Topic: AL East

Major League Baseball's Orioles sign Japan's Wada

Japanese pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada has signed a two-year, $8.1 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles, the Major League Baseball team reported.The 30-year-old left hander signed a deal that includes an option for 2014.Wada becomes the second Japanese native to play for Baltimore, ...

Bid deadline nears for Japanese ace Darvish

Major League Baseball clubs have until Wednesday to submit bids for negotiating rights to Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish, who could surpass the record payout spent for Daisuke Matsuzaka five years ago.The 25-year-old right-hander was posted by the Japan League's Nippon Ham Fighters ...

Pitcher Moore signs long-term deal with Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays have locked up rising star Matt Moore by signing the starting pitcher to an eight-year, $39.7 million dollar contract, the Major League Baseball club announced Friday.The 22-year-old Moore became the youngest starting pitcher to win an opening post-season ...

Yankees re-sign pitcher Garcia for another season

(Reuters) - The New York Yankees will bring back right-handed starting pitcher Freddy Garcia for another season, announcing on Friday they had signed the Venezuelan to a one-year contract.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The 35-year-old Garcia proved to be a ...

Japanese baseballer Darvish announces US bid

Japanese right-handed pitcher Yu Darvish announced Thursday his wish to play Major League Baseball, becoming the latest mega star aiming to cross the Pacific.He and his current club Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters separately said the 25-year-old starter will use the so-called "posting system" ...

Yankees win rights to negotiate with Nakajima

(Reuters) - The New York Yankees have won the exclusive negotiating rights with Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima, Major League Baseball said on Wednesday.The Yankees, who submitted the highest bid in the posting process, have 30 days to sign the 29-year-old infielder, who ...

Toronto acquires closer Santos in trade with White Sox

(Reuters) - The Toronto Blue Jays have acquired closer Sergio Santos in a trade with the Chicago White Sox for promising right-handed pitcher Nestor Molina, the Toronto club announced on Tuesday.The 28-year-old Santos appeared in 63 games last season for Chicago posting ...

New abuse claim against late Red Sox official

A man who worked in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse when he was a teenager in the 1990s said Monday that then clubhouse manager Donald Fitzpatrick, who died in 2005, sexually abused him.At a news conference Monday, Charles Crawford said Fitzpatrick assaulted ...

Major League wages show significant rise

The average major league baseball salary increased 2.7 percent to almost $3.1 million in 2011, the biggest rise since 2008, the Major League Baseball Players Association said Monday.In its annual report, the union said the 913 players on August 31 rosters and ...

Two claim sexual abuse by former Red Sox staffer

BOSTON (Reuters) - Two men came forward on Monday to accuse a now-deceased Red Sox official of sexually abusing them two decades ago when they were teenagers working for the baseball team.They are the ninth and tenth people to charge former clubhouse ...
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