Posts Tagged ‘Cantu’
Rockies Interested In Kouzmanoff, Cantu, Wigginton
The Rockies have expressed interest in Athletics’ third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff, tweets Troy Renck of The Denver Post. He adds that Jose Lopez, Jorge Cantu, and Ty Wigginton are also on Colorado’s radar in a second tweet, calling the team “quietly aggressive” during the GM Meetings.
Kouzmanoff is a non-tender candidate, even moreso now that the A’s have brought in Edwin Encarnacion and are aggressively bidding on Adrian Beltre. Renck adds that he would fill the role of Melvin Mora for Colorado, pushing Ian Stewart at third base and potentially platooning with him. Cantu, Lopez, and Wiggington could all do the same as well. Earlier today we learned that the Rockies also have interest in Alex Gordon.
View full post on MarinersRumors
Baseball-AL West-leading Rangers acquire Cantu from Marlins
Baseball-AL West-leading Rangers acquire Cantu from Marlins
The American League West-leading Texas Rangers made another move to close in on their first postseason berth in 11 years by acquiring infielder Jorge Cantu from the Florida Marlins on Thursday.
Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport
Marlins, Rangers discussing names as part of possible Cantu deal
Marlins, Rangers discussing names as part of possible Cantu deal
Sporting News staff reports MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro reports the Rangers are still talking with the Marlins about acquiring infielder Jorge Cantu prior to Saturday’s nonwaiver trading deadline. Florida is trying to get two young pitchers from Texas; Frisaro reports one of them is Evan Reed, who is pitching for Double-A Frisco. Cantu would give Texas a right-handed hitting alternative to first …
Read more on SportingNews