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The Houston Astros have acquired C Brian McCann from the New York Yankees in exchange for minor league RHPs Albert Abreu and Jorge Guzman. In addition to that, the Astros also signed OF Josh Reddick to a 4 year, $52 mil deal. The club also signed RHP Charlie Morton to a 2 year, $14 milContinue reading “Astros add lefty bats in McCann, Reddick, Cards sign LHP Cecil”

 The ROY, or rookie of the year award is given to the best rookie from the NL (national league) and AL (American league) every year. There is always 3 finalists but other rookies can still receive votes. Here were the finalists: AL: RHP Michael Fulmer of the Detroit Tigers. Fulmer\’s 11-7 record, 3.06 ERA, 1.12 WHIP,Continue reading “2016 ROY review”

 The Toronto Blue Jays have signed DH/1B Kendrys Morales to a 3 year, $33 mil deal. Also, in unrelated news, the Philadelphia Phillies have acquired 2B Howie Kendrick from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for 1B Darin Ruf and 2B Darnell Sweeney. Let\’s get to details. The Jays signing of Morales almost guarantees that DH/1BContinue reading “MLB News: Morales signing and Phillies-Dodgers trade”

 The Atlanta Braves have signed starting pitchers R.A. Dickey and Bartolo Colon, in the span of a day. Dickey is definitely on the team while Colon has a physical before he officially signs. Anyway, even though Colon, who\’s 43, and Dickey, who\’s 42, aren\’t going to be around long, both deals were just for theContinue reading “MLB Free Agent News: Braves sign 2 40+ starters”

 The next trade of the 2016-17 NHL season has broke, let\’s see what happened. The New York Rangers sent defenseman Dylan McIlrath to the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Steven Kampfer and a conditional 7th round pick (year not announced yet), Bob McKenzie of TSN reports. The Rangers get the 7th rounder only if McIlrathContinue reading “Trade review: Rangers send defenseman McIlrath to Florida for Steven Kampfer”