Major League Baseball News and Rumors
With constant Alex Rodriguez drama, Yankees need to put spotlight on comeback of Derek JeterIf the Bombers were a prizefighter, they would most resemble Mike Tyson rolling around on the canvas after being hammered by Buster Douglas. Unlike Tyson, the Yankees have a savior to pick them up off the canvas: The organization has Derek Jeter to lead… |
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Justice B. Hill, MLB.com From Hall of Famers Oscar Charleston and Bullet Rogan to Larry Doby and Monte Irvin, some of black baseball's all-time greats also served in U.S. armed forces. |
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Greg Johns, MLB.com The only way Mariners outfielder Franklin Gutierrez, who has missed more games than he's played over the past two seasons, can silence his doubters is to perform on the field. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Indians have signed free-agent reliever Matt Capps to a minor league contract. |
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Former Arizona Diamondbacks television analyst Mark Grace has been sentenced to four months in jail under a work-release program. |
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Tom Singer, MLB.com The Pirates on Thursday came to terms with their two remaining players eligible for arbitration, agreeing to one-year contracts with second baseman Neil Walker and right-handed starter James McDonald. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to one-year contracts with outfielder Chris Heisey and right-hander Alfredo Simon, avoiding arbitration. |
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Gordon Edes, ESPN.com The Boston Red Sox on Thursday agreed to a minor league deal with first baseman Lyle Overbay, an agreement that includes an invitation to spring training, a team official confirmed. |
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T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com Pitcher Cody Buckel, who this week was named the No. 87 overall prospect in baseball by MLB.com, is among four players from within the Rangers' farm system not on the 40-man roster who have been invited to Major League camp. |
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Wallace Matthews and Andrew Marc, ESPN.com Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees has no plans to retire |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets have signed right-hander LaTroy Hawkins to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. |
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PHOENIX (AP) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract with Martin Prado just a week after acquiring the former All-Star infielder in a trade that sent Justin Upton to Atlanta. |
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The Rays traded away one of their top pitchers for a wildly talented, but unproven outfielder. Jay Jaffe loves that move, but is concerned about the rest of the Rays' offseason. |
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Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com The 2012 season offered two blueprints for how to handle young pitchers coming off Tommy John surgery. Now, the twins must decide which one to follow for top prospect Kyle Gibson. |
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Andrew Keh, nytimes.com Concerned about their bullpen, the Mets have signed LaTroy Hawkins to a minor league contract. |
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Marty Noble, MLB.com Earl Williams, the 1971 National League Rookie of the Year who played for the Braves, Orioles, Expos and Athletics, died this week at home in Somerset, N.J. The Newark Star-Ledger reported his death, noting that Williams had been diagnosed with acute le… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Just three months after becoming the first Venezuelan to win the World Series MVP award, Pablo Sandoval is celebrating a new feat -- the championship win of his team in Venezuela's professional league. |
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Adam McCalvy, MLB.com Proving Yogi Berra's old adage that "it ain't over 'til it's over," right-hander Alfredo Figaro has signed a Minor League deal with the Brewers. Again. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Thursday marks the birthday of three Hall of Fame major leaguers: Nolan Ryan, Ernie Banks and Jackie Robinson. And yet, only Robinson gets the Google Doodle treatment. By heading to Google's homepage, you'll see what you see above — its corporate logo d… |
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Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com The Indians have spent this winter figuratively loading up their dugout with two-time World Series-winning manager Terry Francona and veteran outfielder Nick Swisher, among others. And on Thursday morning, it was time to literally load up the equipment … |
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Mark Sheldon, MLB.com The Reds and outfielder Chris Heisey avoided arbitration on Thursday, when he was signed to a one-year, $1.325 million contract. Another arbitration-eligible player, reliever Alfredo Simon, also agreed to terms on a one-year contract, with terms undiscl… |
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Mark Newman, MLB.com Major League Baseball on Thursday revealed the top 50 fans vying to be Cave Dwellers in the 2013 MLB Fan Cave, and you can view all 50 video submissions and vote for your favorite candidate on MLBFanCave.com. |
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Anthony DiComo, MLB.com The Mets added another veteran reliever to their growing stable Thursday, inking LaTroy Hawkins to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. The right-hander confirmed the deal on his Twitter account. |
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Jenifer Langosch, MLB.com The Cardinals enter 2013 touting depth, which is a testament to the focus the organization has put on developing elite talent through its Minor League system. And in no area is that depth more obvious than on the starting pitching front, where the Cardi… |
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Matthew Leach, MLB.com The Nationals and Braves were two of the top teams in all of baseball in 2012. And after a busy offseason for both, they'll be the class of the NL East again this season. |
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Roger Schlueter, MLB.com In 2012, David Price joined a group eight Cy Young Award winners who led the league in wins and ERA but not in strikeouts since 1967. |
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Alex Rodriguez put on that No. 13, and everybody from the owner to the general manager to the manager to Yankee fans everywhere were faint with excitement. Only now they all want to do anything and everything to make sure that he never puts the uniform … |
