Montreal Expos

Tough year for reeling Expos

2010-05-02T19:14:00.000-04:00

A season removed from the world series has Montreal asking questions about their current status. A 35-53 record, attendance is down, but management remains optimistic. GM Dave Schaff said while i am not particularly pleased i am not ready to throw in the towel either. We'll be back again it's just been a team wide lean year.

2010-04-06T16:31:00.002-04:00

Who's Hot?
P Mark Guthrie 2-0, 1.23 Last 3 games
1B Orlando Merced .500, 0 HR Last 7 games
P Chris Nabholz 2-1, 0.99 Last 5 games

Who's Not?
P Bob Sebra 0-3, 18.78 Last 3 games

Super Week for Montreal's Quinones!

2010-04-01T10:18:00.002-04:00

Monday, April 23rd, 1990: There's nothing like being in the prime of your baseball career -- and playing like it. Just ask Rey Quinones, the Montreal shortstop, who swung a sweet bat all week to not only aid his team, but also pick up the National Player of the Week honors.

Quinones piled up 10 hits in 24 at-bats, 2 home runs and 7 RBIs while hitting .417.

This year Quinones has 2 home runs and a .233 batting average.

Expos land Brett, Wallach on the move

2010-03-28T07:33:00.000-04:00

It's official. Montreal inked thirdbaseman George Brett to a 3 year deal. Brett's deal includes 7.3 million the first year and 6.5 for the next two. "It's certainly great to be here", the thirdbaseman was quoted as saying. "Anytime you're given a chance to go to a team that is playoff proven, and wants to win a world series... how can you refuse".

The move made the current thirdbaseman Tim Wallach instantly accessible. "Needless to say it was a bit of a surprise", Wallach stated. "But i do understand the wanting to win, and have accepted the fact that this is baseball, and it's all about the business".

Benchwork

2010-03-14T13:57:00.000-04:00

Montreal didn't make the huge splash in free agency as one would have expected. Although the team won the NL pennant it still found it hard to convince qite a few players that this was "the place to be". Being a small market club will do that. The lineup remains intact, but the all important bench is slow coming.

Phil Plantier's upcoming season looks very promising. The former LF/RF backup looks to supplant Andre Dawson in rightfield. The one dimensional Dawson will be asked to learn leftfield when spring training begins, and comes in as the backup to Plantier.

CF- Gary Pettis a solid defender signed a 1 year deal to backup Brett Butler. Pettis has ++ speed so he'll likely see a role as a pinch runner as well. 2B/3B- Randy Ready will backup Pena and Wallach.

Overall the bench including the re-signing of firstbaseman Andres Gallaraga
comes into spring a little weaker than last season, but just a tad. With a few more days left of free agency we'll see what else may transpire.

2010-02-19T04:20:00.005-05:00

Players in the News

Sunday, November 12th, 1989

So far this off season has been a good one. We've been able to save alot of money for free agency and extensions thanks to the success of the ballclub, and compensation picks from the last draft. In the list below with the exception of catcher M. Merullo (backup catcher), and Phil Plantier who'll be trying to earn a spot in the lineup this coming season; all play key roles in their perspective positions.

The following players received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $167,405.

SP G. Harris, MR D. Walsh, RF P. Plantier, SP M. Guthrie, 1B O. Merced, 2B G. Pena, MR S.Chiamparino, MR J. Fischer, C M. Merullo, SP C. Nabholz, and MR R. Seanez.