Jeff Samardzija

For the first four months of the 2014 season, the Oakland Athletics appeared to have already won the A.L. West and simply had to play out the remaining schedule to determine their opponents in the ALDS. The Athletics traded away their top prospect, shortstop Addison Russell, to the Chicago Cubs for starters Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel. They…

It does not happen often that a player returns to the team that released him earlier in the season after signing with another, but it has just happened with outfielder Sam Fuld. FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that the Oakland Athletics have traded left-hander Tommy Milone to the Minnesota Twins. Source: #Athletics trade Milone to #Twins. — Ken…

The New York Yankees missed out on the Major League's best available pitcher in Jeff Samardzija, but they found another starting pitcher in Phoenix. MLB.com's Paul Casella reports that the Yankees have acquired starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy from the Arizona Diamondbacks for lefty Vidal Nuno. The Yankees are in dire need of starting pitching,…

The New York Yankees have a starting rotation decimated with injuries, which has left them with only Masahiro Tanaka and Hiroki Kuroda remaining from the Opening Day roster. Ivan Nova is out for the season, and Michael Pineda is out until at least August and possibly longer. In addition, ace CC Sabathia will not return from the disabled list in…