Even though there has been reports that the Rangers might be interested in acquiring first baseman Prince Fielder, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says that they are not interested in signing him or right handed pitcher Yu Darvish.
Rosenthal says that the team’s financial flexibility isn’t as “significant” as everybody expected, and that’s why they are exploring [...]
12/13/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Jason Kendall suffered a huge setback when an examination earlier this week revealed renewed tears in two tendons in his right rotator cuff according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. The 37-year old catcher is scheduled to undergo surgery next Wednesday in [...]
07/07/11
The Tampa Bay Rays and Wade Davis have agreed to a seven-year contract extension, the team announced.
The contract is for four-years guaranteed (2011-2014) for $12.6 million, but it includes three team options (2015, 2016, 2017) that could make the dea
Davis, 25, just wrapped up his first full season in the Majors in 2010 when he [...]
03/31/11
7/27 12:24: According to Jim Bowden of XM Radio 175 and FOXSports he tweets, “Joe Maddon told us if they can improve their offense at the trade deadline they will..if not they will look to Farm System”
7/27 09:59: Yesterday, Tampa Bay Rays vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said (via Marc Topkin of the [...]
07/27/10
Despite trade interest in the Tampa Bay Rays center fielder B.J. Upton, a Major League source close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says Upton is unlikely to be moved.
Top outfield prospect Desmond Jennings is not ready to take over for Upton nor is a defensive tandem of Ben Zobrist and Sean Rodriguez enough to replace [...]
07/26/10
Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe has a few pieces of news to follow on this Sunday morning:
Right-handed pitcher Fausto Carmona of the Cleveland Indians had the Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers sniffing around about him before the Cliff Lee deal took place.
Adam Dunn could command a contract in the $15-18 million range, but the [...]
07/11/10
Here are a few Cliff Lee Rumors to follow for Thursday:
With Jake Peavy likely out for the year, Scott Merkin of MLB.com says the Chicago White Sox could pursue Lee. Sounds familiar? PRO Rumors talked about this scenario yesterday.
Mark Sheldon of MLB.com says no formal proposals have been exchanged between the Cincinnati Reds and Seattle [...]
07/09/10
Yesterday we talked about David Ortiz and his 30.59 second home run trot. Here’s the video in case you missed it:
According to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, Rays rookie starter Wade Davis who gave up the home run was not too happy. “I was probably a little upset,” Davis said. “He’s been [...]
05/26/10
Here are a few links for Monday:
Yankees GM Brian Cashman says, “I’ve had some successful signings in Japan, I’ve had some unsuccessful signings in Japan. Hideki Matsui will be one of the best deals I ever made.”
Wade Davis, Desmond Jennings and Jeremy Hellickson are three Tampa Bay Ray’s prospects that are crucial for their success [...]
02/02/10
According to one major league source, the Tampa Bay Rays have asked the Toronto Blue Jays about starting pitcher Roy Halladay. They might be willing to offer star pitching prospect Wade Davis and outfielder B.J. Upton.
Halladay has a no trade clause, but it would make sense for him to waive it since he lives in [...]
12/07/09