Matt Wieters Highlights Catchers in American League East, Russell Martin Not Far Behind
Editor's note: Didier Morais will review each position in the AL East every day through Feb. 20. This edition highlights the catchers. The Red Sox will be without Jason Varitek this year, barring any change of plans, for the first time since 1998. As the catcher ponders his future, Boston enters spring training with several options at backstop, from incumbent Jarrod Saltalamacchia...
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Phils Searching for Righty Slugger?
Is this 9-time All-Star a good fit for the Phils' bench? Photo: AP$6.71 million dollars is a lot of money to a lot of people. For the Phillies, it is the approximate distance between their current payroll and them meeting the luxury tax threshold. There is no guarantee the Phils will spend this money between now and the end of the season in an attempt to bolster their roster...
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Cubs miss out on Yoenis Cespedes. Step up pursuit of Jorge Soler.
The Oakland A's surprised a lot of people today by signing Cuban star Yoenis Cespedes to a 4-year, $36 million contract.
After many reports put the Miami Marlins in the lead for Cespedes, with a reported offer in the $30-35 million range, the A's swooped in to land the 26 year old outfielder.
Meanwhile, the Cubs are stepping up their pursuit of the other Cuban outfielder...
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Vlad Makes His Pitch to the Yanks
With Jorge Posada no longer in the Bronx and Jesus Montero taking his promise to Seattle...the New York Yankees have, seemingly, been left without a designate hitter.But, according to ESPN's Buster Olney...there's one slugger out there that's stumping hard for the gig.Vladimir Guerrero has made it known to the Yankees that he wants their DH spot. IMO, Raul Ibanez still...
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Yoenis Cespedes is an Oakland A
Finally the Cuban sensation outfielder has signed with an MLB team, although it isn’t who most thought.
Instead of the Marlins, Yoenis Cespedes will be on the opening day roster of the A’s, presumably taking over for Coco Crisp.
The deal is worth $36 million over four years, compared to the reported offer from the Marlins at $36 million over six years.
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RSBS Turns Four!
Four years ago today, I wrote the first post in RSBS history. It was terrifyingly awful. What terrifies me even more is that at that time in 2008, I had incredibly high hopes for the Tigers’ upcoming season based on some high-profile acquisitions they had made. Four years later, I’m still haunted by that 2008 season and experiencing no small amount of deja vu...
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Miami Marlins lose out on Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes
The Oakland A’s signed Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to a four-year deal worth $36 million.
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Retooled Cubs are ready to begin camp
The new Chicago Cubs brass, which includes Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Dale Sveum, has begun retooling the roster this offseason by replacing some key players. The Cubs are set to open spring training in Arizona on February 18.
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Five Irrational thoughts & predictions for the 2012 Seattle Mariners
It’s Fun To Be Irrational
Its beginning to look a lot like spring. Well not literally I suppose. The trees are still bare, it gets dark early and the sun seems like a distant memory.
But the Seattle Mariners have opened up their training camp and thus Major League Baseball is back under way.
This off season saw a lot of changes to the American League Western division, with...
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Cespedes Signs With The A’s
In a somewhat surprising turn of events, it seems that the 27-year-old Cuban outfielder known as Yoenis Cespedes has signed a four-year, $36 million contract to play for the Oakland Athletics. Cespedes was linked to many teams this offseason and remarked at one point earlier in the offseason that the Chicago Cubs were his leading suitor, while the Miami Marlins recently offered him...
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Votto on cover of Athlon Sports
What's not to like about this? Seen here is the Reds' very own Joey Votto posing for the cover of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Athlon Sports' Baseball Preview Magainze. To buy your copy of this collectible item please click here.
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Oakland A’s sign Yoenis Cespedes to 4-year $36M deal
Last year the Oakland A’s were 12th in the American League in both home runs (114) and runs batted in (645). Their division should be better than it was a year ago with the Rangers adding Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish and the Angels signing Albert Pujols. The Mariners have been busy making moves in an attempt to [...]
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Athletics Stun Baseball World (Again); Sign Cespedes
It’s being reported that the Oakland Athletics have signed Yoenis Cespedes to a 4 years, $36 million contract. It’s caught the baseball world off-guard, since Oakland was not expected to sign the slugger.
Cespedes, 26, defected from Cuba, where he was the top player. He’s instantly a top 25 prospects and moves to the top of Oakland’s system. He’s could...
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And now, Texas Rangers Derek Holland with the weather (Video)
Last week, Texas Rangers pitcher Derek Holland decided to stop-by WFFA News Channel 8 in Dallas, Texas to help out with the weather forecast.
Watch as Holland and meteorologist Peter Delkus give us the forecast for the great state of Texas:
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Yoenis Cespedes poll: Should Miami Marlins have matched Oakland Athletics offer?
Now we know exactly what Miami Marlins President David Samson meant when he said the club would pursue Yoenis Cespedes aggressively to the point of insanity. In the Marlins’ estimation, anything more than $6 million annually was insane, according to a source familiar with the Cespedes negotiations. Not so for Billy Beane and the Atheltics, who swooped in with a four-year, ...
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Ozzie Guillen says he was drunk when he interviewed for the White Sox job
There are those who love Ozzie Guillen and those who loathe him. One thing we all should be able to agree on is his effectiveness as a manager. Ozzie may say some ridiculous things at times, but overall his teams want to win for him. White Sox G.M. Kenny Williams must have known that all the way back when Guillen was a bench coach for the Marlins. Otherwise, he may not have given...
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MMO Fair or Foul: Mets Are Waving The White Flag?
Jon Morosi of FOX Sports reported today that the Mets are one of five teams waving the white flag. Here is the segment he wrote on the Mets…
The Mets’ payroll has dropped roughly $50 million since this time last year. They lost popular shortstop Jose Reyes because they weren’t able to match the Marlins’ offer — a notion that would have seemed absurd two years ago...
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Crew, Veras reportedly go to arbitration hearing
The Brewers took their arbitration case against Jose Veras all the way to the hearing room, according to the Associated Press.
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Cactus League countdown: Diamondbacks
The Diamondbacks stormed to the 2011 NL West title with a 29-game improvement inspired by NL Manager of the Year Kirk Gibson, but they're hardly content to stop there.
General manager Kevin Towers, whose retooling brought valuable pieces before last season, was at it again over the winter, adding three major parts in left-handed-hitting left fielder Jason Kubel, right-handed...
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Cactus League countdown: Diamondbacks
The Diamondbacks stormed to the 2011 NL West title with a 29-game improvement inspired by NL Manager of the Year Kirk Gibson, but they're hardly content to stop there.
General manager Kevin Towers, whose retooling brought valuable pieces before last season, was at it again over the winter, adding three major parts in left-handed-hitting left fielder Jason Kubel, right-handed...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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Veras and Brewers argue in salary arbitration
Milwaukee reliever Jose Veras has become just the second Brewers player to go to arbitration in 14 years.
Veras asked a three-person panel Monday for a raise from $1.35 million to $2,375,000. Milwaukee argued he should be paid $2 million.
A decision by arbitrators Dan Brent, Marlene Gold and John Sands is expected Tuesday.
Two years ago, outfielder Corey Hart beat the Brewers...
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Jeter says moves have made AL stronger
Updates with details and quotes. Yankees captain Derek Jeter says offseason moves have made the American League stronger and new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine will make Boston even more exciting.
The Los Angeles Angels added free-agent slugger Albert Pujols and pitcher C.J. Wilson, while Detroit signed power-hitting Prince Fielder, the son of former Tigers' star Cecil Fielder...
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Wells working on swing during offseason
ANAHEIM, CA- The hottest topic among fans of the Los Angeles Angels this offseason has clearly been the one-two punch of signing Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson to free agent deals worth over 331 million.
Second among Halo supporters has been everything and anything involving outfielder Vernon Wells.
Despite belting 25 home runs in 2011, even Wells himself will tell you that he...
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Yoenis Cespedes agrees to $36M, 4-year deal with A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. — Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $36 million, four-year contract. Agent Adam Katz confirmed Monday the outfielder had reached agreement on a deal, with details still to be finalized. This is a significant move for Oakland, which now has the steady hitter it sought to boost the roster heading into 2012. Cespedes will earn...
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Not everybody in Wisconsin is a turkey
The other day I took some time to really piss off the good people of Wisconsin when I slammed the Milwaukee Brewers’ public relations department for being…well, unoriginal. (You can read about that here.)
I really didn’t mean any offense. But the truth is, Bruce Lee > The Racing Sausages.
However, not everyone in Wisconsin is void of inspiration. Or dauntlessness...
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