probably let him walk to make way for prospect Chris Ianetta. On the Arizona side, their inability to score runs seems eerily similar to what happened to the Cubs in the LDS. What goes around........
Big plus for the Red Sox, they hit Sabathia and Carmona. Huge minus for the Red Sox, Gagne came up empty and they only managed a split in the first 2 games at Fenway. Scouting reports on the Indians say that their lineup can't hit inside breaking stuff, that should bode well for Daisuke Matsuzaka as he faces Jake Westbrook at 7pm on FOX.
The Snakes rest their fate in rookie Micah Owings in Denver as he faces young star Franklin Morales of Colorado at 10:15 on TBS.

-What will happen to Joe Torre now that the sons of Steinbrenner are taking control? Fine out on Wednesday, there are so many ways this thing can go.
-New Reds manager Dusty Baker wants to bring a winning atmosphere to The Natti, and the Chicago Tribune wonders whether Baker will bring in former veteran free agents of his such as Michael Barrett, Joe Borowski, LaTroy Hawkins, Kenny Lofton and Moises Alou. The paper also reports that the Cubs and Mariners are interested in 32 year old Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, who would be a 3rd or 4th starter. He is under contract in Japan, though.
-Considering that Joel Piniero was probably the Cardinals' best pitcher this past season, it was wise of them to lock him up for 2 years at 13 million. On a sad note, OF Juan Encarnacion now has 20/400 vision after a foul ball struck him in his eye and his career is in serious jeopardy.
-What will actually happen when the list of players, many expected to be big names are released by George Mitchell's findings? Will this be a huge witch hunt? Will they treat stas they way they did to Barry Bonds? This is juicier than a burger from the new Real Deal Grill. I wonder if it can take a beating like Holyfield did.
-The NY Daily News reports that the Mets are interested in top flight hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo to fill that vacancy. New York will not make any other changes besides for the position held on an interrim basis by Ricky Henderson.
-The Baltimore Sun reports that the Orioles are likely to hire former Florida pitching coach Rick Kranitz to fill the role previously held by the fired Leo Mazzone.

Arizona Fall League Update
Angels Catcher prospect Ben Johnson homered and drove in 2 as Surprise defeated Scottsdale 9-6. Royals OF Chris Lubanski and Reds C Craig Tatum also drove in 2. Arizona OF Aaron Cunningham hit a 3 run homer in defeat for Surprise.
Houston OF Mitch Einertson hit a 3 run homer and Cards 1B Mark Hamilton drove in 2 as Mesa pounded Peoria 9-3. Yankees 1B Juan Miranda hit a solo homer in defeat.
Giants OF prospect Dan Oremeier leads the league in hitting, 3 players including Rays top prospect Evan Longoria and Texas star OF John Mayberry lead in homers, and 9 players including Longoria, Mayberry, Miranda, and Brewers 2007 first rounder Matt LaPorta lead the circuit in RBI's.