Coco Crisp and the Oakland Athletics have agree to a two-year $14mm deal with a club option for a third season Buster Olney of ESPN reports.
Crisp will earn $6mm in 2012 and $7mm in 2013. The team option has a salary of $7.5mm for 2014 or a $1mm buyout. If Crisp is traded, he [...]
01/04/12
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a deal with David DeJesus to be their everyday right fielder. Jane Lee of MLB.com adds that the deal is for two years worth $10mm and includes a club option for 2014.
Earlier this month, we learned that the Tigers were interested in DeJesus [...]
11/30/11
The Detroit Tigers are reluctant to use center fielder Austin Jackson as their leadoff hitter for the 2012 season. According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN, the Tigers will look for one this off season as they do not have any logical internal candidates.
Crasnick says that Jose Reyes is the “dream candidate,” but that David DeJesus [...]
11/05/11
Earlier this week, we learned that outfielder Josh Willingham probably won’t re-sign with the A’s, and according to Major League sources close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the A’s will listen to offers “for anyone on the roster with the exception of second baseman Jemile Weeks.”
The A’s are on a “holding pattern,” according to Rosenthal [...]
11/04/11
Here’s the latest from Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe:
– Boston Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino was surprised to hear that the team can’t afford to do much at the trade deadline.
– The Red Sox could go after an outfielder, a shortstop and a left-handed reliever.
– The rumor is that Cubs’ owner Tom Ricketts has [...]
07/24/11
Here is the latest from Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports via his full count video.
–The Twins are not sellers….yet, as GM Bill Smith believes the team can still compete in the AL Central. In the upcoming weeks, they will get Jason Kubel, Jim Thome, Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Joe Mauer back from the DL list.
–The [...]
06/11/11
The Atlanta Braves are currently 3.5 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the NL East even though Dan Uggla, Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman haven’t reached their expected offensive levels.
Their leadoff hitter, Martin Prado, is currently tied with Chipper Jonesin RBI’s for the Braves with (27). FOXSports’ Ken Rosenthalsuggests that the team should try to [...]
05/16/11
5. Rangers- Yes the Rangers are in the top 5 in my eyes. And yes I know they lost out on Cliff Lee. But take away that and the fact they overpaid a bit for Adrian Beltre and they had a decent offseason. They brought in catcher Yorvit Torrealba as well as Mike Napoli via-trade [...]
02/13/11
The Washington Nationals have traded Josh Willingham to the Oakland Athletics according to Buster Olney of ESPN. Ken Rosenthal says the Nationals will receive right-handed pitcher Henry Rodriguez and Minor League outfielder Corey Brown.
Rosenthal was the first to report that the sides were discussing a trade.
Willingham stands to earn a raise from the $4.6 million [...]
12/16/10
According to the official Oakland Athletics’ Twitter account, the team has acquired outfielder David DeJesus from the Kansas City Royals for Vin Mazzaro and Justin Marks.
DeJesus was activated from the 60-day disabled list earlier today. He is coming of f of a right thumb injury that he sustained in July when he collided with a [...]
11/10/10