GARRETT ATKINS RUMORS

The Pittsburgh Pirates have officially cut ties with veteran third baseman Garrett Atkins. Atkins was a non-roster invitee of the Pirates, and was competing with both Josh Fields and Andy Marte for a bench spot with the Bucs’ MLB team. The 31-year-old was set to make $800,000 if he made the team. A poor Spring Training doomed the seven-year MLB vet. Atkins hit just .129...

The Pittsburgh Pirates have released infielder Garrett Atkins, and cut Fernando Nieve and Justin Thomas from major league camp, cutting their Spring Training roster down to 41 players. That group of players does not include Kevin Hart, who is on the disabled list. All three players were non roster invitees. Atkins was set to make [...]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed Garrett Atkins to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training.  Atkins played for Colorado for seven years, combining for a .289/.354/.457 line in 2788 at-bats.  However, he's been on the decline in recent years. Atkins had a career year in 2006, with a .329/.409/.556 line and 29 [...]

Today, Andy McPhail did his best Donald Trump impression and told Garrett Atkins, “You’re Fired!” Designating Atkins for assignment now allows the Orioles to reactivate RHP Koji Uehara and his horrific sideburns. Atkins, his squinty eyes and horrible diet is now unemployed but doing far better than everyone reading this website without  a job. He is guaranteed...

Well, it looks like the Garrett Atkins experiment has failed. Let me put a number in your head, and let’s see if you can guess what it is.  Ready?  .226. So what does this number represent exactly? That, my fellow Oriole fans, is the combined batting average of the Orioles’ first basemen.  Add on no homers, 11 RBI, and six Rs in 38 games, and we can safely say that the Oâ...

Last week, Baltimore Orioles first baseman/designated hitter, Garrett Atkins held a Q&A at the ESPN Zone in Baltimore's Inner Harbor last Wednesday. I thought I recorded the event onto my recorder, but my SD card in my recorder had somehow gotten corrupt; therefore, I only have pictures available. MASN's Kate Wheeler has a writeup of the event on her blog, Orioles...

WHAT: ESPN Zone and the Baltimore Orioles will launch this season’s Q&A series on Wednesday, April 28 at 12 p.m. At the free event, first-year Oriole Garrett Atkins will field questions from fans.Atkins, who spent his first seven Major League seasons with the Colorado Rockies, will chat with fans and answer questions about switching from third base to first, playing with Baltimore’s...

Garrett Atkins was born December 12, 1979, in Orange, California. Atkins was drafted out of High School, but elected to go the college route. He was one of biggest recruited players coming out of California, and ultimately decided to attend UCLA. During his time at UCLA, Atkins achieved many accomplishments, such as a 33-game hitting streak [...]

For many players, the thought of being non-tendered has to be a scary thought. However, for some like Garrett Atkins, being non-tendered will only lead to more opportunities. Even though Atkins will likely take a pay cut, as you will see, the market for Atkins is ripe with opportunity and teams that should be interested in signing the former Rockies third baseman.So what teams should...

I’m sure Garrett Atkins received a lot of nice things for his 30th birthday on Saturday, but a new contract from the Colorado Rockies was not among them. The Rockies informed Atkins,  just as he was sitting down to enjoy a little cake and ice cream, that they had elected to decline offering him a 2010 contract, officially ending his ten year run with the organization and a...