File this under “things I didn’t see happening this February.” On the final out of the Philadelphia Phillies season, Ryan Howard grounded out and popped his Achilles tendon as he headed towards first base. Not only had the Phillies lost – falling way short of expectations – but they now had their superstar piled in [...]
The New York Yankees are famous for making big splashes in free agency and adding the big names. But they’ve made some smaller moves this offseason and that may end up helping them more. After all, how many more superstars can you have? According to Bryan Hoch on Twitter, the Yanks have signed RHP David [...]
As we know from recent movies that try to make their GM look like some sort of genius even though he’s never won jack, the Oakland A’s are always looking for creative ways to get better. Whether it’s finding sub par hitters who get on base a lot or finding suspended juiceheads who can’t play [...]
The New York Yankees have finally agreed to terms with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a deal for A.J. Burnett, the overpriced pitcher who the Bucs could really use. The Yanks are eating a ton of the money but it’s better than having to decide whether or not to send Burnett out to the mound every [...]
Here go the New York Yankees again, making their huge splashes in free agency. Who is it this time? Clemens? Kevin Brown? A-Rod? Nope, they’ve signed heavyweights Russell Branyan and Bill Hall to minor league contracts. Both will get invites to spring training. Hall will make $600,000 if he makes the club and there are [...]
Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton has had some issues in the past. After being the No. 1-overall pick by the Tampa Bay Rays, he missed the 2003, 2004 and 2005 seasons due to drug and alcohol addiction. Some would say that it was disappointing. But, Hamilton battled back and has become the player everyone thought [...]
It’s generally well known that the Washington Nationals blow. The main team down there is sadly the Baltimore Orioles and people just tend not to care about the Natties. But, could that be changing? They already went out and got Gio Gonzalez and they have young guns like Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg on the [...]
The sports world is stunned today as they have learned that Pat Burrell plans to retire. The 35-year old has had foot problems that will just make it too painful to continue. He told the AP back in November that it’s too problematic to keep playing, even though he wasn’t sure of his decision at [...]
You can never have enough depth. For the Philadelphia Phillies, that depth is needed in the outfield. Shane Victorino is back in centerfield, but they are trusting John Mayberry to play a full season in left and maybe hoping that Dom Brown emerges in right after competing with some of the average joe’s they signed [...]
Jon Heyman of SI reported earlier that the Boston Red Sox have made an offer to free agent right-hander Roy Oswalt. Oswalt must have plenty of options out there, because Heyman says that he hasn’t accepted it yet. “#Redsox made offer to oswalt but are unsure hed go since hes yet to accept. he rejected [...]
One of the highest profile free agents in baseball this year is/was Prince Fielder. It was believed that he was looking for a deal in the neighborhood of eight years, $200 million. And obviously, he wasn’t worth that because no one would give it to him. Hell, that’s why he was on the market for [...]
Well isn’t this interesting? If this doesn’t shine even more light on the fact that MLB has no clue what it’s getting from player’s from foreign countries, I don’t know what does. First we had the Leo Nunez fake identity scandal, and now this. You know that pitcher on the Cleveland Indians, Fausto Carmona, that [...]
The New York Yankees have been a bit quiet this offseason. That is, until now. It seems to have started yesterday, and now the news just keeps on coming. It was reported on Friday that the Yankees had agreed to a trade with the Seattle Mariners. They would be sending catcher Jesus Montero and right [...]
There have been a lot of hot stove rumors about starting pitchers in the last few months, but not a ton of action. That’s probably because starters such as Roy Oswalt, Edwin Jackson and Hiroki Kuroda have been way too high. But, ESPN‘s Buster Olney says that’s changing. We’re roughly a month away from pitchers [...]
This season, the Chicago Cubs believed that they had found their shortstop of the future in Starlin Castro. And maybe they have. A 21-year old kid who hit .307 for the Cubbies while missing only two games, Castro has tons of upside. But, maybe he has downside too. He’s being accused of sexually assaulting a [...]
Is it physically impossible for the Oakland A’s to keep any good players? Every time you turn around, they are shipping off proven talent for prospects. And they just did it again. The A’s have sent closer Andrew Bailey and OF Ryan Sweeney to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for RHP Raul Alcantara, 3B [...]
Have you heard all the rumors regarding Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder and where he might sign? No? We haven’t either. It’s been pretty damn quiet for the chubby guy this offseason, and when it’s this quiet surrounding someone that’s this good, it probably means that your demands are too damn high. Just ask [...]
While nothing is set in stone as of yet for most MLB clubs, St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak thinks he knows what they’ll do with newly acquired Carlos Beltran. He told Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he thinks he’ll bat second. “Mozeliak isn’t choosing lineup. He relayed the info about [...]
We’ve been wondering for a while now (not really) where former New York Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran would land. Once an elite player, Beltran has broken down physically over the last few years, even though he continues to put up some decent number. Well, wait no more! Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch tweets [...]
Remember when we told you about 20 minutes ago that the Boston Red Sox were trying to trade for Oakland A’s pitchers Gio Gonzalez and Andrew Bailey? Well…we ummm…see it wasn’t our report, we were just running with someone else’s crap. Anyway, my point is that you can ignore that talk. There was too much [...]
If this is true, it would be quite a huge deal. The Red Sox made a huge splash last offseason when they acquired Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, and they look like they might make huge waves again this year. Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com, is reporting that the Red Sox are actively (as opposed to [...]
There was a Baltimore Sun report earlier that said that the Atlanta Braves had offered the Baltimore Orioles Jair Jurrjens, Martin Prado and a pitching prospect for Adam Jones. The report said that the Orioles told them no. If that’s the case, then the Orioles are moronic. Jones is a hell of a player, but [...]
It’s a good thing that we added a question mark to our last item regarding the Philadelphia Phillies and SS Jimmy Rollins agreeing to a deal, because it never took place. It seemed like it was about to happen for a while, but it just hasn’t gone down. Now, Scott Miller of CBS Sports is [...]
According to CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman, the Colorado Rockies are out there actively trying to improve their team (as they should be for god’s sake). He says that while they did make an offer to Michael Cuddyer, they are also going pretty hard after Carlos Beltran. “#rockies are making a push for carlos beltran. they [...]
You’ve probably heard by now that the reigning 2011 National League MVP may have had some help this year. Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun had an outstanding year, but it would seem that he cheated. It came out a couple days ago that he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and is facing a 50-game suspension. [...]