Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Scherzer, Tigers agree to 1-year, $6.725M dealAssociated Press, ESPN.com The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a one-year, $6,725,000 contract with right-hander Max Scherzer and avoided salary arbitration. |
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Alden Gonzalez, MLB.com The Caribbean Series is a stage where ex-Major Leaguers, holding onto baseball dreams by the skin of their teeth, remind us that there are other ways to make a living playing this game. And this year, Fernando Tatis and Karim Garcia help personify that. |
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The Yankees are waiting until they arrive in camp to decide if Brett Gardner or Curtis Granderson will be their best option in center field. |
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Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is preparing for a rare on-time arrival at Spring Training this year. |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman will wait for Major League Baseball to sort out "some very nasty" allegations about Alex Rodriguez, and manager Joe Girardi says there's no way to tell whether the third baseman will regai… |
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Brian McTaggart, MLB.com The Astros will once again play host to the Urban Invitational, a college baseball tournament at Minute Maid Park that features four historically black colleges and universities -- Alabama State, Southern, Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern. |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Updating a legal item, San Francisco Giants closer Sergio Romo will not face criminal charges stemming from his New Year’s Day run-in with a Transportation Security Administration official. This new comes courtesy of TMZ, who first reported the Clark Co… |
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Andrew Marchand, ESPN.com To try and limit the "paparazzi" element of the performance enhancing drug allegations story involving Alex Rodriguez, the New York Yankees will try to keep A-Rod's whereabouts a secret during his rehabilitation. |
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Thomas Harding, MLB.com In an innovative move to oversee player development practices at every level of the Minors, the Rockies' 2013 Minor League staff will include a development supervisor for each of the six Minor League affiliates. |
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Brian McTaggart, MLB.com The Astros acquired power-hitting first baseman Chris Carter, starter Brad Peacock and catching prospect Max Stassi from the A's on Monday in exchange for Jed Lowrie and Fernando Rodriguez. |
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Royals prospect and Puerto Rico native Rey Navarro picked a good time to come alive in this Caribbean Series. At Estadio Sonora on Monday, his team one loss away from being mathematically eliminated and facing an undefeated Dominican Republic powerhouse… |
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Mike Oz, yahoo.com The Oakland Athletics are still dealing and the Houston Astros are still rebuilding. The teams agreed on a trade on Monday that could prove beneficial for both organizations. The A's are the new owners of shortstop Jed Lowrie and pitcher Fernando Rodrig… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Heralded prospect Wil Myers is among seven minor leaguers the Tampa Bay Rays have invited to major league spring training this month. |
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As a PED bombshell rocks baseball, Tom Verducci reports on the specifics of Alex Rodriguez's alleged doping program and how MLB is turning up the heat in its investigation. |
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Mike Oz, yahoo.com Candlestick Park in San Francisco famously shook for about 15 seconds in 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake disrupted Game 3 of the World Series. That didn't kill The 'Stick, but a 30-second implosion will. Plans were announced today to blow up the 5… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Barry Bonds' felony obstruction of justice conviction is in the hands of three federal appeals court judges who were each appointed by a different Democratic president. |
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Todd Zolecki, MLB.com The Phillies agreed to terms with 12 players on Major League contracts, including six pitchers, two catchers and four outfielders. |
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Scott Merkin, MLB.com Aaron Rowand's legacy on Chicago's South Side embodies the organization's philosophy and still resonates with White Sox fans. |
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Tracy Ringolsby, MLB.com Rene Lachemann will provide the perfect amount of experience on Walt Weiss' first-year Colorado staff as he enters his 50th season in a professional baseball uniform. |
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Jason Beck, MLB.com The legend of the Bruce Rondon fastball is already building, like something out of folklore or a tall tale that gets bigger each time it's retold. |
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Mike Oz, yahoo.com January was tough on Baltimore. Earl Weaver died. Prop Joe died. February, so far, is looking a lot better, thanks to that Super Bowl trophy. The Baltimore Ravens triumph, of course, comes after a surprising and exciting playoff run by their baseball-pl… |
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Lavonne Paire-Davis dies at 88; inspiration for Geena Davis’ character in ‘A League of Their Own’Feb 4
David Brown, yahoo.com The classic baseball film "A League of Their Own" immortalized the life of Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis, though you might not have made the connection at first. Paire-Davis, the inspiration for the character played by Geena Davis, di… |
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Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com Brandon Webb, the 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner and one of the most dominant starters in the game during a five-year stretch with the Arizona Diamondbacks, is officially retiring from baseball, according to his agents at Millennium Sports. |
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Julio Lugo -- who played 12 Major League seasons, was the Red Sox's starting shortstop when they won the World Series in 2007 and was a part of seven organizations -- is expected to hang up the cleats when the Caribbean Series comes to an end on Friday. |
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Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com Baltimore agreed to terms with Mark Hendrickson and Joel Pineiro, who each had previous experience in the Orioles organization. |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Yankees captain Derek Jeter plans to wait until teammate Alex Rodriguez addresses his latest off-the-field controversy before commenting on the matter. |
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Evan Drellich, MLB.com Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington visited David Ortiz in the Dominican Republic last week, and he expects the designated hitter to be good to go for Opening Day. |
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Mike Oz, yahoo.com It feels a little like the first day of school for me. I kinda couldn't sleep last night, so I stayed up late organizing my Twitter feeds, which I suppose is what bloggers do when they're feeling fidgety. So let's just cut to it: Hi, I'm the new guy her… |
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Tom Singer, MLB.com In the frigid early February dawn, bats, balls, helmets and the other tools of summer were loaded onto the truck for the annual trip to Bradenton, Fla. When that truck returns to PNC Park in eight weeks, it will be packing spring. |
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Carrie Muskat, MLB.com Rehabbing from wrist surgery, Ian Stewart began training with Hall of Famer Rod Carew in California -- many miles from his North Carolina home. Mrs. Strewart gave Ian the green light to go. |
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The Giants haven't done very much this offseason, but after winning two of the past three World Series, we should trust their strategy more than ever before, writes Jay Jaffe. |
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The first Spring Training workout dates, subject to change, both for pitchers and catchers and full squads of the 30 Major League clubs. |
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John Schlegel, MLB.com The face of the Major League manager underwent quite a makeover the last few years, with several iconic figures posting lineup cards for the final time and a deluge of switches at the helm reaching historic proportions. |
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Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com While the Tigers, Cardinals and Brewers will also field elite offenes this year, the Angels, led by Mike Trout, Josh Hamilton and Albert Pujols, have the best lineup in the Major Leagues as the season approaches. |
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Doug Miller, MLB.com The confetti has been cleared off the Super Dome floor. The lights have been turned off on the football season … for good this time. This means one thing: baseball is coming back, and sooner than you might think. |
