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MLB Rumors: Oakland A’s Don’t Want Coco Crisp Anymore
The 7th season with the Oakland Athletics and 15th overall in Baseball might be the last for Coco Crisp, who thinks the A’s are trying to avoid his option from vesting for the 2017 season by bringing down his playing time and keeping him on the bench.
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MLB Rumors: St. Louis Cardinals Have a Difficult Brandon Moss Decision to Make
While the St. Louis Cardinals are in the middle of a playoff race, wild card in their case, they also need to think about next season, and specifically about Brandon Moss, who becomes a free agent at the end of this season.
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MLB Rumors: Miami Marlins Need to Find a Fill-in for Giancarlo Stanton
The Miami Marlins are aiming for their first winning season in 7 years, and perhaps their first playoff appearance in 13, but without Giancarlo Stanton, announced to be injured and out for the season, it’s going to be very difficult. Bringing in Alex Rodriguez is suddenly a more likely option, but not one that can make up for what they lose with Stanton.
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MLB Rumors – Pittsburgh Pirates Can’t Hang on to David Freese, Sean Rodriguez & Matthew Joyce
Getting over a long slump, the Pittsburgh Pirates put themselves back in the wild card race for a postseason berth. The surprising ability of David Freese, Sean Rodriguez and Matthew Joyce has been a huge part of their recent success, but it also means they’ll be impossible to hold onto, all three of them together, once this season is over.
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MLB Rumors – Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox Linked to Jonathan Papelbon
The release of Jonathan Papelbon from the Washington Nationals seemed to be something always waiting to happen since the end of last season. It’s hard to say if there’s a market for him at the moment, although the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox have already been linked to the closer.
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MLB Rumors: Kansas City Royals With Some Hard Choices Heading Into 2017
The Kansas City Royals are already thinking about what kind of team they’re going to put on the field next season, considering this one is a bust. They seem to have an overload of talent at third base, with Cheslor Cuthbert emerging this season, Mike Moustakas coming back from injury in 2017, and Hunter Dozier ready to start his major league career.
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MLB Rumors: Miami Marlins or Anyone Else Signing Alex Rodriguez Doesn’t Make Sense
When Alex Rodriguez is released by the New York Yankees, the assumption that he’ll automatically become part of the coaching staff might be wrong. He could be waiting for an offer, with the Tampa Bay Rays and the Miami Marlins linked to him a number of times. However, it just doesn’t make sense to sign Rodriguez, even as a two-three month rental.
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MLB Rumors – Houston Astros, New York Mets & the Awful Carlos Gomez
The Houston Astros designated Carlos Gomez for assignment, which means he might become available for signing very soon. The New York Mets, where Gomez began his major league career, might be interested in bringing him back.
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MLB Rumors – New York Yankees & Joe Girardi Ruining the Alex Rodriguez Farewell Week
If anyone thought that putting a date on the release of Alex Rodriguez would make the New York Yankees start giving him more playing time, their two games so far against the Red Sox in the series at Boston shows that manager Joe Girardi has no intention of allowing Rodriguez a few more at bats before he plays his final game in pinstripes.
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MLB Rumors: Mariners, Rangers & the Tom Wilhelmsen Conspiracy Theory
One of the weirdest cases of the 2016 MLB season is that of Tom Wilhelmsen, a Seattle Mariners player who was traded to division rivals the Texas Rangers when the season began, failed miserably there, got cut, got signed again by the Mariners and has been doing incredibly well since going back there. Smells like a conspiracy, doesn’t it?