Scott Proctor

Whether or not these contract pay off will be determined down the road but those two teams have to hope they get better results than these current contract busts. John Lackey has three years and $47.85 million left on his contract with the Boston Red Sox.  

Between 1914 and 1919, Ruth compiled an outstanding pitching record, but because pitchers do not play in every game, he was shifted to the outfield so that his powerful hitting could be used consistently. The following season, he was sold to the New York Yankees, and his batting feats and public personality helped salvage baseball's popularity, which had been damaged by the Black Sox scandal. According to legend, Ruth was sold by the owner of...  

After sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the 1932 World Series, the New York Yankees had a 12-game winning streak in the Fall Classic. Previously, the Yankees had swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1927 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1928. The "experts" were ...  

Seventeen-year-old Travis Brockman has a hard time running, talking and comprehending simple sentences. But every Saturday, the Port St. Lucie teenager puts on his baseball uniform, guards first base, and eagerly awaits a play. Travis, who was ...  

There've been so many strange happenings across the MLB rumor season—Albert Pujols leaving, Prince Fielder not going anywhere, the St. Louis Cardinals suddenly becoming major secondary-free-agent players—that the latest flare-ups of the ...