Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Blue Jays welcome youth coaches to clinicChris Toman, MLB.com The Toronto Blue Jays, in partnership with Baseball Canada, hosted a social gathering at Rogers Centre on Friday night to kick off a three-day coaching clinic. |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Perhaps retirement wasn’t all it was cracked up to be for Dontrelle Willis, or maybe the competitive fire of a 30-year-old hurler who should still have a few decent years left in his once dominant arm has been lit again. Whatever the case is, the quirky… |
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Chris Toman, MLB.com Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos does not expect left-handed reliever Darren Oliver to be a part of the revamped Toronto roster come Opening Day. |
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Tracy Ringolsby, MLB.com When the Colorado Rockies drafted North Carolina State infielder Russell Wilson in the fourth-round in 2010, they knew he had NFL aspirations, and the Seahawks' rookie quarterback sensation is showing the world why. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Left-hander J.P. Howell has agreed to a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers for just under $3 million in base salary, plus performance bonuses, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. |
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David Waldsteiin, nytimes.com After losing Nick Swisher to the Indians in free agency, the Yankees claimed Russ Canzler off waivers from Cleveland. |
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Thomas Harding, MLB.com The Rockies will be among the teams that will scout former Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb's throwing session in the next couple of weeks. |
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Jordan Bastian, MLB.com The Indians are not done looking for ways to upgrade aspects of their roster. After signing right-hander Brett Myers, though, the club appears to be done doling out substantial big league contracts to free agents. |
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Brian McTaggart, MLB.com Former Astros players Morgan Ensberg and Adam Everett, as well as former National League stolen base king Vince Coleman, are among those who will be on the Astros' Minor League field staff this season. |
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Adam McCalvy, MLB.com The Brewers added to their Minor League outfield depth Friday by finalizing a deal with Cole Garner, a 28-year-old who played in four games with the Rockies in 2011. |
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Thomas Harding, MLB.com New hitting coach Dante Bichette offers a unique perspective on how to solve the home/road problem that has pestered the Rockies from the beginning. |
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Jason Beck, MLB.com After the reaction to his quote in a Los Angeles Times story last weekend about gay athletes and how Torii Hunter would react to having an openly gay teammate, it's hard to blame him for being reticent. |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cleveland Indians have finalized a one-year contract with free agent right-hander Brett Myers. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Jeff Pearlman has an interview up with Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci, one of the most accomplished baseball writers working. It's long and covers numerous subjects, but it only addresses steroids in two areas: Verducci's groundbreaking 2002 cover st… |
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Catcher Luis Martinez has been claimed on waivers by the Orioles. At the same time, the Rangers announced that catcher Eli Whiteside has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A Round Rock. |
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Infielder Mike Olt has been named the winner of the 2012 Tom Grieve Award as the Rangers' top Minor League player. He will be honored at the Dr. Pepper Awards Show, which will be held next Friday at the Arlington Convention Center. |
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Zack Meisel, MLB.com The Pirates unveiled a series of Minor League coaching staff changes on Friday, as new managers will take over at six of the organization's eight affiliates. |
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Ian Browne, MLB.com The Blue Jays added a familiar face back to the organization on Friday, claiming right-hander Chad Beck off waivers from the Pirates. |
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Alden Gonzalez, MLB.com If Mark Trumbo can recover from a brutal second half and recapture the success that made him an All-Star leading up to it, then the Angels really have something special on offense. |
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Todd Zolecki, MLB.com Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. continues to make calls and send text messages and emails in search of a veteran corner outfielder. He understands it would be risky to enter the season without one. |
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Brian McTaggart, MLB.com Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow created plenty of competition in the back end of the pitching rotation this season with the addition of right-handers Philip Humber, Alex White and John Ely to a group that already included youngsters Dallas Keuchel an… |
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Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com The Orioles have claimed catcher Luis Martinez off waivers from the Texas Rangers, the club announced on Friday. |
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In A Position To ArgueJan 4
Who are the best players at each position not yet in the Hall of Fame? Many of them are new to this year's ballot but some, writes Jay Jaffe, have already fallen off. |
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Greg Johns, MLB.com Right-handed pitcher D.J. Mitchell was outrighted to Triple-A Tacoma by the Mariners on Friday, remaining in the organization after being designated for assignment on Dec. 26 to make room on the 40-man roster for free-agent signee Raul Ibanez. |
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Jordan Bastian and Brian McTagga, MLB.com One of the Indians' main goals this offseason was to upgrade their starting rotation. Cleveland believes it has done precisely that with the acquisition of free-agent right-hander Brett Myers. |
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Ken Gurnick, MLB.com Matt Kemp and Chad Billingsley, two of the most prominent Dodgers rehabbing injuries, have made it to this point in the offseason without a physical setback, according to agent Dave Stewart. |
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Ben Lindbergh, deadspin.com Originally published in Baseball Prospectus. More » |
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Jenifer Langosch, MLB.com The settings vary, but nearly every day since the season ended, Matt Carpenter has been busy at work. |
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Josh Liebeskind and Greg Johns, MLB.com While he may not have the raw stuff of other big-name young pitchers, Blake Beavan has shown progress and an ability to command his fastball. |
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Bill Ladson, MLB.com Armed with arguably one of the best rotations in baseball, there is a feeling around baseball that the Nationals are the team to beat in the National League East. |
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T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com The Rangers continue to look for an upgrade in the middle of their lineup, and veteran free-agent Lance Berkman has said the club could have a "geographic advantage" for his services. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com With slugger Alex Rodriguez still waiting for the go-ahead to have surgery on his hip, New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman has made some candid statements about his club's power. And how it lacks. The Yankees led the majors in home runs and finished secon… |
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Ian Browne, MLB.com With the start of Spring Training coming fairly soon, it seems like the proper time to take an analytical look at the Red Sox and how they stack up after missing the postseason for three straight seasons. |
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Bernie Pleskoff, MLB.com Gary Brown has speed to burn and is an above-average defender, but he'll need to prove that he can get on base consistently before earning a spot with the Giants. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com He who would lase has been made to pay. The teenager caught pointing a laser from a suite inside of Busch Stadium and causing a delay of a St. Louis Cardinals-San Francisco Giants game pleaded guilty in December, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Car… |
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Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com Orioles manager Buck Showalter traveled to Baltimore on Friday from his home in Texas to meet with the Orioles about a deal that would extend his contract beyond the 2013 season. |
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Chris Haft, MLB.com Giants right-hander Sergio Romo was cited and briefly detained by police on New Year's Day at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after arguing with authorities, according to various reports |
