Wily Mo Pena News

The disappointment is evident on Chris Carter's face. He thought this was his year, his chance to show what he can do at the major-league level.

Approximately 40 percent of the players in organized baseball were born outside the United States.

Whenever he gets called up to Boston, John Smoltz will force the Red Sox to do something with their pitching staff.

Jun 8, 2009 11:02 am US/Eastern Read: Dan Roche's Blog The Red Sox have some decisions to make soon about their shortstop and starting rotation.

David Ortiz finally hit his first home run Wednesday. Good thing Red Sox Nation can celebrate its sweep of the first-place Blue Jays because the What's-Wrong-With-Big-Papi question is far from answered.

Clay Buchholz had been struggling, battling through his worst outing of this still-young season, when Buffalo's Fernando Martinez hit what appeared to be a double off the center-field fence leading off the fifth inning.

PAWTUCKET, RI - The Buffalo Bisons, Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, couldn't hold an early lead Saturday night, dropping the series opener with Pawtucket 3-2. The Herd got on the board first, plating two runs in the third with back-to-back-to-back hits.

Wily Mo Pena remembers it well. The former Red Sox and current Buffalo Bison , remembers coming to Boston via trade with the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for pitcher Bronson Arroyo during spring training in 2006.

The Buffalo Bisons' bats have been muted for most of the season. That changed abruptly Friday night when they ambushed Todd Redmond in a five-run first inning that catapulted the Herd to a 6-5 victory over the Gwinnett Braves in Game One of a doubleheader in front of a paid attendance crowd of 8,810 Friday at Coca-Cola Field.

Ryan Zimmerman has a new $45 million, five-year contract, and the Washington Nationals finally have their ''face of the franchise'' signed for the long haul.

The New York Mets signed outfielder Wily Mo Pena to a minor-league contract Monday.

The Mets signed outfielder Wily Mo Pena to a Minor League contract and have assigned him to extended Spring Training, the New York Post reported Monday.

Don't count Chris Carter among those disappointed when weather pushed back the opening of the 2009 Red Sox season another day on Monday.

The Red Sox still have three days remaining in Florida, but the club appears to be finalizing its potential Opening Day roster as its days in Fort Myers dwindle.

It's very possible the Red Sox could win their third World Series Championship in six years in 2009.

One of the most experienced scouts working the Cactus League raves about hard-throwing Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman, whom he watched in Mexico City.

The Washington Nationals gave outfielder Wily Mo Pena his unconditional release Tuesday and reassigned reliever Gary Glover to minor league camp.

VIERA, Fla. - The Washington Nationals placed outfielder Wily Mo Pena on waivers Saturday and selected the contract of infielder Dmitri Young.

The Nationals placed outfielder Wily Mo Pena on waivers and selected the contract of first baseman Dmitri Young on Saturday morning.

If you don't know that headline is sarcasm, I am sorry for you. The Boston Red Sox are 2-6 early in Spring Training, only if you count games against Boston College, Northeastern and yesterday's 9-5 loss to ...