Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | yesterday
Red Sox sign LHP Billy Traber to a minor league contract with invite to spring training. After spending some brief time with the Yankees in 2008, Traber is back to square one. The good news: his fastball velocity was up two miles per hour since 2007. The bad news: Traber allowed 1.62 homeruns per nine. That total was in 16.7 innings of work, so its only three homeruns, and one...
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
The Red Sox have signed lefthander Billy Traber to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Traber, 29, spent last season between the Yankees and their Triple A affiliate in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In 19 appearances for New York,...
MLB (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
The Red Sox have added a left-handed reliever with Major League experience to the fold, signing Billy Traber to a Minor League contract that includes an invitation to Spring Training.The signing was reported by the Boston Globe. The Red Sox announce all their Minor League free-agent signings in bulk, and will likely do so in the next few days.Traber could find it hard to make the Major...
http://redsox.wordpress.com/feed (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Yesterday was the deadline for teams to offer salary arbitration to their impending free agents. This is important because if the player accepts, the team must go through the arbitration process to hammer out a one-year deal with the player. If he refuses, it means that if/when he signs with another team, the Red Sox [...]
iYankees (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... a fan of baseball, this is probably a big deal for you. 4. Finally, the Red Sox have signed Billy Traber to a minor league contract. Traber was one of those guys that really could have helped the Yankees out if he succeeded this past season. If Traber came through then the Yankees wouldn’t have traded for Marte, although I’m happy we have Marte for 3 years. He was always frustrating...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... shortstop Luis Hernandez signed with the Royals. SoxProspects.com says the Red Sox inked Billy Traber, Marcus McBeth, and Gil Velazquez to minor league deals. The Dodgers re-signed Luis Maza to a minor league contract. Also at that link, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt hinted that...
Mets Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
... on the comeback trail (Mike Hampton), and the non-roster guys with spring training invites (Billy Traber). My guess is the first “big name” free agent to sign will be a shortstop — probably either Edgar Renteria or Rafael Furcal, who startlingly was not offered arbitration by the Dodgers. I understand they’re looking for a new shortstop, but based on all the rumors, it appears that Furcal...
The LoHud Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... last year off after not getting his deal renewed by the Yankees. ——————- The Red Sox signed Billy Traber to a minor-league deal today. Lefties never, ever run out of chances. ——————- Maury Brown’s Business of Baseball Blog has an interesting note today. Seems that the Yankees have the highest out-of-market brand recognition. Sad news indeed for the Nation.
