by Bryan Smith | Jul 17, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on July 17, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Trade speculation is heating up all around baseball with a little more than two weeks until the August 1 trade deadline. One of the most talkative teams in recent days has been the Texas Rangers, who are looking for pitching...
by Bryan Smith | Jul 17, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on July 17, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine With every loss, the New York Yankees take one step closer to actually being sellers at the trade deadline this year. At the all-star break, the front office and management were still split on whether or not the team should...
by Bryan Smith | Jul 17, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on July 17, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Major League Baseball is fed up with the actions of managers yelling at umpires over balls and strikes, and they’re telling the skippers that they need to calm down. MLB executive Joe Torre, himself a former big league...
by Travis Goldberg | Jul 17, 2016 | Football, News, Travis Pulver
Posted on July 16, 2016, by Travis Pulver Contract negotiations are tough stuff. They are not for the weak of heart, sensitive, emotional types that are going to take something said in the interest of making a deal happen to heart. Typically, anything goes, but that...
by Travis Goldberg | Jul 16, 2016 | Football, News, Travis Pulver
Posted on July 16, 2016, by Travis Pulver No one saw this deal coming. There was no reason to expect that it would. The Jets front office had barely spoken with Muhammad Wilkerson about a long-term deal. They did have some talks, of course, but nothing to the extent...
by Bryan Smith | Jul 16, 2016 | Baseball, Bryan Zarpentine, News
Posted on July 16, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The Toronto Blue Jays announced Saturday that they have signed first baseman Justin Smoak to a two-year contract extension. Smoak, who is making $3.9 million this year, would have been a free agent after the season. Instead,...