The San Francisco Giants have traded left handed pitchers Jonathan Sanchez and Ryan Verdugo to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for outfielder Melky Cabrera the team announced.
Earlier today, we learned that Major league sources close to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports said the team was willing to deal Sanchez in order to “free up money,”desperately [...]
11/07/11
The San Francisco Giants and left-handed reliever Javier Lopez have agreed to an $8.5 million, two-year contract, according to a source close to The Associated Press. The pitcher will be paid $4.25 million in 2012 and 2013.
Lopez was paid $2.375 million in 2011 and was two innings short of receiving a $25,000 bonus for reaching [...]
10/30/11
The Giants are still in the post-season run and even though their offense has been terrible, their bullpen has been one of the best in the League despite the injuries they have sustained.
Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News points out that Giants GM, Brian Sabean, will have a difficult job trying to put [...]
09/20/11
In a Tweet by the San Francisco Giants, the team announces that they have agreed to terms with left-handed pitcher Javier Lopez on a contract for the 2011 season.
The Associated Press reports that Lopez will earn $2.375 million on a one-year contract. He can earn an additional $50,000 each for pitching 55 or 60 innings.
01/20/11
7/31 13:57: According to the Pittsburgh Pirates via Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants traded outfielder John Bowker and right-handed pitcher Joe Martinez for left-handed relief pitcher Javier Lopez.
7/31 12:46: CSN (via Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury) is reporting the Giants traded RHP Joe Martinez to the Pirates for LHP [...]
07/31/10
The MLB non-waiver Trade Deadline is getting closer, so rumors are everywhere. Check out these PRO Rumors as you get closer to clocking out for the day:
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The bench and bullpen are the priorities for the Yankees, but don’t rule out Oswalt, Haren or even Westbrook. (Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports)
The Yankees have one [...]
07/23/10
Dejan Kovacevic, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tweets: #Pirates sign pitcher #Javier Lopez to minor league deal. He then goes on to Tweet: Javier Lopez not a minor league deal. He’s on the 40-man
Javier Lopez, 32, pitched last season with the Boston Red Sox before he was designated for [...]
12/18/09