Daric Barton Rumors

Thursday Pre-Arbitration Signings

7:41pm: The Miami Herald has a list of eight players who agreed to terms with the A's for 2009. Daric Barton, Kurt Suzuki, Dallas Braden, Dana Eveland, Gio Gonzalez, Sean Gallagher, Henry Rodriguez and Landon Powell all agreed to one-year contracts. 12:27pm: According to a press release, via the Miami Herald, the Brewers have inked Tony Gwynn Jr., Manny Parra, Hernan Iribarren and Chase Wright to one-year contracts. 11:48am: The Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett has a few more from the Angels. Howie Kendrick, Dustin Moseley, Kevin Jepsen and Matt Brown have been signed to '09 contracts. 9:53am: MLB.com's Steve...   Continue Reading

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Perrotto's Latest: Position Battles, Roberts, Pudge

John Perrotto's Every Given Sunday column is up over at Baseball Prospectus. This week, he takes a look at some of the position battles teams will face entering Spring Training. And, as always, there's some interesting items in his Rumors & Rumblings section. Let's take a look: Some of the more interesting position battles mentioned: 1B/DH/RF in Oakland (Daric Barton, Jack Cust, Jason Giambi, Aaron Cunningham, and Travis Buck all in the mix), Tampa's closer if Troy Percival gets hurt or falters (Dan Wheeler, J.P. Howell, Grant Balfour), and the White Sox rotation behind John Danks, Mark Buerhle, and Gavin...   Continue Reading

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Nick Johnson Trade Talks With Oakland Resume

12:45pm: MLB.com's Bill Ladson talked to a source who said nothing is imminent in these talks and they haven't really heated up. 10:48am: According to Dave Sheinin of the Washington Post, the Nationals and A's have revived trade talks for first baseman Nick Johnson. Sheinin notes that the Nats have previously shown interest in Daric Barton, though that might be a high price to pay for one year of the injury-prone Johnson. Another wrinkle is the A's addition of Jason Giambi, but there would be ways to make it work.   Continue Reading

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A's Rumors: Abreu, Cabrera, Barton

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle has the latest on the A's. The Jason Giambi press conference is scheduled for today. Joe Dillon was designated for assignment to make room. Slusser believes Billy Beane will take a look at Bobby Abreu and/or Orlando Cabrera if their price tags slip. Daric Barton is drawing trade interest, with the Nationals a possibility.   Continue Reading

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