The Toronto Blue Jays could re-sign Jose Bautista after all if a short-term deal can be agreed upon.
It was reported on Thursday that the Blue Jays are "engaged in active contract discussions" with Bautista, but nothing is imminent.
The Toronto Blue Jays could re-sign Jose Bautista after all if a short-term deal can be agreed upon.
It was reported on Thursday that the Blue Jays are "engaged in active contract discussions" with Bautista, but nothing is imminent.
The Texas Rangers have yet to engage in serious talks with Yu Darvish or Jonathan Lucroy on possible contract extensions, according to Jon Daniels.
Texas has had "informal" talks with Lucroy and Daniels says the team will explore new deals with both players as Opening Day gets closer.
"We will sit down and talk to them but haven't yet and that's by design with so much going on," Daniels said.
The Washington Nationals continue to have interest in Matt Wieters if he lowers his asking price.
Washington isn't heavily pursuing Wieters currently because they want the catcher to lower his demands in terms of both years and dollars.
The Boston Red Sox say they aren't concerned after Eduardo Rodriguez tweaked his right knee after he slipped on a wet mound during a winter ball start in Venezuela on Tuesday.
Dave Dombrowski characterized the injury as merely a "tweak," and the team hasn't asked Rodriguez to return to Boston to be examined by their medical staff.
"At this point, we are not sure if he is coming to Boston or not," Dombrowski said. "We are staying in contact with him in Venezuela and will determine that over the next few days."
Rodriguez missed five weeks in spring training and the first nine weeks of last season with a dislocated right knee that the club didn't deem serious when it happened Feb. 28.
Before signing with the Cleveland Indians, Edwin Encarnacion received a pair of contract offers from the Oakland Athletics.
One offer was a two-year, $50 million contract, while the second would have included a third-year option in exchange for an opt-out clause.
Oakland's offers are believed to have pushed the Indians to increase their own offer.
The Texas Rangers are discussing a possible two-year deal with Mike Napoli and both sides are motivated to get a deal completed.
However, nothing is imminent and Napoli is receiving interest from other clubs as well.
Josh Hamilton has been cleared by the Texas Rangers' medical staff and re-signing him to a minor league deal is a "formality" at this point.
Hamilton will still have to earn his way onto the major league roster in spring training.
The Baltimore Orioles have maintained interest in free agent outfielders Michael Bourn, Rajai Davis, Angel Pagan and Michael Saunders.
Internally, Dariel Alvarez is a candidate to get one last chance to convince the Orioles he can be a productive major league player.
Alvarez hit .288/.324/.384 with four homers in 560 plate appearances as a 27-year-old at Triple-A this past season.
Rob Manfred is hinting that more pace of play changes could be coming to Major League Baseball.
In a conversation with the New York Daily News, Manfred addressed the possibility of a "pitch clock" and limiting the use of relievers.
"The reason I like the clock is not that I'm looking to force somebody to do something, but I think it is a constant reminder of the need to move things along, and I think that's really important in terms of dealing with the pace-of-play issues," Manfred said.
"It's had great results in the minor leagues. Quantitative data shows that it made the games go faster, but equally important, players don't complain about it. They get used to it and they work within it."
Rumors circulated on Tuesday that the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox were in talks on a trade involving Jose Quintana and David Robertson.
A source told MLB.com that talks between the two clubs haven't advanced very far and the New York Post reported that Robertson wasn't involved in the talks either.