by Bryan Smith | Dec 10, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on December 10, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine One of the most surprising additions to the free agent market at the non-tender deadline was catcher Welington Castillo, who was not offered a contract for 2017 by the Arizona Diamondbacks after spending a year and a...
by Bryan Smith | Dec 10, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on December 10, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine For the second time this year, the Houston Astros have agreed to sign Cuban lefty Cionel Perez to a minor league deal. The Astros originally signed Perez in September, giving him a signing bonus of $5.5 million, an...
by Bryan Smith | Dec 9, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on December 9, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The St. Louis Cardinals took a deep plunge into the free agent pool when they signed center fielder Dexter Fowler to a five-year deal worth $82.5 million, and the Red Birds may not be done shopping for high-priced players...
by Bryan Smith | Dec 9, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on December 9, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine If you placed a bet prior to the Winter Meetings that Andrew McCutchen would be a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates when the meetings ended, congratulations! You probably won quite a lot of money. Just a few days ago, few...
by Bryan Smith | Dec 9, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on December 9, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a deal with free agent center fielder Dexter Fowler. The contract is for five years and worth $82.5 million. It also includes a full no-trade clause. The Cardinals formally announced...
by Bryan Smith | Dec 8, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on December 8, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Perhaps no individual benefited more from the moves the Boston Red Sox made during the Winter Meetings than third baseman Pablo Sandoval. Following a disappointing 2015 season during his first year in Boston and a 2016...