NL Central Notes: Wieters, A’s, Cards, Arenado, Akiyama, Brewers The Cardinals and Athletics were first linked to Matt Wieters during the Winter Meetings, and a month after those initial reports, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal tweets that St. Louis and Oakland continue to have interest in the veteran backstop. Wieters served as the Cards’ backup catcher…
DetailsRyan Carpenter Signs With CPBL’s Rakuten Monkeys The Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League have signed left-hander Ryan Carpenter, as per the CPBL Stats website. Carpenter became a free agent after being released by the Tigers in September. The 27-year-old southpaw has an 8.57 ERA, 2.35 K/BB rate, and 5.7 K/9 over 63…
DetailsRed Sox, Trevor Hildenberger Agree To Minor League Contract The Red Sox have signed right-handed pitcher Trevor Hildenberger to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to Major League camp, according to Darren Wolfson of SKOR North. Hildenberger is a client of the Ballengee Group. Hildenberger, 29, has spent his entire professional career with…
DetailsRays, Kevan Smith Agree To Minor League Deal The Rays have signed free-agent catcher Kevan Smith to a minor league deal with an invitation to Major League Spring Training, per MLBTR owner Tim Dierkes. Smith is represented by Fusion Sports Agency. Smith, 31, spent the 2019 season with the Angels, appearing in 67 games with…
DetailsNew format for WBC (qualifiers) Newspapers from several countries all over the world are talking about an upcoming change in the format of the World Baseball Classic. It all starts with significant changes for the upcoming qualifiers. The qualifiers for the 2021 WBC will take place from March 12 – 26. Two groups will play…
DetailsTexans, Chiefs battling to erase painful NFL playoffs memories KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It has been 50 years since the Chiefs last played in a Super Bowl. Last year, they were so close they could taste it, but Dee Ford jumped offsides in overtime, and Tom Brady took advantage and sent Kansas City home losers…
DetailsThis is MLB’s roadmap to labor peace: Salary cap, robo-umps Welcome to baseball’s beautifully boring January. Oh, sure, the anvil about to fall on the Astros will entertain us for a couple of days, and the perennially unheralded Derek Jeter will finally get his due with his unanimous (just my hunch) Hall of Fame election…
DetailsThe Yankees roster casualty of Brett Gardner’s new contract Left-handed pitcher Stephen Tarpley is the odd man out with the Yankees officially re-signing Brett Gardner to a one-year, $12 million contract on Saturday. To make room for Gardner on the 40-man roster, the Yankees designated the Tarpley for assignment, they announced. The 26-year-old reliever likely…
DetailsYankees Announce Brett Gardner Signing, DFA Stephen Tarpley The Yankees officially announced the signing of Brett Gardner to a one-year contract with a club option for 2021. Left-handed pitcher Stephen Tarpley was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. Gardner unofficially returned to the Yankees in mid-December when news broke of the…
DetailsFiling Day Reactions: NL East After a busy filing day, let’s see what’s in store for a couple of teams in the NL East… Only Shane Greene remains from their arbitration pool. The Braves and Greene have a $500K gap in their filing numbers to reconcile lest the panel get the final say. Greene will…
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