Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Alex Rodriguez is far from the only uncertain part of the Yankees futureThe latest steroid-tainted twist in the Alex Rodriguez saga has only added to the perception that the Yankees — old, injury-prone and now strapped by a self-imposed salary cap — are headed down a dark alley toward a very uncertain future. |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Chase Headley and the Padres have avoided salary arbitration, agreeing on an $8,575,000, one-year contract that gives the San Diego third baseman a $5.1 million raise following his huge 2012 season. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Shawn Kelley and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a $935,000, one-year contract that avoids salary arbitration. |
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Paul Hagen, MLB.com Major League Baseball, which had been investigating suspected links between an alleged steroids supplier, a Florida health clinic and several players, will expand its investigation based on reporting done by the Miami New Times, an industry source confi… |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com Here's a lighter story for fans of the New York Yankees to digest in the wake of the Alex Rodriguez news from the past 48 hours. Since 1980 — when he was born, of course — all Mark Teixeira has wanted to do — aside from destroy fastballs — is rock… |
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Doug Miller, MLB.com Barry Zito's work away from the mound was honored Wednesday when he accepted the 48th Hutch Award for outstanding community service at the annual luncheon at Safeco Field. |
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AJ Cassavell, MLB.com Free-agent infielder Bill Hall has agreed to a Minor League deal with the Angels and will receive an invitation to the club's Major League Spring Training, an industry source confirmed Wednesday. |
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David Waldstein, nytimes.com The Yankees are considering the veteran free agent Travis Hafner as a possible left-handed designated hitter, according to a person familiar with the team's planning. |
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TORONTO (AP) The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with infielder Andy LaRoche on a minor league contract that includes an invitation to spring training. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com You know what the funniest thing about Canada is? It's the little differences. I mean, they got the same stuff over there that we got here, but just ... just there, it's a little different. Example: Melky Cabrera translates into Miguel Cabrera. Canada's… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Arizona Diamondbacks have finalized their $5 million, two-year contract with shortstop Cliff Pennington. |
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Jenifer Langosch, MLB.com Having sealed the necessary financing for the project, the Cardinals and real estate development company Cordish Companies began preliminary construction work on what is to be the future site of Ballpark Village. The Cardinals announced that a formal gr… |
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Andrew Keh, nytimes.com New Mets pitcher Shaun Marcum said he signed with the team because of the promise of lots of innings, which were freed up when the team traded Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey. |
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Andrew Marchand, ESPN.com The New York Yankees have interest in designated hitter Travis Hafner, sources confirmed. |
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Mark Bowman, MLB.com There has been a void in Brandon Beachy's life since he blew out his right elbow while pitching against the Orioles on June 16. With one painful pitch, Beachy went from being on top of the world to being just another of the countless pitchers who have b… |
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In the wake of more PED allegations, there are plenty of opinions as to what should come next for Alex Rodriguez. Which ones make the most sense? Jay Jaffe explores. |
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Evan Drellich, MLB.com The Red Sox announced Tuesday that Ryan Kalish's right-shoulder surgery was successful. The surgery was performed in L.A. earlier in the day. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com If you've ever flown Spirit Airlines, or only heard of the discount carrier, you've probably seen some of their pun-laced marketing efforts. Many of them involve sports themes. Kind of. They recently made fun of Manti Te'o (hey, who hasn't?) and now the… |
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Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com The immediate assumption is that we've likely seen the end of A-Rod, saddled as he is with hip issues and, now, another doping scandal from which he'll presumably never recover. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Never afraid to try something different, Bobby Valentine might be heading from the home dugout at Fenway Park to a small university in Fairfield, Conn. He has applied for the director of athletics position at Sacred Heart, the Connecticut Post has repor… |
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Adam Berry, MLB.com Adam Berry is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @adamdberry. |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- R.A. Dickey said the pictures and literature couldn't have prepared him for the young boy who approached him last week on one of the squalid streets of Mumbai's red-light district. |
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Jay Schreiber, nytimes.com The Mets could use a fictional hero who could put up real numbers. |
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Los Angeles Angels and reliever Kevin Jepsen have agreed to a one-year contract worth $1,181,250, avoiding arbitration with the hard-throwing right-hander. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Washington Nationals phenom Bryce Harper was able to grant a request for Stan Musial before the baseball icon and Hall of Famer died earlier this month. |
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Richard Justice, MLB.com You know the thing about this baseball season that excites me the most? It's that there's chaos in the land. Go ahead and pick a World Series winner. Tigers? Nationals? Giants? If you asked a dozen baseball fans, you might get a dozen different answers.… |
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Joe Frisaro, MLB.com Alfredo Silverio has come so far he doesn't want to go back. Considering all that the 25-year-old has gone through, it's understandable that he is eager for a fresh start. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte will not play for Team USA in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, his agent confirmed. |
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Bill Ladson, MLB.com The Nationals are looking to win their second consecutive National League East title, and they realize it will not be easy. They noticed that the Braves improved themselves last week by acquiring outfielder Justin Upton in a trade that sent infielder/ou… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com R.A. Dickey is in Mumbai to work with Bombay Teen Challenge, a Christian organization that has rescued women and children from sex trafficking for the past 23 years. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Infielder Omar Vizquel, who retired this past season after a 24-year career, is the Los Angeles Angels' new roving infield instructor, MLB.com reported. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com "Detroit Rubber" seems like a show that should be on regular TV and not just YouTube's LOUD channel, but that's where it is right now. It chronicles the lives of the guys who run the Burn Rubber shoe boutique in Royal Oak, Mich., just outside … |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Freddy Garcia and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to spring training. |
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You may be one of those, like Lance Armstrong’s enablers, who fall back now on the defense that Everybody Was Doing It. But if you believe these guys are cheats, if you are one who believes that what the juicers have done is a form of athletic fraud, th… |
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A Miami New Times article reports that six MLB players purchased a variety of drugs from Miami-based antiaging clinic Biogenesis, marking the latest j... |
