Philadelphia sent Greg Golson, its first-round pick (21st overall) in 2004, to Texas for John Mayberry Jr., the Rangers' first-rounder (19th overall) in 2005. Both players are on their new clubs' 40-man rosters, making them exempt from December's Rule 5 draft.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unseal thousands of pages of grand jury transcripts and other documents from the government's BALCO steroids investigation.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to unseal thousands of pages of grand jury transcripts and other documents from the government's BALCO steroids investigation.
The A's on Wednesday lost their bench coach when Don Wakamatsu was named the new manager of the Seattle Mariners, and it appears they will lose another member of the coaching staff to their American League West rivals.
With the A's apparently ramping up their pursuit of free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, Bobby Crosby is in the strange position of being under contract with a team that's actively looking to replace him.
The plot thickened slightly Friday in the Giants' search for a free-agent infielder, as Jeff Lane, the representative for shortstop Edgar Renteria, said that club management and his client have exchanged contract proposals.
Koby Clemens, son of former star pitcher Rogers Clemens, along with fellow Astros prospect Mark Ori, had disorderly conduct charges against them dropped Friday.
A key legal obstacle was removed Friday for a new downtown Florida Marlins stadium, and the team will now determine whether the ballpark can open for the 2011 season. Marlins president David Samson said the months of delay caused by a lawsuit challenging the ballpark's financing package might push the completion date to 2012.
Disorderly conduct charges against Roger Clemens' son and another minor league teammate have been dropped nearly three months after a restaurant disturbance.
Brewers general manager Doug Melvin refuted any notion that he's growing frustrated, even after another week passed by with no response from CC Sabathia's representatives.
Disorderly conduct charges against Roger Clemens' son and another minor league teammate have been dropped nearly three months after a restaurant disturbance. Salem Commonwealth's Attorney Thomas E. Bowers said in a news release Friday that he dropped the charges against Koby Clemens and Mark Ori. An assault and battery charge against a third player, Jimmy Goethals, is set for a court hearing Dec.
The Diamondbacks have made a contract offer to free agent infielder Ramon Vazquez with an eye toward the impending vacancy at second base. The 32-year-old has further experience at third base and shortstop, and would also supply a valuable utility role.
Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for "a grave act of indiscipline," likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Don't count David Weathers out from the Reds yet. Weathers, a veteran right-handed reliever, recently said he had "flipped the page" about pitching again in Cincinnati. However, the Reds and the pitcher's agent still have communication lines open.
The possibility of the Tigers acquiring Julio Lugo from the Red Sox appears far from dead, but it hasn't advanced toward a deal, either. At this point, it's one of Detroit's options as its search for a shortstop likely continues on until Thanksgiving and beyond.
Astros speedster Michael Bourn, who struggled to reach base consistently last season, is showing an improved batting eye in the Dominican Winter League.
In setting their 40-man roster in advance of the Rule 5 Draft, the Indians left one spot open for a potential acquisition through trade or free agency.
But they know they're going to need more than that.
It may be in just a few days, it may take weeks. But the inevitable truth is that CC Sabathia is going to become the 17th player in the history of Major League Baseball to sign a multi-year contract in excess of $100 million. And depending on how the dominoes fall, Mark Teixeira and Manny Ramirez (for a second time) could be close behind him.
Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for 'a grave act of indiscipline,' likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for "a grave act of indiscipline," likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The one-sentence announcement Friday in the Communist Party newspaper Granma offered no details on why Marti, picked to the all-tournament team at the 2006 WBC, and Gomez, a former Olympian,...
With Mike Mussina's announcement of retirement comes the inevitable question of whether the veteran will be voted into the Hall of Fame. Having proven himself as a 20-game winner for the first and only time, the right-hander now has five years for his performance to convince voters that he is deserving of enshrinement in Cooperstown.
Former major league All-Star Tim Raines signed a two-year contract to manage the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League. "I'm thrilled at the opportunity to manage the Newark Bears in the greatest sports region in the country," Raines said. "Newark is rich in baseball tradition, with legends like Yogi Berra, Monte Irvin and Ricky Henderson once calling the city home." Raines joins the Bears from the...
The White Sox have reached a tentative agreement with young Cuban star Dayan Viciedo. The 19-year-old infielder/outfielder must pass a physical for the contract to be finalized, according to the player's agent, Jaime Torres. "He has agreed to a deal and is flying to Chicago," Torres said Friday. The contract was reported earlier by the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune.
So far this offseason, the most highly-coveted prize has been left-handed relievers, who make up half of the signings so far. It underscores the importance of lefty specialists while illuminating an emerging market.
It may have been just a formality, but the Marlins appear to have cleared their last legal hurdle for a new stadium. On Friday in Miami-Dade Court, Circuit Judge Jeri Beth Cohen signed an order saying that a voter referendum was not required for the 37,000-seat stadium's financing plan.
When Steven Shell signed with the Nationals as a Minor League free agent in 2008, and manager Manny Acta told him he'd be better suited as a reliever, Shell never flinched. And as a result, he finally made it to the Majors after seven years in the Minors.
The Mesa Solar Sox, who voted to decide Saturday's lineup, and the four-time defending-champion Phoenix Desert Dogs face off in the Arizona Fall League Championship Game on Saturday at 2:35 p.m. MST.
By the time March rolls around toward another baseball season, the new Yankee Stadium north of 161st will be ready to open, while the old ballpark just to the south may be coming down girder by girder. The Yankees turn over the old Yankee Stadium to the city of New York on March 1 and by the end of that month demolition could begin.
Former Major League manager Pete Mackanin has been named bench coach, replacing Jimy Williams and rounding out Phillies manager Charlie Manuel's coaching staff for the 2009 season.
You'll have to pardon Dennis Sarfate for noticing the simple things. The reliever, who's seven weeks removed from surgery to repair a fracture in his right clavicle, said recently that his return to health is going about as well as he could expect.
After many attempts to stick with the Pirates' Major League club, John Van Benschoten has decided to make his next attempt at the big leagues elsewhere.
Team Canada went from an improbable victor to an unlucky outsider in the span of 24 hours during the 2006 World Baseball Classic. That leaves 2009 as the chance to finish a task left undone.
Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is ready to help Japan defend its title at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Matsuzaka, the MVP of the 2006 tournament, said Thursday he will start preparing for the WBC in December. "I'll accept the offer if I'm asked to play," Matsuzaka said. "I'll pick up the pace of my training in December so that I won't have to scramble at the last minute." The...
CC Sabathia has had a week to consider accepting the Yankees' offer to become baseball's richest pitcher ever. Hal Steinbrenner wants the free-agent left-hander to know that he's on the clock.
The Blue Jays aren't going to have the ability to outspend their competitors in the race to sign free-agent right-hander A.J. Burnett, but there is a chance that the club might be willing to offer a five-year pact in an attempt to convince the pitcher to stay in Toronto.
With as many as six teams reportedly in the hunt, Mark Teixeira should have his pick of offers in the next few weeks, and he would rather have sugar plums and not option years dancing in his head this holiday season.
On his own blog in August, Curt Schilling wrote that "the pendulum is swinging very heavily in the direction of it just being over." But three months later, he doesn't sound like a man who has thrown his last pitch. He has long made it clear that his days of pitching a full season are over, but he could be open to pitching a half-season in 2009.
Aaron Heilman wants out of the 'pen and into the rotation, or, if that can't be arranged, out of the Mets. His either-or preference has been communicated to the club with the underlying hope that his assignment, not his team affiliation, will be changed.
CC Sabathia will have a deadline to accept the New York Yankees' contract proposal. "We've made him an offer. It's not going to be there forever," Hal Steinbrenner said Thursday after he was approved as the team's new controlling owner during a meeting at Major League Baseball headquarters. New York offered a six-year contract to the pitcher last Friday, the first day teams were allowed to start...
The Phillies announced Thursday that second baseman Chase Utley will need right hip surgery that potentially could keep him out until the first week of June.
Three-time All-Star Chase Utley, who anchored the middle of the lineup for the World Series champion Phillies, will have surgery and may not be ready for the start of the 2009 regular season. Utley will have surgery next week to repair any bone or cartilage damage he may have in his right hip. He will be able to begin baseball activity in three to four months.
Mike Mussina took a secret to the ballpark every day this season. Maybe that's why he was so successful on the mound, so jovial in the clubhouse. From Day One of spring training, he knew this was his final year -- even if it meant giving up bids for 300 wins, a World Series ring and a better shot at the Hall of Fame.
If ever there was a time to send a strong message to Major League owners about financial restraint, this was it, with club brass assembled for the second day of their quarterly meetings in New York. Bud Selig was ready, bringing along former Fed chief and renowned economist Paul Volcker to speak.
Jaime Torres, the agent of 19-year-old third baseman Dayan Viciedo, told MLB.com on Thursday night that his client and the White Sox have reached an agreement on a contract, pending a physical.
There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.
Mike Mussina calls it quits after 18 seasons and 270 wins. His numbers don't blow you away, but considering the era and division he pitched in, Moose has a good shot at being enshrined in Cooperstown, Scott Miller says.
It's possible that after the big-ticket pitchers are signed, fiscal restraint will be the order of the day and free agents, as well as agents for the free agents, will all leave the bargaining table in deep disappointment. But for the moment, this is still a bull market for pitchers.
Paul Volcker, the chairman of the Federal Reserve under two presidents -- Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan -- and a leading advisor to baseball in the past, talked about the economy with owners on
Thursday.
All of Major League Baseball's future playoff games will be a minimum of nine innings, Commissioner Bud Selig announced on Thursday, in accordance with a rule change approved at the MLB owners meetings.
We hear more bad news about the economy every day. So Danny Knobler wonders if business as usual -- ticket price increases and $20-million-per-year player contracts -- is the best course for baseball right now.
Pending a physical, the Cardinals are poised to sign left-handed reliever Trever Miller, who pitched in the American League-champion Tampa Bay Rays' bullpen last season, sources told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Bidders for the Chicago Cubs have until Dec. 1 to submit offers, Major League Baseball said Wednesday after a meeting of its ownership committee. Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said representatives of four bidders have met in New York in recent weeks with officials from the commissioner's office, MLB's Internet company and the sport's new television network.
In their second offseason trade for an established big leaguer, the Royals acquired center fielder Coco Crisp from the Red Sox for righthanded reliever Ramon Ramirez.
Quick, think back to your early days as a freshman in high school—when the upperclassmen couldn't resist tripping you on the way to class, loved to shove you into a wall every so often or, gulp, would swipe the miniature-sized milk carton off the lunch tray. So when it comes to the young Carlos Triunfel playing in the Arizona Fall League, would it be much of a surprise if the Mariners' infield prospect got caught looking over his shoulder, if not cautiously approaching his locker stall for the latest prank?
The Waikiki BeachBoys' momentum from their division-clinching win the night before carried over to their Hawaii Winter Baseball championship win against the West Oahu CaneFires, 5-1, on a sunny Nov. 16 at Les Murakami Stadium on the University of Hawaii campus.
The Cubs converted Steve Clevenger to catcher in 2006 and if he's been having any trouble adjusting to the new spot on defense, the move hasn't hurt his offense any.
Once the Arizona Fall League season ends, lefthander Brian Matusz will return home and wait for the Orioles to assign him to one of their minor league affiliates.
Which was the last organization to win Triple-A and Double-A titles in the same year? If Cubs outfielder Felix Pie gets a chance to play, how good can he become? Will Notre Dame quarterback/first baseman Evan Sharpley get drafted high enough to turn pro in baseball next year?
Conventional wisdom states that it's often best to wait three years before judging trades involving prospects. If that's the case, then righthander Humberto Sanchez is entering year No. 3.
Mets scout Scott Trcka liked the raw ability he saw in Scott Shaw this spring, even though the 6-foot-5, 230-pound junior righthander was in the midst of a 4-4, 7.83 campaign for Illinois. Because of his struggles, Shaw slipped to the Mets in the 13th round of the draft.
If I ever get a few hundred million dollars together and buy a baseball team, I'll want the general manager running my team to have a keen eye for talent. I'd want to do what the Mariners just did and hire someone like Jack Zduriencik.
The New York Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. They were so used to sitting at the "cool table" with all of the winners. But, now do they belong at the "loser table" with teams like the Mariners, Royals and Orioles? The Yankees seem to be caught in the middle, unsure in which direction they are headed.
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