Major League Baseball News and Rumors
Red Sox finalize two-year deal with catcher RossBOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox have signed catcher David Ross to a two-year deal worth $6.2 million. |
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Bucs' Huntington offers peek behind curtainNov 14, 2012
Evan Drellich, MLB.com Pirates GM Neal Huntington, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington and Indians GM Chris Antonetti discussed the state of the game during a panel at the trio's alma mater, the University of Massachusetts Amherst. |
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R.A. Dickey and David Price are Cy Young Award winners. Cliff Corcoran says both results were unprecedented in their own way, and not because baseball's best pitcher was denied. |
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Owners, execs descend on Chicago for meetingsNov 14, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) -- While the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays worked on a blockbuster trade with far-reaching implications, major league owners and executives descended on Chicago on Wednesday for the first of two days of meetings. |
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Rays' Maddon reacts to Blue Jays' tradeNov 14, 2012
As if the Rays weren't already in a tough spot competing in the American League East, the Blue Jays appear poised to make the division a legitimate five-team dogfight come 2013. |
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Price focused on enjoying time with RaysNov 14, 2012
The idea that a player as gifted -- and soon to be expensive -- as David Price may not be long for the low-payroll Rays hung over the American League Cy Young Award proceedings on Wednesday. |
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Four Japanese free agents seek move to majorsNov 14, 2012
TOKYO (AP) -- Pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa of the Hanshin Tigers was one of four professional baseball players in Japan who became unrestricted free agents Wednesday in hopes of moving to Major League Baseball. |
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Affeldt, Giants complete 3-year, $18 million dealNov 14, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Jeremy Affeldt wanted some job security -- and the reliable reliever got it. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Giancarlo Stanton, the only good player left on the now decimated Miami Marlins roster, was not happy about his team trading away all of its good players. As we told you last night, he expressed his displeasure on Twitter: More » |
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Mets' Dickey 1st knuckleballer to win Cy YoungNov 14, 2012
Adam Rubin, ESPN.com R.A. Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday, becoming the first knuckleballer to receive the award. |
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Veteran reliever Fuentes elects to retireNov 14, 2012
Cash Kruth, MLB.com Left-hander Brian Fuentes, who pitched 12 Major League seasons for six teams, told his hometown newspaper Wednesday he has decided to retire. |
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Angels sign seven players to Minor League dealsNov 14, 2012
Alden Gonzalez, MLB.com The Angels, still looking to make a splash in the free-agent market to address their pitching staff, recently signed seven players to Minor League contracts. |
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Felix finishes fourth in AL Cy Young raceNov 14, 2012
Greg Johns, MLB.com A winless September cost him any shot at winning his second American League Cy Young Award, but Mariners ace Felix Hernandez wound up fourth in the voting for the prestigious pitching honor announced Wednesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of Ame… |
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Cherington reflects on his journey with Red SoxNov 14, 2012
Evan Drellich, MLB.com Ben Cherington visited the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Tuesday, talking about job challenges, as well as his relationships with agents and fellow GMs. |
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Melvin set to welcome back Colon next seasonNov 14, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Bartolo Colon will be welcomed back to the Oakland Athletics with no hard feelings -- at least by newly crowned AL Manager of the Year Bob Melvin. |
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Montgomery: Phils have challenging work to doNov 14, 2012
Todd Zolecki, MLB.com Well, the Florida Marlins sure are making a lot of noise this offseason. Conversely, the Phillies have been relatively quiet, but they do have a lot of hard work ahead of them, as team president David Montgomery expressed this week. |
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Scully, Mattingly, Werner to be honored at ceremonyNov 14, 2012
Evan Drellich, MLB.com Red Sox chairman Tom Werner, legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully and Dodgers manager Don Mattingly will all be honored at a ceremony in Los Angeles in January. |
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Marlins' payroll purge angers fansNov 14, 2012
MIAMI (AP) -- The attendance-challenged Miami Marlins have antagonized fans yet again by deciding a low-budget team is good enough for their new ballpark. |
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Fenway to host more runners in annual charity raceNov 14, 2012
Evan Drellich, MLB.com The fourth annual Run-Walk to Home Base could have as many as 4,000 runners cross home plate at Fenway Park on May 4, 2013. |
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On comeback trail, Beachy eyeing mid-June returnNov 14, 2012
Mark Bowman, MLB.com When Brandon Beachy celebrates Thanksgiving next week, he will be five months removed from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery and approximately seven months away from being cleared to rejoin Atlanta's rotation. |
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Marlins owner: Trade about last-place finishNov 14, 2012
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria denied that he was conducting a fire sale in trading many stars to the Blue Jays for prospects. |
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HOF announces memorabilia for Giants exhibitNov 14, 2012
Cash Kruth, MLB.com The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's Autumn Glory exhibit, which honors World Series champions, opens Friday with numerous artifacts from the Giants' road to their 2012 World Series title. |
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Hunter agrees to two-year, $26M deal with TigersNov 14, 2012
DETROIT (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the negotiations says free agent outfielder Torii Hunter has agreed to a two-year deal with the Detroit Tigers. |
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Sarah's Take: Dodgers will do what it takes to winNov 14, 2012
Sarah D. Morris, MLB.com It is hard for me to change completely within less than a year, but I am delighted to see the Dodgers have owners committed to establishing a perennial winning franchise. |
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Rangers to play in San Antonio in next springNov 14, 2012
T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com The Rangers are going to play at least one and possibly two exhibition games in San Antonio next spring. A press conference is scheduled for Friday to announce which team will play the Rangers at the Alamodome during the middle of Spring Training. |
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Gee helps out Sandy victims, deflects trade talkNov 14, 2012
Anthony DiComo, MLB.com Mets right-hander Dillon Gee and reliever Bobby Parnell helped collect food donations at Citi Field to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims on Wednesday. Gee is doing his best to ignore talk of the Mets potentially trading him. |
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Baker gives Cubs good start in filling out rotationNov 14, 2012
Carrie Muskat, MLB.com The Cubs decided right-hander Scott Baker was worth gambling on even though he missed all of 2012 after having Tommy John surgery. |
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Overhaul impacts Marlins at numerous positionsNov 14, 2012
Joe Frisaro, MLB.com On Nov. 11, 2011, the Marlins officially rebranded themselves as the Miami Marlins. At a gala ceremony that night, they unveiled new uniforms and a new logo. A little over a year later, the franchise is undergoing a different kind of makeover. A major r… |
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Despite Toronto ties, Cox has no plans to returnNov 14, 2012
Mark Bowman, MLB.com Bobby Cox has always savored the friendships and experiences he gathered while serving as the Blue Jays' manager during the early 1980s. But he is not interested in ending his retirement to fill Toronto's managerial vacancy. |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Editor's note: Michael Lawson is one of the many Marlins fans who are saying 'enough is enough' after the franchise embarked on the third fire sale of its relatively short history on Tuesday. Here's a letter he sent to Big League Stew resigning his pos… |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Miami Marlins fans aren't the only ones getting a raw deal after Jeffrey Loria kicked his fire sale into high gear on Tuesday. Also getting jobbed? Slater, Mark Buehrle's increasingly (and unfairly) maligned American Staffordshire terrier. You might rem… |
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Chinese Taipei favorites in Classic qualifierNov 14, 2012
Debby Wu, MLB.com Chinese Taipei is looking to qualify for a spot in its third straight World Baseball Classic in a group that includes New Zealand, the Philippines and a Thailand squad featuring Johnny Damon. |
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Can't blame Marlins for making blockbuster tradeNov 14, 2012
Richard Justice, MLB.com OK, slow down. Cool it on the outrage. What exactly are the Marlins blowing up? Weren't they a last-place team? Besides, this trade might look a lot different a year or two from now. From a baseball standpoint, it's perfectly defensible. |
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Cheapskate Loria dupes Fish fans againNov 14, 2012
If the Miami Marlins are going to dump their team every year, their new manager should be John Calipari. Why not? He can win some games, sell a bunch of tickets and sell a bunch more T-shirts -- and then announce in December that he traded his entire st… |
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Rangers honor 'Faces of Freedom' with trip to DCNov 14, 2012
T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com As part of the Faces of Freedom Program, the Rangers arranged to send 14 veterans and their guests on a two-day trip to Washington, D.C., to tour the famous monuments and meet with U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions. |
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Blue Jays' managerial spot even more enticingNov 14, 2012
Gregor Chisholm, MLB.com The Blue Jays' search for a new manager is still ongoing but it one fell swoop the position suddenly became a lot more enticing for potential candidates. Toronto will no longer find itself having to entice a manager to sign on the dotted line. Instead, … |
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Brewers OF Aoki to sit out WBC for JapanNov 14, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Norichika Aoki has decided not to participate in next year's World Baseball Classic, becoming the latest Japanese major leaguer to opt out of the tournament. |
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Miami cleaned house by shipping Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle to Toronto. But did the blockbuster actually make the Blue Jays better? Buyer beware, says Cliff Corcoran. |
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