Carlos Pena

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Rays Land James Loney

The Tampa Bay Rays have found their new first baseman, agreeing to terms with free agent James Loney on a one-year deal worth $2 million. Loney could add another million by reaching incentives. Yahoo’s…Read More

Five Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the 2012 Season

Baseball’s two day hiatus is finally over, and I bet all of you are extremely excited to get back to some baseball action. The official, unofficial start to the second half begins today. I am psyched…Read More

Paul Konerko, Melky Cabrera and The Numbers

When I was a kid I used to keep baseball statistics for myself. Can’t recall the details, but I know that I had notebooks of numbers. I compared batting averages and took note of home runs, for…Read More

Does Brendan Ryan have any Value?

The Seattle Mariners’ shortstop Brendan Ryan has the worst batting average (.159) among qualified hitters in the American League.  Ryan has been almost incredibly awful at the plate, in 2012.  His…Read More

One-Year Deals: The Early Results

This past off-season saw its free agent class make quite a splash. Not only did a storied franchise lose a legendary player in stunning fashion, the resulting contract from that departure wasn’t…Read More

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San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies looking at Kevin Youkilis

Today’s Nick Cafardo column was as rich as ever, and one of the topics he hit on is teams looking…Read More

Hideki Matsui Rumors: Rays Expected to Sign Matsui

Jack Curry of the YES Network is reporting that veteran free agent Hideki Matsui is expected “to soon…Read More

Radical Baseball: Most boring batters

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 How about we just outlaw walks and strike outs? What has always made baseball…Read More

Opening 0-3 is not exactly Armageddon for Yankees and Red Sox

In New York and Boston, there are Yankees fans and Red Sox fans wondering if this is part of the Mayan…Read More

MLB Game Recaps

Tampa Bay Rays 7, New York Yankees 6 The game of the day involved two AL East powerhouses, who squared…Read More

2012 MLB Season Preview: Tampa Bay Rays

2011 Tampa Bay Rays Season Recap Evan Longoria and Dan Johnson are heroes, the Tampa Bay Rays must thank…Read More

Yankees Rumors: New York “Negotiating Exclusively” with Raul Ibanez

Friday, the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates reached an agreement in a trade involving starting…Read More

Yankees Rumors: New York in “Serious Discussions” with Raul Ibanez

It appears the New York Yankees are set on adding a bat before the spring.  Buster Olney of ESPN reported…Read More

CttP Weekly Recap: 1/20/12 – 1/26/12

Check in to catch up on anything you may have missed in the week that was here at Call to the Pen. Read…Read More

Carlos Pena Trying To Stay Young

What a country. Carlos Pena batted .225 in 2011 and he just signed a $7.25-million deal to play for the…Read More

Tampa Bay Rays sign Carlos Pena

The Tampa Bay Rays have just filled out their void at first base by signing Carlos Pena to a one-year…Read More

Yankees Rumors: Jorge Vazquez, Hideki Matsui and other DH Options

The Yankees have most of their roster set for the 2012 season, but news and rumors continue to swirl…Read More

Yankees Rumors: Carlos Pena, Johnny Damon and the DH Spot

The New York Yankees went from a questionable rotation to a staff considered to be one of the team’s…Read More

Yankees Rumors: New York Seeking Bat, Carlos Pena “On Radar”

Following Friday night’s flurry of action, the New York Yankees appear to have their starting rotation…Read More

Rays Rumors: Luke Scott and Tampa Bay’s Continued Search for Offense

After it was announced that the Tampa Bay Rays had reached an agreement with free agent slugger Luke…Read More