MLB Rumor Central

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Seattle could land Lackey

Buster Olney

The John Lackey sweepstakes won't open until next week, but already rivals are sizing up the market and view the Seattle Mariners as a potential sleep...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Hermida's move sure to be replicated

Buster Olney

...baseball landscape early Thursday morning -- probably before all the champagne-soaked Yankees reached their homes -- with more rumors that Mark Teahen is about to be traded, and by the end of the day the hints...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Brewers holding prospects this time

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

MLB Rumors' Drew Silva on the prospect of the Brewers trading prospects: According to the Associated Press...

Blog | June 23, 2009

Tuesday Taters

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

Today's links were compiled and annotated by a Proven VeteranTM ... • From MLB Rumors' Mike Axisa, a fun discussion of the worst contracts in the majors. I suppose that...

Blog | June 23, 2009

Rays standing pat?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

MLB Rumors' Mike Axisa points to this one: According to Marc Topkin of The St. Petersburg Times...

Blog | June 20, 2009

Ordonez benched to save money?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

...knew it wasn't going to take long for the agent to get involved. Via MLB Rumors and Ben Nicholson-Smith: Lynn Henning of the Detroit News reports that Scott Boras says there...

Blog | June 19, 2009

Will Glavine pitch in 2009?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

Have we seen the last of Tom Glavine? Looks like we probably have. From MLB Rumors: Breaking news out of Atlanta: Tom Glavine told Buck Lanford of Fox 5 Atlanta that he...

Blog | June 19, 2009

Trading Barton makes sense, but not for Johnson

Rob Neyer

...in Oakland for Barton to play, as both are limited to first base (at best). Insider: MLB rumors The Mets may be bringing back Oliver Perez, while the Dodgers could wave goodbye to Andruw...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2009

Pujols' health a worrisome issue

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a rumor, exactly, but this comes from MLB Rumors: The hushed voice of KMOX sports reporter Kevin Wheeler has joined the whispers...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 14, 2008

Roberto Alomar's brilliance still on display

Buster Olney

...You get a chance to witness the brilliance of Roberto Alomar just about every night on a major league baseball field, when infielders make plays that Alomar all but invented and popularized. A shortstop, like...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009

Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

Keith Law

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...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

New-Bourn: Astros center fielder on the rise

Buster Olney

...Bourn was a childhood friend of Carl Crawford, and as Little Leaguers they had chatted about playing major league baseball, about playing in the World Series. They shared that dream, and an ambitious work ethic...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 14, 2009

Rockies' O'Dowd gets new deal

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

From MLB Trade Rumors (and the Denver Post), news about the Rockies' longtime GM: Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post...

Blog | October 21, 2009

New 3B on deck for Cardinals

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

More early news about a 2010 lineup, this time from MLB Trade Rumors: According to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Freese should get first crack...

Blog | October 20, 2009

Will Wakefield be back in 2010?

Rob Neyer, SweetSpot

Good news for fans of 43-year-old knuckleball pitchers. From MLB Trade Rumors: WEEI's Rob Bradford reports that Tim Wakefield is set to have surgery on the herniated...

Blog | October 16, 2009