Grant Green Rumors

Athletics Sign Grant Green

The Athletics signed 13th overall pick Grant Green, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Green received a $2.75MM bonus, says Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus. Green, a shortstop out of USC, is a Scott Boras client. Click here for MLB.com's scouting report.   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Cubans, Waivers, Indians, A's

A few more links to look through... ESPN.com's Jorge Arangure Jr. hears that Yasser Gomez, Yadel Marti and Juan Yasser Serrano, who are now free agents, will showcase their talents for major league teams this Friday. Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer says Jamey Carroll and Carl Pavano, who will both become free agents after the year, will likely clear waivers. Craig Brown at RoyalsAuthority.com says there's no way any team would claim Jose Guillen or Kyle Farnsworth. Gil Meche, on the other hand, would probably not clear waivers in Brown's opinion. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle...   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Peavy, Acta, Harper

Some links for Monday morning... Scott Miller of CBS Sports says the Padres made a mistake last offseason when they rejected the package the Braves offered for the now-injured Jake Peavy. Chico Harlan of the Wahington Post goes through the pros and cons of firing Manny Acta. More than half of his readers don't think it's time for a firing yet. ESPN.com's Jason A. Churchill says Bryce Harper will be the "clear No. 1 talent" if he's eligible for next year's draft, as planned. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the A's haven't started contract talks with...   Continue Reading

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Draft Updates: Bonuses, Green, Sanchez, Epstein

The updates keep flowing in as the countdown to the draft continues... Baseball America's Jim Callis reports that Tyler Matzek and Shelby Miller are among the players with large- even historic- demands. Bill Shaikin of the LA Times reports that Angels scouting director Eddie Bane does not expect the Angels to see any of the players they draft make it to the majors this season. Sam Mellinger of the Kansas City Star says "predraft buzz" has the Royals linked to college shortstop Grant Green. MLB.com's Jen Langosch is "beginning to believe" the Pirates will select Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez...   Continue Reading

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Draft Update: Strasburg, Orioles, D'Backs

Here's the latest news on next week's draft: Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that Ben McDonald may meet Stephen Strasburg at the draft. It was 20 years ago, but McDonald was once the best pitching prospect anyone had ever seen and he had Scott Boras advising him, just like Strasburg. Check out the comparison chart at the bottom of Nightengale's article to see why McDonald was just as highly touted as Strasburg is today. Also, check out our Boras Blast From The Past feature on McDonald from April. According to Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun the Orioles have...   Continue Reading

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Odds & Ends: Braves, Peavy, Mets, Sabathia

Links for Tuesday... MLB.com's Bill Ladson reports that Mike MacDougal left the Nationals' Triple A club via an out clause, but could remain with the organization if they decide to promote him to the Majors. Dave O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution speculates on some outfield options for the Braves. According to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Chris Duffy accepted the Brewers' assignment to Triple A. Duffy was designated for assignment on May 22nd. For some reason, Scott Boras weighed in on the Padres' attempt to trade Jake Peavy (talking to Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune). Boras suggested...   Continue Reading

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Heyman On Lee, Martinez, Green

A look at the latest from SI.com's Jon Heyman... Heyman addresses the issue of whether the Indians will trade staff ace Cliff Lee. GM Mark Shapiro isn't thinking about it (not under consideration, according to Ken Rosenthal), and rival execs are divided. Heyman says neither side made a contract extension proposal during the offseason. The Indians will have Lee through 2010 once they exercise his option. The Mets mulled calling up Fernando Martinez, but they'll stick to their plan of keeping him in Triple A until at least June. The Orioles are "seriously considering" drafting USC shortstop Grant Green with...   Continue Reading

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Possibilities For Padres At No. 3

The Padres have the third overall pick in the June draft, and ESPN's Keith Law has info on their preferences: Keith Law has learned that the Padres, owners of the No. 3 overall pick, are high on Cartersville High School (Ga.) CF Donavan Tate, USC SS Grant Green, Missouri RHP Kyle Gibson and Fort Worth Cats RHP Aaron Crow. In a mock draft released today, Baseball America projected Green as San Diego's pick. Both articles linked in this post require subscriptions to read fully. As someone who devours tons of baseball information every day, I highly recommend subscribing to both...   Continue Reading

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