Topic: American League (Mlb)
(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 ...
Three-time National League Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols and southpaw starting pitcher C.J. Wilson have signed multi-million-dollar deals with the Los Angeles Angels.The deals, coming on the final day of a Major League Baseball team owners meeting in Dallas, bring the American ...
(Reuters) - Albert Pujols is to leave the World Series winning St. Louis Cardinals and join the Los Angeles Angels on a 10-year deal, worth up to $265 million, MLB.com reported Thursday.The deal, should it be completed, would be close to the ...
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" ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Miami Marlins made their third major free-agency signing of the offseason by agreeing to terms on a four-year, $58 million deal with four-time All-Star pitcher Mark Buehrle, MLB.com reported on Wednesday.Buehrle's deal is pending a physical, according to ...
(Reuters) - The Pittsburgh Pirates bolstered their bullpen and added some depth in the outfield by signing left-handed starter Erik Bedard and Nate McLouth to separate deals, the Major League Baseball team said on Wednesday.Bedard, who split last season between Seattle and ...
(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 ...
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...