The New York Yankees have signed Raul Ibanez to a one-year $1.1mm deal, Buster Olney of ESPN reports. The deal includes reachable incentives that could push the total value of the deal up to $4mm.
Reports note that the framework for the deal had been in place for weeks, but was waiting on the Burnett trade [...]
02/20/12
The New York Yankees have signed DH Russell Branyan to a minor league deal, Dan Martin of the New York Post reports. The deal includes an invite to Spring Training.
If Branyan makes the team, he would earn a base salary of $750k plus incentives.
The signing of Branyan, will not stop the Yankees from looking at [...]
02/09/12
According to a tweet by Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, The Detroit Tigers are showing interest in free agent outfielder, Johnny Damon. Damon would provide a veteran left handed bat to fill in for Victor Martinez this season. Martinez is likely out for the season with an ACL tear leaving a massive hole [...]
01/23/12
After completing the first two financial reports, I’ll be doing the rest of the reports according to their regular season record. In 2011, the Philadelphia Phillies had the best record in the Majors, but they failed to advance to the NLCS after losing to the Wild Card Team/World Series Champions, St. Louis Cardinals.
The apparently unbeatable [...]
12/14/11
The Philadelphia Phillies currently have a payroll of just over $175 million according to CSNPhilly.com, but by season’s end, the payroll could be even higher.
If after all performance and award bonuses are paid out to players the Phillies’ payroll exceeds $178 million, they will have to pay the MLB’s luxury tax. This means the Phillies [...]
05/22/11
Here are your Cliff Lee rumors for Monday:
– A source close to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com says the Phillies are gauging team’s interest in Kyle Kendrick and Raul Ibanez. They combine to make $11.5 million in 2011 before they become free agents. The money could be used to sign Lee.
– Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated [...]
12/14/10
Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said that upgrading the team’s bullpen remains a priority this off season, according to MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki. Zolecki says that Philadelphia is interested in Hisanori Takahashi and because he can be both a starter and a reliever he becomes a very attractive option for the team.
Other left-handers that [...]
11/19/10
Is Philadelphia Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. talking up left fielder Raul Ibanez for a possible trade? CSNPhilly.com’s Jim Salisbury wonders that, but deep down he may think that it’s possible that that Ibanez could pick up the offense that will be lost should Jayson Werth sign with another team.
“I think we can count on [...]
11/19/10
ESPN’s Jason A. Churchill said that ESPN’s Rumor Central has learned that Cliff Lee may prefer Philadelphia over Texas or New York or any other city in free-agency. Churchill speculates that it may not necessarily take the most money to get him to sign a long-term deal in Philadelphia.
The Phillies may have a crowded starting [...]
10/16/10
Traditionally a right-handed pitcher, Roy Oswalt went above the call of duty on Tuesday evening against his old teammates. In the bottom of the 14th inning, the Philadelphia Phillies’ Ryan Howard was ejected from the game which forced left fielder Raul Ibanez to move to first base and Oswalt taking over in left. Check out [...]
08/25/10