Marmol, Santos drawing interest on trade market

Matt Garza is reportedly not off limits this offseason, as the Chicago Cubs are being linked to different trades and different free agent signings every day. Let the fun begin I suppose. Matt Garza was over hyped, and I had no problem with telling Tim Wilken how I felt last winter 5 days after the trade when Rant Sports interviewed him- and I have no problem with telling anyone...

Sometimes you just need a leg up in life, and no one knows that better than Tim Smith, a spiritual college student whose life was recently changed by the generosity of a professional baseball player he'd never met. According to the Tampa Tribune, Smith, a senior at Trinity College near Tampa, Fla., is, by and large, a normal 24-year old except he has no legs. A birth defect...

The Tigers have inquired on free agent third baseman Aramis Ramirez, according to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated (via Twitter).  The Cubs offered arbitration to Ramirez, a Type B free agent, on Wednesday. While it's hard to pin down where Ramirez will land, we do know that he won't be back with the Cubs.  Ramirez's agent, Paul Kinzer, confirmed to reporters this...

Gavin Floyd, once a baseball star at Mount St. Joseph's and now a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, recently used his good fortune from a productive career to purchase a 24-year-old college student the gift of a lifetime.

The Tigers' rotation hasn't been considered a major concern, with Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Doug Fister, and Rick Porcello under team control through at least 2014 and top prospect Jacob Turner waiting in the wings.  However, they're one of the many clubs inquiring on free agent lefty Mark Buehrle, reports Lynn Henning of the Detroit News. The Tigers are...

The Red Sox could add some front-end quality to the back end of their rotation in 2012. It appears that the Sox are interested in Mark Buehrle. The Sox are one of a number of teams pursuing the left-hander, according to Fox Sports' Jon Morosi. Morosi reports that the Angels, Nationals, Rangers, Yankees and Marlins are also interested in the free-agent hurler. Buehrle, a Type...

Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish has yet to be posted, but Cubs right-hander Matt Garza is on the block. You can be sure the Yankees will kick the tires on Garza next week at the Winter Meetings in Dallas. This is the offseason of pitching, pitching and more pitching for the...

The White Sox have been looking to trade Matt Thornton since July and are still trying to move him, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney (on Twitter). Before the 2011 season, the White Sox signed the left-hander to a two-year, $12MM extension that covers the 2012-13 seasons and includes a club option for 2014. The 35-year-old posted a 3.32 ERA with 9.5 K/9, 3.2 BB/9, 0.45...

A "tense three-week period that will shape [baseball's] landscape for the following year" begins today, writes Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.  His latest: Agent Scott Boras has pared down Prince Fielder's sales pitch binder but still has 70 pages worth, he tells Morosi.  Morosi says Fielder's suitors are believed to be the Cubs, Nationals, Rangers, and...

Lynn Henning has reported a few times this off-season that the Tigers are interested in former White Sox left-hander Mark Buehrle.  Tigers General manager has hinted that upgrading the infield and acquiring a leadoff hitter are bigger priorities than adding a starter.  However, you can never have enough pitching and they do not have an established fifth starter behind Justin Verlander, Doug

Jamie Quirk, who has spent the last two seasons as Astros bullpen coach, said Tuesday he's leaving the team to become bench coach for the Chicago Cubs under new manager Dale Sveum.

Johnny Narron, a former Brewers Minor League coach and manager and the older brother of bench coach Jerry Narron, will fill the hitting coach post vacated when Dale Sveum was hired to manage the Chicago Cubs.