0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/14/2012
The Tampa Bay Rays announced a three-year contract extension for manager Joe Maddon today that should keep him as Rays manager through the 2015 season. Maddon is one of the best managers in baseball, and has completely transformed the Tampa Bay franchise since taking over in 2006. Before Maddon became the Rays’ skipper, the highest […]
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http://youtube.com/watch?v= X22lzaE9KeM[/youtube] Here’s Kate Upton, supermodel and SI swimsuit issue covergirl. And here she is…shilling MLB 2K12 (due out on March 6, 2012), along with Jay Bruce, CJ Wilson, Justin Verlander, and David Price. In typical Upton fashion, she’s doing sexy things while teaching the players how to play the game a little bit. That […]
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The Chicago White Sox have signed former Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians outfielder Kosuke Fukudome to a one year deal worth $1 million. The deal has a club option for 2013. Fukudome made $13.5 million last year, which he spent with the Cubs and Indians. The Cubs initially signed the soon-to-be 35 year-old to a […]
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What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. The very notion of a team from Cleveland winning a championship is one that only exists in dreams, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/13/2012
Cuban refugee Yoenis Cespedes has finally ended the infatuation many teams have had for him for months, and he’s signed with the Oakland Athletics. The terms are four years, and $36 million. Yahoo’s Tim Brown first reported the signing, while ESPN’s Buster Olney reported the terms. The A’s weren’t really a player in the Cespedes […]
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About three weeks ago, we had a post here about the lame duck managers of the MLB, including a couple that were on the hot seat. Well, there are numerous other managers in the league on the hot seat going into the 2012 season for a variety of reasons, be it high expectations, consistent underperformance, […]
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What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. Some of these dreamer pieces are easier than others to write, take it from me, I’m the guy […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/11/2012
The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates are talking about New York sending embattled starter AJ Burnett to the Pirates. The key hangup is salary, as Burnett is due $33 million over the next two seasons. The Yankees are looking to split the salary evenly, but the last report from Pittsburgh indicates that the Pirates […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/10/2012
As the offseason winds down, we’re going to start with some offseason recap pieces. First up, the five teams that improved the most this offseason. Lots of big-name free agents changed addresses this winter, but some teams got a lot better than others. For instance, despite the Detroit Tigers adding Prince Fielder, they lost Victor […]
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What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. Going into 2012, the New York Mets were projected as one of the worst teams in baseball, following […]
0 comments by Charlie Saponara on 2/9/2012
We’re only days away from the official start to spring training and while pitchers and catchers get ready to report, there are a few former stars still looking for work. The last I heard of Vladimir Guerrero, he was holding out for a $5 million dollar contract. At this point, he might want to start […]
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The Texas Rangers bought out Nelson Cruz’s final two arbitration years today, inking the outfielder to a two year, $16 million deal. When healthy, the 31 year-old Cruz has been a masher for Texas. But injuries have been an issue for him, and his career high in plate appearances over three full seasons with the […]
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There were a multitude of interesting contracts handed out this offseason, from big names like Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, and Jose Reyes, to the mid-range starters like CJ Wilson and Mark Buerhle, to the lower level guys like Willie Bloomquist and Alex Gonzalez. Some of these contracts are going to affect their teams for more […]
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What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. These dreamer pieces featured here at The Outside Corner have mostly come in the form of telling a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/8/2012
The Texas Rangers agreed to a three year contract extension with shortstop Elvis Andrus yesterday to buy out all three of his arbitration years. The deal is worth between $14 and $15 million for the three years. You can say whatever the hell you want to say about Andrus, but here’s a quick fact: barring […]
