Robinson Cano was five seasons into his 10-year, $240,000,000 contract when the Seattle Mariners’ second baseman was traded to the Mets in a salary dump deal that had closer Edwin Diaz also going to New
Keith Hernandez was a batting champion, an NL MVP, a clubhouse leader, and a two-time World Series winner with the Cardinals and Mets during his 17-year career. But while he wasn’t a traditional slugging first
After six years in the majors, Giants outfielder Matty Alou had long shown he was hardly the hitter his older brother Felipe was. So when Matty was traded to the Pirates on this day in
Miguel Tejada was at the tail end of his controversial career when the former AL MVP shortstop signed a one-year deal with the San Francisco Giants on this day in béisbol, November 30, 2010. The
Yoenis Cespedes was coming off an all-star season with the Mets in 2016 when he re-signed with the team on for four more years in a $110 million deal on this day in béisbol, November
White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu spent nine productive seasons in Chicago before signing a three-year, nearly $60 million contract with the Astros on this day in béisbol, November 28, 2022. Abreu, then 35, was
Jose Canseco wasn’t yet an official “Bash Brother” — or an MLB pariah for publicly outing a large number of players of taking performance enhancing drugs. On this day in béisbol, November 25, 1986 the
Slugger Carlos Lee became the highest paid player in Astros history when he signed a six-year, $100 million deal on this day in béisbol, November 24, 2006. Lee, an outfielder-first baseman, spent his first five
The Minnesota Twins were coming off a disappointing second-place finish in 1966, a year after winning the American League pennant, when the team turned to another young player with Latin American roots to juice up
Mike Lowell turned a solid season capped by a World Series MVP award into a $37.5 million three-year contract with the Red Sox on this day in béisbol, November 20, 2007. The Gold Glove third
