Congrats to Barry Larkin for making the Hall of Fame.
Thanks to some of you guys for relaying some of the major news stories these past few days. On to the news.
Evening round-up (from mlbtraderumors.com):
The Yankees never reached a deal with Hiroyuki Nakajima. He'll be going back to Japan for another season and will land on the international market after that.
Rockies aquire Chad Tracy from the Rangers for Greg Reynolds. Yes, Chad Tracy. The son of Rockies skipper Jim Tracy. Hmmmmmmmmm?
Mariners sign Hisashi Iwakuma to a 1-year, $1.5 mil. deal. He can get $3.4 mil. altogether if he hits some starts and innings pitched incentives.
Blue Jays DFA Mark Teahen to make room for signing Darren Oliver. 1-year, $4.5 mil. with an option.
Roughly a week and a half before the Yu Darvish deadline is up in Texas. Rumors going around is that they're going to throw Matsuzaka money at him. He got 6-years, $52 mil. when he went to the Red Sox.
Hiroki Kuroda informed the Hiroshima Karp that he's staying in the states for 2012.
O's sign Wei-Yin Chin to a 3-year deal worth a little less than $12 mil.
And finally, the Angels lock up Howie Kendrick for the next 4 years. He'll be getting $33.5 mil. Jerry Dipoto is pretty much winding down his offseason.