So far today, I have been sent 13 e-mails saying SI.com is reporting that the Mets are trying to trade for Mariners RHP Carlos Silva.
In reality, SI.com is simply linking to a report about Silva, which speculates that the Mariners would love to unload his salary.
According to the referenced report in the Pioneer Press, citing ‘the [...]
According to a post on Monday from Tim Brown at Yahoo! Sports, free-agent LHP Kyle Lohse is considering offers from the Mets and Phillies, ‘both of which could go to four years.’
However, according to Todd Zolecki at his blog for the Philadelphia Daily News, there is nothing to the above report from Yahoo!.
Meanwhile, in a [...]
According to Charley Walter of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Royals have offered RHP Carlos Silva a three-year deal worth $30 million.
Silva was 13-14 with a 4.19 ERA in 33 starts with the Twins in 2007.
Last week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Cardinals also expressed interest in the 28-year-old Silva.
…ever since silva hit [...]
In a report for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Joe Strauss writes that the Cardinals have expressed interest in free-agent RHP Carlos Silva and RHP Kyle Lohse.
…the buzz around baseball continues to suggest that pitchers like silva and lohse are seeking similar deals to what Ted Lilly and Gil Meche got last season, such as four years [...]
According to Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune, free agent RHP Carlos Silva is seeking a similar four-year, $40 million that Cubs LHP Ted Lilly signed last December.
Multiple reports have suggested Silva has received a three-year, $20 million deal to remain with the Twins.
The Mets, Cubs, Phillies and Mariners have all expressed interest in acquiring [...]
According to Omar Minaya, ‘the bulk’ of his off-season efforts will be focused on ‘upgrading’ the team’s pitching staff, reports Ken Davidoff in Newsday.
According to Davidoff, Minaya will speak to the agents for free-agent RHP Carlos Silva this week at the GM meetings.
…the buzz from orlando continues to suggest that pitchers like silva and Kyle Lohse are seeking similar deals [...]
In a post to MLB Trade Rumors, Tim Dierkes provides his second-annual Top 50 Free-Agent list, complete with where he believes each player will end up signing.
…i consider tim’s opinion, because he keeps a very close eye on more or less every story written when it comes to, well, MLB trade rumors and free-agents…
According to Dierkes, in [...]
In a column for Minnesota’s Free Press, Twins reporter Edward Thoma does his best Nostradamus impersonation, predicting how the Twins will act during this coming off-season.
Among other predictions, Thoma writes…
“Carlos Silva will get a four-year contract for at least $40 million. That deal will not come from the Twins. If the contract comes [...]