Last night the Giant’s signed their third new free-agent pitcher of the year, Randy Johnson. He signed a 1-year, $8 million contract and can also get up to $5 million in performance bonuses. This makes the Giants the first team since 2002 to have three Cy Young award winners on their team (Lincecum and Zito are the other [...]
Today it was announced that Tim Lincecum has won yet another award! This time he won the TYIB (this year in baseball) starter of the year. Approximately 12 million votes were casted and Tim got 24.5% of them! This is his third award of the season!
Today C.C. Sabathia agreed to take the largest contract in Major League Baseball history. The Yankees will give him a seven year contract for about $160 Million. Agreeing to be the Yankees new ace, he gets the honor of being the starting pitcher for opening day 2009 at the new Yankee stadium.
The Giants have signed their second free-agent in two days. Edgar Renteria, signed to replace Omar Vizquel, will be getting a 2 year, 18.5 million dollar contract. He is back in the National League, where he spent 11 of his 13 years in pro-ball, from Detroit. I liked Omar but he was getting on in age and the Giants need [...]
Every year for the past 54 Sports Illustrated has chosen a Sports person who has done something amazing in the past year. This year they chose, along with the voters on their website, Michael Phelps! He really deserves it. He won 8 gold-metals in this year Beijing Olympics! In my opinion, the only other person they could have chosen would be [...]
Today the San Francisco Giants increased their bullpen strength a little bit more by signing free agent Bobby Howry. He got a one year 2.75 million dollar contract being the second free agent pitcher the Giants have signed this year. Howry has, according to MLB.com, “87 holds since 2005, the Majors’ fourth-highest in that span.” Brian Sabean said ”He’s somebody who relishes [...]
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