Carlos Juan (Hernandez) Delgado (twitter: @carlosdelgado21)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 25, 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
High School: Aguadilla (Aguadilla, PR)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1993 (Age 21)   vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Mets/Marlins 1993-2009
Agents: David Sloane [*]
Final Game: May 10, 2009 (Age 36)   vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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• 5/19 Mets Merized: Is Collins The Blame For Team’s Poor Performance, Or Is He Just The Patsy?: While all the talk lately has been about whether or not it’s time to end the Terry Collins era as manager of the Mets, how...
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• 3/22 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins: If Giancarlo Stanton Feels Lonely Maybe Miguel Cabrera Can Help: Giancarlo Stanton comes into his fourth big league season as a 23-year old and feeling lonely.  Gone are the plethora of major...
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• 12/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees expect A-Rod back but not giving guarantees that he will be: When Yankees GM Brian Cashman first announced that Alex Rodriguez was having his second hip surgery since 2009 he sounded pretty...
• 12/8 Jays Journal: Carlos Delgado To Be Added to Ring of Honour: For 12 seasons, and some very lean years, Carlos Delgado was the face of the Toronto Blue Jays. Now, he will be recognized as...

• 11/30 Baseball Jerks: The Mets’ 2020 vision: Making The Wright Call: The Mets’ 8-year, $138 million  agreement to sign David Wright, the largest contract in club history, according to ESPN,...
• 11/28 mlbreports.com : The Toronto Blue Jays Franchise 1994-2012: Part 2 of a 7 Part Series: Wednesday, Nov.28th, 2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into...
• 11/25 MLBTradeRumors: This Date In Transactions History: Marlins Fire Sale: Two weeks ago, the Marlins agreed to send basically every player making decent money on their roster to the Blue Jays for a package...
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• 11/12 Rising Apple: Rising Apple Off-season Player of the [Last] Week: John Olerud: Each week during the off-season, I will be selecting a random, former Met to highlight. This will be taking place of our usual...

• 10/22 Mets360.com: Mets Minors: 2008 Draft time capsule (Ike Davis & Reese Havens): The 2008 draft was an okay year for the Mets but expectations were high, given that they had 3 picks in the first 33 overall....
• 10/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Cano, Farrell, Blue Jays, Ibanez: On this date back in 2000, the Blue Jays gave Carlos Delgado the richest contract in baseball history in terms of average annual...
• 10/19 Fire Brand of the American League: Should the Red Sox Give Ortiz a Multi-Year Deal?Chip reviews David Ortiz's desire for a multi-year deal, and examines his top comps to determine if it's a good idea....
• 10/18 Mets360.com: Mets360 flashback: Mets look for different outcome in Game 162 in 2008: Editor’s note: This story was originally written on the morning of Sunday, September 28th, 2008. As Yogi Berra would say...
• 10/16 Rising Apple: When Citi Field Turned Into The Roosevelt Avenue Retirement Home: The Flushing Morgue isn’t a real place, I don’t think, but for a time Citi by the Bay resembled something more like...

• 9/26 Baseball Jerks: Marlins’ Jeffrey Loria Is A Real Work of Art: Lots of bosses are dinks. In many cases it’s in their DNA. But Jeffrey Loria takes it to an extreme. The owner of the Miami...
• 9/23 Mets360.com: The business of Mets baseball Part I – Wilpon history: The minor league players have left the clubhouses and the major league season is heading towards the playoffs. There’s plenty...
• 9/19 Redlegs Review: Todd Frazier named Reds nominee for Roberto Clemente Award: The latest press release from the Reds... Major League Baseball and Chevrolet, the official vehicle of Major...
• 9/12 Baseball Analytics: Giancarlo Stanton is in the zone: Last night, Giancarlo Stanton hit his 34th home run of the season, tying for the second-most homers in a season in Marlins...
• 9/11 Climbing Tal's Hill: Jonathan Singleton: Astros Minor Leagues MVP: The choice for Astros Minor League MVP was pretty easy for me. George Springer was really the only threat to Jonathan Singleton...
• 9/10 AroundTheFoghorn: Making A Splash: Brandon Belt In Splash Hit History: Last Tuesday, Brandon Belt launched his fifth home run of the season. Ian Kennedy‘s unfortunately-placed fastball brought...
• 9/8 High Heat Stats: Who will be the next 400 HR hitter?: This season, Paul Konerko, David Ortiz and Adam Dunn have joined the 400 HR club that now boasts 50 members. But, it’s not...
• 9/6 For Baseball Junkies: Blue Jays All-Time Team v.2012: Last year's team can be seen here.The Blue Jays don't have a lengthy history but in their 33 years of existence they have...
• 9/1 mlbreports.com : The Boston Red Sox Should be Cautious Pursuing Josh Hamilton: Saturday  September 1st, 2012 Sam Evans: By trading Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez, and Josh Beckett, the Red Sox created a lot...

• 8/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Ya gotta believe: Five things the Mets can do to contend in 2013: As a New York Mets fan, one can often feel like something of a punching bag. First of all, we live in close proximity to the Yankees,...
• 8/8 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 110: Loss to Marlins: Marlins 4 Mets 2 Fish fry Mets in Flushing. Mets Game Notes This was a mostly uneventful, dare I say boring, ballgame —...
• 8/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: The Road Back To The Show- Interview With C.J. Nitkowski: In 1995 C.J. Nitkowski earned his first major league win as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, some 17 years later Nitkowski has...

• 7/28 Mets360.com: For Mets fans, it could always be worse: Dear Mets Fans, As the season seems to implode in upon itself and the Mets turn from fringe underdog sensations to the bunch of...
• 7/25 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 2008 Carlos Delgado:  2008 TOPPS SILK CARLOS DELGADO The first baseball-player silks were distributed by tobacco companies in the early part of the...
• 7/1 Mets360.com: Omar Minaya, Sandy Alderson share credit for 2012 Mets success: This year has been a lot of fun for the Mets and their fans. Expectations were low coming into the season and the Mets have instead...

• 6/17 High Heat Stats: Two by two: Pedro Alvarez homers twice for the second game in a row: Pedro Alvarez, in photos from the last two days, approaching home plate after homering. Photos are courtesy of US Presswire. Pedro...
• 6/13 Mets Are Better Than Sex: The Rearview Mirror: So much for hoping the Yankees would do for Ike Davis what they did for Carlos Delgado after a poor start to his season. The same...
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• 6/2 NY Baseball Digest: For the Love of the Game: “And you know Steve you get the feeling that Billy Chapel isn’t pitching against left handers, he isn’t pitching...
• 6/1 MetsToday.com: Would Carlos Beltran Be This Good as a Met?: Remember this guy? He was the 7-year, $119M man in Flushing until last July, when he became the bait for Zack Wheeler. Today,...

• 5/30 James Smyth Broadcast: All-Time Bluefield Team - Armando Benitez: Next up on the All-Time Bluefield-to-the-Bigs Team is reliever Armando Benitez. This two-time All-Star ranks 25th on the all-time...
• 5/28 High Heat Stats: Quiz – Heavy Hitters: I’ve given you guys some really tough quizzes in the last while, so here’s an easier one (I think). After the jump...
• 5/22 NY Baseball Digest: David Wright and Leadership: Even after last night’s disappointing lost to Cincinnati, the Mets are a surprising 20-17 on the season. Considering their...
• 5/18 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Toronto Blue Jays: Time for 1977′s other expansion team to get the Rushmore treatment. Let’s get started. First of all, can you guess...
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• 5/12 Bus League Baseball: Four Homer Games Are Fun, But Will No One Think of the Pitchers?: I don’t remember exactly how I arrived at this idea, but at some point after Josh Hamilton’s four-homerun game last week I...
• 5/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Josh Hamilton's Big Night: On Tuesday night, Josh Hamilton accomplished something only 15 other major league players have ever done, a feat nobody...
• 5/10 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 31: Win Over Phillies: Mets 10 Phillies 5 If someone told you two months ago that the Mets would sweep the Phillies in Philadelphia to push them even...
• 5/10 For Baseball Junkies: Josh Hamilton - 4 Homer Games Trivia and Bizarre Foreshadowing: Josh Hamilton became the sixteenth player in baseball history to hit four home runs in a single game last night, belting four...

• 4/26 NY Baseball Digest: Wright Facing Similar Crossroad as Strawberry: David Wright set a historic team record last night when he homered off Mark Buehrle to give the Mets a 2-1 lead, a game they ultimately...
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• 4/19 Baseball Musings: Granderson in the Eighth: Curtis Granderson is schedule to bat third in the bottom of the eighth inning, coming to the plate with three home runs and a...
• 4/17 High Heat Stats: Matt Kemp Is Off to One of the Best Power Starts Ever: Led by their marquis slugger Matt Kemp, the Dodgers have the best record in baseball 10 games into the season. Kemp’s 6...
• 4/11 NY Baseball Digest: Ozzie’s Comments Make Long Odds of Miami Baseball Even Longer: Ozzie Guillen makes stupid and inappropriate statements. I don’t think there is any way to sugarcoat his behavior over...
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• 3/18 NY Baseball Digest: Taking Small Pleasures in a Challenging Season: If you listen to the mainstream media, there appears to be no reason to watch the 2012 New York Mets. Some pundits (Michael Kay-...

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• 12/12 WasWatching: 2+ Seasons Of Isolated Power >=.260 Since 2004: Since 2004, how many players have qualified for the batting title in 2+ seasons while posting an Isolated Power mark of .260...
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• 10/31 NY Baseball Digest: Behind the Bullpen Management: We argue about the utilization of bullpens here all the time. It’s probably the most important and difficult part of managing...
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• 10/20 MetsToday.com: More What Ifs in Mets Hot Tub History: This week there’s been far too much buzz about the fact that postseason superstar Nelson Cruz was once property of the Mets...
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• 9/20 NY Baseball Digest: Retire Enter Sandman, Yanks Control Rays Destiny, Is NY Right for David, Looking Back ’96: We have waxed poetic about Mariano Rivera for days now. I don’t think there is anything else left to say about his impact...
• 9/19 NY Baseball Digest: Mets Rebuilding Must Begin with the Trading of David Wright: It’s difficult to look at a team who has managed to remain close to .500 all season despite getting nothing from your staff...
• 9/19 NY Baseball Digest: Colon/Hughes/Burnett, Wright’s Beaning, Role of Media in Locker-Room: A decision has to be made soon about the Yankees postseason rotation. We probably won’t hear anything until the team clinches,...
• 9/15 NY Baseball Digest: What Is Your Favorite Old Ballpark? Honoring Torre, Wright’s Crossroad and Friendly Neighborhood: Last night the SNY booth was discussing old ballparks and it gave me the idea to reach out to my Twitter and Facebook followers...
• 9/12 Bay City Ball: Splash Hits: Ever since the Giants opened their gorgeous home in 2000, they’ve been counting balls that reach McCovey Cove on the fly...
• 9/4 Yankees Daily: Jeter with five RBI helps Yankees sweep the Blue Jays: NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter tied a career high with five RBIs, CC Sabathia earned his 19th win and the New York Yankees...
• 9/4 Crashburn Alley: Searching for True Power: In the ceaseless quest to identify players with the most raw pop, isolated power, or ISO, is a frequently cited metric, as you’ve...

• 8/31 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 134: Win Over Marlins: Mets 3 Marlins 2 It took most of the year, but the Mets finally figured out how to beat the Fish. And with this win, they just...
• 8/31 NY Baseball Digest: Saltalamacchia’s Comments No Different than What You Hear at HOF: Jarrod Saltalamacchia uttered the dreaded “L” word when discussing Francisco Cervelli‘s antics last night....
• 8/30 B-R Blog: Recap Lite: Monday 8/29/2011: -- Tim Lincecum's streak of 9 straight starts with at least 6 IP and no more than 2 runs allowed dissolved in an unprecedented...
• 8/29 Neurotic Sports Fan: Debate: AL MVP?: Mitc**** Let’s face the facts: the AL MVP race is simply much more intriguing than that of the NL. There are several players...
• 8/29 B-R Blog: 500 Career Games With AB < 5 Times RBI: How many batters have at least 500 career games and, during their career, have their AB totals be less than 5 times their career...
• 8/27 Mets360.com: Just what is Jose Reyes’ and David Wright’s future with the Mets?: A lot has been made this week about David Wright being placed on waivers. The thing is many players-and even stars- go through...
• 8/23 MetsToday.com: Mets Birthdays: The Francos: Happy Birthday John Franco! Today is the 51st birthday of one of the most beloved Mets, Brooklyn-born John Franco. He wore the...
• 8/13 For Baseball Junkies: All-Time Carlos Team: In our ever-attempting quest to come up with off beat and odd all time teams, we developed one dedicated to the Chuck's! I've...
• 8/12 B-R Blog: Most Natural Golden Sombreros: Since 1919, who has the most games, of 9-innings of less, where they whiffed 4+ times in the contest? Here is the list - Rk Player...
• 8/7 B-R Blog: Teammates with simultaneous 20-game hitting streaks: Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman both extended their hitting streaks Saturday, to 27 games and 20 games, respectively. It's the first...
• 8/3 NY Baseball Digest: Selig’s Plan to Stop the Yankees, Frustrating Fish, Arthur Rhodes, Importance of Lucas Duda: Freakonomics conducted a  Quorum. We rounded up a handful of sports economists and asked them the following question: What proposed...

• 7/31 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Rockies ruin Ubaldo’s exit: Ubaldo Jimenez will have mixed feelings about his six-year tenure with the Colorado Rockies. The fond memories will be of manager...
• 7/31 B-R Blog: 13 Or More 5+ RBI Games Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players have 13+ games in their career with 5+ RBI? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B...
• 7/23 NY Baseball Digest: Hughes/Nova Swap, Last Look at ’06, Wright’s Future at 3b, DH as a Skill: Phil Hughes was handed a 14-2 lead last night and couldn’t make it out of the fifth. Nothing would frustrate me more as...
• 7/13 Mets360.com: Francisco Rodriguez deal signifies the end of an era: Early this morning the Mets got out from a big 2012 contractual obligation by trading Francisco Rodriguez and cash to the Milwaukee...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ Games Of aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5: Fooling around with Play Index, I asked it show me players with the most games where: aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5...
• 7/5 For Baseball Junkies: All-Time Blue Jays Team: The Toronto Blue Jays formed in 1977 as an expansion of the American League. In their 33 year history, they have won 2 World Series...
• 7/5 B-R Blog: 22+ HR In Team’s First 81 Games Since 1969: Since 1969, how many players have hit at least 22 HR in his team's first 81 games of the season? Here is the list - Rk Player...

• 6/13 B-R Blog: 265+ HR Through Age 31 Season: How many players in baseball history have hit at least 265 homeruns through the season in which they were age 31?  Here's the...
• 6/9 NY Baseball Digest: Hey Yanks, the Mets are Your Savior: The Yankees losing Joba Chamberlain will not stop them from making the playoffs. The bullpen should still be able to navigate...

• 5/27 B-R Blog: 8 or More Total Bases in Consecutive Games, since 2006: Carl Crawford became the 2nd hitter this year with consecutive games of at least 8 total bases, joining (no surprise) Jose Bautista....
• 5/24 NY Baseball Digest: Why Jason Bay Was a Recognizable Mistake: The Mets needed a slugger. Since a bad hip ended Carlos Delgado‘s career in 2009 the Mets have lacked a legitimate cleanup...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Last Season For 400-HR Club Members: Ever wonder what the last season looked like for each member of the 400-career HR club? Here they are: Rk Player OPS+ Year Age...
• 5/16 MLBlogs: The 26th Man: Marlin Lefties?: MLB Network has just informed me that Chris Coghlan tonight became the first left-handed hitter to homer for the Marlins this...
• 5/16 MLBlogs: The 26th Man: Marlin Lefties?: MLB Network has just informed me that Chris Coghlan tonight became the first left-handed hitter to homer for the Marlins this...
• 5/12 NY Baseball Digest: Managing Expectations With David Wright: Recently, many fans have been critical of the play of David Wright. Before you completely lose perspective on his current slow...
• 5/9 B-R Blog: 3+ Seasons With 700+ PA & OPS+ >= 100: How many players have 3+ seasons of 700+ PA with an OPS+ of 100 or better? Here's the list: Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Pete Rose...

• 4/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Hall of Fame Standards: Chipper Jones and the RBI: This is a series to establish what the Hall of Fame standard is for each category and if it affects enshrinement into the Hall....
• 4/26 Mets360.com: Ike Davis takes aim at Mets’ first base records: Ike Davis is off to a great start this year, with a .316/.407/.579 slash line. Over at ESPN, they use what the player has done...
• 4/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Deface Of A Franchise: David Wright is the Mets most valuable asset on and off the field. He’s their recognizable star; an upstanding citizen;...
• 4/18 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Yankees, Crede, D'Backs: Links for Monday night, as recently promoted Dodgers prospect Jerry Sands doubles in his first MLB at bat... As Joel Sherman...
• 4/17 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at some of the original analysis and reporting MLBTR's writing team delivered this week.. Days after announcing...
• 4/17 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 4/10/11 - 4/16/11: Time for our weekly look back at the highlights here on MLBTR: After months of hearing about it, we finally saw the Red Sox...
• 4/16 NY Baseball Digest: Delgado’s Playing Era and Politics Will Keep Him Out of Hall: Make that two superstars from the nineties walking away from the game. Less than a week after Manny Ramirez took his bat and went...
• 4/14 MLBTradeRumors: Carlos Delgado Talks Career, Retirement: When Carlos Delgado cracked the Blue Jays’ Opening Day roster 17 years ago, the two-time defending World Champions knew the...
• 4/14 The Writer's Journey: The next Blue Jay in the Hall of Fame?: Manny Ramirez retired a couple of days ago, and the baseball world was (for some reason) shocked. Carlos Delgado officially announced...
• 4/12 MLBTradeRumors: Carlos Delgado To Announce Retirement: Carlos Delgado will announce his retirement tomorrow, tweets Noel Pineiro of El Nuevo Día. Back in February, Delgado told MLB.com's...
• 4/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Carlos Delgado retiring1B Carlos Delgado (Red Sox) is retiring from baseball, reports Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com....[+] 1B Carlos Delgado (Red Sox) is retiring from baseball, reports Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com.

• 3/30 B-R Blog: On Base 4+ Times In Game 1 – Three Times Or More: Since 1919, how many batters have reached base 4+ times in his team's first game of the season, three times or more in his career?...
• 3/27 B-R Blog: Runs and RBI equal: (This is a total frivolous post.) Here are the most runs scored in a season since 1901 for a player with an identical number of...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Fred McGriff and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Jeff Bagwell and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 3/9 B-R Blog: Opening Day 4-hit games: Here are the fellas to have at least 4 hits in his team's first game of the year, going back the last 10 seasons: Rk Player Date...
• 3/1 Baseball Musings: Mauer on Montero: Joe Brescia interviews Joe Mauer about being a big catcher, and how Jesus Montero should handle the nay-sayers: Some baseball...

• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Beltran, Cox, Vazquez: On this date five years ago, the Mets signed Pedro Feliciano, who had spent the previous season playing for the **** SoftBank...
• 2/28 B-R Blog: Batter Games With RE24 = 6+ Since 1973: Since 1973, here are the games where a batter's RE24 for the contest was 6 or better. The list - Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA...
• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/26 Mets360.com: Isringhausen: Potential Feel Good Story of 2011 or Waste of Time?: There are many who seem to be enamored by the arrival of Jason Isringhausen to the New York Mets spring training facilities. Others...
• 2/21 NY Baseball Digest: Lucas Duda Provides Important Depth: When we did our annual Top 50 Mets prospects, Lucas Duda came in at number 7 after a breakout 2010 that saw him jump three levels....
• 2/20 Mets360.com: Comparing Jason Bay and other Mets free agent hitters: When the Mets signed Jason Bay, he was going to be the slugger in the middle of the lineup who essentially replaced Carlos Delgado...
• 2/17 Crashburn Alley: Graph of the Intermittent Time Period: On Twitter, one of my followers (@Slap_Bet) linked me to the active leaders in hit-by-pitches on Baseball Reference. Although...
• 2/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Urban Answers on Donaldson and Delgado: Today Mychael Urban did an online chat at CSNBayArea.com and I was able to sneak in two questions, one I’ve pondered for...
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Delgado Working Out, Return Date Unknown: There's a simple reason Carlos Delgado doesn't have any contract offers in hand. Delgado, who is working to return from a series...
• 2/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rumors: Yankees Would be Willing to Sign Washburn to Minor League Deal: Via Joel Sherman of the NY Post: Since the Yankees have been shopping in the vintage aisle, I decided yesterday to check...
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Notes: Delgado, Washburn, Pavano: The latest on the Yankees from Joel Sherman of the New York Post, as the Bronx Bombers trickle down to Florida for the start of...
• 2/8 NY Baseball Digest: Wright’s Leadership Starts With Play: I am glad to see David Wright taking a “put up or shut up” stance about the 2011 Mets with the NY Post’s Kevin...
• 2/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Carlos Delgado working his way into shape: Free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Red Sox) (hip) is still recovering from surgery on his left hip, but feels it is just a matter of...[+] time before he returns to the big leagues, reports Jesse Sanchez, of MLB.com. 'If I am healthy, I will find a way,' Delgado said. 'I know how to play. I don't want to retire. The reason why I put myself through three surgeries in 18 months is because I want to play. Otherwise, I would have just hung it up.' Delgado appeared in five games for Triple-A Pawtucket in the Boston Red Sox organization in August, but had discomfort and was forced to have a third hip surgery in September. He has not appeared in the major leagues since May 10, 2009.
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Delgado Hopes To Return By Spring Training: MONDAY, 7:41pm: Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes reports that Delgado has not received any offers yet (on Twitter). He'll likely...
• 2/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Carlos Delgado working out: Free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (hip) has been swinging a bat and participating in a running program as he attempts to return to...[+] baseball, according to MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez. 'The rehab is coming along, and I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing,' Delgado said. 'I would say within the next couple of weeks I will have a better idea of when I'm going to be ready because we are going to start sprinting a little bit and I'm going to take batting practice a little bit more often. Right now, it's every other day or every two days just because you just go gradually into it.'

• 1/31 Mets360.com: An interview with Mets LHP Taylor Tankersley: One of my freelance jobs is working as the official scorer for the Copperheads in the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate...
• 1/28 Baseball Daily Digest: First Rays of the New Rising Season: The most successful salary purge in history stole the headlines last week, overshadowing the Rays’ two-headed signing of AL...
• 1/14 NY Baseball Digest: The Mets Killer in Photos: As you may already know the Mets signed backup outfielder Willie Harris to a minor league deal. Last year, with Washington, Harris...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...
• 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Garza, Angels, Delgado, Yankees: In today's blog post at ESPN (Insider req'd), Buster Olney solicited the opinions of various talent evaluators about yesterday's...
• 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Garcia, Delgado, Nationals, Rockies: Happy birthday to the Big Cat, Johnny Mize!  The Hall-of-Famer was born on January 7, 1913 in Demorest, Georgia.  Other notable...

• 12/7 B-R Blog: What to expect from Adrian Gonzalez: As Adrian Gonzalez heads to the Red Sox, let's take a look at his career so far and guess about what we might expect going forward....

• 11/22 The Captain's Blog: All That Glitters Isn’t Silver: MVPs Who Failed to Win a Silver Slugger: Joey Votto was named the 2010 NL MVP with a commanding 31 of 32 first place votes. Finishing a distant second was Albert Pujols,...
• 11/17 The Biz of Baseball: Transaction Action: Marlins Agree on 3-yr, $18 Million Deal with John Buck: Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal tweets that the Marlins will sign free agent catcher John Buck to a three-year, $18 million contract....
• 11/17 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins Reach Agreement With John Buck: The Marlins made an early strike to fill their need for a starting catcher, agreeing to a three-year, $18MM deal with John Buck...
• 11/16 NY Baseball Digest: Mets Should Sign Hudson to Play 2B: So the Mets – and their fans – have had enough of Luis Castillo playing second base. One alternative that has been mentioned...
• 11/16 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins Working Hard To Sign John Buck?: The Marlins are working hard to sign free agent catcher John Buck, an official from another team told Ed Price of AOL FanHouse...
• 11/3 MLBTradeRumors: Puerto Rican Links: Beltran, Delgado, Listach: 'Tis the season for Puerto Rican players to head back to the island for winter ball and home cooking. Links are in Spanish... At...

• 10/17 B-R Blog: Multi-HR post-season games: Cody Ross became the first guy in 2010 to have a multi-homer post-season game. Here are the guys to do it in the last 5 seasons:...
• 10/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado wants to play in 2011: Updating previous reports, Boston Red Sox 1B Carlos Delgado (hip) underwent a hip procedure in Colorado about 2 1/2 weeks ago...[+] and is currently rehabbing, according to Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe. Agent David Sloane said Delgado believes he can play during the 2011 season.
• 10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo's Latest: Stairs, Pierzynski, Inge, Berkman: Let's round up the highlights from Nick Cafardo's Sunday column for the Boston Globe.... One AL executive tells Cafardo that...
• 10/5 NY Baseball Digest: Don’t Tell Me, Show Me: Fred and Jeff Wilpon did their best to say the right words yesterday. They talked about their passion for the team, the need to...
• 10/4 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Relieve Omar Minaya, Jerry Manuel Of Duties: The Mets relieved GM Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel of duties, according to a press release.  Minaya will stay on in some...
• 10/1 Baseball Musings: New York Shakeup: Sports Illustrated is reporting the end of the season dismissal of Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel as more than a rumor: The Mets...

• 9/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado has tear in hip: Boston Red Sox 1B Carlos Delgado (hip) has been diagnosed with a small tear in his left hip, according to the Boston Herald's...[+] Scott Lauber. Delgado is expected to review treatment options Friday, Sept. 3, and surgery is not being ruled out. He underwent two surgeries on his right hip in the last year.
• 9/2 B-R Blog: 10 Games Of 10+ TB: How many batters since 1920 have 10+ games where they had 10+ TB in the contest? Here's the answer: From 1920 to 2010, Games requiring...
• 9/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado undergoes MRI: Boston Red Sox 1B Carlos Delgado (hip), who is currently on the disabled list in the minors, underwent an MRI exam Wednesday,...[+] Sept. 1, that came back negative, according to ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes. Delgado was also injected with cortisone. It is unlikely that the team will recall Delgado.
• 9/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado visiting with doctor: Boston Red Sox 1B Carlos Delgado (hip) is experiencing pain in his 'good' hip and will visit with a surgeon, according to ESPNBoston.com's...[+] Gordon Edes.

• 8/29 Mets Merized: Carlos Beltran Will Be Missed When He’s Gone: There was an article by Mike Puma in yesterday’s NY Post that caught my attention.  Mr. Puma states that Jeff Wilpon wants...
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado injured: Boston Red Sox 1B Carlos Delgado (hip, back) was put on the disabled list at Triple-A Pawtucket with a sore left hip and lower...[+] back, The Boston Globe's Peter Abraham reports.
• 8/22 Mets Merized: What If Carlos Beltran Never Got Hurt?: I read a solid article entitled “What If Billy Wagner Never Got Hurt?” by Brian Joura of Mets 360. Brian not only...
• 8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Heilman, Overbay, Delgado, Reds: As Nationals fans cross their fingers about Stephen Strasburg, here's some news from around the majors... Aaron Heilman...
• 8/21 TetreaultVision: Bloguin Baseball Round-Up August 22-23, 2010: Another weekend of fantastic baseball and here's what Bloguin's bloggers are saying about it After a particularly rough outing,...
• 8/20 Bus League Baseball: The Professional 500 Homerun Club: The other night, I found myself wondering what would happen if we took the career totals of the top homerun hitters in major league...
• 8/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado injured in minors: Boston Red Sox 1B Carlos Delgado (back) left the game with Triple-A Pawtucket Sunday, Aug. 15, with stiffness in his lower back...[+] near his left hip, according to ESPNBoston.com's Steven Krasner. It was Delgado's second start at first base in the minors, serving as the designated hitter in his other three games.
• 8/14 B-R Blog: Post 1919 Batters With Most 3+ HR Games: Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in the Yankees game this evening. Since 1920, heading into today, which players had the most...
• 8/13 MLBTradeRumors: Gammons On Papelbon, Ramirez, Overbay: The venerable Peter Gammons appeared on WEEI's The Big Show to discuss a few Red Sox-related hot stove topics.  WEEI.com's Sam...
• 8/13 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Royals, Rays, Burrell: On this date 41 years ago, Major League owners unanimously elected Bowie Kuhn to a seven-year term as commissioner. It was under...
• 8/12 MLBTradeRumors: Lyle Overbay Clears Waivers: Lyle Overbay cleared waivers, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. The first baseman has about $2MM remaining on his contract...
• 8/11 Call to the Pen: What’s Next: Dustin Pedroia, Cito Gaston, Don Wakamatsu, and More: The Boston Red Sox have been battling injuries all year long. Actually, every team in baseball have faced injuries, but Boston...
• 8/9 B-R Blog: The Cycle of Baseball: Garret Anderson, Jay Gibbons, and Carlos Delgado: Players come and go all the time in Major League Baseball--it's all one big cycle. Click through for some notable recent changes. Garret...
• 8/9 Call to the Pen: Fishing Around: Oh Canada! J.P. Arencibia!: J.P. Arencibia made his major league debut yesterday and oh what a debut it was for the Toronto Blue Jays!  He went 4-5 with...
• 8/8 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Morrow, Goodnight, Guillen, Delgado: Some links to check out as Brandon Morrow just misses no-hitting the Rays... Morrow told FOX Sports' Jim Bowden (Twitter...
• 8/8 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Lee, Brewers, Repko, Delgado: Saturday night linkage.. Rangers hurler Cliff Lee says that he isn't thinking about his impending free agency, writes Jeff Wilson...
• 8/7 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Dunn, Red Sox, Rays, Reds: Let's dive into the latest edition of Full Count by Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.. Rival executives still can't figure out what...
• 8/7 The UpperCard Network: Full Count: Dunn, Lowell, Reds, Rays: FOX Sports.Com’s Ken Rosenthal has the latest on future moves in baseball in his latest edition of Full Count: Teams are...
• 8/7 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Receiving Interest In Chris DavisThe Rangers are getting "much trade interest" in first baseman Chris Davis, writes T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com. ...
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado signs minor league deal: The Boston Red Sox have reportedly agreed to terms with free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets) on a minor league deal, according...[+] to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. He will have the opportunity to become a free agent if he is not promoted to the major league roster by Sept. 1. Delgado will be paid at a rate of $20,000 per month at Triple-A Pawtucket and will receive a pro-rated portion of $3 million at the big league level. He would receive $75,000 if he is named ALCS MVP and $100,000 if he is named World Series MVP. The Red Sox have agreed not to offer Delgado arbitration.
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado impressed team in Friday workout: David Sloane, the agent for Boston Red Sox minor league 1B Carlos Delgado, said his client is expected to need 10 to 15 games...[+] at Triple-A Pawtucket before he's ready to make his return to the major leagues, according to Scott Lauber of the Boston Herald. Delgado had been staying in shape at a Long Island facility close to his Connecticut home and participated in a workout for the Red Sox inside a batting cage at Yankee Stadium Friday, Aug. 6. 'Swinging a bat, he definitely still looks like Carlos Delgado,' one person in attendance told Roger Rubin and Peter Botte of the New York Daily News. Another person claimed his swing looked right but added 'it was hitting in the cage so I'm not sure how much that means.'
• 8/7 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Agree To Deal With Carlos Delgado: The Red Sox and Carlos Delgado have reached an agreement on a minor league contract, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado reportedly signs minor league deal: The Boston Red Sox have reportedly agreed to terms with free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets) on a minor league deal, according...[+] to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. He will have the opportunity to become a free agent if he is not promoted to the major league roster by Sept. 1. Delgado will be paid at a rate of $20,000 per month at Triple-A Pawtucket and will receive a pro-rated portion of $3 million at the big league level. He would receive $75,000 if he is named ALCS MVP and $100,000 if he is named World Series MVP. The Red Sox have agreed not to offer Delgado arbitration.
• 8/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Carlos Delgado works out Friday: Free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets) worked out for the Boston Red Sox Friday, Aug. 6, and appears to be in good physical shape,...[+] according to the New York Post's Mark Hale.
• 8/6 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/6: I swear that you probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do when Daisuke Matsuzaka takes the mound for...
• 8/6 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/6: I swear that you probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do when Daisuke Matsuzaka takes the mound for...
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | To work out Carlos Delgado : The Boston Red Sox plan to work out free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets) in the next couple of days, according to the Boston Herald....[+]
• 8/5 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Looking At Left-Handed First Base Options: 7:06PM: Daric Barton could be another possible pick-up for the Sox, as Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe tweets that the Oakland...
• 8/5 My Pinstripes: Red Sox Suffer Another Blow: The Boston Red Sox have suffered one injury after another this season, but have still managed to stay within striking distance...
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Interested in Carlos Delgado: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are interested in free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets), according to ESPNChicago.com's Bruce...[+] Levine.
• 8/5 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Which Team Will Sign Carlos Delgado?: Carlos Delgado wants to make a comeback and he is drawing interest from MLB teams. The White Sox, Rockies, Mariners, Red Sox and...
• 8/5 MLBguru: Carlos Delgado: Ken Rosenthal reports this morning that veteran Carlos Delgado is starting to draw interest from several teams including the White...
• 8/5 The UpperCard Network: Delgado Drawing Interest From Multiple Teams: Carlos Delgado hasn’t played a game since May 2009, after having arthroscopic surgery on his right hip, but is drawing interest...
• 8/5 NY Baseball Digest: Wright and Reyes Aren’t the Problem: Since the Mets lost to the Cardinals in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS the following are a list of issues that prevented a return to...
• 8/5 MLBTradeRumors: Carlos Delgado Drawing Interest: The White Sox are showing interest in Carlos Delgado and are not the only potential fit for the first baseman, according to Ken...
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: White Sox | Interested in Carlos Delgado: The Chicago White Sox are interested in free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets), major-league sources say, according to FOXSports.com's...[+] Ken Rosenthal. Delgado has been offered two minor league contracts from undisclosed teams and would need a couple of weeks to get ready.
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Red Sox | Interested in Carlos DelgadoThe Boston Red Sox are a possible fit for free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets), according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal. ...[+] The Boston Red Sox are a possible fit for free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets), according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal.
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rockies | Interested in Carlos Delgado: The Colorado Rockies are a possible fit for free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets), according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal. ...[+]
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Interested in Carlos Delgado: The Seattle Mariners are a possible fit for free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets), according to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal. They...[+] want to see Delgado work out before determining whether to pursue him, a source says.
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Most HRs In 1st 2,267 Career Games: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career HR today in his 2,267th career game. Coming into today, who has hit the most HRs in their...
• 8/3 NY Baseball Digest: The Prince Fielder Debate: The Mets post All Star break slump has brought on the 2010 offseason eight weeks earlier than we would have liked. With that begins...
• 8/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Giants | Carlos Delgado not on their radar: The San Francisco Giants haven't talked to free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (Mets) since the offseason, CSNBayArea.com's Mychael Urban...[+] reports.
• 8/1 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Indians, Mariners, Gose: Sunday night linkage.. MLB.com's James Hall writes that Indians manager Manny Acta is happy to have July 31st in the rear view...

• 7/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Addressing the Yankees' areas of weakness: The Designated Hitter: The Yankees haven't bothered to address their deficiency at designated hitter since Nick Johnson went down, presumably because...
• 7/9 NY Baseball Digest: Wright Growth Off the Field Most Impressive: During a day when Cliff Lee and trade talk dominates the baseball landscape, Dave Lennon of Newsday wrote a under the radar piece...
• 7/9 MLBTradeRumors: A Look At Jesus Montero And David Adams: Jesus Montero and David Adams are likely the main prospects headed to the Mariners in exchange for Cliff Lee. So who are they?...
• 7/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Could Cliff Lee change dugouts tonight?: Joel Sherman is reporting that the Yankees are on the brink of obtaining Cliff Lee from the Mariners. I hate Joel Sherman with...
• 7/8 MLBTradeRumors: Delgado Eyeing July, Open To Minors: Carlos Delgado was in Manhattan yesterday, but don't read too much into it. So said the recuperating slugger to Puerto Rican reporter...
• 7/7 MLBTradeRumors: Astros Sign Dominican Outfielder Ariel Ovando: The Astros signed top Dominican outfield prospect Ariel Ovando, according to the team. The 16-year-old bats left-handed and plays...
• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....

• 6/24 NY Baseball Digest: Vote: NYBD Strat-O-Matic Mets All Star 1B: Keith Hernandez Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 1986 32 149 652 551 94 171 34 1 13 83 2 1 94...
• 6/5 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Orioles, Diamondbacks, Delgado: In today's blog post at ESPN, Buster Olney says a question being asked by some is whether the Orioles' constant losing is infecting...

• 5/30 B-R Blog: Three homers for Pujols: Albert Pujols just hit his 3rd homer of the game today. That's his 4th career 3-HR game. Here are the first three: Rk Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos....
• 5/30 MLBTradeRumors: How Will Angels Replace Morales?: Following one of the more unusual injuries in recent years, the Angels now face the problem of how to replace their most productive...
• 5/29 B-R Blog: Miguel Cabrera’s 3 HR in a loss: Yesterday Miguel Cabrera hit 3 HR in a game that the Tigers lost. Below is the list of all times this has been done. The most...
• 5/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Carlos Delgado aiming for July return: Free-agent 1B Carlos Delgado (hip) is aiming for a July return from his second hip surgery, according to Puerto Rican newspaper...[+] El Nuevo Dia. He's off crutches and will travel to Colorado seeking doctor's approval before beginning a strengthening program.
• 5/17 MLBTradeRumors: Delgado Aiming For July Return: Nearly three months after undergoing his second right hip labrum surgery in the last year, Carlos Delgado is finally off crutches...
• 5/15 MLBlogs: The 26th Man: Marlin Lefties?: MLB Network has just informed me that Chris Coghlan tonight became the first left-handed hitter to homer for the Marlins this...
• 5/8 MLBTradeRumors: Teams That Could Look For An Upgrade At DH: Designated hitter usually isn't a position that you'll see teams go out and spend big bucks to fill. Most of the 14 AL clubs...

• 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: The Latest On The Unsigned Position Players: After recapping the most recent news on some remaining free agent starting pitchers yesterday, let's focus on the bats today....