Headlines

  • Reds Designate Jeimer Candelario For Assignment
  • Hoops Rumors Has The Latest On NBA Draft, Free Agency
  • Mets Option Francisco Alvarez
  • Reds To Promote Chase Burns For MLB Debut
  • A.J. Puk Undergoes Elbow Surgery; Gabriel Moreno Diagnosed With Fractured Finger
  • Mariners Designate Rowdy Tellez For Assignment
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

Remove Ads
  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • 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
    • 2024-25 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2024-25 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2025
    • Free Agent Contest Leaderboard
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Chris Carter Signs With Seibu Lions

By Mike Axisa | March 3, 2012 at 8:51am CDT

Outfielder Chris Carter is now playing with the Seibu Lions, reports ESPN New York's Adam Rubin (on Twitter). This is the Chris Carter who was traded from the Red Sox to the Mets for Billy Wagner in 2009, not the current Athletics prospect.

Carter, 29, has hit .263/.316/.374 with four homers in 206 big league plate appearances spread across three seasons. He spent last year in Triple-A with the Rays and Braves, hitting .286/.331/.488 with 14 homers in 308 plate appearances. The left-handed swinger has experience at both corner outfield spots as well as first base.

Share 4 Retweet 21 Send via email0

Transactions Chris Carter

Poll: Which NL Team Will Have Biggest Turnaround?
Main
Notable Transactions From March 2011
View Comments (12)
Post a Comment

12 Comments

  1. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    Boston needs him for a trade chip again.. Vitek, Ranaudo from the draft and a month or so of Wagner was a pretty fair return…

    Reply
    • Jeremiah Graves

      13 years ago

      …and all because the Mets wanted to save like a million bucks for what was left on his deal for the rest of the season. Completely spacing off that they’d reap the rewards with the arbitration offer and subsequent draft picks.

      Instead, the Red Sox got a month or so of solid relief work, the compensation picks, and they only gave up marginal talent. Meanwhile, the division rival Braves then picked up Wagner in the offseason on a completely reasonable deal while the Mets slugged through another year of overpaid K-Rod and the madness he brings.

      Good times.

      Why isn’t Omar the GM there anymore?! :-/

      Reply
      • Blue387

        13 years ago

        Omar is with the Padres now.

        Reply
  2. Trogdor

    13 years ago

    Don’t know if you are keeping tabs with all the minor league free agents, but there are several others who have signed with Independent Leagues, etc. Former Jays pitcher Rommie Lewis, veteran UI  Eddie Rogers, Astros OF Drew Locke, vet 1B/OF/DH Jason Botts signed in the Atlantic League. Giants LHRP Justin Dowdy signed with the American Association League. 1B/3B Andy Tracy retired. Catcher Kevin Cash become a scout for the Jays. Toby Gardenhire became coach of UW-Stout.

    Reply
  3. DR ZEVIA

    13 years ago

    I thought it was the A’s guy and I’m like HOLY CRAP lol

    Reply
  4. NomarGarciaparra

    13 years ago

    “This is the Chris Carter who was traded from the Red Sox to the Mets for Billy Wagner in 2009, not the current Athletics prospect.”

    but then still links to the Athletics guy’s page on BR…haha

    Reply
  5. oaklandfan22

    13 years ago

    thank you!

    Reply
    • oaklandfan22

      13 years ago

      ahh dang nevermind, i thought it was the A’s prospect

      Reply
  6. Devon Henry

    13 years ago

    He was good with the Vikings.

    Reply
  7. coreybishop

    13 years ago

    Chris Who?

    Reply
  8. ellisburks

    13 years ago

    Wow, the writer from the X-Files is playing baseball now. Is there anything he can’t do?

    Reply
  9. Kyle Gautieri

    13 years ago

    I just want to point out that when you click the Chris Carter link in the story, it goes to the A’s Chris Carter, not the one who was in the Rays organization last year and the Mets the previous year. Also, i liked him as a player, he was always jittery, from his personality to his batting stance, and he said it was because he was in love with drinking Red Bulls. He had good numbers and i thought he was a good bat to have off of the bench. He would have been useful for the Mets this year because they needed a cheap lefty to come off the bench this year, but i think they have enough coming up from the minors.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

    Top Stories

    Reds Designate Jeimer Candelario For Assignment

    Hoops Rumors Has The Latest On NBA Draft, Free Agency

    Mets Option Francisco Alvarez

    Reds To Promote Chase Burns For MLB Debut

    A.J. Puk Undergoes Elbow Surgery; Gabriel Moreno Diagnosed With Fractured Finger

    Mariners Designate Rowdy Tellez For Assignment

    Braves To Select Didier Fuentes

    Anthopoulos On Trading Chris Sale: “Will Not Happen”

    Rays Owner Stuart Sternberg In “Advanced” Talks To Sell Team

    Rafael Devers To Start Work At First Base With Giants

    Giants Acquire Rafael Devers

    Shohei Ohtani To Make Dodgers Pitching Debut On Monday

    Roki Sasaki No Longer Throwing; No Timetable For Return

    Nationals To Promote Brady House

    White Sox, Brewers Swap Aaron Civale, Andrew Vaughn

    Justin Martínez To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

    Brewers’ Aaron Civale Requests Trade

    Angels To Promote Christian Moore

    Brewers Promote Jacob Misiorowski

    Red Sox Acquire Jorge Alcala

    Recent

    Mets Select Travis Jankowski, Option Luisangel Acuña

    Rangers Select Dane Dunning

    Giants Option Tyler Fitzgerald

    Trade Rumors Front Office Subscriber Chat, Today At 2pm CT

    Reds Designate Jeimer Candelario For Assignment

    Twins Claim Connor Gillispie

    Orioles Select Chadwick Tromp

    Mets To Sign Richard Lovelady

    Brown: Astros Exploring Market For Left-Handed Bats

    Submit Your Questions For This Week’s Episode Of The MLBTR Podcast

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • 2024-25 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • Nolan Arenado Rumors
    • Dylan Cease Rumors
    • Luis Robert Rumors
    • Marcus Stroman Rumors

     

    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android App Store Google Play

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
    • Front Office Originals
    • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
    • MLBTR Podcast
    • 2024-25 Offseason Outlook Series
    • 2025 Arbitration Projections
    • 2024-25 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • 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
    • Guardians 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

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • RSS/Twitter 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 arrows scroll to top

    Register

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version