Brett Lawrie is on the move once again. Lawrie was drafted in the first round back in the 2008 MLB ametur draft by the Milkawkee Brewers and made his debut in 2011 for his home country Toronto Blue Jays. He posted an impressive .952 OPS in his 43-game rookie season,

The Los Angeles Angels continued to rebuild their middle infield and their lineup when they traded reliever Trevor Gott and minor league pitcher Michael Bradley to the Washington Nationals for second baseman/shortstop Yunel Escobar. The move accompanies their previous acquisition of Andrelton Simmons to give the Angels and a new

The Houston Astros were after an upgrade at closer. It was the worst kept secret in baseball over the past several weeks. They finally got their guy when they traded three players to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for young fireballer Ken Giles. In exchange, the Phillies will get pitchers

The Arizona Diamondbacks are all in for 2016. After breaking the bank to sign starting pitcher Zack Greinke to a record deal worth $206.5 million in total and over $34 million annually for the next six years, the D-Backs made another high profile move in what was the first true

Baseball’s Winter Meetings (and the time immediately before and after it) has often been compared to Christmas. That metaphor is way too easy and doesn’t quite encapsulate the feeling. I suppose we could call it the 12 days of Christmas, but that also doesn’t quite capture it. In short, it

The New York Yankees have been rather quiet this offseason, though that changed quickly Tuesday afternoon when the team agreed to acquire shortstop/second baseman Starlin Castro from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for RHP Adam Warren and shortstop Brendan Ryan. Castro, who had been with the Chicago Cubs since signing

In the wake of Zack Greinke signing a mega-contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Los Angeles Dodgers went out Sunday and signed free-agent starter Hisashi Iwakuma to a three-year, $45 million dollar contract. While the deal has yet to be officially announced by the ball club, it is all but

Day-one of Major League Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings delivered a hectic day of news to say the least. Fox Sports Senior Baseball writer Ken Rosenthal tweeted early Monday morning that an apparent deal had been struck between the Dodgers and Reds that would send dominant All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman to

The Winter Meetings hadn’t even officially begun before the Chicago Cubs began wheeling and dealing. They officially signed starting pitcher John Lackey and now second baseman/left fielder Ben Zobrist. The Cubs were rumored to be involved with David Price for awhile, but when you look at the financials involved, they ended

The Winter Meetings is a fun time of year. It’s awesome to watch general managers work. You lose a guy and then go right out and get another guy. The Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners consummated a trade, but the roots of that trade came earlier in the weekend.