Lou Piniella is trying to find a closer, and hopes to have it decided by next weekend, but it looks like he’s leaning toward Kerry Wood. Piniella wants to see how the three candidates — Bob Howry, Carlos Marmol and Wood — react to pitching on consecutive days, something he’ll have them do for […]
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Rays manager Joe Maddon said that Scott Kazmir will “more than likely” start the season on the disabled list, but he expects the stay to be a short one. Maddon expects Kazmir to be ready to go in the early part of April.
“We really consider it minor,” Maddon said before Sunday’s game. “But to […]
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With all the grumblings coming out of Chicago regarding Brian Roberts, could we start hearing about it from the South Side of Chicago, too?
Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune reports that the Orioles are looking for veteran middle infielders, including the White Sox Juan Uribe. He says if the White Sox could land Roberts, […]
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With Andruw Jones signing on with the team to play center field, Juan Pierre appears to be out of the Dodgers outfield altogether. With Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier showing this spring that they can be legitimate every day outfielders, Pierre hasn’t done anything to help his case by batting just .186 throughout the […]
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Marc Lancaster of the Tampa Tribune says that the Rays would prefer to fill their need for another outfielder through trade rather than signing a free agent outfielder, such as Kenny Lofton.
He notes that the Rays would prefer to have an outfielder that could play regularly in right field, along with the ability to backup […]
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