7:41pm: The Miami Herald has a list of eight players who agreed to terms with the A's for 2009. Daric Barton, Kurt Suzuki, Dallas Braden, Dana Eveland, Gio Gonzalez, Sean Gallagher, Henry Rodriguez and Landon Powell all agreed to one-year contracts. 12:27pm: According to a press release, via the Mia...

We have a new column from Ken Rosenthal this evening. Mark Teixeira is holding up many areas of the free agent market, as guys like Brian Fuentes and Milton Bradley know the Angels will be interested if Tex signs elsewhere. Rosenthal believes the Yankees should continue to be aggressive and make a c...

The Nationals offer of $160 million over eight years to free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, according to multiple industry sources....

Ken Rosenthal has a theory on Scott Boras' goals in the free agent game: Mark Teixeira and Jason Varitek to the Red Sox C.C. Sabathia and Manny Ramirez to the Angels Derek Lowe to the Yankees The crux of the theory seems to be that Boras would want Manny near his Newport Beach headquarters to better...

Joel Sherman of the New York Post offers some potential spoilers for the Yankees and Mets in regards to C.C. Sabathia and closers Francisco Rodriguez and Brian Fuentes. Sherman suggests that Sabathia could wind up in an Angels uniform if Mark Teixeira isn't re-signed. Owner Arte Moreno won't wait ar...

To recap: Teixeira told Erin Andrews on Thursday that he wants to have it finished before Christmas, according to Mike Scarr of mlb.com. It's reasonable to anticipate the winter meetings, December 8-11, to be a suitable high profile venue  for Boras to break the news. The Angels are preparing a...

If you thought the lowly Tampa Bay Rays vanquishing the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month was baseball's ultimate David-over-Goliath moment, imagine a scenario in which the Washington Nationals, losers of 102 games and immeasurable amounts of local goodwill and ......

If you thought the lowly Tampa Bay Rays vanquishing the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series last month was baseball's ultimate David-over-Goliath moment, imagine a scenario in which the Washington Nationals, losers of 102 games and immeasurable amounts of local goodwill and ......

So many links, so little time. Barry Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, says the prospects of his client playing this year look bleak. The Tigers made their first Taiwan signing, adding outfielder Tang Chao-Ting. Aside from Jim Bowden's other problems, he's having a hard time finding common ground with the ...

Amidst my rundown of the Shawn Chacon rumble in the Houston Astros’ team mess, I referenced Babe Ruth once hanging manager Miller Huggins over the rear end of a moving train, outraged over being fined yet again for breaking team rules. Turns out I just might owe an apology over all that . . . ...