Yankees close to acquiring a starting pitcher?

UPDATE: Multiple sources saying it wont be Zambrano or Harang. Worth pointing out that the Yankees have been in talks with the Pirates about Zach Duke/Paul Maholm on multiple occasions over the past couple of years, so don’t rule that out. Both are young, cheap, mid-rotation starters, although not worth a top prospect. According to [...]

Phillies & others interested in Mike MacDougal

The righty reliever has drawn interest from multiple teams, the strongest being from the Phillies. MacDougal has closer experience, and despite his 4.31 ERA in 2008, he had 20 saves and just 1 blown save.  MacDougal has a career total of 70 saves, with 19 blown saves, only 8 more than Lidge’s ’09 total. If [...]

Orioles sign Gonzalez, Atkins. Is Holliday Next?

UPDATE: Baltimore has reportedly joined the bidding for Matt Holliday. Already with a full outfield, if they do sign him one could assume that they would trade their OF depth to gain pitching. UPDATE: Orioles have also agreed to a 1 year deal with 3B Garrett Atkins. UPDATE: Gonzalez Deal is worth $12 million with [...]

Some RP moves..

UPDATE: Lyon signed for 3 years, $15 million with Houston. As I said, he’s in decline, and not a legit closer. Crazy big deal for a mediocre middle reliever. Epic-fail by the Astros. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– The Florida Marlins have sent Matt Lindstrom to the Houston Astros for a couple of scrub minor leaguers. This almost guarantees [...]

Harden to Texas, Millwood to O’s.

Day three of the 2009 winter meetings has belonged to Texas GM Jon Daniels so far, who has done a fantastic job of improving his team going into 2010. The Rangers were a +44 run team last year, and with the addition of Rich Harden, and Hamilton, Kinsler, and maybe even Davis returning to 2008 [...]

Polanco to Philly?

Jayson Stark is reporting that the Phillies are seriously pursuing Placido Polanco to play third base for them in 2010 and beyond. This could be great news for his fantasy value. He was always a solid options because he hit for a high average, but hitting .285 last year doesn’t help his cause. However, as [...]

Tex in Pinstripes

After months of back and forth rumors on where Mark Teixeira would end up, he is a Yankee. While many feel the Yankees off-season of spending is irresponsible, they just picked up the top 3 free agents by some accounts. They are the favorites to win the division, the AL, and the world series. They locked [...]

$16 Million for Burnett? Worth it.

Ok, so I said I would write an article about CC but really, who doesn’t know that CC is going to be a beast. I still have a few comments to make about the Mets bullpen (Hint: Omar Minaya is an idiot) but I thought I had to get this out. ————————————————————————————– The news came [...]

Sabathia, Yankees may be finalizing contract

CC Sabathia may be headed to New York after all. Acording to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, he has a source claiming that Brian Cashman could begin finalizing a contract with CC Sabathia. Cashman flew to Callifornia on Tuesday to meet with free agent starter CC Sabathia. Brian Cashman flew to Callifornia on Tuesday to [...]

Yanks still leader in the clubhouse for CC, Dodgers looming

CC Sabathia has completely turned the free agent market on it’s head over the past 24 hours and he and his agent are probably pretty happy about that. While it doesn’t seem as though Sabathia necessarily is getting very many offers at the $140 million he is looking for, the fact that it seems as [...]

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