John Smoltz

Meet the MVP of sports medicine

Injured athletes know the man behind the Andrews Institute is the doctor they want to see. Andrews, 66, the namesake of Baptist Health Care's Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, says the phone is his golden key to becoming the...

Braves: Padres wanted too much for Peavy

GM: We wouldn't 'have a winning franchise if we gave up too much talent' Denis Poroy / ASSOCIATED PRESS The Braves officially removed themselves from the Jake Peavy sweepstakes Friday night. In the end, the Padres' asking price...

Olney: Penny, Big Unit among bargain free agents

Brad Penny had the sort of season which instills recurring nightmares in prospective free agents. He probably is drawing more interest now than CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe combined. Randy Johnson figures to be in...

Let's crank up the Hot Stove

When the clock struck midnight on Friday morning, Major League Baseball teams were officially able to start talking financial numbers with free agents from other teams.With that, the craziness that is the MLB Hot Stove...

Unit, Burnett act before filing deadline

Final two among most prominent to join free-agent market Randy Johnson struck out 173 batters in 184 innings with the D-backs in 2008. (Matt York/AP) Five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson will likely pursue his 300th...

Braves ready to lure big-name pitchers

Burnett, Dempster, Lowe on wish list as free agency begins The Braves have the option of re-signing free agent Mike Hampton if other plans don't pan out. The Braves have made it known that they are interested in signing Ryan...

10 questions for the 2008 Hot Stove

The stroke of midnight signaled the official start of the free-agenet frenzy Pitcher A.J. Burnett, left, and slugger Mark Teixeira are two marquee free agents this offseason. He's the agent for Ramirez and Teixeira, so why...

Report: Braves, Friars near Peavy deal

San Diego could soon ask righty to waive no-trade clause By Barry M. Bloom / MLB.com The Padres are on the verge of trading All-Star right-hander Jake Peavy to the Braves, CBS Sportsline.com reported late Wednesday night. The...

Analyzing the free agent rankings

Pitchers Doug Brocail (Type A) and Randy Wolf (Type B) and infielder Mark Loretta (Type B) were the only Astros free agents to receive a classification in this off-season's free agent rankings. Players who ranked in the top 20...

BBO--FreeAgents

NEW YORK (AP) -- The 170 players who have filed for free agency. Eligible players may file through Nov. 13 (c-pending decision on club option for 2009):... AMERICAN LEAGUE... BALTIMORE (4) -- Juan Castro, ss; Alex Cintron, ss;...

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