Posts Tagged ‘Cliff Lee’
Andy Pettitte To Announce Retirement After 16 Years
Andy Pettitte is announcing his retirement from professional baseball at the Yankee Stadium Friday after 16 years and five World Series championships. Andy Pettitte is not returning to the New York Yankees next season as he is set to announce his retirement at Yankee Stadium Friday. Pettitte has made known his decision not to play [...]
Cliff Lee, Phillies Agree To Five-Year Contract As Yankees, Rangers Turn Elsewhere
Monday night, we have word of a resolution to the Cliff Lee sweepstakes. And after so many months of assumptions that Lee would either re-sign with the Rangers or go to the Yankees, the 32-year-old free agent ace southpaw is instead signing with the Phillies, who emerged as a late contender. T.R. Sullivan was the [...]
Boston Red Sox add up Carl Crawford
Carl Crawford, arguably the top position player on the free-agent market, has been secured by the Red Sox with a seven-year, $142 million deal, two Major League sources have confirmed. The somewhat stunning news was first reported by The Boston Globe via Twitter late Wednesday evening. The Red Sox have yet to announce the signing. [...]
Giving Cliff Lee A 7-Year Deal Is Not Smart Business
Back in October, we took a look at what it might take to sign Cliff Lee this off-season. The conclusion was six-years and $156 million ($26M per season). Now comes word that Lee is seeking a seven-year deal. And sources have told Ken Rosenthal that Lee is likely to get at least one seven-year offer. [...]
DEREK JETER AND YANKEES TO RESUME TALKS
Free agent shortstop Derek Jeter met with his agent Casey Close today in Tampa to work out the next step in the shortstop’s free agent process as reported first by Newsday. It is believed that Jeter & Close are meeting to prepare an approach to the New York Yankees at the end of the week [...]
The Giants Win Their First World Series in Over 50 Years
Although there have been a couple of greats on the San Francisco Giants baseball team, both Willie Mays and Barry Bond have never been able to win them a World Series. But the 2010 Giants were successful in doing so for the first time since 1954, four years before moving to San Francisco when they [...]
Cliff Lee proving he’s a difference-maker
During every spring training, Jon Daniels, the general manager of the Texas Rangers, compiles and consults “the list” — a file of players in their free-agent year who might be available for acquisition should their teams fall out of contention. Daniels has been diligent but skeptical. While there have been notable exceptions over the 34 [...]
Weaver outpitches Lee, Angels beat Rangers 4-1
Jered Weaver outpitched Cliff Lee with seven sharp innings in a matchup of the AL's strikeout and ERA leaders, and the Los Angeles Angels took the rubber game of the series with a 4-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday. The Rangers' lead in the AL West was shaved to eight games by the [...]
Shocked in Seattle: Lee wanted to stay with Phils
Cliff Lee thought he was staying in Philadelphia for the rest of his career. The Phillies’ postseason star proposed a routine counteroffer on a contract extension Wednesday, then headed for the Mississippi River near his Arkansas home to hunt. He got some stunning news on the drive there. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. called [...]
Halladay, Lee deal could be completed Wednesday
The blockbuster trade sending Roy Halladay to Philadelphia and Cliff Lee to Seattle could be completed Wednesday, and it’s become a four-team swap that involves Toronto shipping a prospect to Oakland. The Blue Jays would send Halladay and $6 million to the Phillies for three minor leaguers: catcher Travis d’Arnaud, right-hander Kyle Drabek and outfielder [...]
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