Just like the AL East, in the NL East every team has a chance to compete right now, and the gap between the first place (Nationals) and last place (Phillies) is just 5.0 games, so I’m not messing with teams from that division.
In the NL Central, the Cubs and Pirates seem to be off track [...]
05/08/12
Next stop on our amnesty tour around baseball is the NL Central.
NL CENTRAL
Cubs- When you try to trade a player and no one will take him unless you pay almost all of his salary, then the amnesty clause may be the best bet for you. This is the situation the Cubs are in with Alfonso [...]
02/22/12
Here’s a running list of hot stove rumors around the Major Leagues:
– The Minnesota Twins are interested in Jeff Francis according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports. A source close to him says the team already had initial talks with Francis’ agent, and the sides will probably have further discussions at the winter meetings in [...]
12/03/11
According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, outfielder Alfonso Soriano has cleared waivers and the Cubs are willing to pay most of the $50 million pluss owed to him.
Heyman adds that Carlos Lee has also cleared waivers and that he’s a DH playing for a National League team, so any team looking for an offensive [...]
08/15/11
Outfielder Carlos Lee is testing the Astros patience with a lousy batting average and is showing a lack of energy reports Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune.
Lee is hitting .194/.237/.324 with 2 HR’s and 15 RBI’s. Besides that, some say he walked every step from the dugout to left field last weekend in Milwaukee. Rogers [...]
05/02/11
There has been a lot of rumors regarding the future of Michael Young, and the infielder has said that he wants to be traded out of Texas because he was misled and manipulated. Here are your Tuesday rumors involving Young:
– If the Angels were to acquire Young from their AL West rival, Mike DiGiovanna of [...]
02/09/11
Panamanian left fielder Carlos Lee is still under contract with the Houston Astros for two years, but his full no trade clause expires at the end of 2010. That leaves the Astros a chance to trade him to 16 out 30 MLB teams.
MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart thinks that Lee could be nearly untradeable because he’s due [...]
10/30/10
Here’s the latest from The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo:
Arizona Diamondbacks’ GM Kevin Towers’ first big decision will be on manager Kirk Gibson. Many are rooting for Gibson because they like his fire, determination and no nonsense approach.
Towers is not a big fan of so many big strikeout guys in the lineup. He’s more of a [...]
09/26/10
Here’s the latest from Ken Rosenthal’s Full Count video:
The Boston Red Sox would like to re-sign Adrian Beltre at the right price. The alternative for Boston would be to move Kevin Youkalis to third base, find a one-year stop gap at first base then go all out for a big name first baseman like [...]
09/25/10
The rumors recently have the Houston Astros shopping one, if not both, of their homegrown stars as the summer trade deadline approaches. It does make sense for the Astros to be looking around for the best possible talent-haul they could get back for either Roy Oswalt or Lance Berkman, but is that even possible?
The Astros [...]
06/17/10