With the trade deadline now in our rearview mirror, we embark on a different scenario for the next month where teams try to add to their rosters as they make one last push towards the playoffs.
As we pointed out to you yesterday, trade scenarios are far from over, but this time they will happen through the waiver process.
Buster [...]
08/01/11
Baseball season has finally arrived and that means that the offseason is almost officially over. So we at PRO Rumors decided to take a look back at the offseason that each AL team had and how they compared to other clubs in the league. Some clubs had an offseason to remember because of who [...]
02/13/11
Right-handed pitcher Kyle Farnsworth agreed to a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Rays on January 12, as first reported by ESPN’s Buster Olney.
Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times adds that Farnsworth will make $2.6 million in 2011 with a team option in 2012 for $3.3 million or a $650,000 buyout. He may earn [...]
01/29/11
The Atlanta Braves have exercised the options for Alex Gonzalez and Omar Infante for 2011, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s David O’Brien. The team also signed releiver Scott Proctor to a one-year deal.
O’Brien adds that the team declined options on Rick Ankiel and Kyle Farnsworth, and reinstated right-handed pitcher Jairo Asencio (aka Luis Valdez) to [...]
11/03/10
When Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein was asked if the team plans to throw a lot of quantity at the bullpen with the hopes that something will pan out versus acquiring a proven bullpen arm, this is what he said according to the Boston Herald’s John Tomase.
“We’ll have to see how the offseason plays [...]
10/06/10
Club officials close to The Kansas City Star’s Bob Dutton say the team will drop it’s payroll into the low $60 million range from its current $70+ million range.
“It’s going to be down,” Royals’ GM Dayton Moore confirmed, “because there’s no need to spend just to spend. But we will weigh any deal [...]
10/05/10
7/31 13:16: Ed Price of AOL FanHouse says Royals get P Jesse Chavez, OF Gregor Blanco and P Tim Collins from #Braves for Farnsworth and Ankiel as CBSSports.com reported.
7/31 13:12: The Braves have acquired outfielder Rick Ankiel and reliever Kyle Farnsworth from the Royals, according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports
07/31/10
7/30 13:05: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says “Trevor Hoffman wants to stay with Brewers will not be coming to #Red Sox”
7/30 12:49: Jayson Stark of ESPN tweets, “Sounds like #RedSox have checked in on every reliever between Beacon St. & Belgium. Made a run at Sean Marshall of #Cubs. Shot down. #trades”
7/29 11:20: [...]
07/30/10
7/26 14:28: Jayson Stark of ESPN says that it’s likely that trade talks for Francoeur are now dead since Jason Bay is heading to the disabled list for a concussion.
7/26 16:53: Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star tweets, “#Royals are (privately) very dismissive of the rumors linking them in a trade with the #Mets.”
7/26 [...]
07/27/10
7/27 13:02: Joel Sherman of the New York Post says, “The Giants are working on outfielder Jose Guillen with Kansas City sending back some money on the $4 million-ish he is owed the rest of the year”
7/27 10:41: Jayson Stark of ESPN tweets, “On Jose Guillen rumors: Was told by one club [...]
07/27/10