by Bryan Smith | Nov 6, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on November 6, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The Tampa Bay Rays will not be deterred by three straight losing seasons and a last place finish in the AL East in 2016. Since the end of the season, the Rays have restructured their front office, making Erik Neander the...
by Bryan Smith | Nov 6, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on November 6, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine After more than two years of making moves aimed at strengthening their farm system and cutting payroll, the Atlanta Braves may finally be ready to put a competitive team on the field in 2017. That is at least the belief...
by Bryan Smith | Nov 6, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on November 6, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The Toronto Blue Jays have finally made a decision with regard to whether or not they will extend a qualifying offer of $17.2 million to free agent outfielder Michael Saunders. Jon Heyman reports that the Blue Jays will...
by Bryan Smith | Nov 5, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on November 5, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine It’s official, outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is a free agent, and arguably the best free agent available this winter. Cespedes informed the Mets on Saturday that he would be opting out of his contract after one season,...
by Bryan Smith | Nov 5, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on November 5, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The euphoria of winning the 2016 World Series has already started to fade for one member of the Chicago Cubs. While speaking on a Chicago radio show on Friday, catcher Miguel Montero expressed his displeasure with the way...
by Bryan Smith | Nov 5, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on November 5, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The Arizona Diamondbacks announced Friday that they have hired Torey Lovullo as their new manager. Lovullo has spent the last four seasons as the Boston Red Sox bench coach. The Diamondbacks will hold a press conference...