Freddy Sanchez News

The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season.

It may not quite resemble the start of an Indianapolis 500 -- bunched drivers ready to storm their cars -- but baseball players crowded around the door to free agency are about to begin the charge to Indianapolis, scene of next month's Winter Meetings.

Iwamura, acquired to be the Pirates ' starting second baseman, is hoping his new team can be a contender soon.

IT'S BEEN A FAIRLY interesting start to the Giants' off-season so far. They've already resigned Freddy Sanchez, cut ties with Noah Lowry, re-upped Brian Sabean and Bruce Buchy, and they hired a guy named Bam Bam to be their new hitting coach.

Placido Polanco, who turned 34 last month, batted .285 with 72 RBIs and 82 runs this season.

Freddy Sanchez wanted a chance to make a better impression on the San Francisco Giants.

Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team's long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one.

Do you think the Giants could improve their offense with internal choices? Would having Freddy Sanchez for an entire year, a healthy Edgar Renteria and a much-improved Eugenio Velez be enough to get this team into the playoffs? How would Bengie Molina fit into this idea? Some experts believe the only way to drastically improve the offense is to ...

The day after GM Brian Sabean got a new two-year contract, it's only fitting that the two deadline deals that didn't exactly live up to the billing during the stretch drive.

Carney Lansford is not a scapegoat, Bruce Bochy said. The Giants manager strenuously made that point when discussing the decision to fire his hitting coach after two seasons.

Freddy Sanchez was among a number of players we reviewed who didn't actually wind up with the team.

Back at the trade deadline, I wrote the following: Forget Freddy Sanchez. I don't have a problem with average-dependent players, per se, but this one is hurt.

Dick Groat no longer is the answer to the trivia question. Now when people ask who is the most recent National League shortstop to win the batting title, Hanley Ramirez's name will pop up.

With the regular season coming to a close on Sunday, fans of the 21 teams that did not make the playoffs have one saving grace this time of year: 2010.

For two men whose contracts expire Halloween night, general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy sure didn't talk like they're about to turn into pumpkins.

As a baseball fan, I have never been a part of a longer, stranger season than the 2009 Pirates' season.

Andy LaRoche almost certainly will begin the 2010 season as the Pirates' starting third baseman.

The San Francisco Giants are close to finalizing new deals for general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez has had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

Brad Penny believes the Giants are on the cusp of something special, and he wouldn't mind being a part of it.