Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Joba Chamberlain: ‘I sold my trampoline’David Brown, yahoo.com "We'll hug it out." - @joba_62 on Youk at #BATDinner. Also, "Don't worry, I sold my trampoline." twitter.com/MLB/status/293… — MLB (@MLB) January 23, 2013 Three bits of news come from that official MLB tweet: 1. Joba Chamberlain clea… |
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Mark Newman, MLB.com Yankee legend Yogi Berra's legacy was celebrated at the Baseball Assistance Team's 24th annual Going to Bat for B.A.T. Fundraising Dinner, where more than 100 players, including nine Hall of Famers, were in attendance on Tuesday night. |
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Scott Merkin, MLB.com Hector Santiago has elected not to pitch for Puerto Rico in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, a decision the left-hander confirmed to MLB.com on Tuesday night. |
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Chris Haft, MLB.com Hunter Pence knows that he can exceed the .219 batting average he compiled last year after San Francisco acquired him from Philadelphia. So he has devoted this offseason to improving his speed and relaxing more in the batter's box. |
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Brian McTaggart, MLB.com Jose Altuve may have an understated demeanor, but the second baseman is ready to lead the charge as Astros baseball enters a new era in 2013. |
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Steve Gilbert, MLB.com The D-backs reached agreement on a two-year $5 million deal with shortstop Cliff Pennington on Tuesday night, a baseball source told MLB.com. |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax is going to work for the Los Angeles Dodgers as a special adviser. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Tampa Bay Rays have added their second pitcher with a new name. |
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Steve Gilbert, MLB.com With less than three weeks to go until pitchers and catchers begin reporting, general manager Kevin Towers said that if something is going to happen regarding a trade of one of his outfielders, it will take place before that. |
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Tom Singer, MLB.com The mystery of Francisco Liriano's broken right arm received some unsubstantiated clarification recently with a newspaper in his native Dominican Republic reporting he suffered it in a bathroom fall. |
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Gordon Edes, ESPN.com Boston Red Sox first baseman Mike Napoli revealed Tuesday that he has avascular necrosis in both hips, the same degenerative condition that ended the career of two-sport star Bo Jackson. |
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Jane Lee, MLB.com What will the A's Opening Day lineup look like? How many wins will Oakland have this season? What will happen with George Kottaras? Beat reporter Jane Lee answers these questions and more in the latest Inbox. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com What are the Philadelphia Phillies doing? They signed Delmon Young to a one-year, $750,000 contract Tuesday with the intention, GM Ruben Amaro said, of playing him every day in right field in 2013. There are several problems with this plan. 1. Young has… |
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Mark Bowman, MLB.com Despite establishing himself as perhaps the game's best closer in 2012, Craig Kimbrel thinks he can be even better this upcoming season. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Time Warner Cable Inc. has won a contract to carry Los Angeles Dodgers games for at least the next two decades starting in 2014, snatching the games away from Fox Sports after this year's baseball season ends, according to a person familiar with the mat… |
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SEATTLE (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr. will be inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame as its seventh member. |
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Corey Brock, MLB.com A free agent, former Padres Opening Day starter Tim Stauffer is looking to sign with a team before the start of Spring Training, as the 30-year-old hopes to resume his pitching career. |
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Jenifer Langosch, MLB.com Closer Jason Motte has inked a two-year contract with the Cardinals that will buy out his final two seasons of arbitration-eligibility. At the end of the deal, Motte will be a free agent. |
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Jason Beck, MLB.com The bullpen debate around the Tigers began soon after the World Series ended, and it rolls into the final weeks leading into Spring Training. Even when roles begin to be defined in camp, it'll probably still go on, weighing youth and potential against e… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Police say former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes has been arrested on a warrant related to previous drug charges. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Here's how the discussion regarding Bryce Harper and his haircut usually goes: Observer 1: "Somebody ought to tell him that something died on top of his head." Observer 2: "Hey, get off his back. He just turned 20 years old. Didn't everyb… |
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Reds will host the 2015 All-Star game at Great American Ball Park, the city's first since 1988, a person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press. |
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Sarah D. Morris, MLB.com Most teams nowadays overlook the importance of a good leadoff hitter. In the exciting National League West, no team has a good leadoff hitter. |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Mark DeRosa has agreed to a $775,000, one-year contract with Toronto, giving the Blue Jays more infield and outfield depth as they try for their first playoff berth since 1993. |
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With one major move after another, Toronto has had a busy and oustanding offseason, which has earned it the highest grade yet in Jay Jaffe's winter report cards. |
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Jordan Bastian, MLB.com Nick Hagadone is trying to keep his thoughts focused on what lies ahead. The left-handed pitcher has a growing family to help support and an opportunity to win a job in the Indians' bullpen this spring. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Chicago White Sox fans are just getting to know left-hander Hector Santiago, a 30th-round draft pick in 2007 who had a mostly impressive rookie season as do-it-all member of the pitching staff in 2012. But after reading this complimentary story on Santi… |
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Joey Nowak, MLB.com The Reds have signed right-hander Armando Galarraga to a Minor League contract, according to a report from CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman. |
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Dick Kaegel, MLB.com Hard telling where left-hander Danny Duffy might find himself when he finally returns to Kansas City around midseason or so. Heck, he might be in the bullpen, and that's fine with him. |
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Cash Kruth, MLB.com Brewers first baseman Corey Hart, who last week developed swelling in his knee during offseason workouts, will not undergo surgery as expected Tuesday and will instead seek a second opinion. |
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Proceed With CautionJan 22
Tired of the Stephen Strasburg innings limit debate? It's back this year for these 11 pitchers at risk of the Year-After Effect, including Strasburg himself, writes Tom Verducci. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Toronto Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey continues to set an admirable example for us normal folks. Admirable and unattainable! After accepting the Cy Young Award at the BWAAA dinner in New York on Saturday night, Dickey announced via Twitter that he … |
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Zack Meisel, MLB.com Teams that finished the 2012 campaign on high notes are hopeful that the momentum can carry over through the offseason. |
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Lyle Spencer, MLB.com Jack Morris is the model of the pitcher who rises to meet the highest challenges. And although this endears him to those who live inside the game, the analytics movement isn’t nearly as impressed, claiming he is no more qualified for enshrinement th… |
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Doug Miller, MLB.com If last week in baseball taught us anything, it’s that Scott Boras is a pretty patient guy. |
