Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Posey, Ellsbury among 81 players reaching dealsNL MVP Buster Posey agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, teammate Hunter Pence got a $13.8 million deal and Jacoby Ellsbury settled with the Boston Red Sox for $9 million on a busy Friday as players and teams swapped… |
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Gordon Edes, ESPN.com Jacoby Ellsbury and the Red Sox agreed on a one-year, $9 million deal, one of seven the team made Friday. |
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Bruce Levine, ESPN.com Sources: Cubs, Diamondbacks discussed a Justin Upton trade. |
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Thomas Harding, MLB.com The Rockies and two of their three arbitration-eligible players -- center fielder Dexter Fowler and right-handed pitcher Jhoulys Chacin -- have a $900,000 gap in their arbitration filings, which were submitted Friday. |
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Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija, who was an All-America wide receiver at Notre Dame before committing to baseball, has watched the recent coverage of Manti Te'o in disbelief. |
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Outfielder Alfonso Soriano has two years remaining on his contract with the Cubs, which may be his last. |
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Cash Kruth, MLB.com The Rangers and David Murphy failed to reach an agreement prior to Friday's noon CT arbitration deadline, with offers by the club and outfielder differing by about $1.5 million. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Padres third baseman Chase Headley requested a raise of nearly $7 million Friday when players and teams swapped figures in salary arbitration. |
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Ken Gurnick, MLB.com The Dodgers will kick off their caravan Monday, with club alumni appearing around the Southland Monday through Thursday and current team members on Friday. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Atlanta Braves avoided arbitration with five players Friday, including outfielder Jason Heyward, starting pitcher Kris Medlen and reliever Eric O'Flaherty. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Colorado Rockies avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal with versatile outfielder Tyler Colvin on Friday. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Arizona Diamondbacks have reached agreement on terms for a one-year, $4,265,000 contract with right-hander Ian Kennedy, avoiding arbitration with the team's No. 1 starter from a year ago. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Houston Astros have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with shortstop Jed Lowrie, right-handed pitcher Bud Norris and left-handed reliever Wesley Wright, avoiding arbitration. |
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Mark Sheldon, MLB.com At Friday's deadline, the Reds and their six remaining players eligible for arbitration exchanged salary figures. |
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Jordan Bastian, MLB.com On Friday afternoon, a handful of Cleveland's players gathered at Progressive Field in preparation of this weekend's Tribe Fest, and sung early praises over their new manager's efforts to build rapport. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Los Angeles Angels have avoided arbitration with Tommy Hanson and Jason Vargas, agreeing to one-year deals with both newly acquired starting pitchers. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Corey Hart will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee next week and will be out for the next three to four months. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com A St. Louis County judge has ruled against St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny in his court battle with a bank over foreclosure of property he once owned. |
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Jordan Bastian, MLB.com Indians manager Terry Francona said he feels the controversial excerpt painted a misleading portrait of the book, "Francona: The Red Sox Years," which was co-written by the Boston Globe's Dan Shaugnessy and is due to hit shelves on Tuesday. |
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Another major Marlins offseason overhaul comes with little hope for the future, which is why Jay Jaffe gives Miami the lowest grade yet on his winter report cards. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to one-year contracts with right-handed pitcher Jeff Niemann and infielder Ryan Roberts, along with outfielders Matt Joyce and Sam Fuld to avoid arbitration. |
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Mark Saxon, ESPN.com The Los Angeles Dodgers reached one-year contract agreements with their only two arbitration-eligible players Friday, avoiding a potentially acrimonious process that could have dragged into spring training. |
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Bryan Hoch, MLB.com Boone Logan and the Yankees agreed to a one-year, non-guaranteed contract on Friday, thus avoiding salary arbitration. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to terms with catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Chris Davis and left-handed pitchers Brian Matusz and Troy Patton. |
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Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com About 45 minutes through an exercise demonstration that had Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy instructing two lines of Commodore John Rodgers Elementary and Middle School kids in the way of pitching mechanics, special assistant Brady Anderson sprung up and ch… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Washington Nationals have agreed to a $2,337,500, one-year deal with left-handed starter Ross Detwiler, avoiding arbitration. |
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago White Sox have agreed to one-year contracts with second baseman Gordon Beckham and outfielder Alejandro De Aza to avoid arbitration. |
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Ken Gurnick, MLB.com The theme of Don Mattingly's charity event on Jan. 24 is comedy, but the purpose is no joke. All proceeds from the fund-raiser go to provide underprivileged youth, those in the greatest of need, with equipment to support baseball-related activities for … |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson and former team owner Jerry Colangelo have won top honors from the Jackie Robinson Foundation. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Kansas City Royals have agreed to a one-year, $4.65 million contract with right-hander Luke Hochevar, avoiding arbitration. |
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Jane Lee, MLB.com The A's came to terms with their final arbitration-eligible players on Friday, agreeing to one-year deals with Brandon Moss and Jerry Blevins. |
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Greg Johns, MLB.com Kendrys Morales and Brendan Ryan came to one-year contract agreements with the Mariners on Friday to avoid arbitration, leaving reliever Shawn Kelley as the only unsigned player on the 40-man roster. |
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Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com The Twins agreed to terms with left-hander Brian Duensing on a one-year deal worth $1.3 million to avoid arbitration on Friday. |
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Alden Gonzalez, MLB.com The Giants made some headway with their arbitration-eligible players before numbers were formally exchanged, agreeing to terms on Friday with catcher Buster Posey, right fielder Hunter Pence, reliever Jose Mijares and outfielder Gregor Blanco. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Left-hander J.A. Happ has agreed to a $3.7 million, one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, who also reached a $2.6 million, one-year deal with infielder Emilio Bonifacio. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Philadelphia Phillies have agreed with left-hander Antonio Bastardo on a $1.4 million, one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. |
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Cash Kruth, MLB.com The Brewers avoided arbitration with all three of their unsigned players Friday, agreeing to one-year contracts with right-handers John Axford, Burke Badenhop and Marco Estrada. |
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Zack Meisel and Jordan Bastian, MLB.com The Indians sidestepped arbitration with Chris Perez and Joe Smith, signing both relievers to one-year pacts on Friday. Perez will earn $7.3 million for the 2013 campaign and Smith will merit $3.15 million, a source confirmed to MLB.com. |
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Ben Lindbergh, deadspin.com Originally published in Baseball Prospectus. More » |
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Tom Singer, MLB.com First baseman Gaby Sanchez, one of four Pirates players eligible for salary arbitration, reached agreement on a $1.75 million contract for the 2013 season. |
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Bernie Pleskoff, MLB.com With outstanding agility, balance, coordination, strength, physical proportion and rhythm, Didi Gregorius has the potential to be D-backs' shortstop of the future. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Famous people's unwashed underwear. That's where the money's at. Sensing an opportunity to make some cash, former major leaguer Curt Schilling is auctioning the second-most famous sock of his career, a bloody one worn on his right foot when he pitched G… |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Just when you thought the Manti Te’o story and its fallout couldn’t get any more absurd, we present to you the Florence Freedom. Who are the Florence Freedom you ask? They're an Independent baseball team that plays in the Frontier League, which is mos… |
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Tom Singer, MLB.com Neil Walker and Clint Barmes return as the Bucs' double-play combo, with Josh Harrison set to back up and prospects Chase d'Arnaud and Jordy Mercer to fight for time. |
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John Schlegel, MLB.com With change and uncertainty surrounding several top double-play duos throughout the winter, the middle infield will remain a focus as teams hit the fields in Arizona and Florida for Spring Training. |
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Jesse Sanchez, MLB.com The MLB Prospect International Showcase was a scene unlike any other in the history of international scouting: a baseball festival complete with local dignitaries, Major League Baseball legends, hundreds of family and friends and scouts representing all… |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com On Wednesday, veteran catcher John Jaso was traded from the Seattle Mariners to the Oakland A’s as a part of the three-team, five-player deal that included the Washington Nationals. It was a fairly significant trade that featured Michael Morse as the ce… |
