Headlines

  • Blue Jays To Sign Marcus Semien
  • Tigers To Sign Wilson Ramos
  • Twins To Sign Andrelton Simmons
  • Giants Nearing Agreement With Tommy La Stella
  • Orioles Sign Freddy Galvis, Designate Chris Shaw
  • No Players Elected To Hall Of Fame
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Indians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • Last 100 Comments
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Quick Hits: Pena, Zumaya, Soler, Peterson

By Mark Polishuk | December 2, 2011 at 12:18am CDT

Some news items to wrap up the evening as we inch closer to the Winter Meetings….

  • Carlos Pena would be a fit with the Blue Jays, Brewers, Cubs, Mariners, Nationals, Rangers, Red Sox and Yankees, opines SBNation's Rob Neyer.  The Yankees tried to claim Pena on waivers last August but the Cubs pulled him back.
  • Joel Zumaya said the Red Sox expressed an interest in him as soon as he hit free agency, reports MLB.com's Jason Beck.  Boston will be one of the 10 or more teams present when Zumaya throws a mound session in two weeks.  The right-hander underwent elbow surgery in March and didn't pitch last season.
  • Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus (via Twitter) lists, in order, the Yankees, Rangers and Phillies as the top candidates to sign Cuban outfielder Jorge Soler.
  • The Orioles interviewed Rick Peterson for their open minor league pitching coordinator's position, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  Peterson (former pitching coach of the Brewers, Mets and Athletics) is also a candidate to be Bobby Valentine's new pitching coach with the Red Sox.
  • Also from Rosenthal, the Royals "backed off" pursuing free agent starters due to their large number of minor league pitching prospects and also because the club wants to remain flexible since they know not every young arm will properly develop.  The Royals re-signed Bruce Chen and their other major starting acquistion this winter (Jonathan Sanchez) came via a trade.
  • The Cardinals could make an acquisition or look internally to fill their middle infield needs, writes MLB.com's Matthew Leach, but the team won't know how much they have to spend until Albert Pujols makes his decision.
Share 0 Retweet 14 Send via email0

Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Carlos Pena Joel Zumaya Jorge Soler Kansas City Royals New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals Texas Rangers

NL East Notes: Cespedes, Soler, Mets, Posada
Main
Samsung Lions Sign Mitch Talbot
50 comments
newest oldest

Comments

  1. MrBaseball29

    9 years ago

    Where would Pena play on the Yanks?

    Like
    Reply
    • Lunchbox45

      9 years ago

      loogy

      Like
      Reply
    • Ryan Caudle

      9 years ago

      DH.

      Like
      Reply
      • Chess

        9 years ago

        Nope.  That is a spot that they are keeping open to rotate players in and out of. 

        Like
        Reply
    • BLEACHER_CREATURD

      9 years ago

      They were going to claim him to platoon at the end of the season last year. He has no place on the team unless it’s on the bench…

      Like
      Reply
      • Tko11Tko11

        9 years ago

        Almost thought you were Bleacher Creature writing in lowercase but then I realized youre just CreaTURD.

        Like
        Reply
    • Chris

      9 years ago

      its simple, a DH!. or an off the bench player. Pena has to realize hes getting old, not very many teams are going to sign a guy his age to big money, so its better to get it from the yankees as a bench player then it is to take minimum lol. im a yankees fan and i still say they pay alittle to much for guys. Burnett being one of them. some would say ARod but he does perform well in the season when healthy unlike burnett.

      Like
      Reply
    • sid

      9 years ago

      Pena has no place on the Yankees ……. Cashman is nuts, if he signs him.

      Like
      Reply
  2. Lunchbox45

    9 years ago

    dont see how or why pena would be a good fit on the jays, red sox, rangers or yankees

    Like
    Reply
    • Ryan Caudle

      9 years ago

      1B, DH, 1B, DH. Not that I’m agreeing or disagreeing, but that is the supposed justification.

      Like
      Reply
      • Lunchbox45

        9 years ago

        Carlos Pena is not that good..

        so he doesn’t improve the Jays 1B/DH situation enough to justify bringing him in.

        Like
        Reply
        • johnsilver

          9 years ago

          Pena is a “break glass” type of emergency 1B now. GG defense, gets on base pretty much by walking and has good power. Just flat out can’t hit, unless the ball leaves the yard.

          Boras will have his work cut out IMO trying to get another 10m deal for him this season.

          Edit:

          By”break glass” I meant a team signing as a starter over another choice for a top tier team.

          Like
          Reply
        • Oilcanoworms

          9 years ago

          I agree. I don’t get the fascination with this guy. Isn’t his average usually around .230? Matt Stairs can hit homeruns too, bring him back!

          Like
          Reply
  3. Jose_Bautista

    9 years ago

    And where would Jays play Pena?

    what a bunch of senseless guess!

    Like
    Reply
    • Ryan Caudle

      9 years ago

      Um… how about 1B?

      Like
      Reply
      • Lunchbox45

        9 years ago

        Pena is about as marginally better then Lind as you can get for more money and less chance of a good season.

        Like
        Reply
        • Howard

          9 years ago

           Plus Lind can play outfield too lol so better to walk away from Pena. Now with Bell gone, not that it mattered we should try to get a deal for Bailey or Street or use someone else in our system as Closer.

          Like
          Reply
          • Lunchbox45

            9 years ago

            Lind’s outfield days are over (thank goodness)

            Like
            Reply
            • Howard

              9 years ago

               Yeah true but like AA says, a guy with flexiblity is valued.

              Like
              Reply
  4. John08Patriot

    9 years ago

    I hope the Rangers land Soler.

    Like
    Reply
  5. cards2WS

    9 years ago

    Red sox?-AGon… Yankees?-M. Tex… Rangers?- He’d be a minimal upgrade, if any at all… Blue Jays?- No reason to waste money on him. Prince is justifiable, Pena is not.

    Like
    Reply
  6. cards2WS

    9 years ago

    Unless Pena secretly knows how to pitch you can cross out all three AL East teams.
    The team in the East that makes most sense he didn’t even mention: Rays.

    Like
    Reply
    • Lunchbox45

      9 years ago

      basically what he did was a list of teams that need 1B.. when he realized no one would care unless they were fans of that team, he added the red sox, yankees and rangers in to the mix to attract attention..
       

      Like
      Reply
  7. David Johnson

    9 years ago

    Back up first baseman when Tex is the dh? Other than that I don’t really see a fit, Did Pena ever play third?

    Like
    Reply
    • John08Patriot

      9 years ago

      No.

      Like
      Reply
    • Blue or CONKZILLA

      9 years ago

      No, he’s left handed.

      Like
      Reply
    • Guest

      9 years ago

      HAHA,I love Man U, but your comment makes me laugh! That said maybe the Yanks sign pena cheap. With their 2011 stats those 2 + Arod could win 11 games between the 3 for 55-60 million!

      Like
      Reply
      • vonhayesdays

        9 years ago

        yanks and man u ,  really man , really

        Like
        Reply
  8. Ryan Caudle

    9 years ago

    NYY is listed, I’m assuming, as a destination for Pena as a DH.

    Like
    Reply
  9. Ryan Caudle

    9 years ago

    NYY and BOS were listed because they are both teams that can spend big and do not have a definite DH signed. TEX was listed because they have money to spend and could arguably improve at 1B.

    Like
    Reply
    • David Johnson

      9 years ago

      I thought the Yanks wanted the DH spot to rotate guys in and out and give Jesus AB’s?

      Like
      Reply
  10. johnsilver

    9 years ago

    Zumaya.. The career that could have been… All those injuries to a guy who could hit 100mph at ease. Makes Bard look like he is throwing softballs even.

    I am all for taking a flyer on him, even if can get a couple of months of use out of him.. A flamethrower who can throw strikes.. Extreme rarity..

    Doesn’t he have a brother also in the Tiger system??

    Like
    Reply
    • 0bsessions

      9 years ago

      I’m hesitant to bring Zumaya to Boston considering Harmonix is practically down the street from Fenway.

      Like
      Reply
    • notsureifsrs

      9 years ago

      i’d love to grab zumaya. one of the benefits of being a large payroll club is that you can afford big upside risks like those. he’s made of glass, but his stuff is as good as it gets

      Like
      Reply
    • Jay LeBlanc

      9 years ago

      As a Tiger fan, it sucks to see Zumaya being shown the door. I still hold out hope that his arm is still there. It’s not like he’s over-the-hill, he was just misused by Jim Leyland (60+ pitches in an outing after shoulder surgery? Why?) until he was useless. The team took it real cautious with him last spring when he felt discomfort, but he still had that 100-mph zinger. He’s also worked awfully hard on his other pitches. Call me crazy (go ahead, really), but if this kid can get and stay healthy, he’s one heckuva closer-in-waiting.

      Also, yes, the Tigers had drafted his little bro, Richard, but have since released him. Washed their paws of the entire Zumaya clan.

      Like
      Reply
      • johnsilver

        9 years ago

        Cheers on his kid brother’s name… he played for the Tiger’s Lakeland Tigers A ball team a short while where i live and was too lazy to go and dig it up. Nice kid too.

        memory on names they say is the 1st thing to go with old age :-(

        Like
        Reply
  11. BLEACHER_CREATURD

    9 years ago

    The only reason the Yankees tried to claim Pena last year was so he could face RHP. He would have been sharing time with Andruw Jones. It would have been a good rental if it had gone through. They have no interest in him unless he wants to sit on the bench.

    Like
    Reply
    • Matthew Costanzo

      9 years ago

      Weren’t the Yankees looking for someone to face LHP the entire season, not RHP? That’s what Andruw Jones’ purpose was. 

      Like
      Reply
      • BLEACHER_CREATURD

        9 years ago

        We needed another guy to get on base left handed swish/tex was killing us. He has ~390 obp against righties.

        Like
        Reply
  12. Chris

    9 years ago

    Pena could switch of at 1b and dh with gonzo….Joel Zumaya is a joke his arm is blownout

    Like
    Reply
    • dc21892

      9 years ago

      Every time he comes back he proves he can still throw hard it’s just his delivery that gets him in trouble.

      Like
      Reply
  13. steveyea

    9 years ago

    Royals have big money to spend for the next 2 years.  The two key questions, to take full advantage of their now full window of great young position players and a great bullpen, is (1) are they are just one free agent ace away from contending, and, if so, (2) does Roy Oswalt still have what it takes to be an ace? No matter what the answers, there is clearly no reason to waste prospects in a trade, when they have that kind of money laying around over the next couple of years.

    Like
    Reply
  14. Brandon Woofter

    9 years ago

    I can see Carlos Pena going to the Pirates because Derrek Lee is gonna go to the Brewers after Fielder bolts.

    Like
    Reply
    • Eduardo Medina

      9 years ago

      Fielder is not going anywhere, he´ll be a Brewers for life

      Like
      Reply
      • Patricio

        9 years ago

        Are you insinuating that Fielder will die in his earlier 30’s?

        Like
        Reply
  15. Chess

    9 years ago

    The Rangers have dh all set.  they can rotate Napoli, Young and whomever else in and out of 1B and DH.

    The Red SOx are going to sign Ortiz again and have Gonzalez at first.

    The Yankess need that spot open to get all their old players some rest but keep the bats in the game.

    The Nats are going to make a big push for Fielder.

    Like
    Reply
  16. Vote4DougWilson

    9 years ago

    Wish the guy could’ve kept healthy, but I will be very happy to not have to see him on the Tigers DL anymore.

    Like
    Reply
  17. Jelly bean Butera

    9 years ago

    Joel Zumaya: Mark Prior 2.0

    Still, It wouldn’t hurt to see what’s left on that fastball for a minor league deal. I could definitely see the Padres taking a look at him.

    Like
    Reply
  18. wait_HOWmanyrings

    9 years ago

    really want the yanks to sign soler, makes more sense for them than cespedes

    Like
    Reply
  19. chee1rs

    9 years ago

    Zumaya could be good … if

    Like
    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.
Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

    Top Stories

    Blue Jays To Sign Marcus Semien

    Tigers To Sign Wilson Ramos

    Twins To Sign Andrelton Simmons

    Giants Nearing Agreement With Tommy La Stella

    Orioles Sign Freddy Galvis, Designate Chris Shaw

    No Players Elected To Hall Of Fame

    Phillies To Sign J.T. Realmuto

    Indians, Cesar Hernandez Agree To New Deal

    Nationals Sign Brad Hand

    Mets Have Made Offer To Trevor Bauer

    Recent

    Red Sox, Matt Carasiti Agree To Minors Deal

    Blue Jays To Sign Marcus Semien

    Infield Notes: Phillies, Simmons, Wong, Tigers, Paredes

    Tigers To Sign Wilson Ramos

    Twins To Sign Andrelton Simmons

    Giants Nearing Agreement With Tommy La Stella

    Updating Our MLB Agency Database

    Orioles Sign Freddy Galvis, Designate Chris Shaw

    No Players Elected To Hall Of Fame

    Latest On The Issue Of A Delayed Spring Training

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Trevor Bauer Rumors
    • Kris Bryant Rumors
    • J.T. Realmuto Rumors
    • Marcell Ozuna Rumors
    • Masahiro Tanaka Rumors
    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Go Ad-Free
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • 2020-21 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent Tracker
    • 2020-21 MLB Free Agent List
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2021
    • 2021 MLB Arbitration Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Indians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    ad: 160x600_MLB

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • Feeds by Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    hide arrowsFOX Sports Engage Network scroll to top
    Close

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version