NEWS The 2016 Winter Meetings will be held in Washington D.C. and in 2017 it will be in Orlando, FL. TRANSACTIONS The Astros have resigned LHP Tony Sipp to a 3 year/$18 million contract. The Rockies have signed 1B Mark Reynolds to a 1 year/$2.6 million contract plus incentives. The Cardinals have signed RHP…
NEWS This year’s winner of the 40th Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting is Graham McNamee. He called the World Series each year from 1923-34 and the first 4 All-Star games from 1933-36. MLB has recommended for all 30 teams to install netting out to the dugouts to prevent fans from getting…
NEWS The Mariners have hired Amanda Hopkins, the daughter of former Oakland A’s scout Ron Hopkins. She will be a fulltime amateur scout. The Marlins plan on moving fences in as much as 10 feet and alter height to as low as 5 ½ feet in some places. TRANSACTIONS The Rockies have signed a…
NEWS Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. will be the new senior Advisor to the Commissioner Rob Manfred on Youth Programs and Outreach. Armando Galarraga has retired from the MLB. He played 6 years with 4 different teams. He is most famous for his Imperfect Game. He is at the Winter Meetings interviewing for a…
9 Inning Baseball Talk MLB Winter Meetings Recap Show Were you hoping for some action at this year’s MLB winter meetings? Well you then you should be happy because there were dozens of moves that happened and many of them involving big name players. Monday night Josh and Kelly looked at which Chicago team improved…
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…
By Kelly: This is one of my favorite weeks of the year in baseball. Over the next 4 days almost the entire baseball world is in Orlando, Florida for the annual Winter Meetings. Each day I will write up a recap so you have an idea of what went on. Monday is usually a slower…
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