Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Bullpen Cell Phones Are Coming To Major League Baseball Next SeasonErik Malinowski, deadspin.com MLB and T-Mobile just announced a new deal here at CES that'll (maybe? hopefully?) cut down on embarrassing miscommunications between the bench and the pen. Starting next season, clubs will have the option of using dedicated, in-dugout cell phones to he… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com New Toronto ace R.A. Dickey said Tuesday he's thrilled to join a team that's "all in" to win the World Series and thankful the New York Mets did not meet his contract demands. |
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David Waldstein, nytimes.com Dr. Bryan Kelly of the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan will perform the procedure and said he expected the Yankees third baseman to return after the All-Star break. |
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Wallace Matthews, ESPN.com Alex Rodriguez will undergo surgery on his left hip on Jan. 16, and the surgeon who will perform the operation says "optimistically, he should come back after the All-Star break." |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The wait for Adam LaRoche to make up his mind had played out long enough. It was time to decide if he would take the Washington Nationals' offer or move on. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Left-hander J.P. Howell and the Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized a $2.85 million, one-year contract. |
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Thomas Harding, MLB.com The Rockies plan to return to the fence-busting, Coors Field-dominating ways of old, but Jordan Pacheco stands as a reminder that there is value in being portable. |
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Matthew Leach, MLB.com The Nationals' signing of first baseman Adam LaRoche opened the door for the club to trade Michael Morse, who was slated to move to first after the acquisition of Denard Span bumped him from the outfield mix. |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com It took until the first week of January, but the Colorado Rockies have finally made a high-priced offseason acquisition that should leave their fans happy. And while the bad news is that the pickup is not an actual player that will help the team, the go… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com I hope everyone is ready for Roger Clemens to make the long, painful transition from controversy-dogged outcast to wizened baseball mentor, because it's going to happen. With two bizarre perjury trials and a flirtation with an MLB cameo in the rearview … |
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Richard Durrett, ESPN.com Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will make his first appearance against his former team, the Texas Rangers, at 1:05 p.m. CT on Friday, April 5, in Texas' home opener for 2013. |
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Tom Singer, MLB.com The Pirates' agreement with left-hander Francisco Liriano, struck three weeks ago, appears to be off due to an injury suffered by the pitcher to his non-throwing right arm. |
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T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com Rangers Pitcher of the Year is just the first reward that Matt Harrison may receive this offseason. A multi-year contract might also be in the works. |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Reliever Mike Gonzalez and the Milwaukee Brewers have finalized a $2.25 million, one-year contract. |
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Indians have signed free agent left-hander Scott Kazmir to a minor league contract. |
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Brian McTaggart, MLB.com This year sets up for Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell to possibly reach the Hall of Fame and be inducted together July 28 in Cooperstown, N.Y. It would only seem appropriate that Bagwell and Biggio get inducted together when you consider their history, th… |
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Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com While there is every expectation that a deal will get done to extend Orioles manager Buck Showalter's contract, the process is coming along slowly and there's no exact timetable on when a formal announcement will be made. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Vance Albitz is a 24-year-old minor-league shortstop in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He no doubt spends most of his time trying to become a better baseball player and advance higher in the system, where he's a .276/.351./.355 hitter with 17 sto… |
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Bryan Hoch, MLB.com The Yankees will play a March 29 exhibition game against the Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. |
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The Steroid Era has proved messy for the Hall of Fame. Tom Verducci explains why he'll never vote for a known steroid user and reveals the six players he did endorse. |
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John Parker, MLB.com Pirates right-hander Gerrit Cole, the top overall pick in the 2011 Draft, has yet to make a splash in quite the way that his predecessors have, but he may be on his way. |
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Joey Nowak, MLB.com The Nationals on Tuesday agreed to terms on a two-year, $24 million deal with first baseman Adam LaRoche, pending a physical, according to a baseball source. LaRoche is currently in Kansas City taking his physical, and the deal, which includes a mutual … |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Monday night brought the sad news that writer Richard Ben Cramer had died from lung cancer at age 62. The celebrated author won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting from the Middle East and was best known for "What It Takes," his sprawling and detai… |
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T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com New Rangers designated hitter Lance Berkman is a former teammate of both free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn and pitcher Kyle Lohse. Apparently those two names came up when Berkman had lunch with Rangers officials on Monday. |
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As Notre Dame tried to win its first national championship since 1988 on Monday night, the big winner may have been college football. The sport is a lot healthier when Notre Dame has a nationally competitive team. In many ways, the Irish are a lot like … |
