8 Feb 2012 at 6:20pm
Free agent outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is being pursued by multiple major-league teams, though his preference appears to be the Miami Marlins. "It would be good (to play here)," Cespedes told reporters at Miami International Airport Tuesday, a day before his scheduled...
The Diamondbacks agreed to a one-year, $5.9 million contract with All-Star catcher Miguel Montero to avoid arbitration, but that does not mean the sides are done talking about a multi-year deal.
D-backs general manager Kevin Towers said he hoped to continue discussions this spring on a contract that would lock up Montero for several more years, and Montero said that was fine with him even though the sides did not get particularly close on a long-term agreement during their attempts this winter.
"I would say there is probably more of a gap on dollars versus term, but we've got a lot more time to work that out than we did over the last couple of weeks," Towers said. "It is still something that we want to do.
7 Feb 2012 at 2:46pm
The defending NL West champs caused some head scratching around baseball, which is just fine with maverick GM Kevin Towers.
7 Feb 2012 at 8:10am
Yahoo! Sports baseball writer Steve Henson recently brought us a great feature on Arizona Diamondbacks president and CEO Derrick Hall. Hall, who found out during the 2011 season that he had prostate cancer and needed surgery immediately, is lauded as a great sports executive, and...
2 Feb 2012 at 9:24pm
Right-hander Micah Owings and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract.
2 Feb 2012 at 6:18pm
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox will play a spring training game in Tucson, Ariz., on March 23 to benefit the Christina-Taylor Green Foundation.
2 Feb 2012 at 11:31am
Dan O'Dowd turned to a collection of graybeards in pursuit of consistency that has eluded the Rockies.
2 Feb 2012 at 8:43am
Every sports fan has something they would like to personally express to a person in power representing their favorite team(s). Whether it be a trade suggestion, concern over player salaries, frustrations over loyalty to the manager or coach, ticket prices, ? Continue reading ?
1 Feb 2012 at 5:55pm
David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox are likely headed to an arbitration hearing to determine the designated hitter's 2012 salary, according to an ESPN.com report. A hearing isn't scheduled for this week, leaving time to negotiate, the report said, citing a source.
31 Jan 2012 at 7:59pm
The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a pair of one-year contracts that settled arbitration cases, giving catcher Miguel Montero $5.9 million and infielder Ryan Roberts $2,012,500. Montero's agreement Tuesday came just ahead of the scheduled start of what would have been the first salary arbitration hearing of the year.
31 Jan 2012 at 6:00pm
Lunch went well for Roy Oswalt and the Texas Rangers in a Monday face-to-face meeting, according to an ESPN.com report. Oswalt, his wife, Nicole, and agent, Bob Garber, met Rangers general manager Jon Daniels and CEO and president Nolan Ryan.
31 Jan 2012 at 5:52pm
The Arizona Diamondbacks came to terms with two one-year contracts on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 31). Two arbitration eligible players were about to have their cases heard as each player and the franchise came to terms in the last possible moment.
31 Jan 2012 at 9:55am
Catcher Miguel Montero has agreed to a one-year, $5.9 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, avoiding what would have been the year's first salary arbitration hearing. The deal Tuesday was $200,000 less than the midpoint of the $6.8 million requested by Montero and the...
31 Jan 2012 at 8:43am
Arizona and catcher Miguel Montero have agreed to a $5.9 million, one-year contract, just ahead of the scheduled start of what would have been the first salary arbitration hearing of the year. The deal Tuesday was $200,000 below the midpoint of the $6.8 million he had asked for and the $5.4 million Arizona had offered.
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