The trade market remains relatively quiet, but it’s starting to take shape, as Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com explains. Here are some details from Knobler: Pirates GM Neal Huntington said this week that “you can’t buy when people aren’t selling.” The 32-30 Pirates figure to be looking for offense this summer. The Brewers are simultaneously preparing [...]
Former pitcher Ben Sheets is looking for work. He’s not out to start a new … [visit site to read more] Ben Sheets Attempting a Comeback – Call to the Pen – Call to the Pen – A Major League Baseball Fan Site – News, Blogs, Opinion and More
Items out of the NL Central as Wednesday turns into Thursday.. Amid heavy trade talk, Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster had a long chat with Theo Epstein in the stands of Wrigley Field before today’s game, according to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com. Dempster told Muskat that the two discussed an upcoming fundraiser. Meanwhile, some execs believe [...]
Zack Greinke returned to Kansas City last night. After the game he spoke at length about his time in Kansas City, the state of the Royals and other such matters. The best exchange came after the reporter noticed that Greinke got a haircut that day: Q: Any special meaning with the haircut today or was…
The Dodgers officially announced their five-year, $85MM extension with Andre Ethier this afternoon on a day that featured lots of draft news. Here are some of Tuesday’s non-draft-related links, starting in Los Angeles… Mark Teahen can opt-out of his minor league contract with the Nationals if not called up by June 15th, MLBTR has learned. [...]
There are lots of big-name starters pitching tonight–Felix Hernandez, Adam Wainwright, Zack Greinke, Johnny Cueto, Madison Bumgarner, CC Sabathia–but to me the most interesting matchup of the day involves a pair of back-of-the-rotation starters in the Minnesota-Philadelphia game. Nick Blackburn of the Twins and Kyle Kendrick of the Phillies have two of the four lowest…
Biggest move: at catcher, where Buster Posey has passed Yadier Molina. The results: Catcher Buster Posey: 1,713,839 Yadier Molina: 1,576,199 First Base Joey Votto: 2,108,725 Lance Berkman:851,373 Second Base Dan Uggla: 1,341,088 Brandon Phillips:885,250 Third Base David Wright: 1,358,992 Pablo Sandoval:1,103,650 Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki:1,200,256 Rafael Furcal: 1,183,096 Outfield Matt Kemp: 2,589,464 Carlos Beltran: 1,782,831 Ryan…
According to Baseball-Reference similarity scores, here are the 10 most comparable players to Andre Ethier through age 29: 1. Dmitri Young 2. Richie Zisk 3. Rondell White 4. Jacque Jones 5. Aubrey Huff 6. Bobby Higginson 7. Corey Hart 8. Ellis Valentine 9. Jim Edmonds 10. Tony Oliva Talk about a scary list. I’m not…
4:39pm: Haniger will obtain a $1.2MM bonus, Jim Callis of Baseball America tweets. 4:01pm: Supplemental first round draft pick Mitch Haniger tweeted that he’s set to sign with the Brewers this Thursday (Twitter links). “Can’t wait to be a Brewer!” the outfielder wrote (via MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy and Brewer Nation). The Brewers drafted Haniger with the [...]
1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #187T Pedro Garcia Pedro Garcia was an unremarkable player. After a nice rookie year in 1973 (if hitting .245 can be considered “nice”) his production dropped off the map. He was shipped to Motor City for Gary Sutherland near the trading deadline in 1976. He mopped up his [...]
