Although there had been reports that free-agent pitcher Roy Oswalt was close to signing with the Cardinals, he is scheduled to meet with the Texas Rangers on Monday, ESPNDallas.com reported Sunday. The Cardinals, Texas and the Boston Red Sox are among the teams pursuing Oswalt.
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Now that the Texas Rangers have signed Yu Darvish and Prince Fielder is out of the running, after signing with the Detroit Tigers, what is next for the Rangers’ ball club? According to General Manager Jon Daniels, they won’t be making any more major transactions this…
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Report: Oswalt set to sign with Cardinals Roy Oswalt is on the cusp of signing with the St. Louis Cardinals, according to a report. Oswalt will sign “soon” with the defending World Series champions, a source told ESPN.com.
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Those of us hoping for at least one more year of the current playoff structure — and preferably decades more — seem unlikely to get our wish based on comments commissioner Bud Selig made to the assembled media at SoxFest … Continue reading →
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Commissioner Bud Selig expects baseball to expand its playoffs this season. Players and owners have already agreed to add an additional wild-card team in each league, but are still deciding whether it would take effect this year or in 2013. Selig said there are scheduling issues to be worked out — once they are, the new 10-team format would begin with a one-game playoff.
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The New York Mets, once of baseball’s free-spending, big-market teams, could wind up with the largest one-year payroll trimming in Major League Baseball history, according to an ESPN.com report. General manager Sandy Alderson told the web site that the team lost $70 million…
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Prince Fielder never thought it could happen, but it did. The Prince appeared at a Comerica Park news conference to announce his $214 million, nine-year contract, the fourth-largest deal in baseball history. “It’s awesome,” Fielder said.
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Slugger Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers have agreed in principle on a nine-year, $214 million contract.
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The Detroit Tigers have reeled in Prince Fielder with a nine-year, $214 million deal, according to multiple reports. Fielder, the biggest remaining free-agent prize, will earn an average of $23.78 million a year through 2020. The 27-year-old first baseman will join Miguel Cabrera in…
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The Texas Rangers tend to benefit from just about anything that Jon Daniels touches these days. However, the one move that has not turned out well is the Koji Uehara trade. Uehara arrived in Texas before the 2011 trade deadline and the Rangers had to give up Chris Davis and Tommy…
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