Archive for December, 2009
Giants, As have new approaches this offseason
With the four-day winter meetings beginning Monday in Indianapolis, the Giants and As approach with far different philosophies than a year ago. At this point in 2008, the Giants already had signed Edgar Renteria, Jeremy Affeldt and Bobby Howry and were on the verge of finalizing a deal with Randy Johnson. The As already had [...]
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Red Sox agree with SS Marco Scutaro
The Red Sox are hoping Marco Scutaro is the solution at shortstop, at least for the next two years. After cycling through seven shortstops since the middle of the 2004 season, the Red Sox agreed to give Scutaro a two-year deal, according to a Baseball official with knowledge of the deal. The official spoke on [...]
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Angels owner not quite ready to see Lackey go
The Angels remain heavily in the mix for free-agent right-hander John Lackey and the biggest reason for that might be their owner, Arte Moreno. Club officials had all but decided to part with Lackey during the teams organizational meetings at the end of the regular season, according to multiple major-league sources. But Moreno, after watching [...]
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Backup catcher Mike Redmond wont return to Twins for 2010 season
Twins general manager Bill Smith confirmed Friday what has been assumed for much of the offseason — the ballclub will not bring back veteran catcher Mike Redmond for the 2010 season, ending the 38-year-olds five-year tenure with the team. Instead, Smith said, Jose Morales and Drew Butera are the two favorites for the backup job [...]
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Pirates name director of baseball operations, scout and trainer
The Pirates today named Tyrone Brooks as director of Baseball operations, Mike Basso as a major league scout and Toshi Nagahara as assistant athletic trainer. Also, Kevan Graves was promoted to assistant director of Baseball operations. Brooks, 36, spent three seasons as a professional scout for the Cleveland Indians and also worked 11 years for [...]
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