I'm not so sure it's rehashed. The article posted tonight claims word out of the Dominican is the Cubs have signed Soler for about $27.M over 3 or 4 years. The Suntimes also posted a rare evening Cubs article citing Miami sources with a similar dollar value.
I think Sullivan's right. Kerry's people used the media (Kaplan) as leverage in the negotiations; After saying "Cubs or retire," at the end of the season, there was none. The threat that he'd leave was a smokescreen. Nice recovery.
Random Twitter rumors have something happening sooner rather than later: Apparently, the players rumored to be involved are from Bruce Levine's chat: The idea that those players are an actual "package" for Garza is probably a stretch but one can dream...
Passan says Rangers The Texas Rangers have won the posting auction of Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish with a record $51.7M bid, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.
That's not exactly going out on a limb. network dedicated to baseball coverage will report on who won the bid... shocking Again, it wasn't to prove anything about him... Personally, I'm not watching MLB Network. I'm following online only.
I don't thin Bowden knows anything and he's certainly not breaking news with that tweet but it's curious he said "US" team... I surely would not assume that Jim Bowden knows that Toronto is not in the U.S. Sarcasm aside, he was posting incorrect info about the process earlier today. Saying Nippon (along with Japanese League and Commissioner's office) knew the identity of top bidding team...