Monthly Archives: December 2014

Jesus Montero Drops Weight, Aims to Gain Playing Time

Jesus Montero is in the best shape of his life. As you might expect, this information comes to us today courtesy of the internet’s unequivocal clearinghouse of the “Best Shape of His Life” meme, HardballTalk. Craig Calcaterra – who is, … Continue reading

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Padres Trade Seth Smith to Mariners for Brandon Maurer

It’s been talked about for weeks now, but the Mariners finally landed Seth Smith from the Padres. Smith, 32, is coming off what was likely a career year in San Diego where he hit .266/.367/.440 with 31 doubles, 12 home … Continue reading

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Ben Zobrist: The Ideal Twins Trade Target

The Minnesota Twins are, seemingly, done wheeling and dealing this offseason, but if they’ve got anything left up their sleeves, it should be a trade for Ben Zobrist. Rumors have been swirling for weeks now that Tampa Bay is looking … Continue reading

Posted in AL Central, American League, Asdrubal Cabrera, Baseball, Ben Zobrist, Brian Dozier, Cheap Seat Chronicles, Joe Mauer, Josh Willingham, Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins, MLB, MLB Trades, Oswaldo Arcia, Tampa Bay Rays, Terry Ryan, Torii Hunter, Trade Rumors, Trevor Plouffe | 1 Comment

#SmellBaseball

Ervin Santana, the Minnesota Twins newest pitcher, is officially following Cheap Seat Chronicles on Twitter…just like you should be doing. That’s right, y’all. Ervin Santana is following CSC. We’re officially in the big time. We’re one of a very select…um…126,000 … Continue reading

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Rex Grossman Turns Down Offer to Play for Cleveland

Hmmmmm…you don’t see that every day. Rex Grossman, reportedly a professional football player, turned down an offer to join the Cleveland Browns this week. That’s not super hard to imagine, I mean, the Browns are a steaming dumpster fire where … Continue reading

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The Kansas City Royals are Your 2014 World Series Champions!!

Okay, so they’re not really the World Series champions. That one teeny-tiny fact didn’t stop a department store in Joplin, Missouri, from selling a whole bunch of t-shirts last weekend that proclaimed the Royals were, in fact, the “2014 World Series … Continue reading

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Dan Haren Still Hoping for Trade to West Coast

Jon Heyman is reporting that Dan Haren is still holding out for a trade to the Angels or Padres. This comes as no surprise as Haren previously went on the record saying that he’d only pitch in Los Angeles – … Continue reading

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CSC Hot Stove Catch-Up

We here at Cheap Seat Chronicles got a little bit bogged down after the Winter Meetings and fell way behind with our coverage of this offseason’s transactions. In an attempt to remedy that, we’ve gone the hotlink route and put … Continue reading

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Phil Hughes Signs 3yr/$42M Extension with Minnesota

Phil Hughes received his Christmas gift a few days early this year. The Twins and Hughes agreed on a three-year, $42 million extension this morning that locks Hughes up through the 2019 season. The extension turns his current deal into … Continue reading

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Red Sox and Justin Masterson Agree on One-Year Deal

Justin Masterson is returning home to the Boston Red Sox. Masterson agreed today to a one-year, $9.5 million deal with the team that originally drafted him in the second round of the 2006 amateur draft. This time last year, the … Continue reading

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Reds Trade Mat Latos to Marlins

The Cincinnati Reds have traded starting pitcher Mat Latos to the Miami Marlins. Latos, 27, went 5-5 with a 3.25 ERA, 1.153 WHIP, 74/26 K/BB ratio over 102.1 innings in an injury-riddled season that limited him to 16 starts. Over … Continue reading

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Boston Trades Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit for Rick Porcello

It’s been rumored for a couple of days and now it’s a done deal. Rick Porcello is coming to Boston and Yoenis Cespedes is headed to Detroit. Cespedes will be joined by Alex Wilson and Gabe Speier. The trade makes … Continue reading

Posted in AL Central, AL East, Alfredo Simon, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Cheap Seat Chronicles, Detroit Tigers, MLB, MLB Trades, MLB Winter Meetings, Rick Porcello, Trade Rumors, Wade Miley, Yoenis Cespedes | 2 Comments

Andrew Heaney with the Tweet of the Day

Andrew Heaney had himself one heck of a Wednesday. Heaney was the Miami Marlins top prospect when he woke up on Wednesday morning. When he sat down for dinner that same day, he’d been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers … Continue reading

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Dodgers, Padres Complete Matt Kemp Trade

The Matt Kemp era in Los Angeles is over. After weeks of speculation, the Dodgers have agreed to send Kemp to the San Diego Padres, along with catcher Tim Federowicz, in exchange for catcher Yasmani Grandal and right-handers Joe Wieland … Continue reading

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Dodgers Sign Brandon McCarthy for 4yrs/$48M

Andrew Friedman is not messing around. The Dodgers president of baseball operations was firing on all cylinders Wednesday afternoon. It started when he traded for shortstop Jimmy Rollins. Then he somehow managed to turn Dee Gordon’s career year into Andrew … Continue reading

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