On Saturday, the Baltimore Orioles and free agent outfielder Nelson Cruz agreed to a one-year deal worth $8 million. The deal is still pending the dreaded physical - which free agents have not fared well with when coming to terms with the Orioles (Most notably closer Grant Balfour, who would eventually sign with the Tampa Bay...
According to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News, free Agent Shin-Soo Choo is looking for a large deal in the neighborhood of seven years and $140 million. With the Diamondbacks and Tigers out of the apparent hunt for Choo after the trade for Mark Trumbo and signing of Rajai Davis respectively that still leave a number of...
The Major League Baseball Hot Stove season has been quiet for the Oakland Athletics, not to be unexpected for a small market team competing in a market where their free agent outfielder, Chris Young, whose numbers were dismal after his move to the American League last season, can command a one year $7.25 million dollar deal with the New...
First we hear about the Prince Fielder and Ian Kinsler trade yesterday and today the Hot Stove keeps motoring on. This time the focus of the conversation is St. Louis Cardinals third baseman, David Freese and the Anaheim Angels according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
If you think about this for a second there is a real logic...
It appears the on again, off again trade soap opera that was Justin Upton has come to a close. The talented young Diamondbacks outfielder has been traded, in principle, to the Atlanta Braves.
The specifics of the seven player deal include the Diamondbacks sending Upton and Chris Johnson to Atlanta in exchange for Martin Prado,...
It is amazing what a calendar year will do for a franchise. Think back to last winter when the Marlins made a play for Albert Pujols, signed Jose Reyes and Mark Buerle to a huge deals, opened a new 37,000 seat, $515M stadium ($347M publically financed) and appeared to be dumping their penny pinching ways in lieu of putting a year-in,...
