With the Holidays and New Year’s over let’s hope the Hot Stove starts to heat up again. Still a few big free agents left in Max Scherzer and James Shields. Also a few teams still have an overabundance of outfielders and will need to make trades, Padres and Red Sox, just to need a few.…
I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and a Merry Christmas. With New Year right around the corner Pitchers and Catchers begin reporting February 18th. Teams still have a lot of work to do with January and February beginning where teams add depth and many important pieces. Here’s to your team adding the player…
NEWS LaTroy Hawkins of the Rockies announced on the MLB Network that the 2015 season will be his last. It will be his 21st season in the show. He played with 10 different teams spending a majority of his career with the Twins. Jon Lester of the Cubs picked to wear #34 because he is…
NEWS The 2015 Winter Meetings will be in Nashville and in 2016 they will be in Washington D.C. TRANSACTIONS The Dodgers signed free agent RHP Brandon McCarthy to a 4 year/$48 million contract. The Angels acquired INF Josh Rutledge from the Rockies. The Rockies received PHP Jairo Diaz. The Padres acquired OF Matt Kemp, C…
NEWS They announced this year’s winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting and the winner is Dick Enberg of the San Diego Padres. He worked with the Angels from 1969-1978 and has been with the Padres since 2010. The Texas Rangers have placed Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson on their…
NEWS The MLB Hall of Fame is considering expanding max votes per ballot from 10 to 12. Carlos Martinez of the Cardinals will wear #18 next year to honor good friend and former teammate Oscar Taveras who died in a car accident in October. The Rays have reached a deal with St. Petersburg that will…
NEWS The Golden Era committee did not elect anyone into the Hall of Fame. Dick Allen and Tony Oliva fell one vote short, Jim Katt fell two votes short. The Blue Jays are eyeing Orioles GM Dan Duquette and White Sox Executive VP Ken Williams to become Blue Jays President. Korean SS Jung-Ho Kang expected…
NEWS Carlos Pena has retired from MLB. He had a 14 year career and was an All-Star in 2009 with the Rays. Pena is joining the MLB Network as a studio analyst. The Padres have hired former player Mark Kotsay as their hitting coach. He had a 13 year career last playing in 2013 with…
NEWS Josh Willingham has announced his retirement from the MLB. He played 11 seasons for 5 teams; Marlins, Nationals, A’s, Twins and Royals. He ended his career with 195 HR’s and 632 RBI’s and won a Silver Slugger in 2012 with the Twins. The Reds have hired Kevin Towers as their new Special Assistant of…
NEWS Tim Hudson of the Giants has said that the 2015 season could be his last season. He will be a free agent after this season. Rob Manfred was officially given a five-year term as MLB Commissioner. Manfred has served as the head of labor negotiations for 19 years since the strike of 1994. The…
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