There have been a lot of rumors lately involving Ozzie Guillen being on the hot seat. The White Sox are off to an awful start and currently rank last in the AL Central (11-21) and are already 11 games behind the Indians.
Guillen was asked on Wednesday if he had spoken to chairman Jerry Reinsdorf about [...]
05/06/11
Baseball season has finally arrived and that means that the offseason is almost officially over. So we at PRO Rumors decided to take a look back at the offseason that each AL team had and how they compared to other clubs in the league. Some clubs had an offseason to remember because of who [...]
02/13/11
There’s been a lot of talk about free agent Rafael Soriano lately. Will he head to the New York Yankees? Will he play for the Los Angeles Angels? Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports rekindles a rumor from last week about a possible interest in the closer by the Chicago White Sox.
Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated [...]
01/07/11
The Colorado Rockies are still looking for a relief pitcher, and according to Thomas Harding of MLB.com it appears that Rockies General Manager, Dan O’Dowd, is waiting until after the holidays to continue his shopping for bullpen help.
“I think it’s going to be after the first of the year if we’re going to engage in [...]
12/22/10
In a Tweet by Peter Gammons, he says the Chicago White Sox have a three-year deal with right-handed relief pitcher Jesse Crain. The deal became official on December 20, 2010, in a Tweet by Scott Merkin of MLB.com. Crain will make $4 million in 2011 and $4.5 million per season in 2012 and 2013 for [...]
12/20/10
In a Tweet by David Kaplan of the Chicago Tribune, he says the Cubs are moving towards finalizing a deal with Kerry Wood. He cautions that the deal is not done, but is very close. Kaplan expects the deal to be done this week.
Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News says that Wood is [...]
12/16/10
Sources close to Fred Mitchell and David Kaplan of The Chicago Tribune say the White Sox have made a two-year offer to free agent right-handed pitcher Kerry Wood.
The White Sox signed right-handed pitcher Jesse Crain to a three-year deal earlier today, so it’s unlikely Chicago will bring Wood in.
There’s a possibility that Wood could return [...]
12/16/10
Relievers Scott Downs and Joaquin Benoit have set the upper end of the market for middle relievers this winter by signing three-year deals. According to a source close to Alex Speir of WEEI.comthe Red Sox are not likely to offer a three-year deal to any relief pitcher.
Speir says that Boston would only go to such [...]
12/15/10
The Boston Red Sox are not done shopping apparently. Red Sox GM Theo Epstein said he was going to find bullpen help, and according to a source close to ESPNBoston.com Gordon Edes, the team’s primary targets are Jesse Crain, Brian Fuentes and Matt Guerrier.
Earlier this week we learned that Boston had already made an offer [...]
12/12/10
Here are a few notes on the Rockies complementary of Troy Renck of the Denver Post.
Recently acquired Jose Lopez provides roster flexibility if the free-agent market doesn’t pan out the way the Rockies are hopping it does. Lopez can play the entire infield just not shortstop.
Bullpen help is always on the list and [...]
12/07/10