Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Royals introduce Shields, Davis following tradeThe last couple years, every time that Royals manager Ned Yost would stop to buy a cup of coffee, he would tell the barista his name was Frank. |
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Ike has nothing but optimism going into 2013Dec 12, 2012
Anthony DiComo, MLB.com Healed and healthy, Ike Davis is excited about the coming season, which is good news for the Mets, who are relying on him for a big chunk of their power production. |
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Red Sox ready to introduce VictorinoDec 12, 2012
Evan Drellich, MLB.com Outfielder Shane Victorino is set to officially join the Red Sox on Thursday in a noon ET press conference at Fenway Park. |
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Angels quietly restock staff after pitching lossesDec 12, 2012
With three-fifths of their starting rotation gone, the Los Angeles Angels have been busy plugging holes and upgrading a bullpen that routinely surrendered leads last season. |
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Boston sending L.A. $11.7M for Gonzalez dealDec 12, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com The blockbuster trade that sent Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford from Boston to the Dodgers last August will wrap up with the Red Sox paying $11.7 million to Los Angeles over the next three years. |
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Dodgers obtain versatile Schumaker from CardsDec 12, 2012
The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired infielder-outfielder Skip Schumaker from St. Louis for minor league infielder Jake Lemmerman on Wednesday. |
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Dodgers on track to pass Yankees in 2013 payrollDec 12, 2012
The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to become only the second major league team with a $200 million payroll and could end the New York Yankees' streak of 14 years as baseball's biggest spender. |
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Mattingly: High expectations 'not fair to guys'Dec 12, 2012
Mark Saxon, ESPN.com In his first comments since the Dodgers signed Zack Greinke and Ryu Hyun-jin for a combined $208 million, Don Mattingly manager expressed frustration with the way the media and fans create unfair expectations for such marquee teams. |
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Mets defer $15.5 million in Wright's extensionDec 12, 2012
Jayson Stark, ESPN.com The New York Mets will defer $15.5 million of the $138 million in David Wright's new eight-year extension. However, the deferred dollars were reduced significantly from the amount the club initially wished to defer. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Goddammit, @MLB. Why did you have to do this? It's bad enough that you are already one of the worst Twitter accounts in sports, but why did you have to take a perfectly good internet meme, one that plenty of people were having fun with, and murder it wi… |
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After three-way deal, Tribe not done with upgradesDec 12, 2012
Zack Meisel, MLB.com In the wake of the Indians' loudest transaction of the winter, general manager Chris Antonetti made one thing abundantly clear. "We still have work to do," he said at Progressive Field on Wednesday. |
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Reliever changes teams for fourth time since Oct.Dec 12, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Cubs have claimed right-handed pitcher Sandy Rosario off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com San Francisco's AT&T Park received the third-most "check-ins" on Facebook in 2012, the social media site reported on Wednesday, and major-league ballparks accounted for seven spots on the top 10 "most checked in" list. It was a g… |
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Fully recovered McCarthy opens D-backs chapterDec 12, 2012
Steve Gilbert, MLB.com Brandon McCarthy looks to be 100 percent recovered from the injury he sustained when a line drive struck him in the head on Sept. 5, and the former A's righty is eager to get his D-backs career under way. |
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Create-a-Caption: Barry Zito and wife exercise their rights in the celebrity luxury loungeDec 12, 2012
Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito made an appearance at the American Country Music Awards over the weekend with teammate Brandon Belt. Before the show, the resurgent left-hander was able to hit the celebrity gift suite with his wife Amber to play … |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Ross Detwiler didn't hesitate when faced with a decision between love or country. He chose country. The Washington Nationals pitcher will soon be headed out on a seven-day, four-country USO tour with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of … |
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Pirates announce two-year deal with GrilliDec 12, 2012
Tom Singer, MLB.com Jason Grilli's signing was officially announced Wednesday afternoon by the Pirates, who had made retaining the key setup reliever an offseason priority. |
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Rangers still in the hunt to re-sign HamiltonDec 12, 2012
T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com With many of the Rangers' other preferred options starting to slip away, the best hope for an impact offseason move seems to be pointed mainly at re-signing Josh Hamilton. |
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Nieves named manager of Class A DaytonDec 12, 2012
Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com Former Cubs and Angels infielder Jose Nieves was named the manager of Class A Dayton, the Dragons announced Wednesday. Additionally, Tony Fossas will rejoin the Dragons as pitching coach. |
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Mo: I'll be ready to pitch by Opening DayDec 12, 2012
Bryan Hoch, MLB.com Yankees closer Mariano Rivera promises that he will be ready to resume answering the call for save opportunities by Opening Day. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com So, is this Kevin Youkilis-to-the-Yankees thing going to end with him re-enacting Wade Boggs' famous horse ride after the '96 World Series? If so, it would be another stick in the eye to the Boston Red Sox fandom and another feather in the cap of the Br… |
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Angels finalize deals with Blanton, BurnettDec 12, 2012
Alden Gonzalez, MLB.com Joe Blanton and Sean Burnett have both passed their physicals -- the final step in completing the two-year deals the free-agent pitchers signed with the Angels. |
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Wren, Fredi take evaluation trip to DominicanDec 12, 2012
Mark Bowman, MLB.com Braves general manager Frank Wren has been encouraged to hear and read about the success many of his players have experienced in winter leagues this year. This past weekend, he took manager Fredi Gonzalez and a few of his top front-office officials to t… |
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A fan once suggested that Coors Field’s outfield fence should be shaped like the Rocky MountainsDec 12, 2012
Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com As part of its 'Colorado Classics' series, the Denver Post has a profile on Lew Cady, a Colorado Rockies superfan who's known for wearing tuxedos to games, eating fried Spam shaped like baseball bats and trying to be "first" in almost any new … |
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Reds reportedly agree to deal with HannahanDec 12, 2012
Zack Meisel, MLB.com Infielder Jack Hannahan has agreed to a deal with the Reds, pending a physical, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. |
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Market never an obstacle for adept JockettyDec 12, 2012
Richard Justice, MLB.com And so Reds general manager Walt Jocketty has done it again. Filled a need. Smartly. Efficiently. Finished his offseason checklist. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com December 12, 2012, is the best day ever for anyone alive who is obsessed with the number 12. Hall of Fame baseball great Roberto Alomar is one of these people. Alomar, a 12-time All-Star who wore No. 12 at every major league stop save one, says he will … |
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Acquiring top pitching requires deft planningDec 12, 2012
Peter Gammons, MLB.com You have to use what currency you have and try to get the high-ceiling arms, which is what each of them has done. This isn't rotisserie, it's the reality of the market. |
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Cosart ready for any role Astros ask him to fillDec 12, 2012
Brian McTaggart, MLB.com Hard-throwing prospect Jarred Cosart has been a starter throughout his pro career, but he'd certainly try closing if it got him a spot on the Astros' roster in 2013. |
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Twelves reign supreme on calender, diamondDec 12, 2012
Marty Noble, MLB.com This is last time for a long time that a date with three matching numbers will show like a slot machine winner. So we can't let this date pass with at least a dozen baseball references, random as they may be. |
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Greinke will find comfort and thrive with DodgersDec 12, 2012
Mike Bauman, MLB.com What makes Zack Greinke comfortable is a situation in which his team can win and in which his commitment to his craft can continue to be relentlessly, successfully applied. In this case, the size of the Los Angeles metropolitan area does not have to be … |
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Managing expectations: Six new skippers take helmDec 12, 2012
Paul Casella, MLB.com This spring, fans will need to familiarize themselves with quite a few new managers. Assuming there are no other managerial changes between now and Opening Day, one-fifth of the 30 Major League teams will enter the 2013 season with a new skipper. |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Apparently Miguel Cabrera doesn't think his trophy case is stocked with enough hardware. Let's see, the 29-year-old won the American League Triple Crown this season, becoming the first player in either league to accomplish that feat in 45 years. That ea… |
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The Reds, Indians, and Diamondbacks pulled off a nine-player trade, one that improved two teams' fortunes and raised dozens of questions about the thi... |
