7 days ago
"Girardi asked Gonzalez before the bottom of the ninth inning if he was OK pitching: "A shortstop usually has pretty good command of where he's throwing the baseball, so I figured he's the guy.
10 days ago
It the words of shortstop Jed Lowrie, the A's "need to take a deep breath."
22 days ago
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez was reinstated from the disabled list Monday, more than two weeks before he was initially projected to return from thumb surgery.
71 days ago
Derek Jeter says he will play at shortstop Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies.
76 days ago
Pete Kozma, who filled in for Furcal late last season, will likely be the Cardinals' everyday shortstop for the start of the 2013 campaign.
76 days ago
St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal will have major surgery on his right elbow next week.
80 days ago
The St. Louis Cardinals announced on Sunday that the team has shutdown shortstop Rafael Furcal from all baseball activity due to increasing right elbow pain.
81 days ago
The Oakland Athletics don't know quite where to put shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima in the lineup.
81 days ago
"Mattingly and Wallach are looking for whether Ramirez is "speeding up" to meet the different demands of shortstop after spending the first half of last season at third base for the Marlins.
83 days ago
Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus was scratched from the lineup because of what the club called "sensitivity in his left arm" - apparently caused by a tattoo.
87 days ago
PHOENIX - Oakland A's third baseman Josh Donaldson took Oakland infield coach Mike Gallego aside the other day to voice his concerns about the angle he's been taking on slow grounders hit his way.
89 days ago
By acquiring left-handed-hitting third baseman Conor Gillaspie from the Giants for minor league pitcher Jeff Soptic, the Sox believe they will be less vulnerable against left-handed pitching.
92 days ago
"It's going to be fun winning Gold Gloves at shortstop, second base and first base because (Anthony) Rizzo is pretty good too.
94 days ago
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter could start running on the field in the next couple days for the first time since ankle surgery and still expects to be ready for opening day.
94 days ago
"On the day before the Dodgers' first full-squad workout, Ramirez reported to camp and made his way out to one of the practice fields, where he fielded some grounders at shortstop.
100 days ago
They will follow the marketing guidebook and tell you that they are hopeful, and that if Pitcher A and shortstop B and center fielder C found just the right yoga class this winter, they could win...
105 days ago
The Milwaukee Brewers signed shortstop Alex Gonzalez to a one-year contract on Wednesday.
118 days ago
He has played primarily second base, third base and left field during his career and is a .295 hitter with 52 homers and 286 RBI in 683 games.
124 days ago
Not included on the list, however, was third baseman Chase Headley, with the 2012 National League RBI champ failing to reach an agreement with the team by the deadline.
133 days ago
The Dodgers have talked about moving the fleet-footed Gordon to the outfield but appear inclined to keep him at shortstop for now.
153 days ago
A person familiar with the negotiations says third baseman Placido Polanco has agreed to terms with the Miami Marlins.
155 days ago
To clear room on the 40-man roster, the Athletics traded outfielder Collin Cowgill to the New York Mets in exchange for minor league third baseman Jefry Marte.
168 days ago
Beane smiled when asked if the general manager of the shortstop-starved Oakland Athletics and the agent for Stephen Drew, the free agent market's top shortstop, talked shop.
169 days ago
Former minor league journeyman Luis Cruz, who came out of nowhere to hit .297 over 78 games, will get the first opportunity to be the starting third baseman.
