Baseball Players News

The Cleveland Indians have added pitchers Kelvin De La Cruz of Class-A Mahoning Valley and Jeanmar Gomez of Double-A Akron and five other minor leaguers to their 40-man roster.

At 12:01 a.m. today, baseball's shopping season began. The Phillies, however, are in no rush to buy.

If the New York Yankees bring back Andy Pettitte, if could determine what the Bombers do in the rest of free agency.

Starting pitcher Brad Thompson #48 of the St. Louis Cardinals throws against the Colorado Rockies on April 3, 2008 at Busch Stadium in St.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor league outfielder Desmond Jennings and pitchers Jeremy Hellickson and Alexander Torres have been added to the Tampa Bay Rays' 40-man roster.

Reliever Aaron Heilman was acquired Thursday by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league prospects.

Andy Pettitte filed for free agency Thursday, the final day of the 15-day window following the World Series.

What would happen if there were teams all set to spend to secure talent and there was little talent there to bid on? We will find out beginning at 9:01 p.m. today when free agency begins, and the answer is that most likely a handful of players are going to find themselves the object of an intense bidding war with their price escalating.

Baseball's hot-stove stewards are waiting for the Tigers to make their day. They figure it's a matter of time before a supposedly cost-cutting franchise announces the trades of center fielder Curtis Granderson and starting pitcher Edwin Jackson, either or both of which could be deals in the works.

The National League Cy Young Award will be announced early Thursday afternoon, and there are a trio of pitchers with viable claims to the trophy.

The Red Sox released Kottaras today. The 26-year-old catcher was out of options and couldn't be sent to the minors again.

Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay likely won't be in Toronto at the beginning of the 2010 season.

The Cardinals see left fielder Matt Holliday as a unique talent within this year's free agent pool, and they apparently do not envision themselves as bidders for the market's presumptive second choice should Holliday defect.

The Baseball Writers' Association of America will continue to hand out their postseason awards on Wednesday, as the American and National League Managers of the Year will be announced.

Joba Chamberlain talks to the media on Oct. 27, 2009, at Yankee Stadium. Less than two weeks after winning the World Series , Joba Chamberlain could only smile while answering the question.

Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane sees Andrew Bailey's rookie of the year award as reinforcement that a youth movement is the way to go.

Sandy Alomar Jr. is back with the Cleveland Indians. The popular former All-Star catcher has been hired by new Indians manager Manny Acta as a first-base coach.

Randy Johnson was among three MLB players to file for free agency on Monday. Joining him were Cincinnati Reds pitcher Kip Wells and Chicago Cubs reliever John Grabow.

Pitcher Zack Greinke #23 of the Kansas City Royals throws a pitch against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on May 9, 2009 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California.

Players from the National League East division swept the top three spots in voting for the NL rookie of the year, as Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan won the award in a narrow race over Philadelphia Phillies left-hander J.A. Happ, with Atlanta Braves right-hander Tommy Hanson finishing third.

In the American League, Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey won the award, with Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus finishing second and Detroit Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello third.

Coghlan, 24, became the third Marlins rookie honored with the award this decade, joining Dontrelle Willis (2003) and Hanley Ramirez (2006). Called up from Class AAA in early May, Coghlan led all NL rookies this year in batting average (.321), runs (84), hits (162) and on-base percentage (.390). After batting just .240 before the all-star break, he led all NL players in batting average (.372), runs (54) and hits (113) in the second half.