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Even though there has been reports that the Rangers might be interested in acquiring first baseman Prince Fielder, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says that they are not interested in signing him or right handed pitcher Yu Darvish. Rosenthal says that the team’s financial flexibility isn’t as “significant” as everybody expected, and that’s why they are exploring [...]

According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the Chicago Cubs’ new regime is willing to move right handed pitcher Matt Garza. This would make sense for the Cubs since they could get some valuable players in return given the thin market on starting pitching. Rosenthal adds that although the Rangers moved Neftali Feliz to the starting rotation [...]

Here’s the latest from Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe: – The New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies are all possible destinations for the San Diego Padres’ closer Heath Bell.  Bell later mentions (via Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times) that the in addition to the teams [...]

The Chicago Cubs have released Fernando Perez, Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune reports. The outfielder was acquired by the Cubs in the January trade that involved Matt Garza. The 28-year-old Perez was hitting .206/.206/.206 in 18 games for the Cubs this season. Image by Jeramey Jannene under the Creative Commons License.

The New York Yankees have the best record in the American League, but as Joel Sherman of the New York Post points out, they have the worst against the Boston Red Sox. The Bronx Bombers are 1-8 against the Red Sox this season, and with the chances of them meeting in the ALCS really high, the [...]

Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues: – Orioles second baseman, Brian Roberts, will be out of action for at least three more weeks due to a concussion according to Brittany Ghiroli of MLB.com. Roberts was injured sliding head-first into first base a week ago. – Joe Mauer will DH tomorrow in his [...]

Right-handed pitcher Braden Looper said that he will likely retire if the Chicago Cubs decide to part ways with him, Carrie Muskat of MLB.com reports. Manager Mike Quade did not mention retirement when asked about Looper’s future. “He’s got two options — he’s got the back end of the bullpen and fifth starter,” Quade said. “You [...]

Last week, we took a look at the offseason rankings for the American League. Today, we tackle the National League. 1. Colorado Rockies: The Rockies locked up some of their important core players this offsesason. They signed Jorge de la Rosa (two-year deal), Troy Tulowitzki (seven-year deal) and Carlos Gonzalez (seven-year deal) as well. Besides that, [...]

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 [...]

According to Bill Ladson of MLB.com, the Washington Nationals could use Venezuelan catcher Jesus Flores as a trade chip during Spring Training. Flores shoulder is apparently healthy, and Ladson says he will compete for one of the spot behind the plate with Ivan Rodriguez and fellow countryman Wilson Ramos. The Nationals are still looking for pitching [...]