I already put my feet on your coffee table while typing up my notes on the September call-up hitters and September call-up pitchers. Oh, and I didn’t use a coaster for my forty of Colt 45. Natch! Not too many surprises in the call-ups. Th…
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Desmond Jennings will be called up by the Rays on Wednesday. I’m as excited about owning Jennings as the next guy, assuming the ‘next guy’ is excited about owning Jennings. But where’s he playing? Is he gonna Tonya Harding…
Stifling temperatures aren’t all that’s been in the air at Rangers Ballpark. So has a playoff atmosphere.
After thousands of tweets, hundreds of phone calls and more than 50 players traded, the non-waiver deadline has passed.
Phillies fans are never happy unless they are miserable. Trust me, I am one, so I have firsthand knowledge.
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With the All-Star break approaching, baseball’s races for individual glory are as tight as the pennant races.
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The Yankees weren’t pleased with the Mariners’ last-minute decision to back away from what was believed to be an agreement to deal Lee to New York on Friday,
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The Yankees were "on the brink" of acquiring Mariners ace Cliff Lee on Thursday night, but the trade fell through Friday,
Sporting News staff reports
The Reds and Mariners have discussed a trade involving Seattle left-hander Cliff Lee, the Cincinnati
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The Yankees, Dodgers and Cardinals were among the clubs with a scout in attendance at Cliff Lee’s start in Detroit on Sunday afternoon, according to FOXSports.com.
The Yankees and Red Sox—who else?—led the way Sunday by each having six players named All-Stars. The Rangers, Cardinals and Braves all had five selected.
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The New York Daily News reports Mariners left-hander Cliff Lee is the Mets’ No.
Major leaguers from Pittsburgh to Seattle will spend the month of July wondering if they might be traded by the July 31 nonwaiver deadline. Three players almost certain to be moved:
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The Mariners will trade left-hander Cliff Lee only for high-level prospects who can contribute to the big club in 2011 or 2012,
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The Mariners expect the Yankees to make a run at lefthander Cliff Lee as the July 31 nonwaiver trading deadline approaches, according to a report in the New York Post.
On this date a year ago, the Rockies were 14 1/2 games out of first place and 11 games below .500. "And we made the playoffs," general manager Dan O’Dowd says.
Teams seeking a quick—albeit expensive—fix will be in luck next season. The free-agent class has the potential to be the most star-studded group to hit the market in the past 10 years.
The Mariners are shutting Cliff Lee down for five days in hopes his
strained abdomen heals, making it likely the 2008 AL Cy Young Award
winner will begin his debut season in Seattle on the disabled list.
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Rough springs don’t always turn into tough seasons. Alex Rodriguez’s steroids admission and hip injury dampened the Yankees’ camp last year and they won the World Series.
After a dreadful 101-loss season in 2008, the Mariners were the majors’ most improved team in 2009, jumping from 61 wins to 85 wins.
NEW YORK — Seattle Mariners pitcher Cliff Lee has been suspended for the first five games of the regular season for throwing a pitch over the head of Arizona’s Chris Snyder in an exhibition game t
You need only check out the pitching staff of every contender to identify the No. 1 trend of the offseason.
Suggested motto for the AL West: If you can’t beat ‘em, raid ‘em.
Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
Jack Zduriencik is the architect of both the Mariners’ dramatic turnaround in 2009 and their fantastic offseason.
The Philadelphia Phillies got ace Roy Halladay from Toronto and traded Cliff Lee to Seattle on Wednesday, completing a complicated, four-team deal that featured a pair of Cy Young winners.
The three-team trade featuring Roy Halladay might not be official until Wednesday at the earliest. We’ll go ahead and unofficially rank the outcome:
A lot of information is out there today about the Cleveland Indians parting ways with Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez. According to FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal, the Dodgers and Indians are in serious discussions about a trade that would send Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez to the Dodgers for a package including either Clayton Kershaw or [...]
