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 [...]
It was on this day in 1996 that Cal Ripken Jr. became professional baseball’s all-time iron man. Though Ripken eclipsed Lou Gehrig’s Major League record for consecutive games played in 1995, it took a while longer to surpass Japan’s Sachio Kinugasa, who played in 2215 NPL straight games between 1970 and 1987. Here’s some news [...]
The Blue Jays released Vladimir Guerrero yesterday morning at the slugger’s request. Here’s a bit of news on the 37-year-old and more from around the American League East.. The Tigers‘ interest in Guerrero is lukewarm, a source told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (via Twitter). It’s not clear if Detroit will pursue him at [...]
8:54pm: Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos says that negotiations between the club and Smoral are ongoing, writes John Lott of the National Post. JUNE 6TH, 5:50pm: Smoral’s deal is worth roughly $2MM, according to Keith Law of ESPN.com (via Twitter). 3:41pm: The Blue Jays have agreed to terms with supplementary first round selection Matt Smoral, [...]
Now that we have a sample chapter of Bryce Harper’s career to go on it seems to be that we could tell the story of the book by the cover. After Harper’s three-hit game Tuesday night as the Washington Nationals bested the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-2, he was batting .307 with a .390 on-base percentage. That [...]
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Tests taken Tuesday afternoon on Brandon Morrow‘s left oblique confirmed what pretty much everyone expected: he has a strain, and is going to be placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday. This according to Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com. Morrow suffered the injury just nine pitches into his outing Monday night against the Nationals. He seems…
The Blue Jays have released Vladimir Guerrero at his request, the team announced. The 37-year-old outfielder issued the team an ultimatum earlier today, and they decided to release him rather than call him up the big leagues. Bean Stringfellow, Vlad’s agent, said his client is not retiring and will seek employment elsewhere. Soon after joining [...]
Slugger Vladimir Guerrero is hitting .303 with the
