Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Chicago Cubs are a long way from being a championship contender, but one position they appear to be set at is shortstop. Starlin Castro looks like a surefire star that the team could build around. But in the interest of building for the future, the Cubs' front office might ...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
The Boston Red Sox are struggling this season and if things continue on this path, they may be in a situation where they have to shed salary as the season goes on. One of those trade chips could be long-time third baseman Kevin Youkilis.
Will Youkilis injured, prospected Will Middlebrooks came ...
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Thursday, March 1st, 2012
The St. Louis Cardinals and catcher Yadier Molina have reportedly agreed on a five-year contract extension worth $75 million. I'm just going to step back and take a deep breath because that's a huge freaking deal.
Molina is playing for $7 million this year, and then his extension will kick in ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
When the Washington Nationals selected Stephen Strasburg with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, they expected to get a guy who would be a difference maker right off the bat. Unfortunately, after a very promising start to his career, Strasburg found himself on the wrong ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
The Boston Red Sox have been looking for starting rotation help all offseason and now they've started to make moves to add some guys there.
The Red Sox have now made offers to both Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt, the two best starters left on the free agent market. After moving ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The Texas Rangers made a big move Wednesday afternoon by signing Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish to a six-year, $60 million deal. When considering the posting fee paid just to negotiate with the right-hander, that means the Rangers spent over $110 million to get Darvish on board.
After spending that kind of ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
The Boston Red Sox suffered an all-time meltdown in 2011, missing the playoffs despite having what looked to be a stellar roster on paper. This offseason has seen a ton of change in Beantown as the Theo Epstein and Terry Francona are gone, and there has been an attempt to ...
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