Future hall of fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez is set to announce his retirement, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports. The announcement will take place with the Texas Rangers on Monday, which is the team he started his illustrious career with.
Rodriguez had a down year last season posting only a .218 avg in 124 [...]
04/19/12
The Kansas City Royals have offered Ivan Rodriguez an invite to Spring Training, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports. The invite comes after Salvador Perez was injured and will be out of action for three months. Rodriguez is still pondering the offer and has not decided whether he will take it or not.
Earlier in the [...]
03/17/12
A return to the state of Florida is unlikely for future Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez. According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the Tampa Bay Rays are not considering the veteran catcher as an option for their backstop needs.
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03/11/12
Veteran catcher and 14-time All-Star and 13-time Gold Glover, Ivan Rodriguez is still seeking a job for the up coming season. One team that had interest in Rodriguez in a back up catcher role was the New York Mets, ESPN New York’s Adam Rubin reports. Though Rubin’s sources believe that Mike Nickeas or Rob Johnson [...]
02/29/12
Here’s a running list of injury updates around the Major Leagues:
– Nationals first baseman Mike Morse is listed day-to-day with a left elbow contusion according to William Ladson of MLB.com.
– Carlos Beltran, who has been sidelined for the last three days with pain and inflammation in his right hand, is still doubtful to play today [...]
08/12/11
Texas Rangers’ backup catcher Yorvit Torrealba is drawing attention from his former employer, the San Francisco Giants, Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports reports.
The Giants lost last year’s Rookie of the Year, Buster Posey, and have been using a platoon of Eli Whiteside and Chris Stewart, but both have performed poorly as of late. However, [...]
06/26/11
It’s been more than two weeks since the Giants lost Buster Posey to a season-ending injury and the search for his replacement continues.
Late last month, former Giants’ catcher Bengie Molina said that he is open to joining his former team if they called. Ivan Rodriguez’s name has been also mentioned, although many believes he may [...]
06/11/11
In an article by Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News, he says that a few folks are indicating that the Giants are “ramping up their pursuit of another catcher. Maybe even two.”
San Francisco has been using Eli Whiteside as the team’s everyday catcher after the season ending injury to Buster Posey. Baggarly mentioned [...]
06/08/11
Back in April, we learned that the Nationals were looking for help in center field. Today, according to a baseball source close to Bill Ladson of MLB.com, the Nationals are not only looking for a center fielder, but someone who can be a leadoff hitter as well.
Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post Tweeted that the [...]
06/01/11
Here’s the latest from ESPN’s Buster Olney:
– The Arizona Diamondbacks are going to be aggressive on the trade front before the deadline if they continue to conten, as they have money to spend.
– The Washington Nationals reached out to the Giants regarding Ivan Rodriguez, but it appears not much progress has been made. The Giants are looking [...]
05/31/11