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Presenting...your 2008 free agent class. Of course, some
of these players will be signed or retired before
reaching free agency. I've changed the post to categorize them by position; the player's 2008 age is in parentheses. If I saw someone as a...
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Royals starter Brian Bannister recently answered some questions
for MLBTR readers. This post concludes the series; also
check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the Q&A. Brian clearly took extra time out to answer thoughtfully, and we thank him ...
According to Bruce Levine of ESPN Radio 1000
, the Cubs have signed Kerry Wood to a
one-year, $4MM deal with no options. Wood apparently had four other offers for two years worth $5-6MM. The Padres, Brewers, and Red Sox were among them. ...
Time for the second annual MLBTradeRumors.com Top 50
Free Agents list! (You can see last year's here
). Check out the list of available free agents here . 1. Alex Rodriguez - Angels. Keith Law recently termed the Angels a ...
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Presenting...your 2009 MLB free agent class. It's fun
to look ahead, even if many of these guys
will be off the market a year from now.
A source of mine with Yankee connections had
some good info for me today. Much was discussed
yesterday in Tampa. For starters, the Yanks are expected to make "eye-popping" offers to retain Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera before the ...
We've done some Q&As with players before -
Curtis Granderson , Jason Hirsh , and Michael Barrett
. This time, for our Brian Bannister Q&A, we had readers submit the questions. Brian really went the extra mile to accomodate, ...
Minnesota has initiated talks for a three-way blockbuster
with the Twins and A's. Mets get Johan Santana.
A's get Jose Reyes. Twins get Dan Haren.
Royals starter Brian Bannister was kind enough to
answer questions for MLBTR readers. The first part of
the Q&A can be found here . MLBTR: What's the most misunderstood aspect of succeeding in baseball by typical fans, sportswriters, ...
Tim Dierkes picked this up from Michael Silverman
at the Boston Herald...Ryan Church is apparently in play
in this twins deal.
Rob Neyer sums up what it means to
be "out of options" in his classic Transactions Primer
: When you hear that a player is "out of options," that means he's been on the 40-man roster during three different seasons, beginning ...
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According to the Dominican site Impacto Deportivo, the
Royals are moving toward signing Bartolo Colon . Here's
the article in its original form , and here it is via Google Translator . We'll have to wait for confirmation and details ...
According to a source, the Yankees have signed
Morgan Ensberg. They'll use him at first base
(and maybe off the bench). Not sure if it's a minor or Major League deal. Ensberg, 32, hit .231/.320/.404 for the Astros and Padres in ...
Feel free to hit up the mailbag at
mlbtraderumors@gmail.com . Rusty from San Diego writes: Given the
large list of potential free agent CFs for 2008, which teams do you think are likely to replace from within the organization, which ones are ...
I asked JapanBall 's Bob Bavasi for his
thoughts on the Top 3 Japanese Free Agents who
may come over to MLB this winter. He kindly obliged, providing a couple of paragraphs on each. His summaries are below. 1. Kosuke Fukudome, Dragons. ...
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According to Bruce Levine of ESPN Radio 1000,
the Cubs have sent lefty reliever Will Ohman and
infielder Omar Infante to the Braves for righty reliever Jose Ascanio.
Rob Bradford of the Boston Herald was able
to confirm our rumor from yesterday , that the
Red Sox have some interest in Brad Wilkerson . Bradford says Wilkerson, a Boras client, is looking for three years and $21MM. I don't think the Sox ...
Yesterday was a thrill for me - the
man himself, Peter Gammons, mentioned MLBTR in his blog
. He mentioned MLBTradeRumors.com under "sites that I never miss" and added "I do not want any psychologist to know how many times a day ...
Ding Dong the deal is done
Ken Rosenthal was a guest on 610 WIP's
morning show and reiterated that Scott Linebrink was now
probably available for a trade. While Rosenthal said a few days ago that Kevin Towers would like to find the Padres center fielder of the future , ...


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