mysportsrumors.com - 12 days ago
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The Minnesota Twins are one of the many teams in Major League Baseball that are looking for starting pitching this off season. The Twins also have other needs but already started to address those (i.e. the trade for J.J. Hardy, their new shortstop). The more pressing need thou is to add a ...
Twins Looking At Veteran Starters
mlbtraderumors.com 12 days ago — While speaking with Joe Christensen of The Star Tribune , Twins' GM Bill Smith may have tipped his hand regarding the team's offseason plans.
"We'll see what's out there," he said. "And if there's a veteran starter or two that's a good fit for us, ...
Bringing Back Pavano
nickstwinsblog.com 10 days ago — The Twins are currently amidst a two-week window of exclusive negotiating rights with internal free agents before the market opens on November 20. During that span, the team will have the opportunity to lock up Orlando Cabrera, Carl Pavano, Mike ...
Here’s An Overlooked Reason Why Lackey’s The Man
metsmerizedonline.com 6 days ago — John Lackey? Roy Halladay? Both are All-Star caliber pitchers. Both could elevate the Mets to the level where we expect them to be. Signing Lackey and trading for Halladay would look lovely, but we know that’s not happening. After all, the Wilpons are our owners. Acquiring one of ...
MLB Execs Think Lackey Is Coming To New York
metsmerizedonline.com 11 days ago — According to an article by Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com , a recent survey polled 20 MLB executives (general managers, assistant GMs, etc.) on a number of topics, including where they believe free agent pitcher John Lackey will sign. They also revealed their thoughts on the possible length ...
Big Z and John Lackey
talkingchicagobaseball.com 16 days ago — The top free agent pitcher on the market this offseason is the Angels star John Lackey. He will probably command a huge deal because people love a durable starter who wins lots of games and has proven himself. Lackey fits that bill, over his eight career seasons he has 102 wins, a 3.81 ERA, and ...
Good vs. Evil: Keeping John Lackey
monkeywithahalo.com 17 days ago — It has been mentioned over and over the last several weeks, but the Angels have some tough free agent decisions to make this off-season. Fortunately, MonkeyWithAHalo.com is here to help figure this mess out with a little help from our old friends Good and Evil. First up for debate is whether ...
Brewers eye free agent pitching market
brewersbeat.mlblogs.com 9 days ago — Surprise, surprise. Brewers general manager Doug Melvin spent his time at this week's General Managers Meetings in Chicago focused on pitching. Melvin spoke this week with agent Arn Tellem, who represents free agent left-hander Randy Wolf, and Steve ...
The Mets Need To Take a # 2
nleastchatter.com 14 days ago — What? You were thinking something else?
The Mets starting pitching staff is in some ways “Johan Santana and the rest.” Santana is coming off what by many statistical measures (IP, W, K/9, BB/9, K/BB, BAA, WHIP) was his worst season as a full time starter, and even at his worst ...
Let’s Talk About # 2
nleastchatter.com 11 days ago — What? You were thinking something else?
The Mets starting pitching staff is in some ways “Johan Santana and the rest.” Santana is coming off what by many statistical measures (IP, W, K/9, BB/9, K/BB, BAA, WHIP) was his worst season as a full time starter, and even at his worst ...
Do we want John Lackey?
feedproxy.google.com 8 days ago — Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald :
A major-league source said that the Red Sox met with free agent starter John Lackey’s agent at the GM meetings this week in Chicago. The Red Sox expressed preliminary interest in the right-handed starter, who is arguably the top free agent starter ...
CF Cameron files for free agency (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 12 days ago
The Mike Cameron era in center field for the Milwaukee Brewers ended Monday when the 15-year veteran filed for free agency. Cameron's spot will be taken by Carlos Gomez, who was acquired Friday from Minnesota for shortstop J.J. Hardy. Four other ...