The vehicles of the Tigers' caravan will roll from Comerica Park early this afternoon. Vladimir Guerrero won't be in any of them unless something remarkable and unexpected happens at the last minute.
Via Oriole Post
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January 17, 2012
With Spring Training around the corner, and the 2012 starting as the winter season ends, the question is this? How does one market the Baltimore Orioles? We know that the 20th anniversary of Camden Yards is this year and the organization will be having several things going on with that. That being said, it’s a great marketing tool, but at the end of the day – I care about...
Via Baseball Professor
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January 19, 2012
Karl de Vries is a reporter and web producer for The Star-Ledger of Newark, NJ. He’s a lifelong Mets fan and fantasy fanatic who operates RotoDiamond, a fantasy baseball blog. If you’ve never heard of RotoDiamond, I highly suggest adding it to your fantasy repertoire. Due to the high quality of Karl’s work, I’ve asked him to contribute posts to Baseball Professor. It took...
Via AP on Fox
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January 17, 2012
The Baltimore Orioles have hired former major league pitching coach Rick Peterson to be their director of pitching development.
The one-year deal was announced on the team website. Peterson is to oversee the team's minor league pitchers, a job formerly held by Alan Dunn.
Peterson was named pitching coach of the Oakland Athletics in 1998. He joined the New York Mets in 2003...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
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January 18, 2012
Now that the Yankees have an opening at the DH they have been in touch with Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, and Carlos Pena, but that is not all. They have also been contact by the agents for Vladimir Guerrero and Raul Ibanez, according to Ken Davidoff of Newsday.
The Yankees reportedly only have $1-$2 million to spend on a DH so this is going to be a wait them out and see who’...
Via Lions Blog
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January 18, 2012
Everyone in Detroit has 24 hours to curse fate over the loss of Victor Martinez. And then it's time to figure out the best alternative. Signing free agent Vladimir Guerrero to a one-year contract would be the smartest move.
Via Oriole Post
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January 20, 2012
With Fan Fest this weekend, and with pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training in about a month, or less. How do you all feel about the progress that the Orioles have made in the off-season? I know that the organization is - again - starting from scratch; however, I am not all that enthused with the job Dan Duquette has done so far. I know he's trying to look at...
Via orioles.com
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January 18, 2012
Orioles pitcher Jake Arrieta threw to a catcher on Monday for the first time since having season-ending surgery in August to remove a bone spur in his right elbow, and he expects to be at 100 percent when Spring Training begins next month.
Via AP on Fox
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January 19, 2012
The Indians have agreed to minor league contracts with reliever Jeremy Accardo and outfielder Fred Lewis.
Accardo has appeared in 235 games with Baltimore, Toronto and San Francisco since 2005. The 30-year-old was the Blue Jays' closer in 2007, when he went 4-4 with 30 saves and a 2.14 ERA. If Accardo goes on Cleveland's 40-man roster, he would make $825,000 with the chance...
Via Baltimore Sun
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January 17, 2012
Brian Roberts will not be at FanFest, following his doctor’s advice involving his concussion symptoms, but the Orioles have filled his autograph slots with two pitchers in each instance.
Via Baltimore Sun
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January 17, 2012
The Orioles exchanged salary numbers with four of their seven arbitration-eligible players Tuesday, meaning that if they can’t reach common ground within the next few weeks, an independent arbitrator will choose one figure or the other.
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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January 19, 2012
The Indians have agreed to sign right-handed reliever Jeremy Accardo to a minor league deal, ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick tweets. The Phillies also expressed interest in the Lapa/Leventhal client.
Accardo, who turned 30 last month, posted a 5.73 ERA with 5.5 K/9, 4.3 BB/9 and a 37.4% ground ball rate in 37 2/3 innings for the Orioles in 2011. He also logged 33 1/3 innings at...
Via Baltimore Sun
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January 17, 2012
Team couldn't settle on terms with Bergesen, Guthrie, Jones or AndinoThe Orioles did not settle with four of their arbitration-eligible players heading into today’s deadline for exchanging figures
Via SI.com
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January 19, 2012
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Indians have agreed to minor league contracts with reliever Jeremy Accardo and outfielder Fred Lewis.
Via Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest
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January 17, 2012
I mentioned Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Vladimir Guerrero, and Jorge Vazquez on Saturday as possible options for the Yankees Designated Hitter position.
Newsday’s Ken Davidoff adds Jack Cust and Raul Ibanez to the mix as their agents have contacted the Yankees.
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Via Boston Herald Sports
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January 19, 2012
DETROIT - The vehicles of the Tigers' caravan will roll from Comerica Park early this afternoon. Vladimir Guerrero...
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