After finishing off the AL, lets jump on over to the NL West and check out the amnesty candidates in this division.
NL WEST
Diamondbacks- Since players that signed new deals this offseason are ineligible to be amnestied, you have to go down the list to find a potential candidate. Though Kevin Towers has done a good [...]
02/20/12
According to Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post, GM Dan O’Dowd and the Colorado Rockies plan to exercise Jason Giambi’s $1 million mutual option for next season. Giambi will share time with Todd Helton at first base.
In August, Giambi said that he wouldn’t mind being traded in the latter part of this season as [...]
09/23/11
In a Tweet by the the Colorado Rockies official Twitter account, the team announces that they have agreed to a Minor League deal with Jason Giambi. The deal is a pending a physical.
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated adds that Giambi’s salary will be $1 million if he makes the team as a non-roster player.
There was [...]
01/17/11
Buster Olney of ESPN says that infielder Troy Glaus is drawing interest from power starved teams. Olney says that Glaus’ situation will become more clear as others sign.
Glaus, 34, had 16 home runs in 2010, a big drop off from the 38 he hit in 2006 while he was with the Toronto Blue Jays. While [...]
11/29/10
Here’s the latest from The Denver Posts’ Troy E. Renck:
29-year-old Jorge de la Rosa will likely use Ted Lilly’s recently signed three-year, $33 million contract as leverage. Renck thinks de la Rosa may demand a five-year contract. The team and the left-handed pitcher have opened dialogue but no offer has been made.
Reserve infielder Melvin Mora [...]
10/20/10
According to The Denver Post’s Troy E. Renck, New York Yankees’ Lance Berkman could be a target of the Colorado Rockies this winter.
“That’s a place that I would definitely have interest in,” Berkman said on Thursday.
The Rockies considered acquiring Berkman from the Houston Astros before the July trade deadline, but he ended up being dealt [...]
10/15/10
Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton is making it clear that he’s not ready to hang it up yet.
“I am not retiring,” Helton said, according to Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post. “The plan is to come back and play better next year.”
The 37-year-old has had back and leg problems that have plagued his [...]
09/29/10
Here are a few notes of the Colorado Rockies courtesy of the Denver Posts’ Troy E. Renck:
Carlos Gonzalez loves being with the Rockies and he’s never felt more comfortable in his surroundings. Right now there are no talks about a long-term deal. He’s not eligible for arbitration until after next season, so Renck says there’s [...]
09/15/10
Here’s the latest from FOXSports’ Ken Rosenthal:
Rosenthal talks about the unlikelihood of Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen taking the job in Florida. Guillen is contracted with Chicago through 2012, and it’s unlikely that owner Jerry Reinsdorft will let him go.
Rosenthal suggests the New York Mets should call Texas Rangers GM Jon Daniels if they [...]
09/14/10
8/6 18:55: Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe tweets, “Delgado would need a week or 2 to get timing down, fielding down, his agent told me. As for signing, ‘It could be as early as tonight.’”
8/6 13:05: Carlos Delgado worked out for the Red Sox today at Yankee Stadium, agent [...]
08/07/10