The Chicago White Sox have declined their $16 million option on James Shields and exercised a $2 million buyout, making the veteran right-hander a free agent.
The White Sox have acquired James Shields from the Padres, relocating the starting pitcher who never found his groove after signing the biggest free-agent deal in franchise history last year.
Executive chairman Ron Fowler says the Padres have been "miserable failures" so far this season and singled out pitcher James Shields for criticism after his poor start Tuesday.
Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon hit his first career home run at nearly 43 years of age, becoming the oldest player to hit his first major league homer.
The trade deadline is nearing, and speculation is heating up about Colorado's Carlos Gonzalez, among other things. Find out what our writers are hearing today.
