metscitiblog.com - 20 days ago
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According to Tim Dierkes at MLBTR , the Royals have released Miguel Olivo and others. Olivo is possibly the best of the worst. He is almost decent from a horrible crop of available catchers. He hit .249 this past year and struck out 129 times in 390 ABs. On the plus ...
Royals Face Options On Crisp, Olivo
mlbtraderumors.com 29 days ago — MLB.com's Dick Kaegel takes a look at the Royals' two contract option decisions, which are due ten days after the World Series.
Kaegel believes the Royals will consider Coco Crisp 's $500K buyout an easy choice over his $8MM option. However, ...
Royals not likely to pick up option on Crisp
kaegel.mlblogs.com 29 days ago — Ten days after the World Series the Royals have to make decisions on their players with contract options and that includes catcher Miguel Olivo and center fielder Coco Crisp. It's a club option on Crisp and it doesn't take any...
Olivo Over Molina
nybaseballdigest.com 13 days ago — I must admit to being surprised by the reported willingness of the Mets to pay Bengie Molina $6 million for 2010, and possibly go two or even three years in length with his contract. In an offseason where New York has many holes to fill, this represents a sizable chunk of what they’ll be ...
Royals Unlikely To Buck-Up
novafantasysports.com 17 days ago — Update: It is unlikely that the K.C. Royals will tender free-agent C John Buck in the coming weeks.The Kansas City Star reports the Royals don't think Buck will be worth what he would command in arbitration this winter. Buck led the majors in passed balls this past year while hitting .247. Even ...
Royals, White Sox make 2
mlb.mlb.com 20 days ago — By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com 11/05/09 5:01 PM EST KANSAS CITY -- The post-World Series trading season is off to a quick start. Or is it? According to reports on Thursday, the Royals' Mark Teahen has been traded to the White Sox in exchange for second ...
The Royals catchers could interest us...
metsfever.blogspot.com 29 days ago — The Royals have some decisions to make behind the plate, they are said to be discussing shaking things up. They currently have three catchers, who could all be available this off-season. Olivo has a club option while Pena and Buck are both non-tender candidates. Of course, the Royals will ...
Reds Talk: Votto, Budget, Olivo
mlbtraderumors.com 15 days ago — John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer has the latest on the Reds, after talking with GM Walt Jocketty.
Asked about trading Joey Votto , Jocketty replied, "Oh God, no."
The Reds are restricted by their payroll, but Jocketty said, "not yet" as far ...
Royals early activity nothing more then no brainers
tireball.com 20 days ago — In the days following the World Series teams begin to decide if they are going to pick up player options, players start to tell newspapers how much they like each potential suitor and a laundry list of common sense baseball moves take place.
Case in point the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals ...
Royals deal 3B Teahen to White Sox (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 20 days ago
The Chicago White Sox picked up Mark Teahen in a trade from the Kansas City Royals on Friday, getting a new third baseman in exchange for infielders Chris Getz and Josh Fields and cash considerations. Teahen batted .271 with a 12 home runs and 50 RBIs ...