Saturday's Sports Transactions
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Saturday's Sports Transactions
The waters are still a little muddy concerning John Lackey's future, but he appears to be headed to Boston, one way or another. Earlier on Monday, it was reported that Lackey was headed to Boston for a physical. Now, it appears that the deal is almost done. According to ESPN.com, the Red Sox have reached a "tentative deal" with the free-agent right-hander that will be worth "slightly less" than ...
Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman has tweeted that the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies are considering a blockbuster trade that would send Roy Halladay to the Phillies and Cliff Lee to the Mariners. Developing...
Red Sox to open vs. Yanks on ESPN2
Cleveland Indians general manager Mark Shapiro predicted they would spend more on their food bill than actual player acquisitions at the baseball winter meetings.
Randy Wolf has finalized his three-year, $29.75 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, who also agreed Monday to a $2.1 million deal with infielder Craig Counsell.
Well, so much for this morning's post. The Red Sox, one of baseball's best teams at keeping secrets, have flown John Lackey into Boston for a physical, as first reported by Ed Price.
Randy Wolf has finalized his $29.75 million, three-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, who also agreed today to a $2.1 million deal with infielder Craig Counsell.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Free-agent starting pitcher John Lackey took a physical examination for the Boston Red Sox today and might be close to a contract agreement, Fox Sports reported on its Web site.
So, now that the Winter Meetings have concluded, a blockbuster trade has gone down, Barry Bonds announced his retirement, and a few free agents were signed, we can start to look at winners and losers from the week in Indianapolis, Indiana. The New York Yankees are clear winners in all this; they got younger, more athletic, [...]
The free-agent right-hander reportedly agrees to a five-year deal.
For teams that found the free agent wares at the winter meetings unappealing or too expensive, there's a cheaper market that opened Saturday.
When tickets for the 2010 Red Sox season went on sale Saturday morning, excited fans sat down at their computers to buy their tickets. For many it was a patience-testing game of hurry-up-and-wait.
SAN DIEGO — Right-hander Kevin Correia and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $3.6 million, one-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration.
General manager Walt Jocketty and manager Dusty Baker spent time at the winter meetings downplaying the idea of a shakeup.
If the Dodgers are to make their third National League Championship Series in three seasons in 2010, it looks as if they are going to have to do it with one of the least experienced starting staffs in the game.
It's possible but not likely that Adam LaRoche, who was not offered arbitration, will be the Braves' first baseman in 2010. The Braves probably won't offer more than a one-year contract, and LaRoche probably won't accept anything but a multiyear deal.
Randy Wolf has finalized his $29.75 million, three-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, who also agreed Monday to a $2.1 million deal with infielder Craig Counsell.
General manager Bill Smith's biggest move of the winter meetings had little to do with the meetings at all. Instead, the GM's starting staff grew by one veteran when right-hander Carl Pavano accepted the team's offer of arbitration.
Younger? Yes. Cheaper? For sure.
The first domino has fallen.
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The New York Yankees made Chieng-Ming Wang a free agent at midnight ...
The World Series champion New York Yankees have had a pretty good ...