According to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes, Orlando Cabrera has announced his retirement, via a Colombian radio station. Cabrera spent 15 seasons in the Majors spending time with the Expos, Red Sox, Angels, White Sox, Athletics, Twins, Indians and Giants.
Last season Cabrera started off the year with the Indians before making his to the Bay and [...]
01/19/12
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– According to Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News, Giants GM, Brian Sabean, is worried about second baseman Freddy Sanchez and his shoulder surgery. “For me, personally, it doesn’t look good,” he said. It looks like Sanchez could be out for the reminder [...]
08/01/11
Wow! Another trade deadline in the books, and the PRO Rumors team was happy to be with you to bring you the most up-to-date information on your favorite team. Maybe you caught the action on the web, or on your iPhone or the Android app.
Over the course of the past few weeks, we witnessed 26 [...]
07/31/11
According to a source close to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, the Cleveland Indians are sending short stop Orlando Cabrera to the San Francisco Giants. Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle adds that the Indians will get outfielder Thomas Neal from the Giants.
Moments ago, Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News tweeted that the [...]
07/31/11
There have been rumors swirling over the past couple of months that the San Francisco Giants have been targeting New York Mets’ shortstop Jose Reyes in a possible trade. However, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says that such a trade would be a longshot.
Rosenthal cites the Giants already high payroll of $118 million and their [...]
06/26/11
Here is the latest from Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports via his full count video:
– Rosenthal believes that the White Sox should dump Juan Pierre and promote Dayan Viciedo if they want to compete in the AL Central. Pierre is just hitting .248/.310/.289 with 1 HR and 16 RBI’s in 298 AB’s for the White Sox [...]
06/26/11
Here’s the latest form the Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo:
– As originally reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, because of owner Tom Rickett’s debt structure, the Cubs can’t be major players in free agency and will have to emphasize on player development. However, commissioner Bud Selig said he has zero concern over the team’s debt.
– Right-handed pitcher [...]
06/12/11
Cleveland Indians infielder, Orlando Cabrera, denied a report that he was going to retire after the 2011 season, the Detroit Free Press reports. Apparently, the infielder was misunderstood in an interview that he gave to a radio reporter in his native Colombia and the report was then picked up by a Colombian newspaper.
When asked about [...]
02/23/11
10. Orioles- The Orioles hit many speed bumps this off-season as they were turned down by many free agents but in the end, were able to together a decent offseason. They traded for J.J. Hardy and also traded for Mark Reynolds. The Orioles didn’t stop their as they also signed Derek Lee who [...]
02/13/11
According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, the Cleveland Indians have agreed to terms with veteran short stop Orlando Cabrera.
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says the deal is a Major League deal and Cabrera will have the opportunity to compete for a job at second base.
Last November, the Reds decided to decline Cabrera’s $4 million mutual [...]
02/10/11