Japanese Shortstop Nishioka Cleared To Move To MLB
MLB teams will have four business days to bid for the negotiating rights to the 26-year-old Nishioka, who helped the Lotte Marines win the 2010 Japan Series.
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MLB teams will have four business days to bid for the negotiating rights to the 26-year-old Nishioka, who helped the Lotte Marines win the 2010 Japan Series.
After discussing upcoming collective bargaining Tuesday with major league general managers, MLB executive vice president Rob Manfred said adding wild-card teams for 2011 would be "a difficult trick to pull off."
St. Petersburg police say no criminal charges will be filed against the driver who struck and killed the 87-year-old father of New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson.
Bob Watson will retire at the end of the year as baseball's vice president in charge of discipline. The retirement was announced by the commissioner's office Tuesday.
Two days after his 87-year-old father died when he was hit by a car, the new New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson attended the start of the annual GM meetings.
Clint Hurdle decided to take a firm offer from the Pirates rather than wait to see if he would get the Mets' job.
The father of New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson has died after being hit by a car in Florida. John Alderson was struck Saturday night and died in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was 87.
The Mets said they fired Charlie Samuels for violating team policies amid a police investigation into illegal gambling.
The New York Metropolitans just got exponentially smarter. We don't know if they got any better.
A five-time All-Star, Beltran says he wants to finish his career with the Mets, but if the team wants to trade him "I have to listen."
The Mets' search for a manager is headed to the Dominican Republic. General manager Sandy Alderson is flying south to meet with Triple-A manager Ken Oberkfell.
Cincinnati third baseman Scott Rolen won his eighth Gold Glove, one of three Reds players to be honored following the team's first Major League Baseball playoff appearance in 15 years.
Wally Backman will be granted a follow-up interview with new GM Sandy Alderson for the Mets' managerial opening, according to Steve Popper and Bob Klapisch of the Bergen Record.
New Mets general manager Sandy Alderson plans to hire a new manager by the winter meetings and has added Ken Oberkfell to his list of candidates.
Paul DePodesta is joining Sandy Alderson in the New York Mets' front office, the second high-profile hiring by the new general manager.
