It was first reported that Hawpe had signed on Monday, but new news is coming out saying that the deal has just become official.
The Rockies and Brad Hawpe officially agreed to a one-year, $3.925 million deal on Thursday to avoid an arbitration hearing. It was Hawpe’s first time to be eligible for arbitration. He […]
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The Washington Nationals won their case against Felipe Lopez in their arbitration hearing today. Lopez was asking for $5.2 million from the Nationals, but will instead receive the Nationals offer of $4.9 million.
Lopez stated that he would have never gone to arbitration had the Nationals agreed to settle at the midpoint, which was $5.05 […]
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UPDATE (2-14-08; 9:35 PM): According to MLB XM, there was a typo in the initial report, and Bonds actually failed the drug test in November 2000, which would be just a few months before he began his record breaking 73 home run season.
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The Toronto Star is reporting that Barry Bonds tested positive for a […]
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Francisco Liriano could miss the first week of spring training due to visa problems that stem from a 2006 drunk-driving arrest. Liriano, who appears to be fully recovered from his November 2006 Tommy John surgery, will have to pass a sobriety test and attend a counseling session before being able to proceed with his […]
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Top 10 Shortstops
Name
Team
AVG
R
HR
RBI
SB
Hanley Ramirez
FLA
.311
113
23
76
46
Jose Reyes
NYM
.290
114
14
67
67
Jimmy Rollins
PHI
.286
120
23
80
34
Derek Jeter
NYY
.309
105
13
75
16
Miguel Tejada
HOU
.302
83
22
91
3
Michael Young
TEX
.307
87
13
90
8
Carlos Guillen
DET
.298
83
17
84
11
Troy Tulowitzki
COL
.286
94
20
83
8
Rafael Furcal
LAD
.280
96
11
55
29
Orlando Cabrera
CHW
.277
87
10
70
18
Just missing the cut: Edgar Renteria (DET), Jhonny Peralta (CLE), Felipe […]
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As we get closer to arbitration cases going to a hearing, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise to see a lot of one-year deals being handed out during the first week of Spring Training. The first one to take place after pitchers and catchers report is that of the Padres and catcher Josh […]
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The Houston Astros will have their first arbitration hearing in 11 years today when the club presents their case against their new closer, Jose Valverde.
Valverde is asking for a salary of $6.2 million, an offer $1.5 million more than that of the Astros’ $4.7 million offer. Valverde is coming off a year in which he […]
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The San Diego Union-Tribune suggests that Triple-A catcher Nick Hundley could be a trade chip in a possible trade as the team is still searching for a left fielder. Tom Krasovic reportes that the Padres have been asking around and paid special interest to three right-handed hitters — Xavier Nady and Jason Bay of […]
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According to the Kansas City Star, the Royals have decided to have Luke Hochevar begin Spring Training as a reliever and have indicated that Brett Tomko “must pitch his way out of the No. 4 slot of the rotation.”
With Hochevar seemingly out of the running for the starting rotation, that leaves the Royals with Gil […]
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The Cubs closing job is wide open at this point. With the team wanting to move Ryan Dempster out of the role and back into the starting rotation, they are going to turn to one of their three main horses in the bullpen to fill the void.
The Cubs are said to have Bob Howry, […]
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