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. [...]
The Miami Marlins just signed SS Jose Reyes to a huge six-year, $106 million contract that the team will regret after his third DL stint with hamstring problems. The only problem? They already have a superstar at that position named Hanley Ramirez. The team says that they have no plans to trade the frequent malcontent, [...]
Sure, we could have posted about Albert Pujols and the Angels giving him a $254 million contract. But, we saw this story and thought it was far more intriguing. Remember the Miami Marlins closer Leo Nunez who got in trouble for using a fake identity in September? Well, he was arrested in his native Dominican [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies had to be seriously considering a back-up option in case they couldn’t sign SS Jimmy Rollins, who had said that he had no interest in giving the club a hometown discount. But what would that option be? Freddie Galvis just isn’t ready to take over the shortstop position for a team with [...]
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the New York Yankees would reportedly be okay parting ways with an old, overpaid pitcher who has a nasty contract they can’t seem to get rid of. Yes, according to the New York Post, the Yankees are shopping A.J. Burnett at the Winter Meetings. Teams have told the [...]
In what can only be described as “absurd,” the Miami Marlins are apparently upping their ante to get baseball’s prized free agent, Albert Pujols. After already nailing down former New York Mets SS Jose Reyes, they have now reportedly added another year to their offer for Pujols. According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, they have [...]
We mentioned previously that the Miami Marlins hosted free agent shortstop Jose Reyes a few weeks ago. They are trying to lure in big-name talent (especially Latino talent) as they open their new stadium next year. But, it was reported that the Marlins low-balled Reyes, offering him less than $90 million over the length of [...]
One of the bigger names out there on the market (sort of) is Milwaukee Brewers overweight first baseman Prince Fielder. He’s one of the best sluggers in all of baseball, so one would think that the Brewers will do everything they can to keep him. However, he’s supposedly looking for something in the neighborhood of [...]
Dutch-born Greg Halman, an outfielder for the Seattle Mariners in 2010 and 2011, was stabbed to death Monday in Rotterndam. His younger brother was arrested in connection with the crime. “A 24-year-old died this morning in a stabbing and we have arrested the 22-year-old brother of the victim,” a police spokesman told Rueters. Halman played [...]
You don’t see this very often. There is no surprise that Detroit Tigers fireballer Justin Verlander won the Cy Young award for the American League this season. Going 24-5 with 250 strikeouts and a 2.40 ERA will usually land you that award. However, it’s well-known that position players usually get the MVP award because they [...]
It was reported previously that the Miami Marlins had offered Jose Reyes a deal of six years at around $90 million. He’s supposedly looking for a deal north of $100 million, so that offer wouldn’t have been good enough anyway. But, Jon Heyman of SI.com is told by sources who say their offer wasn’t even [...]
Were the Miami Marlins ever really series about signing Albert Pujols when they recently hosted him for a free agent visit? Probably not. According to SI’s Jon Heyman on twitter, the Marlins offered him the nine years he wanted, but the total was well below the $200 million he rejected from the St. Louis Cardinals. [...]
We mentioned last week that Jose Reyes had visited with the Florida Marlins and that it was rumored that they offered him a huge, three-year contract. The deal was actually even huger than that! Blaow! A source tells Foxsports.com that the Marlins offered Reyes a six-year, $90 million contract. And supposedly, he’s very interested in [...]
The Houston Astros haven’t had much luck lately in the National League. They’ve been a doormat in the NL Central for a few years now. So, if you don’t have luck in the National League, just move to the American League, right? Apparently, that’s the case. According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the new owner [...]
Many thought that with the Boston Red Sox so willing to let closer Jonathan Papelbon walk to Philadelphia, they were sold on having his replacement waiting in-house. But, according to a report, the Sox aren’t necessarily sold on Daniel Bard as the guy to step in as the ninth-inning guy. According to Dan Knobler of [...]
