The Washington Nationals and right-handed pitcher Chien-Ming Wang have agreed to terms on a one-year deal worth $4 million guaranteed, CSN Washington reported, citing unnamed sources. The deal is dependent on Wang passing a physical, a stipulation that results from the extensive...

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There are many late-inning situations where a manager needs to use one of his trusted bullpen arms to get an opposing batter out. Strategy involving opposing hitters averages against a left, or right-handed, pitcher is naturally a part of the decision making process.

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To almost no one's surprise, hard-throwing right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole was the top pick in Monday's 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, being chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates. "I don't really have words for it," the 6-foot-4, 225-pound...

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To almost no one's surprise, hard-throwing right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole was the top pick in Monday's 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, being chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates. "I don't really have words for it," said the 6-foot-4,...

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TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays optioned left-handed pitcher Brett Cecil to triple-A Las Vegas and selected the contract of infielder Chris Woodward on Thursday.

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On March 22, 2011, Sergio Mitre appeared in a New York Yankees game against the Baltimore Orioles, and he appears to have pitched himself out of as shot at the pitching rotation, if not entirely out of the bullpen. Spring training camp for the 30-year-old, 6'4", 225-pound. right-handed pitcher had seemed to begin positively for Mitre but deteriorated quickly with oddly timed reports of injuries, near-miraculous recoveries and pitching performance that quickly became consistently poor.

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Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price has won the Warren Spahn Award, recognizing the top left-handed pitcher in the major leagues. Price trailed Boston's Jon Lester until the final week of the season in the award's point system, which evaluates pitchers based on wins, strikeouts and ERA. Lester gave up eight runs in his final start of the season against the Chicago White Sox, failing in his bid...

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Straight from the Yankees’ Media Relations Department:

YANKEES DECLINE OPTIONS ON 1B JASON GIAMBI AND RHP CARL PAVANO

The New York Yankees announced today they have declined their options on first baseman Jason Giambi and right-handed pitcher Carl Pavano, making each player a free agent.

Giambi, 37, hit .247 (113-for-458) with 19 doubles, 32 home runs and 96 RBI in 145 games with the Yankees in 2008, making 112 starts at first base and 26 starts at designated hitter.  He ranked second on the team in home runs, recording his eighth career 30-homer season and reaching double-digits in home runs for the 13^th consecutive year.  Giambi’s 209 home runs as a Yankee rank 10^th on the club’s all-time list.

Pavano, 32, was 4-2 with a 5.77 ERA in seven starts with the Yankees in 2008.  He made his first Major League start and appearance of the season on August 23 at Baltimore, recording the win.  The victory was his first win and appearance since April 9, 2007 at Minnesota, after recovering from “Tommy John” surgery.  In four seasons with the Yankees (2005-08), Pavano went 9-8 with a 5.00 ERA in 26 starts.

The Yankees’ roster now stands at 36.

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