Rumors for Boston Red Sox
Yankees sign Manny Delcarmen to a Minor League deal
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According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the New York Yankees have signed right handed reliever Manny Delcarmen to a Minor League deal.
The 29 year old last pitched in the Majors in 2010 with the Rockies and Red Sox. That year he went 3-4 with a 4.99 ERA in 52.1 innings. He also posted a 1.4 HR/9, 5.5 BB/9 and 6.5 SO/9 that season.
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Indians sign Dan Wheeler
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The Cleveland Indians have signed reliever Dan Wheeler to a minor-league deal, Alex Speier of WEEI.com reports. Wheeler will earn $900k if he is in the Majors, and can earn $50K for reaching 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 appearances, $50K for 35 games finished, $75K for 40 games finished and $125K each for 45 and 50 games finished (contract details compliments of Jordan Bastian of MLB.com).
Wheeler posted a 4.38 era and averaged 7 strikeouts per nine innings in 49 1/3 innings for Boston last season.
Wheeler made $3mm last season and became a free agent when Boston declined his $3mm team option for 2012.
Speier also notes that the Red Sox will not receive compensation for Wheeler signing with the Indians even though he is a type B free agent because he signed a minor league deal.
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Cardinals the favorite for Roy Oswalt?
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Sources close to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com reported yesterday that Roy Oswalt had elected to sign with the St. Louis Cardinals. Today, there are some conflicting reports that say the right hander has not agreed to a deal with St. Louis (via Matthew Leach of MLB.com).
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports notes that the Rangers have not made an offer to Oswalt, and that the Astros, Oswalt’s old team could also be a possibility.
Oswalt had received heavy interest from the Red Sox and Tigers, with the Tigers supposedly offering the right hander a one-year $10mm deal yesterday that he turned down.
In 2011, Oswalt went 9-10 while posting a 3.69 era in 139 innings with the Phillies. He did average a career low with 6.0 strike outs per 9 innings and is coming off a series of injuries. Oswalt earned $16mm last season and made $1,777,777.78 for every win or $172,043,01 for every strikeout.
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Gerardo Concepcion is close to signing with MLB team
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Left-handed pitcher and Cuban native, Gerardo Conception, is close to signing with a Major League team, Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeports.com reports. It was reported earlier this week by Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com that the 18-year–old free agent worked out in front of the Texas Rangers.
The New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals have also shown interest.
“Everything is great. I really don’t know how to describe it,” Concepcion, 18, said by phone from the Dominican Republic. “All the training and exercise I have done is paying off. I’ve worked so hard to get here. I’m so happy. It’s like a dream come true.”
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Red Sox sign Cody Ross
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The Boston Red Sox have signed Cody Ross, ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick reports. The deal will have a base salary of $3mm and will include performance bonuses based on an unknown number of plate appearances, Crasnick adds.
Ross will likely platoon with the left-handed hitting Ryan Sweeny who was acquired by the Red Sox from the A’s along with Andrew Bailey in right field.
Ross made $6.3mm last season in his last season of arbitration with the Giants. Ross hit .240 last season and played in only 121 games.
Earlier in the offseason, the Rockies had shown interest in Ross.
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Rangers and others interested in Gerardo Concepcion
Posted by: | CommentsLeft-handed Cuban pitcher Gerardo Conception worked out in front of the Texas Rangers today, and according to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com, the team is among the favorites to sign him. The New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals have also show interest in the 18-year-old.
“Everything is great. I really don’t know how to describe it,” Concepcion, 18, said by phone from the Dominican Republic. “All the training and exercise I have done is paying off. I’ve worked so hard to get here. I’m so happy. It’s like a dream come true.”
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Tigers Interested in Johnny Damon
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According to a tweet by Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, The Detroit Tigers are showing interest in free agent outfielder, Johnny Damon. Damon would provide a veteran left handed bat to fill in for Victor Martinez this season. Martinez is likely out for the season with an ACL tear leaving a massive hole behind Miguel Cabrera in the Tigers lineup. Some other potential candidates for the Tigers include Derrek Lee, Bobby Abreu,Raul Ibanez, Kosuke Fukudome and Hideki Matsui.
Damon, 38, is a career .286/.353/.435 hitter with 231 career home runs and 2,723 career hits. In his 17 year career thus far, he has played for the Royals, Athletics, Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers, and Rays.
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Red Sox Avoid Arbitration with Daniel Bard
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The Boston Red Sox avoided arbitration with Daniel Bard according to Ian Browne of MLB.com. Bard’s signing leaves just David Ortiz, Andrew Bailey, and Alfredo Aceves as the remaining arbitration-eligible players of the Red Sox. Bard is going to try to earn a role in the starting rotation after having been the setup man in the Boston bullpen this past season.
Bard, 26, went 2-9 with a 3.33 ERA in 70 appearances this past season.
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Colorado Rockies acquire Marco Scutaro
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The Colorado Rockies have acquired Marco Scutaro from the Boston Red Sox for Clayton Mortenson, Jim Bowden of ESPN.com reports (Troy Renck of the Denver Post reported deal was close first).
Both sides had been talking about the deal for the last few days with one of the issues being how much of Scutaro’s $6mm salary Colorado would take on which now appears to be all of it.
The deal may pave the way for Boston to sign Roy Oswalt as they were looking to shed payroll to sign him.
Scutaro posted a career high .299 avg in 445 plate appearances last season.
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe notes that Nick Punto and Mike Aviles will likely platoon at shortstop instead of bringing up defensive wiz Jose Iglesias from the minors initially at the start of the season.
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Orlando Cabrera announces his retirement
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According to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes, Orlando Cabrera has announced his retirement, via a Colombian radio station. Cabrera spent 15 seasons in the Majors spending time with the Expos, Red Sox, Angels, White Sox, Athletics, Twins, Indians and Giants.
Last season Cabrera started off the year with the Indians before making his to the Bay and joining the Giants via the trade route.
In his career, Cabrera posted a .272 avg and had 123 home runs while posting a career .317 OBP.
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