The Texas Rangers have re-signed Brad Hawpe to a minor league deal, Anthony Andro of FOXSportsSouthwest.com reports. He will open the season at Double-A.
Hawpe signed a minor league deal with the Rangers back in January that would have paid him $1mm if he had made them team. He was released last week after totaling just [...]
04/07/12
The Texas Rangers have released Brad Hawpe, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports. Hawpe signed a minor league deal with the Rangers back in January that would have paid him $1mm if he had made them team.
Last season in 62 games for the Padres, Hawpe hit .231 in 195 at-bats while hitting only [...]
03/30/12
The San Diego Padres will decline the club options on Brad Hawpe and Chad Qualls, according to GM Jed Hoyer (via Marty Caswell of XX1090). The team is also internally discussing the future of Aaron Harang with the club.
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10/14/11
Here are a few notes regarding some Major League rookies:
– It appears that the Yonder Alonso experiment in left field is over according to John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Reds manager Dusty Baker said that Alonso won’t play left field again in the near future.
Alonso was taking balls at third base yesterday in Cincinnati, [...]
08/09/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Dodgers righty Jon Garland threw yesterday for the first time since he was placed on the Disabled List, but he’s still unsure when he will return and admitted he’s worried if his season and possibly career could be over reports A.J. Cassavell and Ken Gurnick [...]
06/23/11
Last week, we took a look at the offseason rankings for the American League. Today, we tackle the National League.
1. Colorado Rockies: The Rockies locked up some of their important core players this offsesason. They signed Jorge de la Rosa (two-year deal), Troy Tulowitzki (seven-year deal) and Carlos Gonzalez (seven-year deal) as well. Besides that, [...]
02/22/11
The San Diego Padres had one of the busier off-seasons with the additions of Brad Hawpe, Cameron Maybin, Jason Bartlett and Orlando Hudson to name a few. Because the team moved so quickly, the team isn’t expected to add any other big names to their 2011 roster, according to general manager Jed Hoyer (via The [...]
01/09/11
Veteran third/ first baseman Troy Glaus is starting to get more action according to Sports Illustrated’s Jon Heyman, and the San Diego Padres could be a remote possibility for him. Heyman says that Glaus or Jorge Cantu could split time in first base with Brad Hawpe, who was officially signed earlier this week by the [...]
01/07/11
Per a team press release, the San Diego Padres have officially signed Brad Hawpe to a one-year deal.
Bernie Wilson of the Associated Press reports that Hawpe will make $3 million guaranteed – $2 million in 2011 and either a $6 million mutual option for 2012 or a $1 million buyout.
The Associated Press first reported the [...]
01/04/11
Free agent Derrek Lee is moving closer to a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals, according to sources close to Phil Wood of MASN. However, the decision is being complicated by the Baltimore Orioles’ persistent interest in the first baseman.
The loser in the Lee chase will likely sign Adam LaRoche. In mid-December, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports said [...]
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