Randy Choate

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Pete Kozma is no longer anonymous. Proof of that has come during the Cardinals' three-game series at Washington that ends Wednesday afternoon. The shortstop has been booed at every...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH As the Cardinals try to figure out, or reconfigure their bullpen, rookie Travor Rosenthal mostly has remained as the eighth-inning setup man, the one who throws close to 100 miles...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH An 18-game winner and a National League All-Star last year, right-hander Lance Lynn is 3-0 after three weeks this year, although he has pitched well in just two of his four starts....

FOR MOST of the night, a palpable feeling of discontent radiated from the otherwise frigid stands. Citizens Bank Park is a great place to play when you are a member of a winning team. But when expectations are not being met, the frustration in the...

It’s the return of the Daily Dodger in Review after a brief lapse during the winter meetings … SCOTT ELBERT, 27, reliever Final 2012 stats: 1-1, 2.20 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 8.0 strikeouts and 3.6 walks per nine innings in 32 2/3 innings....

And then the big, bad new bully swept into baseball’s winter meetings and … did absolutely nothing? That was disappointing. Maybe they were doing that due diligence thing, or being prudent, or just plain smart, but when you half expected...

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They come, they go, and sometimes they come and go in a hurry. Say hasta la vista to left-hander Randy Choate, who reportedly signed a three-year deal with the Cardinals on Wednesday for $7.5 million. Which goes to show you, those Richie Rich...

DEE GORDON, 24, shortstop Final 2012 stats: .228 batting average, 38 runs, 32 stolen bases and .280 on-base and .281 slugging percentages in 303 at-bats. Contract status: Under team control. The good: Flashed the speed hoped for, stealing those 32...

Maybe you’re not a big Bud Selig fan. Maybe you’re still irked about that Milwaukee All-Star game or that he ever allowed the Dodgers to be sold to Frank McCourt or an inability to find a new barber. But say this for Selig, when he dug in...

Randy Choate, 36, reliever Final 2012 stats: 0-0, 3.03 ERA, one save, 1.22 WHIP, .206 opponent batting average, 80 games and 38 2/3 innings. Contract status: Free agent. The good: His 80 games tied three others for the most relief appearances in the...

Nov. 11, 2011: Florida Marlins become the Miami Marlins. Dec. 5, 2011: Closer Heath Bell is signed as a free agent for three years, $27 million. Dec. 7, 2011: Shortstop Jose Reyes signed as a free agent for six years, $106 million. Dec. 8, 2011: Left-...