Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas Elected To Hall Of Fame
2014/01/greg-maddux-tom-glavine-frank-thomas-elected-to-hall-of-fame.htmlThe Baseball Writers Association of America has elected Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas to the Hall of Fame.
Minor Moves: Tateyama, Severino, Wimberly, Indians
2014/01/minor-moves-wimberly-tateyama-severino-indians.htmlBaseball America's Matt Eddy has a new Minor League transactions piece posted that is rife with signings and releases.
Pitching Notes: Winston, Verlander, Johan, Yankees, Brewers
2014/01/quick-hits-verlander-johan-mariners.htmlCooper of Baseball America writes in an interesting piece.
Diamondbacks Claim Santos Rodriguez
2014/01/diamondbacks-claim-santos-rodriguez.htmlBaseball America ranked him 21st or better among White Sox prospects prior to the 2009-13 seasons.
Mets Sign Taylor Teagarden
2014/01/mets-sign-taylor-teagarden.htmlTeagarden, a former third-round pick and Top 100 prospect (per Baseball America) has spent time at the Major League level in each of the past six seasons.
Minor Moves: Coello, Braddock, Keppel, Manzella
2014/01/minor-moves-bobby-keppel-tommy-manzella.htmlThe Yankees have signed righty reliever Robert Coello to a minor-league deal, Baseball America's Matt Eddy tweets.
AL Notes: A-Rod, Angels, Tanaka, Twins
2014/01/al-notes-a-rod-angels-tanaka-twins.htmlHere are more notes from around the American League.
Minor Moves: Rodriguez, Golson, Christian, Martinez, Donald, Marrero, Carroll
2014/01/minor-moves-white-sox.htmlThe Marlins acquired minor league shortstop Hiram Martinez from the Athletics in exchange for cash considerations last week, Matt Eddy of Baseball America reports in his latest minor transactions roundup.
Minor League Free Agents Finding Major League Deals
2014/01/minor-league-free-agents-finding-major-league-deals.htmlPeguero, an outfielder signed by the Giants out of the Dominican Republic in 2005, was ranked as the team's fourth-best prospect prior to the 2011 season by Baseball America.
Quick Hits: Phils, O’Flaherty, Maine, Guerrier, Cotts
2014/01/quick-hits-phils-oflaherty-maine-guerrier-cotts.htmlThe Braves may have found yet another diamond in the rough with minor league free agent signees Luis Vasquez and Lay Batista, writes Bill Ballew of Baseball America.
Mariners Designate Carlos Peguero For Assignment
2014/01/mariners-designate-carlos-peguero-for-assignment.htmlBaseball America ranked him among Seattle's Top 30 prospect four times, twice placing him as high as No.
Masahiro Tanaka Links: Monday
2014/01/masahiro-tanaka-links-monday.htmlJon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports writes that the Cubs may need Tanaka more than the Yankees or Dodgers, but he doesn't feel that Tanaka is interested in coming to America to pitch for a losing club.
Rays Acquire Logan Forsythe In Seven-Player Trade
2014/01/rays-to-acquire-logan-forsythe-from-padres.html14 prospect (per Baseball America) and enjoyed a strong year, though he split the season between Class-A Advanced and Rookie Ball -- two levels at which he's older than the league average.
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Angels To Sign Ian Stewart
2014/01/angels-to-sign-ian-stewart.htmlStewart was taken by the Rockies as the 10th overall pick of the 2003 draft and was listed as no…
NL West Links: D’Backs, Tanaka, Dodgers, Tomko
2014/01/nl-west-links-dbacks-tanaka-dodgers-price-tomko.htmlWith that, we were able to spread our wings a bit." Dodgers GM Ned Colletti and several team scouts attending…
Scherzer Hopes To Reach Extension With Tigers
2014/01/scherzer-hopes-to-reach-extension-with-tigers.htmlThough Tanaka is obviously much younger than Scherzer, he has never thrown a pitch in North America, let alone landed a Cy Young.
AL East Links: Jays, Drew, Sizemore, Sox, Balfour
2014/01/al-east-links-blue-jays-drew-sizemore-red-sox.htmlSpeier points to a study from Camden Depot's Matt Perez that looks at the history of Baseball America's top prospects, revealing that even in the most successful stretch for those prospects, just over one of four became solid Major Leaguers.
Orioles’ Deal With Tyler Colvin Falls Through
2014/01/orioles-to-sign-tyler-colvin.htmlThe 13th overall choice in the 2006 draft, Baseball America considered Colvin the game's 75th-best prospect after the 2007 season.
Mets Re-Sign Daisuke Matsuzaka
2014/01/mets-re-sign-daisuke-matsuzaka.htmlMatsuzaka was regarded as the game's top prospect by Baseball America prior to his arrival.
Minor Moves: Carlin, Rogers, Cousins, Anderson
2014/01/minor-moves-cousins-anderson-robinson.htmlRogers, 27, was the fifth overall pick of the 2004 draft and was once the game's 44th best prospect, according to Baseball America.
Minor Moves: Hurtado, Fernandez, Brown, de la Rosa
2014/01/minor-moves-barry-enright.htmlHere are today's minor moves from around baseball: Left-hander Erick Hurtado has signed a minor-league deal with the Blue Jays, Matt Eddy of Baseball America reports.
Royals Acquire Carlos Peguero, Designate Everett Teaford
2014/01/royals-acquire-carlos-peguero-designate-everett-teaford.htmlBaseball America ranked him among Seattle's Top 30 prospects on four occasions but always expressed reservations about his plate discipline.
Quick Hits: Prospects, Cruz, Yoon, Madson, Baker
2014/01/quick-hits-prospects-cruz-yoon-madson-baker-kershaw.htmlAnd Baseball America has completed its listing of the ten best prospects by team.
Blue Jays Notes: Jimenez, Santana, Anthopoulos
2014/01/blue-jays-notes-jimenez-santana-anthopoulos.htmlStroman made solid showing in recent top 100 prospects lists from Baseball Prospectus (ranked 27th), MLB.com (r55th) and ESPN's Keith Law (58th), and Baseball America considers Stroman to be the second-best prospect in Toronto's system, behind only Aaron Sanchez.
