Deadline looming for arbitration offers

World Series MVP Hideki Matsui, Vladimir Guerrero and Randy Wolf were among the free agents who weren't offered salary arbitration, moves that enable new teams to sign them without losing draft picks.

The market for Miguel Cabrera

...Some possible landing spots: Red Sox: The Red Sox could make this work, because they have both Mike Lowell and David Ortiz coming off their payroll after next year, and they could conceivably ask the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Sources: Sox shopping third baseman Lowell

...The Red Sox are also checking the medical records of free-agent relievers Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez, a major-league source confirmed. Requesting medicals, of course, is a routine step in the free...

July 8, 2009; Chicago, IL, USA; Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Mike Gonzalez (51) delivers a pitch during the eighth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The...

Closing the market

...agent market, it's in relievers, including relievers who have either closer experience or closer stuff. Mike Gonzalez (No. 17), Rafael Soriano (No. 20), Billy Wagner (No. 24), Ryota Igarashi (No. 26), Rafael Betancourt...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

The AL Cy Young Award went more or less as expected, with the very deserving Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals running away with it, nabbing 25 o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

The free agent do-call list

The free-agent signing period begins four days from now, and we know that Matt Holliday, John Lackey and Jason Bay are going to be paid the most money...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

Hudson, Braves agree to $28M deal

Tim Hudson agreed to a $28 million, three-year contract with the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, giving the team a wealth of starting pitching and setting up a likely trade to bolster the offense.

Type A positive (and negative)

For years, the Elias Sports Bureau rankings that determined what kind of draft-pick compensation would be attached to free agents meant nothing to som...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Gammons: Red Sox Want Pedroia To Play SS

...Blue Jays offer Scutaro, they could be stuck with $6M in arbitration backed up with signees Alex Gonzalez and John McDonald. There are voices in the organization that believe that another possibility is Brandon Phillips...

Pedroia interested in move back to SS

Dustin Pedroia would be interested in a move back to shortstop.

The Monday Knee-Jerk Report

...could serve the Eagles well in January. John Gonzalez of the Inquirer says the Eagles can't...his Monday Morning Quarterback in the Washington Times. Mike Wise of the Post wonders how far the...

Redman finds White in final ticks to rally Falcons after Ryan, Turner leave hurt

Chris Redman threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Roddy White with 23 seconds remaining, and the Atlanta Falcons pulled out a 20-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday after losing offensive stars Matt Ryan and Michael Turner to injuries.

Marlins may handle Johnson as Indians did Lee

...working to land comparable replacements -- he found Alex Gonzalez at shortstop and has been looking at catchers...lot of wriggle room with their payroll, write Mike DiGiovanna and Dylan Hernandez. 2. The Rays may...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 29, 2009