Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Justin Upton rejects possible trade to MarinersPHOENIX (AP) A person with knowledge of the situation says Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton has vetoed a trade to the Seattle Mariners. |
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Mike Bauman, MLB.com Arizona outfielder Justin Upton's choice to veto a trade to Seattle likely had little to do with preferring the desert's climate during baseball season. |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Your browser does not support iframes. Despite falling short of reaching the 75 percent needed to earn entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Houston Astros great Craig Biggio has managed to keep a positive attitude and a strong sense of humor. Not that … |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Pete Rose recently went to Cooperstown to film an episode of his upcoming reality television show. His fiancee got choked up when baseball's career hits leader had to watch the Parade of Legends and other Hall of Fame festivities as just another face in… |
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Jane Lee, MLB.com Scott Sizemore feels normal again. Translation: The A's infielder is fully healthy, just as he was a year ago. That was before he suffered a torn ACL on the first day of spring workouts, underwent a lengthy rehab on his surgically repaired left knee and… |
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Mark Sheldon, MLB.com Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips gave an indication via Twitter on Thursday evening that he might be representing Team USA in the World Baseball Classic this spring. |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Reader Zachary had a desire for an NBA logo headband, because he's cool like that. He looked it up at the NBA Store, and found it for $7.99. Then he found it at the MLB Shop, and it's a dollar cheaper. Why? We don't know. Why does MLB.com sell NBA stuff… |
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Ian Browne, MLB.com Although general manager Ben Cherington expressed hope that Mike Napoli will be signed, until that happens, he must keep his eyes open to other options. |
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PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) -- Paul Dolan has been approved by Major League Baseball as the controlling owner of the Cleveland Indians, taking over from his father Larry. |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Left-hander Chris Narveson and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to an $840,000, one-year contract. |
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Infielder Luis Valbuena has agreed to a $930,000, one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, nearly double the $495,200 he made last year. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Right-hander Chris Resop has agreed to a $1.35 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics. |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Free agent pitcher Francisco Liriano injured his right (non-throwing) arm over the holidays and his deal with the Pirates is on hold. |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com We hate to spoil the surprise, but Big League Stew has already found the Valentine Day's card for all those we'll choo-choo-choose next month. Yes, it's the screen cap that DC Sports Bog's Sarah Kogod took from Bryce Harper's campaign video for the upco… |
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Paul Hagen, MLB.com Commissioner Bud Selig is looking forward to the implementation of the enhanced drug testing programs that were announced Thursday at the quarterly Owners Meetings at the Sanctuary Resort. |
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Richard Durrett, ESPN.com Texas Rangers reliever Joakim Soria has targeted late May or early June for a return to the big leagues following the second Tommy John surgery of his career. |
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Gregor Chisholm, MLB.com The Blue Jays claimed left-hander Tommy Hottovy off waivers from the Rangers on Thursday afternoon. |
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Bill Ladson, MLB.com The Nationals signed pitchers Ross Ohlendorf and Brandon Mann to Minor League contracts, MLB.com has confirmed. |
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PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) -- Major League Baseball will test for human growth hormone throughout the regular season and will step up efforts to track the use of artificial testosterone. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Baseball and the players' association have agreed to expand the sport's drug program to include in-season blood testing for human growth hormone and a new test devised to catch players using testosterone, The New York Times reports. |
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Ken Gurnick, MLB.com Zach Lee is well into his third year of insisting he doesn't regret becoming a professional pitcher instead of a major college quarterback, even if it means he doesn't have a beauty queen for a girlfriend. |
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Tim Kurkjian, ESPN.com Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas & Tom Glavine will be among next year's first-timers |
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The Baseball Hall of Fame has become utterly absurd. We have completely lost the purpose of it. It is designed to honor the best players in the history of the game, and that is not happening. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Craig Biggio thinks he might have been bypassed for the Hall of Fame because he was on the ballot for the first time with several big stars linked to performance-enhancing drugs. |
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After a year of debate, the BBWAA didn't elect anyone to the Hall of Fame. That shouldn't be a problem next year, writes Jay Jaffe, but the 2014 ballot has its own challenges. |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com What a world we live in. Sammy Sosa didn't garner many headlines on Wednesday for only winning 12.5 percent of the vote in his first time on the Hall of Fame ballot — a staggeringly-low total that almost guarantees he'll never see induction over the nex… |
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Adam McCalvy, MLB.com All-Star outfielder Ryan Braun and all three of the Brewers' new relievers were among 50 current, former and future players confirmed Thursday to attend the team's annual "On Deck" event later this month. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com A 148-year-old team photo of the amateur Brooklyn Atlantics, which the Library of Congress calls "the first dated baseball card," might fetch $100,000 or more when it goes up for auction next month in Maine. Problem is, nobody knows exactly ho… |
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Chris Haft, MLB.com With three outs to go and the game on the line, which closer gets the nod -- Rod Beck, Robb Nen or Brian Wilson? Here's your chance to decide. |
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Vinnie Duber, MLB.com First baseman Eric Hosmer will be an integral part of the revamped Royals' revitalized hopes for the coming season. |
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Todd Zolecki, MLB.com Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Thursday left-hander Cole Hamels' shoulder is fine. CSNPhilly.com reported Hamels had some shoulder soreness late in the season and in the offseason. |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com The New York Post and Daily News usually corner the market with it comes to buzzy front pages that make national news. The New York Times, however, got into the act on Thursday morning by making a statement with the front page of its sports section. Ado… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Nobody was happier about the Hall of Fame shutout than the Hall of Famers themselves. |
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Bill Chastain, MLB.com David Price has been selected as the cover athlete for MLB 2K13. |
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Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com For Trevor Bauer, the baseball talent that came so naturally to him stands in stark contrast to the social and interpersonal skills that have often eluded him. |
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Roger Schlueter, MLB.com When it comes to raw strikeout totals in relation to the league leaderboards and strikeout rates in relation to history, the combination of Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer in 2012 had few peers. |
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Jerry Dipoto offers encouragement, reassurance on Mike Trout’s future in latest letter to fanJan 10
Mark Townsend, yahoo.com It was around this time last winter when Jerry Dipoto, who was in the midst of an aggressive rookie offseason as general manager of the Los Angeles Angels, impressed us by taking time from his busy schedule to write a legitimate and sincere response to … |
