The New York Yankees have signed Marcus Thames to a Minor League deal, George A. King III of the New York Post reports. Thames will work out in Tampa before reporting to Scranton/Wilkes-Barnes.
The 34-year-old Thames was released by the Dodgers this week. He was hitting .197/.243/.333 with 2 home runs on the season.
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07/22/11
The Los Angeles Dodgers have released outfielder Marcus Thames according to Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times. Thames, 34, is hitting .197/.243/.333 with 2 home runs on the season.
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07/19/11
You know you’re having a rough to start to the season when you have an entire post dedicated to injury updates related only to your team. So here they are compliments of Joe Block of Dodger Talk 790 KABC, from manager Don Mattingly.
-Rafael Furcal could be rejoining the team Sunday or Monday as he completes [...]
05/21/11
As many of you know, I live in Venezuela, here baseball is a big deal, but we get only one maybe two games a day. To solve that problem I decided to get myself a TV package that has four more sports channel so I could enjoy up to five baseball games a day.
I kinda [...]
04/13/11
5. Washington Nationals: They signed Jayson Werth to a monster contract, acquired Tom Gorzelanny from the Cubs, added some veteran help with Jerry Hairston Jr., Alex Cora (back-up infielder) and Todd Coffey (bullpen arm) and signed power left-handed hitter Adam LaRoche. They might not be contenders for the 2011 season, but with a healthy Stephen [...]
02/22/11
In an article by Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, he reports that free agent outfielder Jermaine Dye may be headed towards retirement.
“I would still like to play, but I think my choices have passed and teams have gone with other people,” Dye said.
“I will continue to stay in shape and hopefully someone will call. If [...]
02/03/11
The Los Angeles Dodgers have officially signed outfielder Marcus Thames to a one-year deal according to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angles Times.
Hernandez says that Thames can earn an additional $800,000 in incentives.
Yesterday, both parties agreed to a deal. MLB.com’s Ken Gurnick said that they were looking at Thames because he is a right-handed hitter [...]
01/19/11
The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms with free agent Marcus Thames according to Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times. The deal could be finalized tomorrow.
Danny Knobler of CBSSports was the first to report that the Dodgers were interest in Thames earlier today.
The club declined to confirm that they were close to signing [...]
01/18/11
The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking for one more outfielder, according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports, and Marcus Thames has become the latest candidate to be thrown into the cap as a possibility to fill the void. The Dodgers are looking for a right handed hitting left fielder and in addition to Thames, they were [...]
01/17/11
In a Tweet by Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated, the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays are interested in free agent outfielder Andruw Jones. Earlier this week, Heyman reported that the Yankees had initiated talks with Jones. The team is looking for a right-handed hitting outfielder that could complement Marcus Thames.
A source close to [...]
01/13/11