Rumors for St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals the favorite for Roy Oswalt?
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Sources close to Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com reported yesterday that Roy Oswalt had elected to sign with the St. Louis Cardinals. Today, there are some conflicting reports that say the right hander has not agreed to a deal with St. Louis (via Matthew Leach of MLB.com).
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports notes that the Rangers have not made an offer to Oswalt, and that the Astros, Oswalt’s old team could also be a possibility.
Oswalt had received heavy interest from the Red Sox and Tigers, with the Tigers supposedly offering the right hander a one-year $10mm deal yesterday that he turned down.
In 2011, Oswalt went 9-10 while posting a 3.69 era in 139 innings with the Phillies. He did average a career low with 6.0 strike outs per 9 innings and is coming off a series of injuries. Oswalt earned $16mm last season and made $1,777,777.78 for every win or $172,043,01 for every strikeout.
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Giants sign Ryan Theriot
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The San Francisco Giants have signed Ryan Theriot to a one year $1.25mm deal, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports. Theriot can also earn an additional $750k in incentives.
Theriot who played second and shortstop for the Cardinals last season, was acquired from the Dodgers in December 2010.
Last season he hit .271 in 442 at-bats and earned $3.3mm. That means Theriot earned $27.5k for every hit or $25k for every game he appeared in.
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David Eckstein Retires
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Veteran Infielder David Eckstein has decided to call it a career according to Nick Carfado of the Boston Globe. The 2 time All Star and 2006 World Series MVP decided to retire even though multiple clubs were willing to give him a shot in spring training. During June of last year it was reported that he was choosing not to play and when asked if he would return to baseball, Eckstein told Mike DiGiovanna of the LA Times “It totally has to be the right situation, but when you say that, it’s like you’re disrespecting the clubs that have talked to you.” Apparently the right situation never arose for the 37 year old middle infielder.
Eckstein has played ten Major League seasons with the Angels, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks and Padres. He is a lifetime .280/.345/.355 hitter with 35 HR’s and 392 RBI’s. He also has two World Series rings, one with the Angels in 2002 and one with the Cardinals in 2006.
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PRO Rumors Android app version 1.0 is available
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Happy Holidays from the PRO Rumors team
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From all of us at PRO Rumors, we’d like to wish you all a Happy Holidays! We hope that all of your holiday wishes (and your baseball wishes) have come true!
Carlos Beltran and Cardinals agree to 2-year deal
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Sources close to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch report that Carlos Beltran and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a two-year deal worth $26mm. Tim Brown of Yahoo adds that the deal includes a no-trade clause which was something Beltran wanted before the deal was agreed upon.
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Cardinals and Coco Crisp discussing deal
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The St. Louis Cardinals are in discussions with Coco Crisp, Steve Henson of Yahoo Sports reports. The Cardinals would want Crisp to play center field and hit at the top of the order.
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Cardinals and J.C. Romero agree to 1-year deal
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The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a one-year deal on Thursday with J.C. Romero, per a team announcement.
The deal was first reported by sources close to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.
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Several teams interested in Carlos Beltran
Posted by: | CommentsAccording to sources close to Scott Miller of CBSSports.com, at least five clubs are interested in free agent outfielder Carlos Beltran. Among the teams interested are the To
ronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies. Beltran is looking for a multi-year deal.
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Cardinals agree to a two-year deal with Skip Schumaker
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The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a two-year deal with utility man Skip Schumaker according to B.J. Rains of FOXSportsMidwest.com.
Yesterday Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the team and Schumaker were close to an agreement. The deal includes one of Schumaker’s aribtration years and one of his free agent years.
Schumaker, 32 by Opening Day 2012, has hit .290/.346/.378 over a seven year career with the Cardinals.
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