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| Willy Taveras has been released by Oakland, according to MLB.com. |
Our View: The A's traded for Taveras last week, but it turned out that he was only included in their deal with the Reds as a salary dump that had to be included for the Reds to be willing to give up Adam Rosales. Taveras still has elite speed and should find interest somewhere.
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| The Orioles have signed Will Ohman to a minor league deal, according to the Baltimore Sun. |
Our View: Ohman is coming off an injury-plagued season and could have a tough time cracking Baltimore's roster.
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| Baltimore has officially announced it's one-year contract with Mark Hendrickson, according to the Baltimore Sun. |
Our View: The deal includes a 2011 club option. Hendrickson is the only major league pitcher to make at least 10 starts and five relief appearances in each of the last four seasons, though there's not really any value in that statement. There's no need to give him any fantasy attention.
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| The Indians have signed Jamey Wright to a minor league deal, according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick. |
Our View: Wright, who went 3-5 with a 4.33 ERA and 1.48 WHIP in 65 relief appearances for Royals last year, is a versatile pitcher with the ability to start or come out of the bullpen. He'd seem to have a pretty good shot at making Cleveland's roster.
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| The Royals have re-signed Victor Marte to a minor league deal, according to the Kansas City Star. |
Our View: Marte pitched well in the minors last year but allowed 11 runs in 12 innings with the Royals.
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| The Royals have signed Jeff Bianchi to a minor league deal, according to the Kansas City Star. |
Our View: The 23-year-old hit a nice .308 last year splitting 128 games between Northwest Arkansas and Single-A Wilmington.
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| When Mike Pelfrey arrives at the Mets' camp next week, he'll be around 25 pounds lighter than the weight he finished last season at, according to the New York Post. |
Our View: Starting off the year's training in shape is certainly a good start for Pelfrey, but he still has a lot more to prove before fantasy owners start to take interest. After a decent season in 2008 (13-11, 3.76 ERA, 1.36 WHIP), Pelfrey was pretty bad last year (10-12, 5.03 ERA, 1.51 WHIP).
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| Daniel Murphy has been training with former Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez in an effort to improve his defense at first base, according to Newsdays' David Lennon. |
Our View: There can't be many better mentors to teach the first base position than former Mets (and Seinfeld) great Hernandez, who won 11 Gold Gloves at first and is widely considered one of the best, if not the best, defenders ever to play the position. Murphy, a former outfielder, will enter 2010 as the Mets' starting first baseman, and upgrading his defense at the position could help ensure that he plays every day.
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