C.C. Sabathia hasn't been the star of this season, but he appears very likely to become the star of this trading season. No less than a dozen teams are believed interested in the Indians' talented and accomplished left-hander. By one accounting, every contending team but the Cardinals already has checked in with Cleveland.
NEW YORK -- Before he was let go as Mariners general manager, Bill Bavasi was telling his bosses that the team's problem was the players, not manager John McLaren.
NEW YORK -- Unlike a lot of folks here, the Mets' midnight managerial firing isn't continuing to give me the Willies. But suffice it to say, it could have been handled better.
SI.com spoke with senior writer Jon Heyman today about the Mets' middle-of-the-night firing of mnager Willie Randolph.
Those who know Ken Griffey Jr. know that nothing is more important than family to the newest member of baseball's 600-home run club. Now Griffey, a longtime resident of the Orlando, Fla. area, is telling friends he's monitoring the surprising Tampa Bay Rays as a possible destination for him, should the Reds decide to deal him.
Voting for this year's All-Star teams already is inspiring a lot of spirited dialogue. For instance, who should start the game for the National League -- Cincinnati's Edinson Volquez, San Francisco's Tim Lincecum or Arizona's Brandon Webb? Hard to make a case against any of those three pitchers.
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia story looks like it's going to be as good as it was a year ago. Maybe even better.
PHILADELPHIA -- By almost all accounts, Jay Bruce is the best-liked, most-grounded rookie anyone's ever seen. But Bruce, 21, is also famous for a small bit of mischief perpetrated as a youngster. Legend has it that as an 8-year-old he called long-distance to Seattle's Kingdome in search of his childhood hero, Ken Griffey Jr.
Major League Baseball's powers threw a couple strong brush-back pitches at controversial superagent Scott Boras before last June's draft, instituting rules changes aimed at keeping signing bonuses for amateurs at reasonable rates, or even scaling them back.
Just prior to baseball's annual amateur draft on Thursday, when more than $100 million will be spent on the country's best high school and college talent, Major League Baseball will do something it should have done decades ago. Sixty one years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, Major League Baseball will stage a draft of living, former Negro League players. The 30 players who will be "drafted" have already been assigned to each of the 30 teams, and the players will receive a small stipend (believed to be about $5,000).
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