|
 01/20/2015 MLB Note - San Francisco Giants Aoki, Nori
OF Nori Aoki finalized a one-year, $4.7 million with the Giants on
Jan. 19. The team holds a $5.5 million option, with a $700,000
buyout, for 2016. The option can become a mutual if Aoki reaches a
certain amount of playing time in 2015. If he obtains all his
incentive bonuses, Aoki reportedly can earn as much as $12.5 million
over the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
Aoki, a right fielder last year for the Royals, figures to take over
as San Francisco's regular left fielder. The Giants lost left
fielder Michael Morse, who signed a free agent deal with the Marlins
last month.
Aoki hit .071 (1-for-14) with a single and one RBI as the Giants
topped the Royals in a seven-game World Series. In 14 postseason
games last fall, Aoki batted .195 with a .292 on-base percentage, a
.195 slugging percentage and three RBIs. Aoki batted .285/.349/.360
with one home run, 43 RBIs and 17 steals during the 2014 regular
season.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Texas Rangers Gallardo, Yovani
RHP Yovani Gallardo was acquired by the Rangers from the Brewers
along with $4 million in exchange for RHP Corey Knebel, RHP Marcos
Diplan and SS Luis Sardinas in a Jan. 19 trade.
 Gallardo, 28, will make $13 million in the final year of his
contract in 2015 after the Brewers picked up his option in November.
The option was part of a five-year, $30 million contract he signed
in 2010.
He went 8-11 with a 3.51 ERA for the Brewers last season. Gallardo
has an 89-64 record in eight major league seasons, and he was an
All-Star in 2010. He is durable, making at least 30 starts each of
the past six seasons.
Gallardo is expected to be the No. 3 starter in the Texas rotation.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Milwaukee Brewers Knebel, Corey
RHP Corey Knebel, RHP Marcos Diplan and SS Luis Sardinas were
acquired by the Brewers from the Rangers on Jan. 19 in exchange for
RHP Yovani Gallardo and $4 million. Knebel, 23, had no decisions and
a 6.23 ERA in eight relief appearances for Detroit last year. Texas
acquired him from the Tigers at midseason along with right-hander
Jake Thompson in exchange for reliever Joakim Soria. Knebel went a
combined 5-1 with three saves and a 2.18 ERA in Double-A and
Triple-A in 2014.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Milwaukee Brewers Diplan, Marcos
RHP Marcos Diplan, RHP Corey Knebel and SS Luis Sardinas were
acquired by the Brewers from the Rangers on Jan. 19 in exchange for
RHP Yovani Gallardo and $4 million. Diplan, 18, made his minor
league debut last year, going 7-2 with a 1.54 ERA in 13 starts for a
Rangers affiliate in the rookie-level Dominican Summer League.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Milwaukee Brewers Sardinas, Luis
SS Luis Sardinas, RHP Corey Knebel and RHP Marcos Diplan were
acquired by the Brewers from the Rangers on Jan. 19 in exchange for
RHP Yovani Gallardo and $4 million. Sardinas, 21, hit .261/.303/.313
with no homers, eight RBIs and five stolen bases in 43 games for
Texas last season. He hit .281/.302/.364 with one homer, 37 RBIs and
10 steals in a combined 81 games in Double-A and Triple-A.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Washington Nationals Scherzer, Max
RHP Max Scherzer agreed to a seven-year contract with the Washington
that could pay him $15 million per year over the next 14 years,
multiple media outlets reported Jan. 19. Scherzer's deal is valued
at $210 million, including deferrals, which pays him $66 million
more than the $144 million offer Scherzer turned down last spring
from the Detroit Tigers.
[to top of second column] |
Scherzer, 30, went 18-5 with a 3.15 ERA and 252 strikeouts in 220
1/3 innings for the Tigers last season. He won the 2013 American
League Cy Young Award after going 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Milwaukee Brewers Morris, Hunter
1B Hunter Morris was designated for assignment by the Brewers on
Jan. 19 to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for newly acquired INF
Luis Sardinas. Morris, 26, hit .279/.323/.448 with 11 homers and 42
RBIs in 91 games for Triple-A Nashville last season.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Fowler, Dexter
OF Dexter Fowler was acquired by the Cubs from the Astros on Jan. 19
in exchange for RHP Dan Straily and INF Luis Valbuena. Fowler, 28,
gives the Cubs speed at the top of the order.
Fowler's 57 triples in the past six seasons lead all of baseball. A
switch hitter with a career .271 batting average and .366 on-base
percentage, Fowler is a career .299 hitter with a .391 OBP when
batting from the right side of the plate and a career .259 hitter
with a .356 OBP from the left side. Fowler batted .276 (120-for-434)
with a .375 on-base percentage and a .399 slugging percentage in 116
games for the Astros last season.
While the Astros and Fowler exchanged salary arbitration figures on
Jan. 16, the case now moves to the Cubs. The team offer is an $8.5
million salary for 2015, while Fowler is seeking $10.8 million.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Houston Astros Straily, Dan
RHP Dan Straily and INF Luis Valbuena were acquired by the Astros
from the Cubs on Jan. 19 in exchange for OF Dexter Fowler.
Straily, 26, is 13-12 with a 4.54 ERA in 48 appearances covering
parts of three big league seasons with the Athletics (2012-14) and
Cubs (2014). He was acquired by the Cubs as part of the Jeff
Samardzija deal that also sent RHP Jason Hammel to Oakland for INF
Addison Russell and OF Billy McKinney.
-----------------------------------------------
MLB Note - Houston Astros Valbuena, Luis
INF Luis Valbuena and RHP Dan Straily were acquired by the Astros
from the Cubs on Jan. 19 in exchange for OF Dexter Fowler.
Valbuena, 29, will be a candidate to start at third base for
Houston. He is a career .229 hitter with 45 homers and 173 RBIs in
576 games with the Mariners (2008), Indians (2009-11), and Cubs
(2012-14). Valbuena and the Cubs avoided arbitration on Jan. 16,
agreeing on a one-year deal worth $4.2 million.
-----------------------------------------------
[© 2014 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
Copyright 2014 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
