Billy Wagner News

Talking turkey around the Hot Stove on the day before Thanksgiving: Wagner also ready to talk turkey Free-agent reliever Billy Wagner will begin receiving offers next week from some of the eight clubs that are interested in him, all as a closer, agent Bean Stringfellow told WEEI.com. Bedard on Royals' lips Kansas City assistant general manager J.J.

A story in the New York Daily News said the Red Sox were hoping to acquire Halladay before the winter meetings begin a week from Monday.

With free agency starting at 12:01 a.m. ET on Friday, the Nationals are expected to be players.

As currently constituted, the Mets' roster has four vacancies -- four in number and, in a more subjective, informal and real way, at least four -- slugger, starting pitcher, catcher and reliever.

It's the time of year in baseball for courting and bluffing - sometimes simultaneously.

Red Sox asked the Braves for Medical Records on.. - Red Sox asked the Braves for Medical Records on.. Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano According to the New York Post, the Red Sox have asked the Atlanta Braves for medical records on their two top free agent relievers, Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano, who shared closing duties last season.

Want to feel better about yourself and the team upon which you lavish your affection and disposable income? Chat up a bunch of Mets fans.

As the Braves and other teams explore trade and free-agent possibilities, many wrestle with a situation prevalent in baseball's changed economic landscape.

The House that Lou Built became home to Billy The Kid Saturday. Billy Wager, 38-year-old relief ace for the Boston Red Sox, directed the third annual Wagner Challenge Baseball Clinic to benefit the instruction of Second Chance Learning Centers in Bluefield and Tazewell.

If Billy Wagner is willing to work as a setup man for Jonathan Papelbon , the Red Sox aren't averse to the idea of the veteran lefthander accepting salary arbitration.

Ia m very excited. I was reading the sports wire, and I saw that the Rays are one of the teams who have expressed interest in signing free agent Billy Wagner.

Bluefield College will host its Second Annual Tierney Scholarship Awareness Dinner, featuring hometown hero and Major League Baseball great Billy Wagner, Thursday, Dec.

Billy Wagner loved being with the Red Sox [ team stats ] so much at the end of the 2009 season, the reliever may want to come back after all.

As many as six others could file in the coming days. The stakes are high for both Bay and the Red Sox.

Lost in the Billy Wagner may-or-may-not retire storyline that's floated around lately, you probably missed the news that Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo will not return to his post in 2010 after what Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News describes as declining what amounted to a lame-duck offer anyway .

Now that the Red Sox have been eliminated in painful fashion, let the panic trade rumors begin! First up, yesterday's goat, Jonathan Papelbon: "In the wake of Boston's 7-6 loss to Los Angeles in the ALDS, message boards and Twitter feeds everywhere wondered if Papelbon had thrown his last pitch in a Red Sox uniform.

Billy Wagner 's agent refuted Tuesday's reports that the closer, who just completed his 15th season and is 15 saves short of 400, is planning to retire.

Billy Wagner might be leaning toward choosing retirement over closing games next season, according to a report in the New York Post.

Ace closer Jonathan Papelbon couldn't save Boston's season. The intimidating right-hander had never allowed a run in any of his 26 postseason innings before Sunday.

The phone rang in that chaotic bottom of the seventh inning on Friday night, and left-hander Billy Wagner got the word that it was his turn.