First baseman Carlos Delgado has officially announced his retirement according to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com. The left handed hitter announced his retirement via a press conference in his home country, Puerto Rico.
“The time has come where my body couldn’t take it anymore,” said Delgado (via Rojas). “Recently I tried for the last time to increase [...]
04/13/11
According to Noel Pineiro of El Nuevo Dia, first baseman Carlos Delgado will announce his retirement tomorrow.
In early February Delgado said that he wants to play in 2011 and was rehabbing from hip surgery.
“If I am healthy, I will find a way,” Delgado said two months ago. “I know how to play. I [...]
04/12/11
Not too long ago in 2007, the New York Mets’ and Philadelphia Phillies’ players were exchanging words about who was the best NL East team. That same year, the Mets suffered an incredible meltdown in September and they watched their biggest division rival clinch the division in the last day of the regular season.
After yet [...]
03/21/11
Veteran slugger Carlos Delgado wants to make a comeback in 2011, Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com reports. The first baseman is rehabbing from hip surgery and believes it’s only a matter of time before he returns the Majors.
“If I am healthy, I will find a way,” said Delgado. “I know how to play. I [...]
02/08/11
Although Carlos Delgado has not played a Major League game since May 2009, he is not ready to call it a career yet. He’d like to sign with a team and get some Spring Training at-bats, but first he needs to get 100% healthy, according to Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun.
“I’d like to play [...]
01/10/11
Here’s the latest from The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo:
– Cafardo puts together a list of of the Toronto Blue Jay managerial candidates (take a deep breathe, it’s a doozy): Don Baylor, Tim Bogar, Brian Butterfield, John Ferrell, Sal Fasano, DeMarlo Hale, Nick Leyva, Bob Melvin, Rick Renteria, Ron Roenicke, Luis Rivera, Rob Thomson, Bobby Valentine, [...]
10/17/10
It looks like the Boston Red Sox – Carlos Delgado experiment is over. According to Delgado’s agent (via Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald), David Sloane, the first baseman was diagnosed with a small tear in his left him.
Delgado signed a Minor League deal with the Boston Red Sox and had been preparing to make [...]
09/02/10
Yesterday, we discussed the chances of two-time All-Star first baseman Carlos Delgado returning to the Big Leagues. He’s has not played with the Boston Red Sox Triple-A Pawtucket team since August 15 and is currently on the team’s disabled list.
Today ESPNBoston.com’s Gordon Edes said that Delgado remains with the organization despite having a September 1 [...]
09/01/10
Two-time All-Star first baseman Carlos Delgado has not played with the Boston Red Sox Triple-A pawtucket team since August 15, so you have to wonder if the experiment is over. According to Ron Chimelis of The Republican, Delgado’s hip problems are sidelining him and the “experiment looks doomed.”
However, according to Brian MacPherson of The Providence [...]
08/31/10
Here’s the latest summary of Ken Rosenthal’s Full Count Video:
If the Washington Nationals sign Adam Dunn, then the team’s refusal to trade him will make more sense. As of now, rival executives could not figure out what the Nationals were thinking. Had they traded Dunn, they would have saved about $4 million in salary, and [...]
08/07/10