Here’s the latest from Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe:
– The New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies are all possible destinations for the San Diego Padres’ closer Heath Bell. Bell later mentions (via Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times) that the in addition to the teams [...]
07/11/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Jason Kendall suffered a huge setback when an examination earlier this week revealed renewed tears in two tendons in his right rotator cuff according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star. The 37-year old catcher is scheduled to undergo surgery next Wednesday in [...]
07/07/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Mets third baseman David Wright felt good after his short session of minor baseball activity on Sunday reports Mike Mazzeo of ESPNNewYork.com. He reiterated that he will see a doctor later this week in an attempt to gain clearance to start a rehab program [...]
06/20/11
According to sources close to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, the Boston Red Sox have made contact with free agent catcher Bengie Molina, but they are not ready to make a move on him.
The Boston Red Sox are in need of catching help to replace the unreliable Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Other candidates the team may be looking are [...]
05/08/11
Here’s video from yesterday’s game between the Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels when catcher Jason Kendall and manager Ned Yost were ejected by home plate Mike Estabrook.
Estabrook got in front of Kendall after the catcher objected to a pitch that was called a ball instead of strike three.
“He got in my face, and [...]
06/05/10
In a recent PRORumors story a GM was quoted as saying, “it makes no sense to make a managerial change. What this says is, they’re trying to salvage the season.”
Well, there hasn’t been a whole lot that has made sense in the era of Dayton Moore as GM of the Royals.
The firing of Trey Hillman, [...]
05/24/10
So the MLBPA is considering filing a grievance against the owners for possible collusion stemming from the lack of reckless spending during the “post-2009 free agent market.”
The only reaction I have to this is the same one Charlie Donovan had towards Rachel Phelps when she told him to sit down.
It makes perfect sense for the [...]
04/08/10
According to Kansas City Royals Jason Kendall’s legal documents, the catcher disclosed that retired outfielder Brian Giles used a performance enhancing drug, Adderall. When asked if Giles used the drug, Kendall said, “I believe so.”
Kendall was also asked about drug use by Pirates infielder Bobby Crosby. When asked if he knew if Crosby took Adderall, [...]
03/11/10
Good morning, here are your Tuesday morning PRO Rumors
According to Tom Fornelli of MLB Fanhouse, the divorce between Jason Kendall and his wife Chantel is getting ugly. Chantel Kendall says that Major League catcher Jason Kendall of the Kansas City Royals is abusing the prescription drug Adderall. Adderall is used to treat those diagnosed with [...]
03/09/10
Here’s a quick review of what tangible accomplishments each team made during the Winter Baseball Meetings 2009. We can spend all day and re-hash all the rumors, but in the big picture rumors don’t win World Series Titles. I’ll focus on the more important transactions. I’ll stay away from the minor players and smaller transactions. [...]
12/11/09