Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– The Boston Red Sox placed right handed pitcher Aaron Cook on the 15-day Disabled List after receiving 11 stitches in his right knee due to a home plate collision with Orioles’ Chris Davis reports Danny Picard of CSNNE.com. “I can’t try to have him [...]
05/07/12
The Boston Red Sox have decided to promote veteran right hander Aaron Cook to their Major League team according to sources close to Rob Bradford of WEEI.com. Cook wasn’t called up yesterday and had 24 hours to exercise the opt-out in his contract, but as Bradford says, “the team does not plan on losing the [...]
05/02/12
The Red Sox did not call up Aaron Cook by midnight (which was the deadline in his contract), WEEI.com’s Alex Speier reports. Cook though can still end up with the Red Sox as he has 24 hours to exercise the opt-out in his contract. The team would then have 48 hours to respond by calling [...]
05/02/12
The Boston Red Sox have signed Aaron Cook to a minor league deal pending a physical, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports reports.
Cook will contend for a back of the rotation spot in Boston with others at this time like Carlos Silva, though I don’t think Boston will settle for just them to compete for a spot.
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01/09/12
According to a source close to Paul Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Pirates have shown “preliminary interest” in right handed pitcher Aaron Cook. He adds that at least half-dozen teams have checked on Cook.
Brink says that after declining Paul Maholm’s option, the team will try to add some rotation depth. The Rockies declined [...]
11/28/11
As free agency kicks off, many clubs and players have decisions they need to make on potential option year clauses in their contracts for next year. Here are just a few notes from around the league.
-According to the Associated Press (via Sports Illustrated), the St. Louis Cardinals have decided to decline their options on right [...]
11/01/11
Now that the season is over, there’s going to be a lot of contract talk. Here’s a running list of what’s been going on Day #1 of the off-season:
– The Chicago Cubs have announced that Ryan Dempster has picked up his player option for 2012. (Twitter)
– The Colorado Rockies and Jason Giambi are close to [...]
10/29/11
The Arizona Diamondbacks have designated Cody Ransom for assignment to create room for Aaron Hill and John McDonald on the 25-man roster. The other space on the roster opened up when the team traded Kelly Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.
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08/24/11
According to Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post, the Rockies are not looking to shed any salary this month. Aside from pitcher Aaron Cook and third baseman Ian Stewart, the Rockies will not be sellers regardless of their record. They will be looking to add pitching, hopefully an arm that they can control past [...]
07/08/11
Here is the latest from Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports via his full count video:
– The Yankees are looking at add a starting pitcher and according to Rosenthal Wandy Rodriguez makes a lot of sense for them. The left handed pitcher is signed through 2013 and has a $13 million option for 2014. The problem for [...]
06/18/11