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Joel Sherman of the New York Post is reporting that the New York Mets have reached an agreement on a four-year, $66 million deal with outfielder Jason Bay, pending a physical. Mets officials are refusing to confirm the agreement, but at 2:12 pm on Tuesday, ESPN reported that Bay had signed. Bay was one of the most sought after free agents this offseason, and the Mets have been pursuing him for nearly ...

Tim Dierkes of MLBTraderumors.com is reporting that the Giants are close to a deal with utility man Mark DeRosa. Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal tweeted around 12:45 Monday afternoon that DeRosa and the Giants were nearing a two-year agreement worth $12 million.á This move has been in the works for about a week. Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman tweeted on Dec. 23 that the Giants had offered DeRosa the two-year deal, and the next ...

Ever since the Washington Nationals settled in the nation's capitol in 2005, the franchise has consistently been the laughing stock of the National League East, and at times even the entire Major Leagues. After a quick start in 2005 that placed the Nationals first in the NL East at the halfway mark, their downward spiral began, and so did their constant struggles. The team has never finished higher than fourth in the ...

It appears that Pedro Martinez won't be making a trip back to Big Apple after all. After numerous reports that the Mets were interested in the veteran, who pitched for the team from 2005-2008, Anthony DiComo of MLBlogs isáreporting that Mets officials have denied having any interest in resigning Martinez. "There's no truth to it," a source close to the Mets said. "There are no discussions going on." Martinez, a three-time Cy Young ...

'Tis the season to be jolly. Or in the St. Louis Cardinals' case, needy. With many teams already making major moves in the offseason, General Manager John Mozeliak has merely meddled in the realms of middle of the road free agents, signing starting pitcher Brad Penny. Now, that does fill a hole that the Cardinals had last season, but will it be enough? Here are a few things that Mozeliak needs to add ...

The offseason is always filled with numerous trades and free agent signings. But with each deal that's made, players' fantasy stocks increase, some decrease, and others stay the same with their new team. This offseason was no different. In fact, more major moves happened this year than in recent years. We all know about Seattle's signing of Chone Figgins. The three-team deal involving Curtis Granderson and of course the four-team mega-deal that had Roy ...