Tag: Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB: Team by Team August/September Acquisitions, News, and Rumors


MLB: Team by Team August/September Acquisitions, News, and Rumors Oakland Athletics Re-signed 1B Tommy Everidge Rumor: 3b Eric Chavez who has been hampered with injuries is pondering retirement after his latest setback. Signed OF Jeremy Hermida 1b/OF Conor Jackson was put on the DL Rumor: OF Carl Crawford likes Oakland’s pitching which weighs heavy on…

Read More

MLB: Giants Acquire Jose Guillen from Royals plus other News


MLB: Giants Acquire Jose Guillen from Royals plus other News The San Francisco Giants added a power bat plus some depth in outfield by acquiring OF Jose Guillen. The Giants acquired OF Jose Guillen from the Kansas City Royals for cash and a player to be named later. Atlanta Braves 3B Chipper Jones who is…

Read More

MLB: Carlos Delgado possibly coming back, Signings, Trades, and Rumors


MLB: Carlos Delgado possibly coming back, Signings, Trades, and Rumors Several teams are eyeing former Mets slugger Carlos Delgado who has been recovering from arthroscopic hip surgery this year. The teams that are interested are the White Sox, Angels, Red Sox, and Rockies. The White Sox who heavily pursued Adam Dunn, and Prince Fielder are…

Read More

MLB: Pirates acquire catcher Chris Snyder from the D’Backs


MLB: Pirates acquire catcher Chris Snyder from the D’Backs The Pirates acquired C Chris Snyder, SS Pedro Ciriaco, and cash from the Arizona Diamondbacks for SS Bobby Crosby, OF Ryan Church, and P D.J. Carrasco. The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to move once starting catcher Ryan Doumit once he comes off the DL to the…

Read More

MLB: White Sox Acquire Edwin Jackson, News, and Rumors


MLB: White Sox Acquire Edwin Jackson, News, and Rumors The Arizona Diamondbacks trade P Edwin Jackson to the Chicago White Sox for pitchers Dan Hudson, and David Holmberg. The deal could also turn into a 3-way trade in which P Edwin Jackson would go to the Nationals, 1B/OF Adam Dunn to the White Sox, and…

Read More

MLB: Top Available Trade Targets by Positions


MLB: Top Available Trade Targets Starting Pitching Top 5 1. Houston Astros – Roy Oswalt (6-10, 3.08 ERA, 112 K’s, 33 Walks, 1:05 WHIP) 2. Arizona Diamondbacks – Dan Haren (7-7, 4.36 ERA, 125 K’s, 26 Walks, 1:33 WHIP) 3. Cleveland Indians – Fausto Carmona (8-7, 3.64 ERA, 61 K’s, 43 Walks, 1:29 WHIP) 4….

Read More

MLB: The National League earns a rare win over the American League


MLB: The National League earns a rare win over the American League The National League who hasn’t won since 1996 finally was able to get one. The National League just always would fall victim to last inning defeats, bloopers, errors and just plain out could never get the job done. Their Savior was the amazing…

Read More

MLB All-Star Team Rosters Announced


MLB All-Star Team Rosters AMERICAN LEAGUE Pitchers SP- Clay Buchholz – Boston Red Sox SP- Trevor Cahill – Oakland Athletics SP- Fausto Carmona – Cleveland Indians CP- Neftali Feliz – Texas Rangers SP- Phil Hughes – New York Yankees SP- Cliff Lee – Seattle Mariners SP- Jon Lester – Boston Red Sox SP- David Price –…

Read More

Recent MLB Transactions


Arizona Diamondbacks traded 1B/OF Conor Jackson to the Oakland Athletics for RHP Sam Demel LHP Mark Mulder Retires 1b/OF Darin Erstad Retires Los Angeles Dodgers sign RHP Claudio Vargas Pittsburgh Pirates Call up 3B Pedro Alvarez New York Mets release OF Gary Matthews Jr Seattle Mariners designate RHP Ian Snell for assignment Detroit Tigers release…

Read More