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The Houston Astros announced on Tuesday that the team had hired former Boston Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills as their new manager. General Manager Ed Wade made the announcement at an afternoon press conference. Mills was not the first choice of Wade or the Astros, as the job was originally offered to former Nationals [...]

The Chicago Cubs, baseball’s lovable losers, have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The franchise is owned by the Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. This step will aid in the process of selling the club for $845 million transaction. The filing took place in Wilmington, Delaware and the Cubs [...]

Even though the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, there will still be plenty of wheeling and dealing prior to the August 31st waiver deadline. The deals that take place from here until the end of the month will be more difficult to get done for some teams because the player placed [...]

The Pirates have made yet another trade leading up to the 2009 MLB non-waiver trading deadline, which falls at 4pm on Friday July 31st. This time the Pirates have dealt left handed pitchers John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny to the Chicago Cubs for right handed pitcher Kevin Hart and two minor league prospects. The two [...]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made another move, after trading shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners earlier in the day. This time, the Pirates have traded three-time National League All-Star and 2006 batting champion Freddy Sanchez to the San Francisco Giants for yet another minor league prospect. That prospect is right-hander [...]

The Pittsburgh Pirates have made yet another move, trading star shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners. In return, the Pirates are getting shortstop Ronny Cedeno, minor league catcher and former number one draft pick Jeff Clement and right-handed pitchers Nathan Adcock, Brett Lorin and Aaron Pribanic. The Pirates have been [...]

Trade rumors have been swirling for a couple of weeks now about American League All-Star Roy Halladay and where he will wind up once the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline comes and goes at 4pm Friday. In some of the most recent reports the Blue Jays claim that Halladay will likely still be with the [...]

Saturday’s 14-6 Phillies win over the St. Louis Cardinals was marred by a melee in the parking lot that had spilled over from McFadden’s at the ballpark. There was a bachelor party going on inside the restaurant, which is connected to the stadium, when the fight broke out and spilled into Parking Lot M at [...]

It has been rumored that the pending deal between the Cardinals and the A’s for slugger Matt Holliday has been completed. The Cardinals will send three players to the A’s in return for Holliday and $1.5 million. As reported earlier, Triple-A third baseman Brett Wallace will head to the A’s along with pitcher Clayton Mortensen [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly close to landing slugger Matt Holliday from the Oakland Athletics. The A’s would reportedly receive Brett Wallace in return. Wallace was drafted by the Cardinals in 2008 with their first overall pick. Wallace is hitting .293 with six homeruns and 19 RBIs with the Cardinals Triple-A affiliate. Wallace projects [...]