The 4-9 Boston Red Sox have acquired Marlon Byrd and cash from the Cubs for Micheal Bowden and a player to be named later, Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston reports. Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe was the first to report the teams were close to a deal. The cash will likely cover most of [...]
04/21/12
With less than a few hours, the trade rumors are going to start rolling in. Stay with us all day to see the latest trades that are made.
–The Chicago Cubs have told other teams that they are keeping Carlos Pena and Marlon Byrd reports Jon Heyman of SI.com.
07/31/11
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Marlon Byrd suffered multiple fractures in his face and was placed on the Disabled List reports Matthew Pouliot of NBCSports.com. Byrd was hit by a pitch in Saturday’s game against the Red Sox and had to spend the night in a hospital.
– Left handed [...]
05/23/11
According to the Chicago Tribune’s Phil Rogers, the Cubs are kicking around an idea for a trade involving Kosuke Fukudome with the Boston Red Sox for Daisuke Matsuzaka as part of a multi-player package.
However, a source close to ESPNBoston.com’s Gordon Edes says that Matsuzaka’s name did not come up during the recent Cubs’ organizational meetings. [...]
11/10/10
There has been a lot of speculation about the future of Washington National’s slugger Adam Dunn. Previous rumors have the Angels, Tigers and the Cubs as candidates to sign the power hitting first baseman.
According to Fred Mitchel and David Kaplan of the Chicago Tribune Dunn’s agent Matt Sosnick said “I would say (Dunn) is probably [...]
10/26/10
Outfielder Kosuke Fukudome may have played his last game for the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday. The Chicago Tribune’s Paul Sullivan says the Cubs are likely going to trade the 33-year-old this winter, and they are likely going to eat a good portion of the remaining $13.5 million on his contract.
By moving Fukudome, it will open [...]
10/01/10
Chicago Cubs center fielder Marlon Byrd is making it public that he wants GM Jim Hendry and the team to go after Adam Dunn this winter, according to ESPN’s Bruce Levine.
“Definitely. You know the guys we’ve lost this year,” Byrd said. “Quality guys like [Ted] Lilly [traded to the Dodgers] and [Derrek Lee [traded to [...]
08/30/10
We’re about two days away from the August 31st deadline to set post season rosters, and while many teams are already making winter vacation plans, the Texas Rangers are continuing to work the phones. According to Richard Durrett of the ESPN.com, the team is looking for a right-handed bat via the waiver wire.
Durrett suggests players [...]
08/29/10
According to a source close to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports, they say the Chicago Cubs are not optimistic about their chances of moving outfielder Kosuke Fukudome.
Earlier this week, a source close to Ken Rosenthal said the Cubs would pay part of the $4 million left on his contract this year and “quite a bit” [...]
07/30/10
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports tweets, “Attention, [Kosuke] Fukudome shoppers: Source says #Cubs would pay part of $4M-plus left this year and “quite a bit” of $13.5M salary next year.”
The Chicago Cubs have been trying to trade Fukudome for some time now. Last month, the Red Sox were candidates to land Fukudome, but his high salary [...]
07/26/10