// // A few hours ago, the baseball media airwaves were abuzz with the Yankees' Kevin Youkilis signing. It was probably the loudest one-year deal baseball has ever seen. But then came the Indians. Cleveland managed to outshine New York last night, completing a...
// // Looking ahead to 2013, two former big league stars face starkly different futures. On Wednesday, the Yankees finalized a one-year deal with left-handed pitcher Andy Pettitte (reported by Ken Davidoff of the New York Post), while the Mariners ate $8 million to...
Stephen Strasburg's remarkable 2012 season is over. Hours after the star twenty-four year-old righthander gave up five runs in three innings to the punchless Marlins, the Nationals management decided to shut down Strasburg for the remainder of the regular season and all of the...
On Tuesday, three minor league players, Marcus Stroman, Josh Sale and Mark Donato, were suspended by Minor League Baseball for taking banned substances. Marcus Stroman, the Blue Jays' top overall pick in last June's draft, tested positive for Methylhexaneamine...
On Friday evening, the Brewers traded right-handed pitcher Zack Greinke to the Angels in exchange for shortstop Jean Segura and double-A pitchers Ariel Pena and Johnny Hellweg. CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports first reported the trade via...
Lucas Giolito will celebrate his eighteenth birthday as a member of the Washington Nationals. The MLB amateur signing deadline came and passed at 5 PM EST today. For Giolito, the Nationals' top draft pick, that marks the beginning of his professional pitching career....
The 'Youk' era is over in Boston. On Sunday, the Red Sox traded Kevin Youkilis to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for utilityman Brent Lillibridge and right-handed pitcher Zach Stewart. Because Youkilis is still due $7.8 million of the guaranteed $13 million left on his...
The Nationals announced (via Twitter) that the team has recalled top prospect Bryce Harper from Triple-A Syracuse. Harper will join the team in Los Angeles and will make his big league debut against the Dodgers tomorrow. Today, the Nationals also placed their start third...
// // Thirty-nine-year-old pitcher Andy Pettitte has come out of retirement to sign a one-year minor league deal with the New York Yankees. According to the YES Network's Jack Curry, Pettitte agreed to the deal this afternoon. He will make as much as $2.5 million if he...
According to Brewers beat writer Tom Haudricourt, Ryan Braun's positive drug test and 50-game suspension for using performance enhancing drugs have successfully appealed. On Thursday, Braun was notified that an arbitration panel ruled in favor of his appeal, overturning the...
