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  Kevin Millwood
Millwood was acquired from the Crik Rats along with Kerry Lightenberg and Bill Taylor for Shane Reynolds during the 1998-1999 offseason.
Millwood was initially the least important component of the trade, since the Zingrods were desperately trying to replace Mariano Rivera with a cheaper closer.
Millwood was 100% pleasant to have on the roster, but he simply wasn't as big of a surprise as the other two.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Millwood was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Millwood formed a part of the Braves' star pitching rotation, which also consisted of Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Tom Glavine, which at that time was regarded by many as the best in the National League.
Before the 2003 season, Millwood was traded by the Braves to the Phillies for catcher Johnny Estrada, probably in order to cut their payroll in the midst of economic difficulties.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Kevin_Millwood   (372 words)

  
 Boston Red Sox - Sox can't close Millwood deal - The Boston Globe
Millwood, who turned 31 three days ago, missed more than two months in 2001 with an inflamed labrum in his right shoulder, and missed a little more than a month in 2004 with a strained ligament and strained tendon in his right elbow.
Millwood made one brief DL visit, but that was because of a groin injury, allowing him to make the full $7 million on the way to leading the league in ERA.
Millwood has won 17 or more games three times and pitched 200 or more innings four times, but he hasn't won 17 games since 2002 (when he went 18-8) and hasn't reached 200 innings since 2003.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/12/27/sox_cant_close_millwood_deal   (900 words)

  
 RotoTimes.com - Kevin Millwood - Notes
Millwood led the AL with a 2.86 ERA last season, and it will be interesting to see how he pitches in the bandbox known as Ameriquest Field in Arlington.
Kevin Millwood is expected to start on Thursday after missing the past two weeks with a strained groin, according to the AP.
Kevin Millwood is eligible to come off the DL on Friday, but Indians GM Mark Shapiro indicated that he would miss at least one more start, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
www.rototimes.com /mlb/player/2384/notes/2005   (979 words)

  
 Kevin Millwood | BaseballLibrary.com
In 1998 and '99, Millwood looked like the latest superstar pitcher to emerge from the Atlanta Braves' vaunted minor-league system.
Millwood relied on a mid-90s fastball, hard slider and changeup.
Millwood started that season 1-3 with a 4.93 ERA and went on the disabled list for the first time in his career on May 28.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Millwood_Kevin.stm   (679 words)

  
 Kevin Millwood : MLB Legends
Millwood’s numbers don’t look bad on the whole, but considering that he started out the season 7-1 with a no-hitter and a sub-3.00 ERA to his credit, and afterwards went 7-11, it amounted for a pretty frustrating season in Philadelphia.
Millwood ate up innings, but for $9 million, he should have and could have done a lot more down the stretch.
Millwood was booed in the final game at Veterans Stadium, and if he starts out the season in the same fashion, he’ll hear a lot worse.
www.mlb-legends.com /pitchers/kevinMillwood.php   (237 words)

  
 Kevin Millwood : USAToday.com - Kevin Millwood Biography from USAToday.com
ET Kevin Millwood surrendered six runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Indians today to fall to 16-11 on the season.
Millwood has posted similar strikeout, walk, and home run rates when comparing his current season to his performance with the Indians in 2005.
ET Kevin Millwood improved to 14-9 after limiting his former team, the Indians, to one run on a pair of hits in eight innings of work on Sunday.
fantasybaseball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=MLB&id=2437   (384 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MLB - Millwood, Indians finalize 1-year, $7M contract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Millwood won 17 games in 1998, 18 in 1999 and 18 again in 2002 with Atlanta, where he learned to pitch on a staff that included Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz.
Millwood, who made $11 million last season, went 18-8 with a 3.24 ERA in 2002 with Atlanta before being traded to Philadelphia, where he was 14-12 with a 4.01 ERA in 35 starts in 2003.
Millwood, who has spent his eight-year career in the National League, said his health shouldn't be a concern as he tries to return from ligament and tendon strains.
sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=1962458   (724 words)

  
 RotoTimes.com - Kevin Millwood - Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Kevin Millwood threw off a mound Sunday for the first time in a week, and he's expected to make his next start on June 14, according to the AP.
Kevin Millwood is expected to have an extended bullpen session Sunday, the first time he's thrown in a week, according to the AP.
Kevin Millwood threw 47 pitches in a simulated game Wednesday and is on schedule to make his first "A" game appearance of the spring on March 18 against Arizona, according to the Dallas Morning News.
www.rototimes.com /mlb/player/2384/notes   (657 words)

  
 ESPN.com: MLB - Braves send righty Millwood to Phillies for Estrada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Millwood won eight straight starts at one point, 15 of 16, and was 16-3 with a 2.64 ERA in his final 25 starts.
Millwood is 75-46 with a 3.73 ERA lifetime, and is 3-3 with one save and a 3.20 ERA in nine playoff appearances.
Millwood, Glavine and Damian Moss -- traded to San Francisco for Ortiz -- were a combined 48-25 with a 3.19 ERA last season.
espn.go.com /mlb/news/2002/1220/1480130.html   (1168 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - No-no for Millwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Millwood escaped the considerable shadow of his Cy Young Award-winning teammates when he was traded in December from the Atlanta Braves to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Millwood (4-1) was often overshadowed in Atlanta, where Maddux (four), Glavine (two) and Smoltz (one) accounted for a rotation that owned seven Cy Young Awards.
Millwood tipped his hat twice to the fans, who stood the last two innings to root him on.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/games/2003-04-27-phillies-giants_x.htm   (573 words)

  
 Serious Baseball: Kevin Millwood
When the Texas Rangers lured Kevin Millwood to the hitter-friendly confines of Ameriquest Field in December of this last year, it was heralded as the big ticket signing the Rangers desperately needed to help overhaul a pitching staff lacking in star power.
Whatever Millwood is doing, he seems he has the most success when getting hitters to put the ball on the ground.
Millwood posted his second-lowest BB/9 in 2005, and I have to believe this was a result of Millwood's new delivery as well.
www.athomeplate.com /sb030106.shtml   (1616 words)

  
 Major League Baseball : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Millwood, 29, waited until the final day before accepting the offer, which had been extended to him on Dec. 7.
Millwood said there were some interested teams, but no firm offers, and he didn't want to give up the opportunity to control where he pitched next season.
Millwood, who won 14 games last season and pitched a no-hitter, will be a free agent again next year unless he and the Phillies agree to a multiyear deal in the meantime.
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 Kevin Millwood News
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RHP Kevin Millwood : Millwood has qualified for quality starts in his last five outings, seven of his last eight and 21 times for the season.
Kevin Millwood wasn't like so many other pitchers the Rangers have tried to persuade to come to Texas.
www.topix.net /baseball-players/kevin-millwood   (573 words)

  
 MLB Trade Rumors: Kevin Millwood
The Rangers signed Kevin Millwood today to a four year deal with an option for the fifth year, the Dallas Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.
That problem could arise again; given that Millwood is on the wrong side of 30, he may be just as much of a health risk as Burnett.
Millwood's HR rate is trending in the wrong direction, and he allows enough baserunners to push that 2.86 ERA up near 4.
www.mlbtraderumors.com /kevin_millwood/index.html   (1051 words)

  
 Kevin Millwood : Rotoworld.com - Kevin Millwood Biography from Rotoworld.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Kevin Millwood surrendered six runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Indians today to fall to 16-11 on the season.
Kevin Millwood held the Mariners to one run and four hits over seven innings to win on Monday night.
Kevin Millwood improved to 14-9 after limiting his former team, the Indians, to one run on a pair of hits in eight innings of work on Sunday.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playersearch.aspx?searchname=Millwood   (776 words)

  
 cbs11tv.com - Texas Ranger Kevin Millwood Says Arm Better
Millwood, who signed a five-year, $60 million free agent deal in December to be the anchor of the Texas rotation, was checked out by team physician Dr. Keith Meister before Monday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Millwood's next scheduled start is Friday night against the Minnesota Twins, and manager Buck Showalter said there was a chance Millwood would be skipped.
Millwood is set for a bullpen session on Wednesday, and if he passes that test, he'll likely make the start against the Twins.
cbs11tv.com /sports/local_story_185084812.html   (469 words)

  
 Sports 4 - Indians Place Pitcher Kevin Millwood on DL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Millwood's injury could be costly to the Indians (21-24).
If Millwood spends 21 or more days on the DL for an injury to his shoulder or elbow sustained while pitching, he would lose $21,857 of the signing bonus for each day on the DL, including the first 20.
Millwood has pitched well but doesn't have the record to show for it as the Indians, who have the lowest batting average in the majors, haven't given him much run support.
www.wciv.com /news/stories/0505/231447.html   (481 words)

  
 Who would you have: Bartolo Colon or Kevin Millwood? - discussion of what team and kind of contract the two baseball ...
Millwood (6-4, 222) battled shoulder problems in 2000 and 2001, and one manager expresses concern that he throws too many pitches.
Millwood struck out more batters per inning this season, and his more varied repertoire gives him, in the words of one scout, "a better chance on a particular day to make adjustments if he doesn't have great stuff."
Millwood probably is the better investment long term.--K.R. Colon 242 3.87.248 Millwood 222 3.97.250 Note: Table made from bar graph.
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 Seventh Inning Stretch with Kevin Millwood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Kevin Millwood poses next to the "Highlights of 2003" exhibit, which contains his cap and a ball from his April 27 no-hitter.
An autographed ball and his cap from that game were donated by Millwood and are now on display in the “Highlights of 2003” exhibit.
Millwood was traded to the Phillies prior to the 2003 season.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /history/2003/030619.htm   (414 words)

  
 KFFL - Kevin Millwood, SP, Texas Rangers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Dallas Morning News' Evan Grant reports Texas Rangers SP Kevin Millwood is the only pitcher who is guaranteed a spot in the 2007 rotation, although the team remains interested in signing its free-agent pitchers.
Updating previous reports, Texas Rangers SP Kevin Millwood (biceps) is scheduled to pitch off a mound, for the first time in a week, Sunday, July 9, according to the Associated Press.
Texas Rangers SP Kevin Millwood (biceps) will not pitch again before the All-Star break, because of concern over the strained biceps in his pitching arm, according to the Associated Press.
www.kffl.com /player/4853/mlb   (1865 words)

  
 Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | SportsDay: Baseball: Rangers
Kevin Millwood, the American League's ERA leader in 2005 and perhaps the best starter on the market this winter, will visit with Rangers officials today, two sources familiar with the negotiation process confirmed.
Millwood, who turns 31 on Saturday, is the first free agent pitcher to agree to visit Texas this winter.
Millwood reportedly already has four-year offers in the $45 million to $50 million range from Seattle and an unnamed East Coast team believed to be Baltimore, Boston or Washington.
www.dallasnews.com /sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/122005dnsporangbriefs.50a2999.html   (605 words)

  
 No. 18: Kevin Millwood - Braves Journal
Wins: Millwood is eighth in Atlanta history in wins with 75, fourth in a five-man group with 83 to 72.
I do not think it a coincidence that Millwood, the one Braves prospect pitcher to make it as a starter with the club during the nineties, was the one who was able to stay in a regular rotation early in his career.
Millwood was adequate for the Phillies in 2003 (though he did throw a no-hitter) poor in 2004.
www.braves.net /bravesjournal/?p=2809   (1670 words)

  
 RotoChamps.com : Kevin Millwood
Rangers signed RHP Kevin Millwood, who had been with the Indians, to a five-year, $60 million contract.
Kevin Millwood won't throw for three or four weeks because of a sprained ligament and a strained tendon in his pitching elbow.
Kevin Millwood bruised his left (non-throwing) shoulder during a fielding drill today and won't start tomorrow against Atlanta.
rotochamps.com /mlb-3362-Kevin-Millwood.html   (660 words)

  
 DETECT-O-VISION » POTD: KEVIN MILLWOOD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Millwood is not a Cy Young candidate, but he is a legit Opening Day starter, a #2 starter on a pennantwinner — and that is precisely what the M’s need.
Millwood is the 5-iron to a short pitch, putting the par score into the bank.
But saying Millwood has the AL under control is akin to saying Beltre will never be able to hit for Seattle: Both players have the same experience in the league and both players will see adjustments in their second years.
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 Scout.com: Kevin Millwood: "To arbitrate or not to arbitrate"
Scout.com: Kevin Millwood: "To arbitrate or not to arbitrate"
Kevin Millwood: "To arbitrate or not to arbitrate"
Millwood will still be the most solid arm in the free agent mix.
phillies.scout.com /2/209881.html   (890 words)

  
 Braves97a's Klesko & Millwood Home Page
Kevin Millwood is another player I have admired for the past 4 years.
With John Smoltz enjoying his new found occupation as the team's closer, Millwood is expected was penciled in the #3 spot behind only Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine.
Kevin pushed on and left all that behind him to go 8-1 over the next 14 starts.
members.aol.com /braves97a/home.html   (543 words)

  
 Tribe Scribe: The strange case of Kevin Millwood
Kevin Millwood had a lot of bad luck in 2005.
In 2005, Kevin Millwood had the uncanny ability to pitch incredibly well with runners on base.
Given how few runs Millwood gave up in 2005, he was unlucky to receive only nine wins.
cleveland--indians.blogspot.com /2006/01/strange-case-of-kevin-millwood.html   (428 words)

  
 Kevin Millwood No Hitter Box Score by Baseball Almanac
Kevin Millwood, the Philadelphia Phillies recently acquired ace pitcher, celebrated the Phillie Phanatics twenty-fifth birthday by hurling a 1-0 no-hitter versus the San Francisco Giants who just happened to be the National League's best team.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the box score to Kevin Millwood's no hit gem and we have included an audio clip, links to player statistics and some interesting fast facts.
Prior to this no-hitter, Kevin Millwood's best pitching performance was a one-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 14, 1998.
www.baseball-almanac.com /boxscore/04272003.shtml   (343 words)

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