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After the Philadelphia Phillies let go of Pedro Feliz, they entered the offseason needing a third baseman. On Thursday, they signed Placido Polanco to play third base. Polanco’s contract is worth a reported $18 million over three years.
The last four seasons, the native of the Dominican ...
Baseball
Placido Polanco
Philadelphia Phillies
Pedro Feliz
Detroit Tigers
The Atlanta Braves entered the offseason looking to upgrade their bullpen. It didn’t take long to satisfy that need. On Wednesday, the Braves signed Billy Wagner to a one-year contract worth a reported $7 million.
The 38-year-old Wagner will be Atlanta’s closer for the 2010 ...
Baseball
Atlanta Braves
Billy Wagner
Rafael Soriano
Mike Gonzalez
New York Mets
The Tampa Bay Rays struggled at catcher last season. To fill that void, they traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for Kelly Shoppach. Shoppach is now the leading candidate to start at catcher in Tampa Bay for the 2010 baseball season.
In 2008, Shoppach was impressive at ...
Baseball
Tampa Bay Rays
Kelly Shoppach
Cleveland Indians
Dioner Navarro
Grady Sizemore, the superstar outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, has nude pictures floating around the internet . According to Sizemore and his representatives, the nude pictures were stolen from his girlfriend’s email account.
The pictures, which aren’t exactly safe for work, ...
Baseball
Grady Sizemore
Cleveland Indians
Josh Johnson is regarded as one of the best young pitchers in all of baseball. The 6-foot-7 righty is 25 years old and is coming off another stellar campaign. That said, the Florida Marlins may have to trade him.
Why would the Marlins have to trade one of their best players? Economics. ...
Baseball
Florida Marlins
Josh Johnson
Marco Scutaro has taken his time blossoming into a legit baseball player. Last season, at the age of 34, Scutaro had a career year for the Toronto Blue Jays. He’s now a free agent and there are many teams interested in gaining his services.
In 144 games, Scutaro set career-highs in ...
Baseball
Marco Scutaro
Toronto Blue Jays
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Boston Red Sox
During the baseball offseason, the man most likely to land the largest contract is none other than Matt Holliday. While Jason Bay may give him a run for his money, Holliday’s production and potential is likely to cause a team to open up their wallet — very wide.
Here’s a ...
Baseball
Matt Holliday
New York Mets
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
In early October, Jamie Moyer had groin surgery. Since then, he’s had a couple of setbacks. First he had a blood infection that forced him to stay in the hospital for three days. On Wednesday, Moyer was back in the hospital.
The good news is that the Philadelphia Phillies are saying ...
Baseball
Jamie Moyer
Philadelphia Phillies
Pedro Martinez
Even though he’s not even 30 years old yet, Albert Pujols is establishing himself as one of the best hitters in the history of baseball. On Tuesday, he added to his impressive legacy by winning the 2009 National League Most Valuable Player award. It was his second straight NL MVP and the ...
Baseball
Albert Pujols
St. Louis Cardinals
Hanley Ramirez
Florida Marlins
Ryan Howard
Omar Vizquel, the 42-year-old infielder, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Chicago White Sox. Vizquel will take his fantastic glove and 2,704 career hits to Chicago and help the team try to make it back to the playoffs.
Last season, Vizquel played a bench role with the Texas Rangers. In ...
Baseball
Omar Vizquel
Chicago White Sox
Texas Rangers
Aroldis Chapman, the Cuban defector who will be one of the most sought after free agents this offseason, has decided to fire his little known agent. Edwin Mejia, who even hardcore baseball insiders had never heard of until he became Chapman’s agent, was given the heave-ho.
Randy and ...
Baseball
New York Yankees
Leonard Little
Edwin Jackson
Andy Pettitte
The American League Most Valuable Player Award hasn’t been handed out but we already know the winner. The New York area will try to hype up Derek Jeter or Mark Teixeira for the award but the catcher in up in Minnesota is by far the most deserving player in the league.
Joe Mauer, the ...
Baseball
Joe Mauer
Derek Jeter
Mark Teixeira
Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants won his second straight NL Cy Young Award. In a close race, Lincecum edged Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright — both of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants hurler became the first back-to-back winner since Randy Johnson won four straight Cy Young ...
Baseball
Tim Lincecum
Chris Carpenter
San Francisco Giants
Adam Wainwright
When Jim Tracy took over the Colorado Rockies, anyone who even suggested the team could make the playoffs would have been laughed at. The Rockies were 18-28 and looked like one of the worst teams in the league. But with Tracy at the reins, Colorado went 74-42 to finish the season and make the ...
Baseball
Jim Tracy
Colorado Rockies
Mike Scioscia
Los Angeles Angels
To the surprise of nobody who was following baseball closely this season, Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals was named the AL Cy Young Award winner. Even though he pitched for a bad team, Greinke was simply amazing.
Greinke made 33 starts at went 16-8 with a 2.16 ERA and a WHIP of 1.07. ...
Baseball
Zack Greinke
Kansas City Royals
Felix Hernandez
Seattle Mariners
Justin Verlander
The MLB honored its best rookies on Monday. In the National League, Chris Coghlan of the Florida Marlins won the NL Rookie of the Year. In the American League, Andrew Bailey of the Oakland A’s won the AL Rookie of the Year.
Coghlan didn’t look like a top prospect early in the year ...
Baseball
Andrew Bailey
Florida Marlins
Aroldis Chapman’s defection from Cuba made many Major League Baseball general managers very happy. The 21-year-old pitcher has a fastball that has been clocked at over 100 MPH. And to top it off, he’s a lefty.
After establishing residency in the tiny country of Andorra, Chapman is ...
Baseball
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Los Angeles Angels
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Starting pitcher Braden Looper was bought out by the Milwaukee Brewers for $1 million this weekend. The other option for the Brewers was to pay Looper $6.5 million next season — but Milwaukee decided against that idea.
The good news for Looper last season is that he led the Brewers in ...
Baseball
Braden Looper
Milwaukee Brewers
Doug Free
St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Wilson, the stellar defensive shortstop who began his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, has signed a two-year deal to stay with the Seattle Mariners. After breaking into the big leagues with the Pirates in 2001, he was traded to the Mariners in the middle of last season.
Although not ...
Baseball
Seattle Mariners
Jack Wilson
Pittsburgh Pirates
After a successful homecoming last season, the Seattle Mariners and Ken Griffey Jr. have agreed to extend the relationship another year. Griffey will be paid a base salary of around $2 million, with a number of incentives built into the contract.
Griffey began his career in Seattle in 1989. ...
