CORY WADE RUMORS & GOSSIP

The Yankees have agreed to a one-year deal that will earn him $508,925 with reliever Cory Wade if he stays in the majors for the entire season, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. Wade, 28, was a great pickup by the Yankees last season. They grabbed him after the Rays released him and he ended up making 40 appearances, throwing 39.2 innings to a 2.04 ERA. His numbers,...

The New York Yankees signed righthander Cory Wade to a non-guaranteed contract. The deal is worth $500,000, according to a report by FOX Sports.com. The 28-year-old Wade made 40 appearances with the Yankees last season, posting a 6-1 record and 2.04 ERA.

The Yankees signed right handed reliever Cory Wade to a minor league contract Monday and promoted him to the major leagues on Wednesday night, according to Bryan Hoch and Matt Fortuna of MLB.com. Kevin Whelan was demoted to Triple-A to make room for Wade on the active roster and Rafael Soriano was moved to the 60-day DL to make room for him on the 40-man roster. ...

From MLB.com:Before Wednesday's game, the Yankees announced the signing of Cory Wade to a Major League contract Wednesday, two days after signing the right-hander to a Minor League deal. Wade ended up pitching in the eighth inning Wednesday, a 1-2-3 frame that ended with Yorvit Torrealba striking out swinging. Reliever Kevin Whelan was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes...

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The Rays signed five players to minor league contracts, each with an invitation to major league spring training: infielders Russ Canzler and J.J. Furmaniak, right-handed pitchers Richard De Los Santos and Cory Wade and left-handed pitcher R.J. Swindle. In addition, the Rays have promoted Mark Vinson to Assistant Athletic…

The Tampa Bay Rays signed RP Cory Wade yesterday to a minor-league contract. Wade, 27, missed all of the 2010 season after having should surgery. Wade is 6’2″, 190 pounds and has appeared in 82 major league games while with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The relief pitcher has a career 4-4 record with a 3.18 ERA and a 1.051 WHIP. Scouting reports on Wade show that he has a...

If that's not bad enough, it's exploratory, which means they don't even know what's wrong yet. Dodgers reliever Cory Wade will undergo exploratory shoulder surgery Wednesday and be sidelined at least three months, but reliever Hong-Chih Kuo was able to play catch without discomfort when testing an elbow that forced him to be scratched from Sunday's start in Taiwan...

Cory Wade pitched out of a bases-loaded, no out jam in the ninth and Albuquerque scored six in the 10th to win 12-6 at Las Vegas. West Tenn cut Chattanooga's lead to one game with a 9-1 win. Andres Perez's hit a walkoff single in the bottom of the 10th to give Inland Empire a 6-5 win over High Desert. Jerry Sands hit a winning home run in the eighth inning, in a 6-5 win over Fort Wayne.

Overview-Wade was a middling player in the minors, and he bounced around between being a starter and a reliever. He eventually settled in as a reliever and pitched well enough to be thought of as a potential major leaguer. Still a relative unknown as a prospect until he was put on the big league squad, Wade has since seen his stock rise steadily throughout the year. Stuff-His fastball sits...