The Angels have re-signed OF Bobby Abreu to a two-year deal, according to Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse.
Jon Heyman, in a post to Twitter, is reporting the deal has a vesting option for a third year, but the financial parameters are not yet known.
…interesting how Abreu didn’t sign until the final hour of the off-season this [...]
Jill Painter from the Los Angeles Daily News is reporting that outfielder Bobby Abreu would prefer to stay with the Angels beyond this year.
Abreu signed a one year, $5 million contract this past off-season with the Angels, and finished the year hitting .293 with 15 home runs and 103 RBI and 94 walks.
Abreu was part [...]
Jon Heyman of SI.com reports the Angels and free-agent OF Bobby Abreu have agreed to a one-year deal, “worth a little more than $5 million and also includes incentives.”
Yesterday, Heyman said teams with interest in Abreu had narrowed to the Mets, Angels, Braves, Pirates and Reds.
On Monday, Adam Rubin wrote in the Daily News, “The [...]
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes free-agent OF Bobby Abreu may be nearing a deal with the Angels.
According to Rosenthal, two GMs with interest in Abreu said the free-agent outfielder is headed to an American League team.
…from what i can gather, abreu would like to remain in New York, i.e., play for the Mets, but [...]
Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com believes the Mets are not in the running for free-agent OF Bobby Abreu.
Yesterday, in the Daily News, Adam Rubin said a team would not rule out signing Abreu, “but indicated that any contract likely would have to be for one year at less than $4 million.”
In a report for ESPN.com, Peter Gammons wrote:
“I [...]
According to Adam Rubin in the Daily News, “The Mets won’t completely close the door on signing free-agent outfielder Bobby Abreu.”
Rubin adds, “The Mets would ‘look’ at Abreu if his asking price was $2 million to $4 million for one year, which is an unlikely scenario.”
However, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says Abreu could [...]
In his latest Rumblings & Grumblings column for ESPN.com, Jayson Stark says the Mets and Yankees have not pursued free-agent 2B Orlando Hudson this off season, despite Hudson’s comments on the MLB Network last week.
Instead, Stark believes Hudson may be looking at signing a one-year contract with the Nationals or Dodgers.
…i believe, once the Mets [...]
After this afternoon’s proclamation by GM Omar Minaya that the Mets were satisfied with their offense heading into the season and would not be spending significant money on free agents the rest of this off-season, Jon Heyman addressed a number of free agents that have been linked to the team during his appearance on the [...]
Bobby Abreu has been offered a one-year, $8 million deal from the White Sox, according to the Daily News.
Tim Dierkes from MLB Trade Rumors adds, “If the Sox are able to sign Abreu, you’d have to think Jermaine Dye or Jim Thome would be traded.”
This morning on WFAN, SI.com’s Jon Heyman said there is a circumstance [...]
Joel Sherman of the New York Post believes the Mets are no longer an option for free-agent outfielders Manny Ramirez or Bobby Abreu, now that they have re-signed Oliver Perez.
Instead, Sherman explains, “The only items they are still perusing are low-cost alternatives among righty reserve bats and lefty set-up men.”
…from what i can gather, people [...]