Oakland Athletics sign Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima. He agreed to terms with a 2 year deal, with a club option for 2015. He would get $11.0 million dollars plus the option (6.5 million without). This is the second straight year… Read More ›
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Anibal Sanchez resigns with the Tigers. Phew…
The Detroit Tigers resign pitcher Anibal Sanchez to a 5 year, $80m contract. This affects the Nationals because when he played for Florida, he and Josh Johnson enjoyed shutting down the Nats. When a rumor spread that Sanchez signed with… Read More ›
News on Edwin Jackson???
Late last night, MattsBats noticed on Twitter that Edwin Jackson’s soon-to-be-wife was sending tweets about being in San Diego. We noticed her message and wrote to ask whether Edwin Jackson is now a Padre. Her response was “nope just out… Read More ›
More status on Dickey
There have been rumors that if R.A. Dickey gets traded, Noah Syndergaard will go to New York with C John Buck. That will minus 1 player from the block buster Marlins deal.
Tampa, Boston BAMBUZZLED!
There are trade rumors that R.A. Dickey is likely to land in Toronto. If that happens, the rotation will be Romero, Morrow, Johnson, Buehrle, and Dickey. The Jays would trade catcher J.P. Arencibia and right fielder Anthony Gose, according to… Read More ›
BREAKING NEWS: JOSH HAMILTON- IT’S DONE
The Anaheim Angels sign free agent outfielder Josh Hamilton. He signed a 5-year, $124m contract. Hamilton was a MVP back in 2010 and was a big name in the free agent market. The biggest. Facing Hamilton will not be fun… Read More ›
Ichiro finalizes
The New York Yankees are finalizing a deal with right fielder Ichiro Suzuki. Suzuki holds the record for hits in a year (258) by a Japanese player.
BREAKING: CHOO SENT TO CINCY
The Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Cincinnati Reds complete a 3 team, 9 player trade including rookie pitcher Trevor Bauer. Matt Albers, Lars Anderson, Bauer, Bryan Shaw, and Drew Stubbs go to Cleveland, Shin-Soo Choo and Jason Donald go… Read More ›
Yank-illis
The New York Yankees agree to a one year, $12m deal with free agent 3B/1B Kevin Youkillis. Youkillis will play third for the Yanks, taking over for injured A-Rod while he recovers from surgery. Mark Texeira will remain at first… Read More ›
Dodgers have A+ rating in 2013
Dodgers GM Ned Colletti signed Korean left handed pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu for 6 years, 36m. Ryu represents South Korea in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He has All-Star potential. Ryu is dominant and can be counted on to pitch 6,… Read More ›
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