Salomon Torres Rumors

Odds and Ends: Thorman, Sabathia, Pettitte

Links for Tuesday... Big League Stew names Scott Boras' ten most notorious deals. Darren Dreifort also probably belongs on the list. Any others? Roch Kubatko of MASN Online debunks a rumor about the Orioles offering Brian Roberts a three-year contract with a soft deadline. ESPN's Keith Law likes the Astros' signing of Mike Hampton. The Brewers signed first baseman Scott Thorman to a minor league deal. He hit .251/.283/.465 at Triple A this year. Also, Salomon Torres officially retired. C.C. Sabathia attended a Golden State Warriors game last night, for what it's worth. Dodgers GM Ned Colletti paid lip service...   Continue Reading

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Closer Roundup: K-Rod, Fuentes, Wood, Hoffman

Joel Sherman of the New York Post takes a look at the sudden surplus of potentially available closers in major league baseball, a situation that certainly benefits the Mets considering their need to upgrade the bullpen this offseason. Two free agent closers that seemed destined to retire with their 2008 teams, Trevor Hoffman and Kerry Wood, now appear to be more available than was expected in October. That pair, along with Francisco Rodriguez and Brian Fuentes, give the Mets and other teams several options in free agency. Other relief pitchers with experience in the 9th inning have been recently mentioned...   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Perez, Torres, Beimel

Links for Friday, with an unplanned emphasis on relievers... The Tigers and Trevor Hoffman may be a match. Hoffman's agent closed the door on the Padres. The Royals brought Mike Arbuckle aboard, formerly of the Phillies. The Nationals have interest in re-signing Aaron Boone and Odalis Perez. MLB.com's Bill Ladson gives it a 50-50 chance. The Nats re-signed infielder Pete Orr, who could earn $600K. The Brewers picked up Salomon Torres' 2009 option, more of a procedural move than anything. The Marlins have an eye on minor league free agent Zach McClellan. Ken Davidoff makes contract and destination predictions for...   Continue Reading

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Salomon Torres Retires

According to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Brewers reliever Salomon Torres has decided to retire to spend more time with his family. He leaves a probable $3.75MM salary on the table. Torres may not have been the Brewers' choice for next year's closer, but it's still a big loss. Eric Gagne, Guillermo Mota, and Brian Shouse are also free agents, so Doug Melvin has his work cut out for him. Fortunately, the closer market is looking deep right now.   Continue Reading

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Brewers Acquire Torres

UPDATE, 12-10-07 at 10:08pm: No more Torres drama...he'll join the Brewers for the 2008 season. UPDATE, 12-8-07 at 12:06pm: Seems this story isn't over. Torres is contemplating retirement, in which case the Brewers would probably lose the two prospects for nothing. Torres will talk it over with his family and take a few days to decide. FROM 12-7-07 at 2:16pm: According to Tom Haudricourt, the Brewers have acquired reliever Salomon Torres for minor league relievers Marino Salas and Kevin Roberts. Torres turns 36 in March. He threw a monstrous 280 innings in relief over 2004-2006, so it's no surprise his..   Continue Reading

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Pirates Rumors: Bay, Morris, McLouth, Nady

Dejan Kovacevic and John Perrotto have the latest on the plans of Neal Huntington's Pirates. Both beat writers are saying not to expect Jason Bay to be traded at the Meetings. It would be a sell-low move with bad PR. Both also agree that Matt Morris staying put. Kovacevic spins it as if the Pirates should actually want to keep Morris, while Perrotto's sources suggest the Bucs would have to eat more than 70% of Morris' contract to ditch him. Kovacevic also suggests that the Pirates need Jack Wilson, and that's why he won't be going anywhere. Relievers Salomon Torres,..   Continue Reading

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Odds and Ends: Rolen, Silva, Capps

Here are some hot stove links to digest this evening. The New York Post's Joel Sherman runs down some third base options for the Yankees. He feels that Scott Rolen, Bill Hall, Freddy Sanchez, and a few others might be reasonable options. Bernie Miklasz says there's no indication any team is truly interested in Rolen, though Randy Youngman suggests the Angels may look at him. Youngman also believes the Halos have slight interest in Carlos Silva, if he can be had at less than $10MM annually. Not bloody likely. Jon Paul Morosi thinks the Tigers could go after the Pirates'..   Continue Reading

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Pirates Trade Rumors

Time for a Pirates roundup. They deserve some love here at MLBTradeRumors. Dejan Kovacevic reports that Salomon Torres's grievance against the Pirates may prevent the team from trading him. On the off chance he wins the grievance, he would become a free agent and the acquiring team would be screwed. While that scenario is unlikely, it does look like this thing needs to be resolved before any deal is made. I imagine that if some team wanted him badly all the involved parties could figure something out. The Bucs owe Shawn Chacon a phone call on whether they're open to..   Continue Reading

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Rockies Interested In Torres

Pirates' reliever Salomon Torres has backed off his trade request, saying he wants to remain with the team for the rest of his career. The positive feelings may have been sparked by an earlier-than-expected end to his rehab stint. If healthy and reasonably effective Torres could be the Pirates' most popular trading chip despite his newfound desire to stay. According to Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Rockies have been interested in Torres for a while. Torres has been worked hard in recent years, but he's signed through '08 at a reasonable rate   Continue Reading

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Salomon Torres Requests Trade

Pirates reliever Salomon Torres believes Dave Littlefield tricked him during their contract talks in April of 2006. Torres did not use an agent. To hear him tell it, he had a verbal agreement with Littlefield that the Pirates would pay to rent one of Torres's baseball academies in the Dominican Republic. That never happened, so Torres filed a grievance. Now Torres feels that because of the grievance, he is being punished by the Bucs by means of a longer-than-necessary rehab assignment for his elbow. He's fed up with the team and would like to be traded. Torres has about $1.3MM..   Continue Reading

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