According to Tim Brown (not the former Oakland Raiders WR) of Yahoo! Sports, the Texas Rangers have agreed to a deal with third baseman Adrian Beltre. The deal is reportedly done pending a physical. The rumors out there have this as a six-year, $96 million contract. That would be ridiculous. Yes, Beltre hit .321 last [...]
This is great. Oney Guillen is the son of Ozzie Guillen and apparently got a lot of his personality from his old man. Bobby Jenks spent some six years with the Chicago White Sox, but he recently went to the Boston Red Sox. Upon doing so, he ripped his Chicago manager and claimed that he [...]
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (dumbest name in sports ever. And that’s saying something when you have a team called the Mighty Ducks playing up the street) have pulled their latest offer for free agent Adrian Beltre. A source tells the Los Angeles Times that “the door is still open” on possibly negotiating a [...]
Honestly, sometimes I wonder why I even pass these reports along. Yesterday, ESPN’s Buster Olney said that the Boston Red Sox were the favorites to land free agent catcher Russell Martin. Today? He’s saying that the New York Yankees are making a strong push. “Heard this: The Yankees are now taking an aggressive approach in [...]
If there is a free agent on the market right now in MLB, you can probably link him/her to the Boston Red Sox. They acquired Adrian Gonzalez and then paid the hell out of Carl Crawford. Now, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Sox are considered the favorite team to land former Dodgers catcher Russell [...]
We knew that former Tampa Bay Ray Carl Crawford would get his dough. But did anyone think that someone would break the bank like this? Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe reports that the Boston Red Sox have agreed on a deal with Crawford for an MLB record-setting, seven-year, $142 million contract. It’s record setting [...]
According to ESPN‘s Buster Olney, the Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres have agreed to a trade that would send Adrian Gonzalez up to New England. He says that the players have been agreed to, they just need Gonzalez to pass his physical. “Sources: Padres and Red Sox have agreed to a Gonzalez trade, [...]
As the 2010 season moved on, most believed that it was a foregone conclusion that the New York Yankees would scoop him up after the World Series at some point. However, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com reports that there are as many as eight teams that have inquired about Lee. “7-8 teams have shown interest in [...]
For some teams, right now is all about trying to win the next game. It’s about either staying alive, or taking the next step on to the World Series. For others, this time of year is about filling managerial positions and getting ready for next year. It’s about trying to find someone who can help [...]
The Los Angeles Dodgers have finally placed over-the-hill outfielder Manny Ramirez on waivers, according to Jon Morosi of FOXsports.com. The move was made Wednesday afternoon. If a team claims Ramirez off waivers, the Dodgers can work out a trade with that team (remember any other players involved in the trade would have to clear through [...]
According to Peter Gammons on Twitter, the Boston Red Sox’ claim on Detroit Tigers rag-armed outfielder Johnny Damon was because they honestly want to make a trade for him. Many thought that it was just to block others from getting him, but apparently they are serious about acquiring him. “Tigers explained to Damon Boston didn’t [...]
Well, isn’t this a shocker. The Boston Red Sox have been brilliant this season in knowing when to bring their injured players back off the DL. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia didn’t sound like someone who was confident in the health of his foot when he came off the disabled list and now we know why. [...]
The Boston Red Sox’ Jacoby Ellsbury should probably be paying rent to the DL since he’s spent so much time there this season. His most recent trip to the ol’ disabled list was his third time this year. And a source tells Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com that Ellsbury has a fractured rib and is “probably” [...]
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. The Boston Red Sox have placed center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury on the disabled list for the third time this season with some form of the same problem. It’s his ribs…again. Ellsbury collided with Texas Rangers pitcher Tommy Hunter on Friday night and was sent back to Boston [...]
The Boston Red Sox have been banged up as much as anyone in MLB this year, if not more so (it’s probably a close race between them and the Philadelphia Phillies). And with Kevin Youkilis now out for the year, the Red Sox have turned to Carlos Delgado for help (sort of). According Foxsports.com’s Ken [...]
The Tampa Bay Rays are in a heated battle with the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. The last thing they need is to lose one of their serious power hitters. But, that’s what it looks like as the Rays have put Carlos Pena on the DL. “#Rays are playing 1B [...]
The Boston Red Sox were already involved in an uphill battle in the AL East. They are 6.5 games back of the first-place New York Yankees, and the Tampa Bay Rays are just a half a game out themselves. So, when Kevin Youkilis went to the DL, it was pretty bad. And, according to Amalie [...]
The Boston Red Sox got Mike Lowell back today as he was activated from the DL. The bad news is that the team had to place Kevin Youkilis on the DL with what is being reported as a muscle tear at the base of his thumb. “Youk’s injury is a muscle tear of the muscle [...]
Just days after going 5-for-5 with three home runs in a single game, it seems that Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia has a little bit of a busted foot. The Red Sox have placed him on the 15-day Mark Prior List (DL). They are calling it a non-displaced fracture in his left foot. Doctors [...]
Boston Red Sox fans and a lot of fantasy baseball owners are getting pretty frustrated with Jacoby Ellsbury’s ribs. He took a seat earlier this year to heal his ailing midsection and then re-injured himself when he came back. Now, according to SI’s Jon Heyman on Twitter, Ellsbury has a bigger problem and he’s going [...]
The Boston Red Sox have placed OF Jacoby Ellsbury back on the Mark Prior List (DL) with rib-cage pain. The move is retroactive to May 25. So essentially, the Red Sox are saying that his ribs never really healed perfectly before. It remains to be seen if he’ll be ok in two weeks. In the [...]
In Philadelphia, Jayson Werth is viewed as the Most Interesting Man in the World. His beard alone has experienced more than a lesser man’s entire body. He once hit a baseball 615 feet, with his fist. In the minor leagues, he was tossing a no-hitter going into the ninth, only to have it broken up [...]
Current Tampa Bay Rays analyst and former Boston Red Sox manager Kevin Kennedy was one of eight people who helped to disarm a terrorist from blowing up a Delta Airlines flight early Friday morning. A man was threatening to blow up the plane and tried open a cabin door before Kennedy and others said “oh [...]
This is great. Apparently, not everyone is a huge fan of New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox series. Especially the umpires. “They’re the two clubs that don’t try to pick up the pace,” said West, chief of the umpiring crew that worked the three-game series in Boston. “They’re two of the best teams in [...]
The Boston Red Sox have announced that Fenway Park will return to its 1912 conditions. Apparently, the people in Boston love the old school so much, that it’s more important that the park is authentic and historic as opposed to convenient and enjoyable. Here is a great video to tell you all about it. This [...]
