Scouting The Trade Market: James Shields
If you can’t beat him, trade for him, amirite? Rays right-hander James Shields has dominated the Yankees twice within the last two weeks (one earned run in 15.2 IP), but that’s not the real reason...
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It all keeps coming back to Cliff Lee. A year ago, the Yankees were on the precipice of acquiring Lee from the Mariners, a feat which would have given them one of the best rotations in baseball. They...
View ArticleRays sending James Shields to Royals for Wil Myers
11:30pm: It’s Shields, Davis, and either a player to be named later or cash for Myers, right-hander Jake Odorizzi, left-hander Mike Montgomery, and infielder Pat Leonard. That one has “Royals GM Dayton...
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Free Agent Updates: Lester, Scherzer, Sandoval, Shields, Robertson, Headley,...
(Al Bello/Getty) The Yankees officially extended the $15.3M qualifying offer to David Robertson yesterday but declined to make the offer to Hiroki Kuroda. If Robertson signs elsewhere, the Yankees will...
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Scouting The Free Agent Market: James Shields
(Jamie Squire/Getty) Now that the Yankees know their dominant bullpen will feature only two elite relievers rather than three, the focus turns to the rotation, which needs quite a bit of help given all...
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Cotillo: Padres sign James Shields to four-year contract; 2015 draft order...
(Jamie Squire/Getty) According to Chris Cotillo, the Padres have signed right-hander James Shields to a four-year contract in the $72M to $76M range. It’s been a foregone conclusion that Shields, who...
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Scouting The Trade Market: San Diego Padres
Benoit. (Mike McGinnis/Getty) No team had a busier offseason than the Padres, who, under new GM A.J. Preller, made a handful of blockbuster trades and one big free agent signing. It didn’t work. The...
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Trade Deadline Notes: Price, Reyes, Prado, Gyorko, Shields
I hate this. (Elsa/Getty) The Yankees swung just one minor deal before the trade deadline ten days ago, landing Dustin Ackley in a three-player swap with the Mariners. The lack of activity was not due...
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Let’s try to find a bad contract-for-bad contract trade for Jacoby Ellsbury
(Presswire) Jacoby Ellsbury is a problem. Following last night’s 1-for-3 game, he is hitting .263/.321/.383 (95 wRC+) with 4.8 WAR in two years and 13 games as a Yankee. He’s now 32 years old, his...
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