Morales Finalizes Deal With Royals
Kendrys Morales missed out on a postseason appearance last season when his Seattle Mariners fell just short of a wild card.
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Kendrys Morales missed out on a postseason appearance last season when his Seattle Mariners fell just short of a wild card.
Jon Lester insisted there's no reason the Chicago Cubs can't contend next year and even capture their first World Series title since 1908, around the time the Model T was rolling off the assembly line.
"He's taking it to Detroit," Vega said. "It's definitely going to be in the city of Detroit."
Simon, 33, made the All-Star Game last season and recorded a 3.44 ERA over 32 starts for the Reds.
Porcello nearly received an All-Star bid last season on the heels of back-to-back complete-game shutouts.
The next step in the project will include looking at possible sites for the stadium. DuBois estimates the total cost of the project at $8 million to $12 million.
Porcello pitched the best he ever has in 2014, recording an ERA of 3.43 over 204 2/3 innings.
For all Dombrowski's insistence on characterizing Olney's report as "inaccurate," he still did not close the door on re-signing Scherzer. He has left that possibility open all offseason even as he has downplayed it.
Only Clayton Kershaw - significantly younger and significantly more productive - has commanded that kind of deal.
"People know they were involved with drugs and that's why they're not getting in the Hall of Fame and they do not belong in the Hall of Fame" Lasorda said talking about suspected PED users.
Since the end of the season, Dombrowski has said Detroit's odds of signing Scherzer declined precipitously when he became a free agent.
The Tigers could have a perfectly solid rotation for 2015, but the future looks a bit more murky.
Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera gave fans some good news Monday, tweeting a photo of himself at a gym.
"We'll listen to anything ... but we like having five real good, five solid starting pitchers," Dombrowski said. "We're content."
The Tigers apparently are busy before the winter meetings even start.
Colby Lewis and his surgically repaired hip are staying in the Texas Rangers rotation.
Green does the same dunk but adds some flare to it.
Numbers are very important in sports.
Moving to fill an outfield void after the trade of Jason Heyward, the Atlanta Braves agreed Wednesday to a four-year contract with free agent Nick Markakis.
Dave Dombrowski said in mid-November that Detroit would not re-sign Hunter because the team did not want to use him as an everyday player
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Tigers have expressed interest in veteran starting pitcher Justin Masterson, who spent time with the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals in 2014.
Both Price and Porcello will be free agents after the 2015 season.
Giancarlo Stanton will make just $6.5 million in the first year of his record $325 million, 13-year contract with the Miami Marlins.
If the Detroit Tigers want to bring back starting pitcher Max Scherzer, they might have to outbid the New York Yankees to do so.
