Archive | December, 2010
Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: Ace, Baseball, deal, Espn, Florida Marlins, Fox Sports, Greinke, Kansas City Royals, Marlins, Mlb, Moving, One Thing, Scoop, Sunshine State, threeteam, tried, Twitter, Whip, Winter Meetings, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports, Zack Greinke
The Florida Marlins were busy Wednesday. FOX Sports is reporting that the team tried to get a three-team trade going at baseball’s winter meetings that would have had Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke moving to the Sunshine State. The deal didn’t come together, but the Marlins are still interested in adding Greinke. And why [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: accepts, assignment, Era, Free Agent, Games, Germano, Indians, Jordan, Justin, Justin Germano, Mlb, Relief Pitcher, Spring Training, TripleA
Right-handed relief pitcher Justin Germano has accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A Columbus, according to MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian. The 28-year-old will attend Spring Training with the big league club as a non-roster invitee. Germano was outrighted on December 23 and had the ability to either accept the assignment or become a free agent. In 23 [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: after, Andy Macphail, Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Sun, Baseball Operations, Birds, Games, Hardy, Homers, J.J., Jason Bartlett, Minnesota Twins, Minor League Pitchers, Mlb, Offseason, Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rbis, Scoop, Shortstop, Tampa Bay Rays, Twins, Twitter, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports
The Baltimore Orioles would like to trade for a shortstop over the winter and came close the other day but ended up backing out of a deal to get Jason Bartlett from the Tampa Bay Rays, according to the Baltimore Sun. Now, the O’s are after the Minnesota Twins’ J.J. Hardy, the paper reports. The Birds would send [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: Ball, Games, Jose Tabata, Mlb, Pitchers, Runners, Southpaws, Strikeout, Tabata, Top Gun, Twitter, Walks, Winter, Winter Ball, Wraps, Yardbarker
What’s not to like about Jose Tabata? Watch Out MLB Much ado has been made about Jose Tabata playing winter ball this season. We took a quick look at the stats Tabata compiled this winter. One of the first things we noticed was that he didn't finish strong by piling up hits, but look closer. Tabata [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: California Court System, Chicago Cubs, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Mavericks Owner, Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, Dodgers, Frank Mccourt, Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Times, Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, Mccourts, Mlb, Mona Lisa, Pacific Ocean, Scoop, Sole Owner, Sole Ownership, Steve, Steve Garvey, Steve Sugerman, Twitter, wants, Yahoo Sports
Frank McCourt isn’t finished trying to prove to the world and the California court system that he is the sole owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and that his estranged wife, Jamie, is just an employee. The courts threw out an agreement the other day that would have given Frank sole ownership of the franchise. Whoever [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Espn, Four, frontrunners, Golden Glove, Labrum, Los Angeles Dodgers, Martin, Multiyear Contract, New York Yankees, Newark Star Ledger, pursuing, Rbis, Rookie Season, Russell, Russell Martin, Scoop, Seven Homers, Silver Slugger, Subpar Year, teams, Toronto Blue Jays, Twitter, Yahoo Sports
Catcher Russell Martin was dumped by the Los Angeles Dodgers at season’s end and now has four offers, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and an anonymous team have made offers to the 27-year-old Canadian native who had been with the Dodgers since his rookie season of [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: Boston Red Sox, Brian, Brian Fuentes, Fort Myers, Fuentes, Glaring Weakness, Jon Heyman, Lefty, Match, Mlb, Radar, Still
With the new and improved Boston Red Sox bullpen just 6 or so weeks away from showing their stuff in Fort Myers, FL, they may have some more company. The one glaring weakness is a top tier match-up lefty for the late innings and with Brian Fuentes still on the market, the Sox are apparently [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2010. Tags: bitter, Bobby, Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox, Desire, Jenks, Mlb, pretty, S Scott, seems, White Sox, Yardbarker
The White Sox will have a new closer next season as the team decided to move on from Bobby Jenks, and didn’t really try all that hard to keep him before he wound up signing with the Boston Red Sox. Which seemed to bother Jenks during a talk with MLB.com’s Scott Merkin, as he expressed [...]
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