Derrek Lee

With first baseman Mat Gamel out for the season, the Milwaukee Brewers are monitoring the market for players such as free agent Derrek Lee, Boston Red Sox first baseman Lars Anderson and Baltimore Orioles third baseman Mark Reynolds.  The Brewers do...

Every year, as camps open and teams’ roster situations start to shake out, a few bargain basement talents remain on the free agent market, passed over by teams for the majority of the offseason and now faced with waiting for a team with the need an...

Sep 11, 2011; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Jaramillo (35) singles against the Florida Marlins during the fifth inning at PNC Park. The Marlins won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USPRESSWIRE The Chicago Cubs announced...

Sep 15, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Derrek Lee (25) before the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE The immediate impact free agents that were onc...

We’ve been getting DH-related mailbag questions pretty much non-stop all week, so Joe and I already answered a bunch of them: Domonic Brown, Jayson Heyward, David Wright, Ross Gload, Kyle Blanks, Jim Thome, and Kosuke Fukudome. Remember to use...

When Carlos Marmol beaned Derrek Lee on August 3 last season, fracturing his left wrist, I began wondering if it was the beginning of the end of Lee’s career? Age was already taking its toll on the then 35-year-old who … Continue reading...

Do you all get the feeling that I write one of the pieces every single week? Its probably because I do! When we last spoke about the Indians on-going search for a middle of the order bat, things seemed to be veteran first baseman Carlos Pena. With t...

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The Chicago Cubs trade temperamental starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano. That is a sentence that many Cubs’ have been waiting for quite some time to say. Zambrano’s tenure with the Chicago Cubs can best be compared to cat with nine lives. W...

The Chicago Cubs are still in the market for a first baseman. Barring an unforeseen change of circumstances, a three way trade that would send Matt Garza to a third party while the Cubs’ received Anthony Rizzo from the San Diego Padres does not...

No, I’m not going there. Prince Fielder, as far as St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak is concerned, is not really an option. While he is the perfect replacement, he comes at virtually the same price as Albert Pujols received fro...