6:32pm: Boras was just joking about a new contract for Cano, the agent tells George A. King III. “Cash [Brian Cashman] and I have talked three or four times in the last three days. My statements were in jest. Cash always returns my phone calls…
Some news from the NL East… “Folks seem to think the Nationals are going to make [a] big play for C.J. Wilson,” tweets Jon Heyman from Sports Illustrated. Heyman thinks the Nats will offer Wilson a contract worth around $75-80MM. In August, MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes thought …
There has been a minor uproar today since it was reported that the Dodgers, in the context of the civil suit arising out of the Bryan Stow beating, will ask the jury to assign percentages of the blame to the assailants, the Dodgers … and to Bryan Stow himself. The …
ST. LOUIS — This is what I love about baseball: Tonight’s hero could be Nick Punto; it could be Skip Schumaker; it could be Albert Pujols or Josh Hamilton. We don’t know. Isn’t that part of the fascination of baseball? We don’t know. You can’t script the storyline …
A couple of months ago, I submitted to these pages a piece in which I attempted to identify five-tool players by the nerdiest possible numbers. For each of the tools — hitting for average, hitting for power, etc. — I used an advanced metric that would serve as a sort …
Fred Lewis and Chad Reineke have elected free agency, according to Reds assistant director of media relations Jamie Ramsey. Both players made their decision earlier in October. Lewis signed a one-year, $900K deal with Cincinnati in January and looked to add some left-handed hitting depth to the Reds’ outfield….
Let’s try this game six thing again. The Rangers are looking to win the World Series tonight while the Cardinals are hoping to force a game seven. The weather looks promising albeit a bit cold. The temperature should be around 50 degrees for the start of the game and then …
The Giants have already made it known that they want to bring outfielder Carlos Beltran back for the 2012 season. But they’re going to have some stiff competition for the 34-year-old impending free agent. Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York heard from sources on Thursday morning that the Yankees are …
The Philadelphia Phillies Top 20 Prospect list will be posted tomorrow morning at 7AM Central time. I will also have a Guess the Prospect! tomorrow morning, the winner of which will get to pick the next team in the Top 20 queue after the Tigers, Diamondbacks, Rays,
The scuttlebutt among baseball executives down in Tampa has both the Tigers and Blue Jays getting ready to make huge offers to CC Sabathia if the Yankees are unable to sign him before their exclusive negotiating window ends. The threat of “outlier” teams jumping in and making it an all-out …
