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
Free agent pitcher Paul Maholm took to his twitter account this evening and announced that he had signed with the Chicago Cubs. “I hope to get to continue some things when I visit during the year and start some great things as I start my Cubs career,” Maholm said on his twitter account. The [...]
01/11/12
The Baltimore Orioles are a team to watch over the next month, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports writes. Sources close to Rosenthal say that Taiwanese left-handed pitcher Chen Wei-Yin, right-hander Edwin Jackson, left-hander Paul Maholm and left-hander Joe Saunders are possible targets for the team.
Sources also add that Hiroki Kuroda and Roy Oswalt are not [...]
01/03/12
According to a source close to Paul Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Pirates have shown “preliminary interest” in right handed pitcher Aaron Cook. He adds that at least half-dozen teams have checked on Cook.
Brink says that after declining Paul Maholm’s option, the team will try to add some rotation depth. The Rockies declined [...]
11/28/11
As free agency kicks off, many clubs and players have decisions they need to make on potential option year clauses in their contracts for next year. Here are just a few notes from around the league.
-According to the Associated Press (via Sports Illustrated), the St. Louis Cardinals have decided to decline their options on right [...]
11/01/11
Earlier this week, we learned that the Pirates were going to decline Paul Maholm’s $9.75 million contract option for 2012, but according to Jennifer Langosch of MLB.com, the team is looking for a trade partner before actually declining the option.
Langosch explains that the Pirates are looking for a trade partner that thinks Maholm is worth [...]
10/14/11
The Pittsburgh Pirates will not pick up left-handed pitcher Paul Maholm’s $9.75 million contract option for 2012, according to Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. While the Pirates could bring Maholm back, the pitcher is ready to test the open market.
“There are no guarantees, but I’m going to test it and see where it [...]
10/12/11
According to Derrick Goold of St. Louis Today, the Cardinals are in the market to upgrade their pitching staff. Possible locations to look for pitching include San Diego and Minnesota. They declined to state any potential targets but said it could be a starter or a reliever. Heath Bell has been a reported target but [...]
07/09/11
According to Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, the Texas Rangers are looking to upgrade their pitching staff, and they have the components with which to do so. The Rangers are currently sitting in a tie atop the AL West with the Angels (44-41) but with their hitting they should be at least 5 games [...]
07/04/11
Left handed pitcher Paul Maholm is in the final year of his three-year, $14.5 million deal with the Pirates, but he would love to stick around according to Jenifer Lagosch of MLB.com.
Maholm has a $9.75 million club option for 2012 with a $750,000 buyout. Depending on how he performs for the reminder of the season, the [...]
06/23/11