Orlando Cabrera

Renteria, Cabrera among SS considerations for Giants

The San Francisco Giants like Rafael Furcal. So do several other major league teams. According to MLB.com, the Giants aren't limiting their search for free-agent middle infielders to him. Jeff Lane, the agent for shortstop...

White Sox could look very different

Hmmm, what are those White Sox up to, anyhow? I see they just made a trade for Yankees pitching prospect Jhonny Nunez, who along with Cleveland's Jhonny Peralta makes me think I should spell my name Mkie. They also acquired...

Baseball notebook: Brewers in no rush to find a closer

How bad was Eric Gagne last season in Milwaukee? So bad that even the loss of the guy who had replaced him as closer, Salomon Torres, was greeted with something resembling indifference by general manager Doug Melvin.

Giants in talks about top free agents

The Giants were not prepared to say whether they submitted any formal offers on opening day of the free-agent shopping season Friday, but an official acknowledged the team has made contact with agent Scott Boras, who represents...

Ben Reiter: Open season: The latest news on the top free agents

A few realities emerge after a thorough perusal of this fall's top-50 (non-Japanese) MLB free agents, who early Friday morning finally became eligible to be signed by a team other than their current one. One is that any club in...

A's looking to upgrade at shortstop

It's common knowledge that A's are among the teams who have expressed an interest in free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, who might be the best infielder on the market who isn't named Mark Teixeira. It's also suspected that...

Options aplenty as Cards eye shortstop

Furcal, Cabrera, Renteria bandied about; Lopez may return The Cardinals and Edgar Renteria, who played for St. Louis from 1999-2004, have each shown interest in a possible reunion. Orlando Cabrera may represent a more...

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...

Free agents will get hard look

Burnett, Teixeira on MacPhail’s list as O’s seek pitching, power hitting and shortstop Today officially marks the beginning of the all-out, spend-it-if-you-got-it sweepstakes for Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, Manny Ramirez and...

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