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Free agency isn't the Mets' only option when it comes to looking for a closer. They have interest in the Astros' Jose Valverde, Huston Street of the Rockies, the Mariners' J.J. Putz and Bobby Jenks of the White ...

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

The closer's life: hours of soul-crushing boredom followed by spasms of frantic action.

Right after the Rockies obtained Huston Street from the A's as part of the Matt Holliday deal, the Mets called and offered Aaron Heilman for the righty.

Matt Holliday said one of the saddest things about leaving the Rockies is leaving the fans.

While many Rockies fans remain in a post-Holliday funk, one of the newest members of the team is eager to show what he can do.

With Carlos Gonzalez being the centerpiece of the Matt Holliday trade, what happens to outfield prospect Dexter Fowler? Aren't Gonzalez and Fowler the same type of player? Are the Rockies planning on trading ...

Joe Maddon had a good reason for interrupting his honeymoon. About an hour after he landed in Rome, the newly married Maddon easily won the American League Manager of the Year award Wednesday for guiding Tampa ...

The Twins lost reliever Pat Neshek for the 2009 season Tuesday when he was diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right elbow, forcing the team into a quick re-examination of its offseason priorities.

The Colorado Rockies made it official on Wednesday, finalizing a deal to send three-time All-Star Matt Holliday to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for three players.

Matt Holliday hardly could have expected to land with the low-budget Oakland Athletics.

Posted on November 12th, 2008 12:15 PM By Joe Christensen Following up on some points that surfaced in our reporting on the effects of Pat Neshek's injury : I don't think the Twins will acquire Huston Street.

They want to be able to hit again. Really, that's where the A's are coming from, what Matt Holliday means to them, and where this is all headed for now.

Though the deal is not yet official, ESPN's Jerry Crasnick is reporting that the Rockies are trading outfielder Matt Holliday to the Oakland A's For starting pitcher Greg Smith and two other players, perhaps ...

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.

Outside the handful of high-profile closers in the league, being a reliever is often a less-than-glamorous job.

Since Huston Street's name started being bandied about as a possible trade chip in July, there have been two teams tied most closely to the A's once prized closer: the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cleveland ...

DANA POINT, Calif. - A's general manager Billy Beane chuckles when you ask him if he has a lot of money to spend this offseason.

The A's were on the borderline of contention when they traded Rich Harden and Joe Blanton in July.

Now that the A's have officially declined Alan Embree's $3 million option for 2009 and have publicly urged him to market himself to other teams, the ballclub is passing the reigns of the 2009 bullpen into the ...