The Oakland Athletics have signed Manny Ramirez to a minor league deal worth around $500k, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports. The deal does not appear to include any performance bonuses.
Ramirez must first serve a 50-game suspension without pay due to violating baseball’s drug policy for the second time. Looking at the schedule, the first [...]
02/20/12
The Oakland Athletics are still interested in signing outfielder Manny Ramirez, Janie McCauley of the Associated Press reports. McCauley adds that if things come together, the 39-year-old will sign for slightly more than the league minimum salary of $480,000.
Ramirez was suspended last season for 50-games for failing a drug test, and because he chose to [...]
02/18/12
The Oakland Athletics are very interested in Manny Ramirez, according to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportesLosAngeles.com. If the A’s do sign Ramirez, he would have to sit out the mandatory 50 games as a suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy.
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01/20/12
The Detroit Tigers were dealt a serious blow today when they learned Victor Martinez had a torn ACL which will likely require season ending surgery. Luckily for Tiger fans, general manager Dave Dombrowski isn’t rushing his next step on who he will potentially target to help fill the offensive void that was created with the [...]
01/18/12
Major League Baseball has officially reinstated Manny Ramirez from the voluntary retirement list, Buster Olney of ESPN reports. This move will allow Ramirez to play ball in 2012 should he sign with a team. However, he will still have to serve a 50-game suspension when placed on a team’s roster.
As recently as September of 2011, [...]
12/11/11
Here is our first addition of “Mail Time with PRO Rumors” where we answer your questions. Here are just a few questions that we received from our readers. Thanks to those who participated and keep the questions coming! You can send your questions to Mailbag@prorumors.com
1. What are the chances Manny Ramirez plays baseball next [...]
11/28/11
Sources close to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com and Japanese baseball say that retired baseball star Manny Ramirez had a Florida tryout with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks a couple of weeks ago, but “it didn’t go well.”
The Japanese team apparently did not like the “baggage” associated with Ramirez. The source added, “no matter how talented Manny [...]
11/10/11
Veteran outfielder Manny Ramirez is planning to end his brief retirement and play in 2012 according to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com (No, this is not a September’s Fool joke).
Back in April the controversial Ramirez retired after being informed by MLB of an “Issue” regarding the Drug Prevention program. He was looking at a 100 game [...]
09/22/11
Disgraced baseball superstar, Manny Ramirez, can’t play in the Dominican Winter League despite his intentions becoming public knowledge yesterday. According to an MLB official close to ESPN.com, because the Dominican Winter League is affiliated with MLB, commissioner Bud Selig considers him ineligible to play.
Yesterday, it was reported that the president of the Eagles, Winston Llenas, [...]
09/22/11
Former Major League Baseball superstar, Manny Ramirez, is hoping to play for the Cibao Eagles of the Dominican Winter League, according to The Associated Press. The president of the Eagles, Winston Llenas said that Ramirez is expected to start training with the team next week.
According to Llenas, Ramirez told team officials he wants to “play [...]
09/21/11