The Giants will sign right-hander Matt Cain to an extension “in the neighborhood of” five years and $110MM by Opening Day, two sources tell John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter). Landon Williams and Rick Landrum of CAA Sports represent Cain, who had been scheduled to hit free agency following the 2012 season. Cain has emerged [...]
Saturday night linkage.. Josh Hamilton told Richard Durrett of ESPN Dallas that he’s open to talking to the Rangers about a contract extension during the season. “If they want to talk to my agent, we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it,” he said after previously indicating an unwillingness to negotiate during the season. [...]
The Arizona Diamondbacks surprised everyone and took a wide open NL West away from those who were favored in 2011, like the Dodgers and Rockies. Once again in 2012, this is going to be anyone’s division, will make for yet another exciting race in the dog days of August. Will the Giants return to form [...]
The Giants have placed infielder Mike Fontenot on release waivers, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Twitter links). The Giants agreed to terms with the arbitration-eligible Fontenot on a one-year, $1.05MM deal this offseason, and they’ll save three quarters of that sum by cutting ties with him today. Fontenot posted a .227/.304/.377 line in [...]
Ichiro Suzuki and Yoenis Cespedes are the early stars of this young 2012 season, with the rest of the league waiting until next week to catch up to the Mariners and Athletics. Here’s some news from around the majors… Matt Cain reiterated to reporters (including Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle) that Opening Day [...]
It was on this day in 1983 that the Dodgers, after selling 27,000 season tickets, cut off season ticket sales for the upcoming season out of a desire to leave large quantities of seats available for walkup and group sales. The club could be on the way to rekindling this popularity in Los Angeles, as [...]
Giants CEO Larry Baer said both his club and Matt Cain‘s representatives are “both working very hard” to reach agreement on a contract extension for the star right-hander. Cain’s future in San Francisco was a hot topic during Baer’s web chat with fans on MLB.com (quotes passed along by Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com) and Baer [...]
Items out of the NL West and surprise surprise, many of them come back to the Dodgers.. The Giants and Matt Cain, perhaps newly motivated by the Dodgers’ $2.15 billion sale, have picked up extension talks again, writes Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com. The negotiations are being watched carefully by the Players’ Association as the pitcher [...]
Ten years and one day ago today, the Marlins traded Matt Clement and Antonio Alfonseca to the Cubs for Julian Tavarez, Ryan Jorgensen, Jose Cueto, and Dontrelle Willis. Willis alone made the deal worthwhile for the Fish. Here’s the latest from around the league… When Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein first called former [...]
The Giants have released Ramon Ortiz, reports Hank Schulman of The San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter). The Praver/Shapiro client signed a minor league deal with the Giants last month. Ortiz, 39, appeared in 22 games for the Cubs last year, posting a 4.86 ERA with 6.8 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9 in 33 1/3 innings. The [...]
