Chone Figgins News

Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.

Here's a rundown of Thursday's biggest Hot Stove news, rumors and rumblings. Boston and Bay banter The big news of the day came from SI.com, which reported that slugging left fielder Jason Bay turned down a four-year offer for "close to $60 million." MLB.com's Ian Browne reached Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, who said the team wants to keep ...

It's the time of year in baseball for courting and bluffing - sometimes simultaneously.

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. and his staff have long since established their off-season priorities: The Phillies need to sign a third baseman, remake their bench, and improve their bullpen.

Good news, Angel fans.A Chone Figgins will be sticking with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.A No, he hasn't signed a contract or reached a preliminary agreement or anything like that.A In fact, I don't know if Tony Reagins has even spoken with Chone's agent in the last month.A What I do know is that you can't overcome common sense and common ...

Baltimore Notable free agents: 3B Melvin Mora Needs: SP, RP, 1B, 3B Topping the to-do list: Pitching was awful -- starters, relievers, hot dog vendors called to throw an inning.

With Major League Baseball players free to sign with any team they like on Friday, it's time for the Double Play Blog to weigh in on where some of the more interesting 25 players will land.

It's best to ignore Boras' bombast Cardinals shouldn't let agent take them to the cleaners.

In a post to Rumor Central, at ESPN.com , Jayson Stark explains whyA the Phillies are more likely to sign a free-agent like Adrian Beltre , Mark DeRosa or Placido Polanco to be their third baseman, than sign free-agent Chone Figgins .

Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated is reporting that the Phillies are "intent on pursuing Chone Figgins hard," and that they have already reached out to fellow free agent third baseman Mark DeRosa.

Jon Heyman of SI.com believes the Mets and Phillies will be competing for free-agent 3B Chone Figgins .

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The Phillies have declined their $5.5 million option on third baseman Pedro Feliz, which means that the 34-year-old will become a free agent and likely won't return to the Phils in 2010.

Outfielder Vladimir Guerrero and third baseman Chone Figgins of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were two of the 39 players that filed for free agency on Friday.

Outfielder Vladimir Guerrero and third baseman Chone Figgins of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were two of the 39 players that filed for free agency on Friday.

The most exciting event in baseball happened in the last 24 hours. That's right, Bobby Abreu resigned with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim! Let's face it, I care more about my dog's opinions on philosophy than the achievements of the New York Yankees.

They just can't return to the World Series. They may be among baseball's most consistently excellent teams, praised throughout the sport for doing all the little things right, but the Los Angeles Angels can't find a way to reach the final two again.

About all the Los Angeles Angels managed to prove in all but two of the final six games of their 2009 is that you can't get to the World Series by playing like the 1962 Mets with a smattering of the 1964 Phillies.

With the Angels trying to even the ALCS and force a Game 7 on Sunday night, former-Yankee put Los Angeles ahead with a two-out RBI single in the fourth inning.

The Angels had a uniform posture in the moments following their loss to the Yankees in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday.