Even though the season is just underway, it’s never to early to talk trade candidates. We’re going to name a few players that could be trade candidates as the July Trade Deadline approaches. First, lets take a look at the American League.
The American League East is a really fun division to watch right now, led [...]
05/07/12
In the middle of the All Star break festivities, we at PRO Rumors wanted to provide you with a little history about the games, and a list of cool facts that you can brag about to your friends today.
The first All Star game was played in 1933 at Comiskey Park (former home of the White [...]
07/13/11
Right-handed pitcher Diasuke Matsuzaka of the Boston Red Sox has donated $1 million to the Red Sox Foundation to victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports. The Red Sox Foundation will support the Japanese Red Cross Society.
“Our efforts on the field are dedicated to all [...]
03/26/11
Oakland Athletics designated hitter, Hideki Matsui, infused some cash into the earthquake and tsunami relief fund by donating 50 million yen ($620,000 USD) to the Japanese Red Cross, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Matsui gave the same amount in 2004 after the deadly Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. In 2007 he [...]
03/21/11
After Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, the New York Yankees decided to donate $100,000 for relief efforts and several Japanese Red Sox’s players raised $4,600 as well to help the cause.
Today, we learned that Mariners’ outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is donating 100,000 yen, which equates to about $1.25 million, to the Japanese Red Cross for relief [...]
03/18/11
Moment 3: Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his 71st home run of the season on October 5, 2001.
Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds’ accomplishments during his baseball career place him among the greatest baseball players of all-time. He has a record-setting seven MVP’s, [...]
12/31/10
Congratulations to Josh Hamilton for winning the 2010 American League MVP Award, as announced by the Baseball Writers Associations of America. Hamilton received 22 of the 28 first-place votes with Miguel Cabrera five votes and Jose Bautista receiving 1 first place vote.
Hamilton had a $10,000 bonus in his 2009 contract for winning the MVP, it’s [...]
11/23/10
Here are your 2010 American League Gold Glove winners with bonus payments if applicable:
Name
Bonus
P – Mark Buerhle (White Sox)
none
C – Joe Mauer (Twins)
$25,000
1B – Mark Teixeira (Yankees)
none
2B – Robinson Cano (Yankees)
none
3B – Evan Longoria (Rays)
none
SS – Derek Jeter (Yankees)
none
OF – Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners)
none
OF – Franklin Gutierrez (Mariners)
none
OF – Carl Crawford (Rays)
none
Information for the bonuses were [...]
11/09/10
The Seattle Mariners have a long list of candidates on their list of possible managers for next season, according to the Seattle Times Geoff Baker. On key requirement for the next manager is the ability to develop or already have a strong relationship with GM Jack Zduriencik. Former manager Don Wakamatsu had conflicts with Zduriencik [...]
10/07/10
MLB Network’s Peter Gammons told WFAN that he thinks Bobby Valentine will be the next manager of the New York Mets. Here’s the transcript via Matthew Cerrone’s MetsBlog:
“I think there are two things: 1) He has a history and a good working relationship with Omar Minaya and 2) he is one guy that, though [...]
08/31/10