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 02/08/2015 MLB Note - Colorado Rockies Flande, Yohan
LHP Yohan Flande, designated for assignment by the Rockies on Feb.
4, cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Albuquerque two
days later. Flande, 29, went 0-6 with a 5.19 ERA in 16 games (10
starts) for Colorado last year, his first major league experience.
In 18 games (16 starts) for Triple-A Colorado Springs in 2014, he
finished 3-11 with a 5.60 ERA.
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MLB Note - Cincinnati Reds Badenhop, Burke
RHP Burke Badenhop agreed to a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the
Reds on Feb. 7. The contract includes a mutual option for 2016. In
70 relief outings for Boston last year, Badenhop, 32, finished 0-3
with a 2.29 ERA. In a major league career that began in 2008,
Badenhop holds a career 18-23 record with a 3.71 ERA in 350 games
(10 starts) for the Marlins, Rays, Brewers and Red Sox.
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MLB Note - Cincinnati Reds Gregg, Kevin
RHP Kevin Gregg signed a minor league deal with the Reds on Feb. 8,
and he was invited to the team's major league spring camp. He would
make at least $1.5 million if he spends the entire season on the
Cincinnati roster. Gregg, 36, made 12 appearances for the Brewers
last year, allowing 10 runs in nine innings, missing the end of the
season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery Aug. 7 to remove bone
chips from his right elbow.
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MLB Note - Cincinnati Reds Guillon, Ismael
LHP Ismael Guillon was designated for assignment by the Reds on Feb.
7 to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for newly signed RHP Burke
Badenhop. Guillon, 22, went 1-6 with a 5.79 ERA in 12 games (11
starts) for high Class A Bakersfield last year.
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MLB Note - Cincinnati Reds Frazier, Todd
3B Todd Frazier agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract, avoiding
arbitration on Feb. 8. Frazier previously requested a $5.7 million
for 2015 in arbitration. The team offered $3.9 million. With the new
contract, which covers Frazier's first two years of arbitration
eligibility, Frazier will earn $4.5 million this season and $7.5
million in 2016. Frazier, 28, hit .273/.336/.459 with 29 homers and
80 RBIs last season.
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MLB Note - Pittsburgh Pirates Walker, Neil
2B Neil Walker lost his arbitration case Feb. 7, and he will make $8
million in 2015. Walker, 29, filed for $9 million in arbitration but
was awarded the figure that the Pirates offered. He made $5.75
million in 2014, when he batted .271/.342/.467 with 23 home runs and
76 RBIs in 137 games.
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MLB Note - Miami Marlins Dunn, Mike
LHP Mike Dunn and the Marlins avoided arbitration by agreeing to a
two-year, $5.8 million contract, according to a tweet from his
agents. Dunn previously filed an arbitration request for a $2.6
million salary in 2015, while the Marlins countered with a bid of
$2,355,000. He made $1.4 million last year. The deal buys out his
two remaining years of arbitration eligibility. Dunn, 29, went 10-6
with a 3.16 ERA last season.
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MLB Note - Oakland Athletics Parker, Jarrod
RHP Jarrod Parker lost his arbitration case Feb. 7. Parker, 26, will
receive the $850,000 salary for 2015 that was proposed by the A's.
He was seeking $1.7 million. Parker, who missed the 2014 season
after undergoing a second career Tommy John surgery last March,
isn't expected to make his return until the second half of the year.
In 2013, Parker went 12-8 with a 3.97 ERA in 32 starts over 197
innings.
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MLB Note - Texas Rangers Schierholtz, Nate
OF Nate Schierholtz signed a minor league contract with the Rangers
on Feb. 6, and he received an invitation to the team's major league
spring camp. If the 30-year-old veteran lands a spot on the major
league roster, he would make $1.75 million in 2015. Schierholtz
split last season between the Cubs and the Nationals, finishing with
a .195/.243/.309 batting line, seven home runs and 37 RBIs. In 799
career games with the Giants, Phillies, Cubs and Nationals,
Schierholtz has a .253/.302/.405 hitting line with 52 homers and 228
RBIs in 799 games.
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MLB Note - New York Yankees Rodriguez, Alex
3B Alex Rodriguez will have a "clear-the-air" meeting with the
Yankees. According to the Boston Globe, team GM Brian Cashman said
earlier reports that the Yankees turned down a meeting with
Rodriguez were not true. The New York Daily News reported in late
January that Rodriguez made attempts to meet face-to-face with
Yankees executives to apologize after his season-long steroid
suspension, but he was told, "We'll see you in spring training."
A-Rod met recently with new baseball commissioner Rob Manfred.
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MLB Note - Toronto Blue Jays Valencia, Danny
INF Danny Valencia won his arbitration case Feb. 6. Valencia, 30,
will be paid $1,675,000 for the 2015 season, instead of the Blue
Jays' offer of $1.2 million. Last season, his salary was $532,500.
The Blue Jays acquired Valencia in a July trade with the Kansas City
Royals. In 2014, he hit .258/.296/.371 with four home runs and 30
RBIs in a combined 86 games.
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