“MLB Trade Rumors is a clearinghouse for
relevant, legitimate baseball rumors.
The site focuses on the hot stove - trades and free agent signings. Rumors come from established journalists, and
always include a link to the source material.
All 30 teams are covered. MLBTR
is written and maintained by Tim Dierkes.
You can read about Tim here, contact him here, and follow him on Twitter
here. MLBTR has new material 365 days a year, and attempts to post all rumors
with analysis as soon as they are available.
The site was created as a hobby in November of 2005, and has grown
virally. MLB Trade Rumors now receives
hundreds of thousands of pageviews per day.
The peak day - 2,001,128 pageviews -
was July 31st, 2009, baseball's Trade Deadline day. MLBTR also has an RSS feed with over 57,000
subscribers, a Facebook page with over 40,000 fans, a Twitter feed with over
97,000 followers, and a forum with over 8,900 members.
MLB Trade Rumors has been praised by Peter
Gammons, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, The Boston
Herald, and many other major publications.
In June of 2011, MLBTR was named one of TIME's 25 best blogs of the
year. MLB Trade Rumors is a favorite of
baseball writers and fans of all ages.
MLBTR is even read by baseball players, such as Dustin Pedroia, Dan
Haren, C.J. Wilson, Joel Hanrahan, David Aardsma, Scott Hairston, Mark Lowe,
Freddy Sanchez, Jack Wilson, Chad Qualls, Billy Butler, Michael Cuddyer, Adam
Jones, Justin Morneau, Jake Peavy, and Mike Stanton! Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and Blue Jays
GM Alex Anthopoulos are also regular readers.”
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