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(Tor - SP) NA 
Tue, Nov 24Recent News
- RHP Bryan Bullington, who pitched briefly for Toronto last year, signed a minor league deal with the Royals. Bullington was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 draft by the Pirates, but he is 0-5 with a 5.08 ERA in 13 big-league games for Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toronto.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Pit - SP,RP) NA 
Mon, Nov 23
- RHP Jeff Karstens, who would have been eligible for arbitration this winter, was designated for assignment by the Pirates. He went 4-6 with a 5.42 ERA in 13 games (eight starts) for Pittsburgh this year.(Yahoo! Sports)
(KC - SP,RP) NA
Mon, Nov 23
- RHP Jorge Campillo, who missed most of last season due to right shoulder tendinitis, signed a minor league deal with the Royals. He went 1-0 with a 4.15 ERA in five games with Atlanta this year.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Pit - SP,RP)
Mon, Nov 23
- RHP Chris Jakubauskas, a major league rookie this year at age 30, was claimed off waivers by the Pirates. Jakubauskas went 6-7 with a 5.32 ERA in 35 games (eight starts) for Seattle in 2009.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Was - SP)
Thu, Nov 19
- LHP Scott Olsen, who had surgery to repair a torn left labrum in July, is throwing off a mound but isn't completely ready to pitch with 100 percent effort. General manager Mike Rizzo said the Nationals will have a tough decision to make by the Dec. 12 non-tender deadline; Olsen, who is in his second year of arbitration, is due to make at least $2.24 million. "Coming of the labrum tear, it's certainly something we have to put into our (thought) process and think about what we're going to do," Rizzo said.(Yahoo! Sports)
Wed, Nov 18
- Olsen (shoulder) has begun throwing off a mound, the Washington Post reports. He had surgery in July to repair a small labrum tear in his left shoulder.(Rotowire.com)
Recommendation: He's a non-tender candidate due to his surgery.
(Det - SP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Justin Verlander was a distant third in the recent voting for the American League Cy Young Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Verlander, 19-9 and the league strikeout leader with 269, had 14 points to place behind winner RHP Zack Greinke of Kansas City (134 points) and RHP Felix Hernandez of Seattle (80 points). It was the team's highest finish in Cy Young balloting since LHP Willie Hernandez won in 1984.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Cle - SP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Jake Westbrook will be the Indians' opening-day pitcher April 5 in Chicago. Manny Acta said Westbrook will get that start assuming he's able to make a successful comeback from Tommy John surgery in 2008 that caused him to miss all of the 2009 season.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Bal - SP,RP) NA
Thu, Nov 19
- LHP Mark Hendrickson and the club did not enter contract negotiations during an exclusive window, but the team seems dedicated to trying to bring back the versatile veteran. Hendrickson, who could be a long reliever and a spot starter, is unlikely to attract many offers early in free agency. The Orioles will allow the market for Hendrickson to set itself.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Mil - SP) NA
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Braden Looper did not have his $6.5 million option for 2010 exercised by the Brewers. Instead, the club paid Looper a $1 million buyout and will use the money saved to pursue other pitchers. Looper was 14-7 last season and led the Brewers with 194 2/3 innings pitched but also posted a 5.22 ERA and surrendered 39 homers, most in the majors. The option was mutual, so if the Brewers exercised their half, Looper would have had three days to do likewise. GM Doug Melvin said he might revisit signing Looper later in the offseason, but that appears unlikely.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Sea - SP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Felix Hernandez was named the winner of the Luis Aparicio Award, given in Venezuela to the player deemed the best Venezuelan in the major leagues the previous season. Hernandez was given the award by Aparicio himself. He was the runner-up to Royals RHP Zack Greinke in the AL Cy Young Award voting.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Cin - SP,RP) NA
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Kip Wells filed for free agency. That put the Reds' 40-man roster at 36.(Yahoo! Sports)
(NYY - SP) NA
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Sergio Mitre's club option for 2010 was not picked up by the Yankees, and the spot starter is arbitration eligible. As the Yankees attempt to stockpile pitching depth, Mitre could return if they are able to get him at a low enough price. He went 3-3 with a 6.79 ERA in 12 games last year, including nine starts.(Yahoo! Sports)
(LAD - SP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Hiroki Kuroda will see the biggest salary increase next season among Dodgers players that currently have a deal through next season. Kuroda will make $13 million in 2010, $3 million more than the just-concluded season. He was 8-7 with a 3.76 ERA as he pitched his way through a side injury, a concussion and bulging disk in his neck.(Yahoo! Sports)
(ChC - SP,RP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Randy Wells finished sixth in the balloting for NL Rookie of the Year after making a strong case for winning the award early in the season. As of now, Wells is the Cubs' No. 3 starter behind RHPs Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster, what with LHP Ted Lilly set to open the season on the DL after undergoing shoulder surgery. Wells went 12-10 with a 3.05 ERA after his call-up in May and easily was the most pleasant surprise on the team. He worked a career-best 191 1/3 innings between Class AAA Iowa (Des Moines) and the Cubs, and there was some concern about his workload late in the year. Wells says he'll be ready to go 200 innings next season.(Yahoo! Sports)
(SD - SP,RP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Sean Gallagher has completed his work in the Venezuelan winter league. He reported no further problems with his knee, which cost him three months of action this season.(Yahoo! Sports)
(SF - SP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Tim Lincecum wasn't considered a clear favorite for the NL Cy Young Award when the regular season ended, especially because he had 15 wins and faced fierce competition in St. Louis co-aces Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. But Lincecum captured the award for the second consecutive year, becoming the first pitcher in history to do so in his first full two seasons in the majors. Meanwhile, Lincecum must appear in a Vancouver, Wash., court on Dec. 22 for an arraignment in his marijuana case. According to police, he surrendered 3.3 grams of pot and a pipe during an Oct. 30 traffic stop.(Yahoo! Sports)
- Lincecum has won the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the first repeat winner in the major leagues since Randy Johnson was voted the prize four straight times from 1999-2002.(STATS, Inc.)
Advice: Lincecum led the NL with 261 strikeouts and tied for the league lead with four complete games and two shutouts. Only 10 points separated Lincecum and St. Louis pitchers Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright in one of the closest ballots in the award's history.
(TB - SP,RP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Jeff Niemann finished fourth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting won by Oakland's Andrew Bailey, and felt pretty good about it since he wasn't sure if he would even be on the team this season. "It was an honor to be in the mix," Niemann said. "Bailey had great numbers, an All-Star appearance, so you can't take that away from him. ... Hopefully I can build off what I did and take it into next year."(Yahoo! Sports)
(Phi - SP,RP)
Thu, Nov 19
- LHP J.A. Happ coped with the disappointment of opening the season in the Phillies' bullpen, handled the mid-season rumors that he'd either be traded for Roy Halladay or lose his spot in the rotation to Pedro Martinez, then withstood a rib-cage injury in early September. Through it all, he emerged as the Phillies' most consistent pitcher. But it wasn't enough to earn Happ the distinction of NL Rookie of the Year. The award, unveiled Nov. 16 by the Baseball Writers Association of America, went to Florida LF Chris Coghlan. Happ finished a close second.(Yahoo! Sports)
(Min - SP) NA
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Carl Pavano remained a priority for the Twins entering the beginning of baseball's hot stove season, Twins GM Bill Smith told the team's Web site. "We've expressed out interest and he has interest," Smith was quoted as saying. "He wants to go through the process. As a veteran guy, he should do that, but he does have an interest in coming back."(Yahoo! Sports)
(Bos - SP)
Thu, Nov 19
- RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka doesn't appear to be in any danger of falling back into the poor shape he found himself last spring, and is rumored to be headed to API (Athletes Performance Institute) this winter to augment his off-season regimen. 2B Dustin Pedroia and 1B Kevin Youkilis have normally attended the off-season Arizona training facility each winter, and Pedroia indicated that the Japanese ace may be headed there in the next few months.(Yahoo! Sports)