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Carlos Gomez and the Brewers have agreed to a three-year, $24 million contract extension, the team announced. Gomez is making $4.3 million this season in his final year of arbitration eligibility and would have hit the open market as a free agent next winter. Instead according to Adam McCalvy of MLB.com he’ll get $7 million…
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Reds still haven’t decided whether Aroldis Chapman will start or close
Mar 13, 2013, 4:16 PM EDT
Aroldis Chapman is preparing as if he’ll move into the starting rotation this season following two-plus years in the bullpen, but the Reds still haven’t made a final decision on his role. “I’d like to decide soon and get my team together,” manager Dusty Baker said, via John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer. “I don’t…
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Kansas City has released Guillermo Moscoso after claiming the right-hander off waivers from Colorado in November. Moscoso has now been traded twice, claimed off waivers once, and released once since January of 2011, and his next team will be his sixth organization at age 29. He pitched well for the A’s in 2011, posting a…
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Indians reliever Frank Herrmann out for the season after Tommy John surgery
Mar 13, 2013, 1:50 PM EDT
Frank Herrmann was shut down early in Indians camp with elbow soreness and today the right-hander underwent Tommy John surgery that will knock him out for the entire season. Herrmann spent much of last year at Triple-A, but was a decent middle reliever for the Indians with a 4.26 ERA and 72/29 K/BB ratio in…
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Last year around this time the Yankees demoted Francisco Cervelli to Triple-A. He remained there for basically the entire season and hit just .246 with a .657 OPS in 99 games. And now he’s in position to be the Yankees’ starting catcher. Yesterday manager Joe Girardi told Andy McCullough of the Newark Star Ledger that…
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Kansas City tendering Luke Hochevar a contract and then paying him $4.56 million to avoid arbitration was one of the biggest head-scratchers of the offseason because … well, he’s never been any good. And now they’re moving him to the bullpen, manager Ned Yost announced today. Hochevar was the No. 1 overall pick in the…
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Out since February 27 with a hamstring injury, shortstop Starlin Castro is back in the Cubs’ lineup today. Castro ended up missing two weeks, including about 10 days after an MRI exam showed what the Cubs called “minor” hamstring inflammation. Castro has been very durable since being called up as a 20-year-old in May of…
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Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that Toronto has released first baseman David Cooper, who hit .270 with a .750 OPS in 72 games for the Blue Jays during the past two seasons. Cooper ended last season on the disabled list with a back injury that has carried over to this year, taking him out of…
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Gio Gonzalez led the NL with 21 wins last season and finished third in the Cy Young voting, but manager Davey Johnson announced that the Nationals will go with Stephen Strasburg as their Opening Day starter. Strasburg got the Opening Day assignment last season as well and tossed seven innings of one-run ball against the…
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Detroit has released outfielder Brennan Boesch, who averaged 127 games and 496 plate appearances per season for the Tigers during the past three years. Back in January the Tigers and Boesch avoided arbitration with a one-year, $2.3 million deal, but by releasing him now Detroit is only on the book for one-sixth of that salary.…
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In the past Roy Halladay and the Phillies have downplayed his low velocity readings in spring training starts, but after today’s ugly outing in which he threw in the mid-80s and got knocked around manager Charlie Manuel and pitching coach Rich Dubee were a little more open about things. David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily…
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This offseason HardballTalk had several posts wondering why, exactly, the Diamondbacks seemed to be collecting light-hitting utility infielders. It turns out maybe they didn’t know why either. Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that Arizona is now “looking to trade” John McDonald because he’s behind Willie Bloomquist and Cliff Pennington on the depth chart. And that’s…
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Ned Yost isn’t the only one taking spring training way too seriously. Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com has this little tidbit about Giants outfielder Andres Torres: In a burst of rage that made the crowd gasp Monday at Surprise Stadium, Torres snapped a bat over his knee after striking out with the bases loaded in the…
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Roy Halladay’s ugly afternoon: four walks, one grand slam, seven runs, and mid-80s velocity
Mar 12, 2013, 2:21 PM EDT
Last week when Roy Halladay topped out in the high-80s during his start some people brushed it off because he threw four scoreless innings despite the low velocity. Today he continued to throw in the 80s and the results weren’t very pretty either. Halladay walked four batters in 2.2 innings, served up two homers–including a…
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Tampa Bay officially named David Price as the Opening Day starter, which is no surprise. James Shields got the Opening Day nod for the Rays last season, but Price went 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA on the way to his first Cy Young award and presumably would have gotten the call this year even if…
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Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta missed yesterday’s game when he had an allergic reaction to clam chowder after eating the soup without knowing what it was. He was ambushed, really. This is the type of story you don’t just give up on covering, obviously, so Jason Beck of MLB.com has an update: Jhonny Peralta confirms he…
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Ryan Madson threw off a mound yesterday for the first time since his comeback from Tommy John surgery was shut down on February 1 when he experienced elbow soreness. Madson threw 20 pitches and afterward told Kevin Baxter of the Los Angeles Times that “it was just nice and easy, just to get back up…
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Nick Markakis underwent an MRI exam on his injured neck yesterday and has been diagnosed with what the Orioles are calling a “small disc herniation.” That’s another way of saying a small tear and means Markakis will be on the sidelines for at least another week and maybe two, but manager Buck Showalter told Brittany…
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Stephen Drew continues to experience concussion symptoms after being hit in the head by a pitch last Thursday and the Red Sox shortstop has not been cleared to resume working out yet. “The symptoms are still a little there,” Drew said, via Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com. “I got home and kind of noticed the symptoms…
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Manny Ramirez‘s contract with the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League will pay him $25,000 per month from March to November. By comparison, the minimum salary in MLB pays approximately $85,000 per month and during his prime Ramirez was paid more than $3 million per month by the Red Sox and Dodgers. But…
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Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta was scratched from today’s lineup because … Leyland on Peralta: “He ate some clam chowder and he’s allergic to it. He didn’t realize it was clam chowder until he ate it.” — Jason Beck (@beckjason) March 11, 2013 Food allergies or not, just generally speaking “what is in this soup? is…
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Adrian Beltre is healthy now after sitting out Round 1 of the World Baseball Classic with a strained calf muscle, leading to some speculation that he’d join the Dominican Republic for Round 2 later this week. Beltre ruled that out today, telling T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com that the team is doing just fine without him…
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Alfredo Aceves on brawling with Canada: “You’re just trying to defend and knock them out”
Mar 11, 2013, 2:14 PM EDT
Larry Walker said he “saw Satan” in Alfredo Aceves‘ eyes during Saturday’s brawl between Canada and Mexico. So what did Aceves see while being punched by Tyson Gillies and tackled by a half-dozen other Canadians? Here’s what he told Alex Speier of WEEI.com: That was the first time I saw him there. Like I said,…
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Ben Francisco signs with Yankees after being released by Indians
Mar 11, 2013, 1:50 PM EDT
UPDATE: That was quick. Less than three hours after the Indians released him Francisco has signed a minor-league deal with the Yankees, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Seems like a good fit with Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira out. ========== Cleveland has released outfielder Ben Francisco, who signed a minor-league deal…
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Boston is going to be short on left-handed relievers early on. Craig Breslow has all but been ruled out for Opening Day because of a sore shoulder and now Franklin Morales figures to join him on the disabled list to start the season. Morales has a back injury and manager John Farrell told Ian Browne…
