The Colorado Rockies have acquired Marco Scutaro from the Boston Red Sox for Clayton Mortenson, Jim Bowden of ESPN.com reports (Troy Renck of the Denver Post reported deal was close first).
Both sides had been talking about the deal for the last few days with one of the issues being how much of Scutaro’s $6mm salary [...]
01/21/12
As free agency kicks off, many clubs and players have decisions they need to make on potential option year clauses in their contracts for next year. Here are just a few notes from around the league.
-According to the Associated Press (via Sports Illustrated), the St. Louis Cardinals have decided to decline their options on right [...]
11/01/11
According to sources close to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, the Boston Red Sox are “leaning towards picking up Marco Scutaro’s $6 million option for 2012.”
Silverman adds that Scutaro will probably “keep the seat warm” for Jose Iglesias, who is still at least a year away from being ready to play in the Majors.
Scutaro [...]
10/26/11
Here’s the latest from the Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo:
– “I guess it’s never too early,’’ said an American League general manager about looking at possible moves to improve their roster. “Sometimes you have to wait things out to see how well the team you’re trying to deal with is doing at the time [...]
05/15/11
Here’s the latest from The Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo:
– There’s speculation that Tampa Bay Ray’s GM Andrew Friedman might leave for Houston where his father is heading a group of local investors seeking to buy the Astros. Executives in Tampa Bay are not given written contracts, so they can leave at any time.
– Carlton Fisk [...]
05/08/11
Here’s the latest from the Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo:
– David Ortiz believes that “April is April” and the first month of the season “doesn’t matter.” He adds that it’s “July, August, September when things get tough.”
– The Red Sox will have a tough decision if Ortiz has a good 2011 season. He’s a [...]
05/01/11
After losing Juan Uribe to the Dodgers, the Giants decided to sign another veteran shortstop, Miguel Tejada, to a one-year deal for about a third of the money Uribe signed for.
ESPN’s Buster Olneysays that Tejada wasn’t their first choice at shortstop and he may not be manning shortstop by the end of this season either.
The soon-to-be 37-years [...]
03/23/11
Here’s the latest from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe:
– The Philadelphia Phillies have Joe Blanton to dangle around for trade bait, but it’s questionable as to whether he can bring a starting outfielder or second baseman.
– The Phillies know that Jed Lowrie and Marco Scutaro could be trade candidates from the Boston Red Sox.
– [...]
03/13/11
The Boston Red Sox have a few players on the trading block, one source close to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com says. Among those that the source says could be moved are pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield, outfielders Mike Cameron or Darnell McDonald and shortstop Marco Scutaro.
“His rhythm was all out of whack,” the source [...]
03/12/11
In a Tweet by Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes, shortstop Miguel Tejada has agreed with the San Francisco Giants to a one-year deal for $6.5 million with a $500,000 bonus. The deal was officially announced by the team on December 2.
A source close to Comcast Sports Network’s Mychael Urban and close to Tejada says that the [...]
12/03/10