In the wake of Josh Hamilton’s historic night, where he hit 4 home runs in one game, the Rangers have decided to re-visit contract negotiations with the stellar outfielder and his representatives according to Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan. Twice this year we’ve talked about Hamilton, whether if the Rangers should sign him to a contract extension [...]
05/09/12
Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier is slated to become a free agent at the end of the season unless the Dodgers’ new ownership do something about it. Jon Heyman of CBSSports says that with the new ownership in place the chances of a new deal for Ethier improves “drastically.”
Bill Shakin of the Los Angeles Times mentions [...]
05/03/12
Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton will be a free agent at the end of the season because the Rangers didn’t reach an agreement with him before Opening Day and because they don’t negotiate with potential free agents during the season. Now, with the start of the season underway and the start Hamilton is having, one has [...]
04/25/12
Dodgers’ owner Frank McCourt has told GM Ned Colletti that he will have the resources needed to lock up key players like Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier to long-term deals and to compete in the free agent market according to T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times.
“Do we have the number solidified yet? [...]
09/27/11
Last night the Dodgers moved into .500 territory (72-72) for the first time since May 2nd. But for the Dodgers and their fans, the season is over as they are 12 games back of Arizona with only 17 (including today) left to play. This means a very important offseason awaits the Dodgers who have now [...]
09/11/11
Here are a few notes from Jon Heyman of SI.com.
–David Einhorn’s $200mm deal to become the Mets minority owner puts his ownership stake in the team around 30%. Einhorn will also have some say though not the final call in major decisions.
–Dodgers owner Frank McCourt appears to have enough funds to make payroll for the [...]
05/27/11
The Los Angeles Dodgers have increased their initial $100,000 reward for information on the Bryan Stow’s offenders to $200,000 according to the Associated Press (via NBCSports.com).
Authorities are hoping that a bigger reward ($200,000) will lead them to the suspects in the brutal beating of Stow at Dodger Stadium in the Opening Day.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said they [...]
05/18/11
–Yesterday, Andre Ethier tied his ex-manager Joe Torre at 22 games for the longest hitting streak in April. Torre accomplished this feat in 1972 while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals. Today in his first at bat, Ethier roped a double to pass Torre and set the new record for the longest hitting streak in [...]
04/27/11
Today in the first inning, Andre Ethier hit a slow roller to the 2nd base side of first which eventually ended up being scored as an infield single. That hit extended his April long hitting streak to 21 games. At 21 games, Ethier’s April hitting streak is now one game longer than Steve Garvey’s streak [...]
04/25/11
On Tuesday before the final game of the Freeway Series, Andre Ethier addressed the media (including Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com) where he backed up his comments that he made the night prior.
On Monday night, Ethier shared his thoughts about next season by saying he wasn’t sure he would be with the Dodgers. Ethier is entering [...]
03/30/11