Check out Mini-Ballbug for simple mobiles or Ballbug Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:15 PM ET, November 30, 2015

Ballbug

 Top News: 
Nick Cafardo / BostonGlobe.com:
Will the Red Sox meet the asking Price for David?  —  The Red Sox are prohibitive favorites, at least in the eyes of the media and a few baseball executives, to land free agent David Price for two reasons: president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski's relationship with the lefthander …
RELATED:
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox, Chris Young Agree To Multi-Year Deal  —  The Red Sox and outfielder Chris Young are in agreement on a multi-year contract, pending a physical, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter link).  Young is represented by CAA Sports.  —  The 32-year-old Young has significantly rebuilt …
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Free-agent righty a model of durability over past 4 seasons  —  MLB.com Tigers reporter Jason Beck discusses the Tigers reportedly agreeing to a five-year deal with Jordan Zimmermann  —  DETROIT — Al Avila's first offseason as Tigers general manager is about to feature baseball's …
RELATED:
Zach Links / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers Sign Jordan Zimmermann  —  Having already bolstered their bullpen with the acquisition of Francisco Rodriguez, the Tigers made a move to fortify their rotation on Monday, officially announcing the signing of Jordan Zimmermann to a five-year contract.  The Relativity Sports client …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Sign Brayan Pena To Two-Year Deal  —  3:37pm: Pena's $5MM guarantee will be spread out evenly, paying him $2.5MM in each season of the contract, MLBTR has learned.  —  3:35pm: Pena's contract guarantees him a total of $5MM, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter link).
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Hunt for starter has Diamondbacks chasing Johnny Cueto  —  Though they've been saying all offseason they wouldn't be able to afford the top tier of free-agent pitchers, that hasn't stopped the Diamondbacks from pursuing one of them.  —  General Manager Dave Stewart said he met …
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Tony LaCava, Ross Atkins are finalists for Blue Jays GM job  —  Indians executive Ross Atkins and Blue Jays interim general manager Tony LaCava are finalists for Toronto's GM job, sources familiar with the situation said.  —  It isn't known for certain that they are the only two finalists for the job …
RELATED:
Chicago Tribune:
Man charged in threat at University of Chicago linked to Laquan McDonald shooting  —  University of Chicago security officers patrol the Hyde Park campus quad on Nov. 30, 2015. … Federal officials charged a University of Illinois at Chicago engineering student with making the threat …
Yonhap News Agency:
Nearing deal with Minnesota Twins, S. Korean slugger Park Byung-ho departs for U.S.  —  Nearing his first big league deal with the Minnesota Twins, South Korean slugger Park Byung-ho departed for the United States on Sunday, saying he's hoping for “a positive result.”
Roch Kubatko / School of Roch:
Is Denard Span a fit in right field?  —  In exactly one week, I'll be boarding a flight to Nashville for the Winter Meetings and complaining loudly every step of the way.  —  That's a lot of complaining when you factor in the number of steps from the front desk to the elevators and media workroom …
RELATED:
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Young righthander Shelby Miller is creating quite a feeding frenzy on the trade market, and it's to the point it's got to be record interest for a pitcher who went 6-17.  —  Of course, by now we know pitchers' won-loss records aren't a very useful tool in deciphering a pitcher's value.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Non-Tender Candidates  —  More than 200 players are arbitration eligible and unsigned for 2016.  Around 50 of those can be considered non-tender candidates.  Players who are not tendered contracts become free agents.  The deadline for teams to decide is Wednesday, December 2nd at 11pm central time.
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball
Travis Sawchik / Baseball America:
Organization Of The Year: Pirates Prove Building A Team Takes Blending  —  The Pittsburgh Pirates were not the most successful major league team in 2015.  —  The Kansas City Royals of course won the World Series.  For a second consecutive season, the Pirates failed to advance beyond the NL wild card game.
Discussion: Bucs Dugout
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Ballbug at 5:15 PM ET, November 30, 2015.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Ballbug: site main
Ballbug River: reverse chronological Ballbug
Ballbug Mobile: for phones
Ballbug Leaderboard: Ballbug's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Ballbug RSS feed
 
 
 More News: 
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Claim Michael Mariot From Royals
Discussion: The Good Phight
Larry Fine / Reuters:
Royals Players Get $370,000 Bonus for World Series Win
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Kent Somers / Arizona Republic:
Cardinals escape with road victory over 49ers
Zach Links / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Ben Zobrist
 Earlier Picks: 
Owen Watson / Fox Sports:
Donaldson is crushing it in Canada
Discussion: ANDREWSTOETEN.com
J.J. Cooper / Baseball America:
Mike Hessman, Minors Home Run Leader, Retires
Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
NY Rangers coach Alain Vigneault: ‘Who would you rather have as a son, Henrik Lundqvist or Brad Marchand?’
Discussion: NESN.com and CBS Boston
 

 
From WeSmirch:

Tamantha Ryan / Page Six:
50 Cent's ex Daphne Joy accuses him of rape, physical abuse amid Diddy lawsuit drama — but he denies it

People:
Gypsy Rose Blanchard Announces Separation from Husband 3 Months After Prison Release

Jeff Conway / Forbes:
Olivia Colman Reflects On Her Beloved Career: ‘I Have Been Very Lucky’

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page