The Cleveland Indians were looking to upgrade their first base situation all winter and on Thursday afternoon, the Indians finally found their man. The Indians signed 1B Casey Kotchman to a one-year, $3 million contract according to Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Kotchman spent last season with the Tampa Bay Rays and had [...]
Slowly but surely, the Washington Nationals are having themselves quite the offseason, especially when it comes to improving their pitching staff. Earlier this offseason, the Nationals traded for LHP Gio Gonzalez and now they have added another quality starting pitcher to the mix. The Nationals have signed RHP Edwin Jackson to a one-year contract according [...]
Boston Red Sox right fielders were among the worst in baseball in 2012. One of the main reasons why was because they had the Ghost of J.D. Drew manning right field for most of the season. When Drew wasn’t in right because one of his 900 injuries were acting up, the Red Sox had Darnell [...]
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, the Toronto Blue Jays have signed former Cincinnati Reds closer Francisco Cordero to a one-year, $4.5 million contract today. Cordero posted a 2.45 ERA, 5.4 K/9, 2.8 BB/9, and a 50 percent Ground Ball Percentage in 69.2 innings in 2011. His 5.4 K/9 represented the fourth consecutive year [...]
When the news broke that Detroit Tigers’ C/DH Victor Martinez was out for the year with a knee injury, we speculated that the Tigers would pursue a veteran DH on a one-year deal. Names like Carlos Pena, Johnny Damon, and Raul Ibanez came up. However, Tigers’ GM Dave Dombrowski wasn’t having any of that veteran [...]
In the NBA, we see sign-and-trades happen all the time during the offseason. In Major League Baseball, we hardly see it at all. I think the reason being there is no salary cap for a GM to try to manipulate. However, I think we saw a pseudo sign-and-trade happen this offseason in the world of [...]
