Ryan Sadowski News

Astros general manager Ed Wade on Tuesday announced the signing of eight players to Minor League contracts with invitations to Spring Training -- four pitchers and four position players.

Posted by Christopher Glotfelty The Houston Astros have signed Ryan Sadowski , a 27 year-old right-hander who made his major league debut with Giants last season.

Free-agent right-hander Ryan Sadowski, who made six starts with the San Francisco Giants in 2009, agreed to a minor league contract with the Houston Astros Friday.

The San Francisco Giants 2009 season ended in a bittersweet way. Short-term Giants fans may look at the year in the negative, citing another absence from the playoffs and a fizzling offense that lost key games down the stretch.

Wednesday 07 Oct 2009 Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 11:42PM SAN JOSE, CA The San Jose Giants finished 2009 atop the California League after a record-setting regular season and a Championship Series sweep of the High Desert Mavericks.

The Incredible Hulk, a.k.a. Lou Ferrigno , wants to help get you a job. So does Dennis Haskins , who played Principal Belding on Saved by the Bell, and Butch Patrick , who played Eddie on The Munsters .

Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs and San Francisco's bullpen backed Jonathan Sanchez with 3 2-3 innings of scoreless relief as the Giants gained a game in the NL wild-card race with a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

San Francisco Giants at Milwaukee Brewers , 2:05 p.m. Florida-born right-hander Ryan Sadowski makes his major- league debut on the mound today when the San Francisco Giants try to salvage the final game of their three-game National League series with the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.

Tim Lincecum said he is back to feeling "as close to normal as I can," and appears set to start Monday when the Giants begin their final three-game series with the Colorado Rockies.

The San Francisco Giants scratched ace starting pitcher Tim Lincecum from his scheduled start on Tuesday due to back spasms.

Bengie Molina's solo home run in the top of the eighth inning proved to be the difference, as the San Francisco Giants needed just four hits to pull out a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in the opener of a three-game series at Miller Park.

New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers , 7:08 p.m. The Milwaukee Brewers are not alone atop the National League Central division, but hope to be after this three-game series versus the New York Mets at Miller Park.

The Giants have changed venues, but not their dreadful luck. Having left Philadelphia, where they entered the series having lost 10 of their previous 14 games at Citizens Bank Park, the Giants will resume activity Friday at Milwaukee's Miller Park, where they have dropped 14 of 18 games since the start of the 2006 season.

The Giants are calling up top catching prospect Buster Posey and he'll join the team today, sources confirmed to me.

Another big test approaches, a critical road trip, a stand-and-deliver stretch for the Giants and their playoff hopes.

In the wild, wonderful world of "reliable sources," the Giants are mentioned among teams who might be interested in Brad Penny .

Key inning: Fresno broke open a close game in the eighth inning. Number 4 hitter Joe Borchard tripled to right, scoring Jake Wald from third.

Crucial inning : Down 4-3 in the eighth, the Rawhide went on a wild eight-run rally.

Several big highlights from the Giants ' farm: Joe Borchard , Matt Downs , and Eddy Martinez-Esteve each reached in all five of their plate appearances, with Bochard doing so on five hits; and Thomas Neal had 2 HRs, Other lines that would usually be deemed highlight-worthy but maybe are just honorable mention tonight: Kevin Frandsen and Ryan ...

Every day that rookie Joe Martinez spends in the Major Leagues, he tells himself to calm down in an effort to not get overly excited.