According to Alex Speier of WEEI.com , the Blue Jays intend to get a good return for reliever Scott Downs and will ask for one of each interested club’s top prospects in return.
Here is more from Speier:
"The Jays can aim high on Downs in part because he likely will be a Type A free agent following this season, meaning that he could net two draft picks should he reject an arbitration offer and sign elsewhere in free agency, just as was the case with the Sox ...
According to Jayson Stark of ESPN , the Royals don’t seem like they are going to part with their closer, Joakim Soria , and they have even turned down an offer by the Yankees that included their top prospect, catcher Jesus Montero .
Here’s more from Stark:
"Lots of Zack Greinke and Joakim Soria rumors flying in Kansas City. But teams we’ve surveyed say they see no sign that either is going anywhere. The Yankees just made another run at Soria, as first reported by SI.com —even dangling Jesus ...
Trade speculation surrounding the Yankees in recent days has centered on starting pitching, but their most pressing need is bullpen help.
With Joba Chamberlain continuing to falter in the all important eighth inning role and his ERA approaching six, memories of his dominance are fading fast. Joakim Soria, one of the most underrated closers in baseball, is available and can solve the eighth inning dilemma as well as succeed Mariano Rivera whenever he rides off into the sunset.
Despite Chamberlain’s struggles, he still has value on the market as evidenced by Arizona ...
With top starting pitchers Cliff Lee and Dan Haren off the market, the New York Yankees seem to have shifted their trade deadline focus to bullpen help. Once the Yankees strong point, the bullpen is a bit of a mess right now outside of closer Mariano Rivera.
Joba Chamberlain has struggled this season in his eighth inning role. For the Yankees to go deep into the playoffs, they will likely need someone to step into that role and be a shutdown-type pitcher. Thoughts of David Robertson taking over the job have ...
Don't look now, New York, but what former New York Yankees' pitcher, who won nine games in his four seasons with New York,, is 12-6, with a 3.26 ERA? Minnesota Twins' ace Carl Pavano has hurled five complete games, two of them shutouts, and has become one of the American League's premier starting pitchers. A significant statistic is that Pavano is third in the league with 143 and two-thirds innings pitched. Yes, folks, Carl Pavano can give his team ...
The other day we heard that the Yankees weren’t interested in LHP Ted Lilly, but apparently missing out on your top choice can change things. According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated , the Yankees are now considering Lilly and will not make an attempt at Roy Oswalt.
Lilly, 34, is actually a former Yankee whom they included in a deal with the Tigers and A’s for Jeff Weaver back in 2002. Safe to say that deal didn’t work out the way the Yankees had planned. Lilly is a decent, but ...
Dan Haren is now an Angel. Rumor has it that the Diamondbacks would have traded him to the Yankees if they could have gotten (among other things) Joba Chamberlain. Arizona was reportedly willing to take Joba and his 5.95 ERA off the Yankees hands, and give him a fresh start in the desert.
But the Yankees said no. Why?
Were they afraid the change of scenery would do him good, so much so that he'd make the Yankees look bad? Maybe they feel so much remorse for the Joba Rules that they feel they have an obligation to ...
With less than a week to go before the 2010 trade deadline, the baseball
rumor-mill is heating up.
Teams such as the Houston Astros and Cleveland Indians will look to become sellers, as they begin to build towards their future.
While other teams such as the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox will become buyers, with hopes of trading for a player that turns them into a World Series champion come October.
For most of the teams in the majors, their seasons have already been decided, but for ...
The New York Yankees finished the weekend taking three of four games from the Kansas City Royals.
The Yankees continue to lead the majors, and the AL East, with a 62-35 record.
The Tampa Bay Rays are just three games behind, which leaves little room for error. The ailing Boston Red Sox trail by eight and better not make the gap any bigger.
This scenario dictates nothing except that the Yankees are playing very good baseball right now.
Still, the Yankees recently lost pitcher Andy Pettitte for four to six weeks. Along with a ...
With the recent trade of Dan Haren, the trade market is slowly beginning to diminish. Although Andy Pettitte wants to return now, Joe Girardi is playing the safe card and resting him. He surely doesn’t want to re-injure a pitcher of his caliber.
In order to secure a consistent one through five rotation, the Yankees should acquire a starter.Begin Slideshow
