Cafardo’s Latest: Felix Hernandez, Red Sox
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe has his Sunday column up. Let's have a look. Cafardo expects the Red Sox to make another push for Felix Hernandez in the offseason. Hernandez's price tag could prove...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Rizzo, Braves, Rowand, Pujols, Carrasco
On this date 11 years ago, the Angels signed amateur free agent Ervin Santana. The right-hander recently reached the 200-inning plateau for the fourth time in his career and he has a 3.27 ERA to go...
View ArticleIndians Notes: Shapiro, Carrasco, Santana
On this date in 1997, Jim Thome hit his 40th homer of the season for the Indians, who went on to win the American League pennant. Here's the latest on the current version of the Indians, who have a...
View ArticleIndians Notes: Payroll, Hafner, DH, Starting Rotation
The Indians have been very busy during the first days of 2013 officially announcing the free agent signings of Nick Swisher and Brett Myers. MLB.com's Jordan Bastian reports the team will open the...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Contreras, Indians, Marlins, Yankees
After Brian Sabean traded Matt Williams to the Indians for a package that included eventual San Francisco cornerstone Jeff Kent, the public reaction against the newly minted Giants general manager was...
View ArticleAL Notes: Ryan, Porcello, Happ, Indians
Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan had dinner with principal owners Ray Davis and Bob Simpson Friday night to discuss his future role with the franchise. Simpson called the meeting "productive" while Ryan remained...
View ArticleIndians Designate Carlos Carrasco For Assignment
The Indians announced that they have designated pitcher Carlos Carrasco for assignment for the purpose of placing him on their Triple-A team. The move will allow the Tribe to remove Carrasco from the...
View ArticleMinor Moves: Garcia, Carrasco, Gimenez
A huge trade went down three years ago today, as the Rangers acquired Cliff Lee, Mark Lowe, and cash from the Mariners for Justin Smoak, Josh Lueke, and Blake Beavan. Lueke eventually led to Mike...
View ArticleIndians Notes: Swisher, Bourn, Masterson, Hamels
MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian and Paul Hoynes of the Northeast Ohio Media Group cleared out their inbox this weekend answering readers’ questions about possible moves for the Indians this offseason. Here...
View ArticlePlayers Avoiding Arbitration: Thursday
As we approach tomorrow’s deadline for exchanging filing numbers, the volume of arb deals will increase. All arb agreements can be monitored using MLBTR’s 2015 Arbitration Tracker, but here are today’s...
View ArticleArbitration Roundup: 54 Players Exchange Figures
With today’s flurry of activities in the books, 144 players have agreed to deals to avoid arbitration for a total spend of $433MM. But that leaves 54 players who have exchanged figures and have ground...
View ArticleIndians Discussing Extension With Carlos Carrasco
The Indians are close to locking up one big rotation piece in Corey Kluber, and the team is also discussing an extension with another in righty Carlos Carrasco, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reports...
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Indians, Carlos Carrasco Agree To Extension
The Indians have announced yet another extension, this one with righty Carlos Carrasco. The contract guarantees him $22MM over the next four years and includes two club options. Carrasco will earn...
View ArticleReactions To Recent Starting Pitcher Extensions
Over the past week, we’ve seen multi-year deals signed by Yordano Ventura (five years, $23MM), Carlos Carrasco (four years, $22MM), Corey Kluber (five years, $38.5MM) and Rick Porcello (four years,...
View ArticlePitcher Notes: Bradley, Carrasco, Garcia
Archie Bradley of the Diamondbacks is set for his big-league debut against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers Saturday, Steve Gilbert of MLB.com writes. “I mean, it’s exciting,” says Bradley. “He’s one of...
View ArticleIndians Listening On Starters; Discussed Carrasco With Blue Jays
The Indians may be more willing to listen to trade scenarios regarding their controllable pitching than they have indicated publicly, according to a report from Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (Twitter...
View ArticleAL East Notes: Orioles, Samardzija, Soria, Carrasco, Latos
Despite very public statements indicating that the team is all in on 2015, the Orioles are now giving “serious consideration” to selling, Jon Morosi of FOX Sports reports on Twitter. As Ken Rosenthal...
View ArticleAL Notes: Blue Jays, Carrasco, Rangers
The Blue Jays, who are on the lookout for pitching help, are still in talks with the Padres about both starters and relievers, FOX Sports’ Jon Morosi tweets. The Padres, of course, have starters Ian...
View ArticleReactions To And Impact Of The Troy Tulowitzki Deal
The blockbuster trade sending start shortstop Troy Tulowitzki from the Rockies to the Blue Jays is now official. He’s officially heading to Toronto along with veteran reliever LaTroy Hawkins. In...
View ArticlePitching Market Notes: Ross, Gallardo, Iwakuma, Indians, Chapman, Pirates
The Padres are “progressing” on multiple deals, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, and Tyson Ross is a key piece among their trade chips. Rosenthal adds that trading him would be considered a...
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