Here is the latest from Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports via his Full Count video:
– Dodgers General Manager, Ned Colletti, is under team control until the 2012 season, but he has an out-clause after that. Rosenthal says that it is unlikely that MLB would say no if a team contacted the Dodgers sooner to interview him [...]
05/07/11
The Kansas City Royals have officially added left handed pitcher Bruce Chento the 40-man roster according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star.
The Royals didn’t have to make room on the roster for Chen because Gil Meche opened a spot after his retirement on Tuesday. Chen agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal with [...]
01/20/11
In a released statement by the Kansas City Royals, Gil Meche has announced his retirement. Sources close to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports told him that Meche will indeed forfeit the $12 million salary he was going to receive from the Royals in 2011.
“After a lot of thinking and prioritizing of issues in my life I [...]
01/18/11
An American League source close to Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com says the New York Mets tried to trade Oliver Perez, who is midway through a three-year, $36 million contract, to the Kansas City Royals.
Rubin says that the Mets approached the Royals about exchanging Perez for right-handed pitcher Gil Meche. Both pitchers have deals that expire [...]
07/17/10
Ryan Young of The Kansas City Star tells us that Gil Meche will make his first start of the year today with the Royals after coming back from bursitis in his piching shoulder. If he can prove to others that he has overcome his injury, Royal’s GM Dayton Moore could have a chance to move [...]
04/11/10
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com reports that the Seattle Mariners have added former Rockies starting pitcher Jason Marquis to their wish list. Marquis has been a target of teams needing starting pitching that are making contingencies in the event they cannot sign John Lackey or offer a king’s ransom for Roy Halladay. Those teams include the [...]
12/11/09
Yahoo Sports has reported that the New York Mets are interested in starting pitching specifically free agent John Lackey or a possible trade for Kevin Millwood of the Texas Rangers. Other possibilities include a trade for Gil Meche (see Meche’s contract details here) of the Kansas City Royals or free agent pitchers Joel Pineiro, Doug [...]
12/08/09
Day 1 of the 2009 Winter Baseball Meetings is in the books, and Day #2 is ahead of us. Day #1 highlights included Ivan Rodriguez signing with the Washington Nationals and Brad Penny signing a 1 year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. Except for those two, there were not any other big names being [...]
12/08/09