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Mariners, Bedard agree to one-year deal
Free-agent left-hander Erik Bedard is coming back to the Seattle Mariners.
General manager Jack Zduriencik announced Saturday morning the team and the oft-injured 30-year-old agreed to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2011.
The contract is expected to have a base salary a fraction of the $7.75 million Bedard made last season, and it would [...]
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Reyes running full speed, feels great
After missing most of the 2009 season with persistent leg injuries, New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes is ready and raring to go for 2010.
Reyes, who appeared in only 36 games last season, showed off the progress hes made in regaining his health on Monday, running sprints at a Long Island athletic training facility and [...]
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Brewers to keep Bush with one-year, $4.2M deal
Dave Bush and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a one-year contract for $4,215,000.
With the deal Monday, the sides averted an arbitration hearing. Bush can make an additional $110,000 in performance bonuses.
The right-hander went 5-9 with a 6.38 ERA in 21 starts and one relief appearance last season, when he made $4 million. He struggled [...]
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Angels, Izturis agree to 3-year, $10M deal
Infielder Maicer Izturis and the Los Angeles Angels have reached agreement on a three-year, $10 million contract and avoided going to arbitration.
The 29-year-old Izturis set career highs last season by hitting .300 with eight home runs and 65 RBIs. He has mostly split his time between shortstop and second base.
Izturis made $1.6 million last year [...]
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Giants ace Lincecum eyes record $$ in arbitration
A new baseball standard could be on the verge of falling a financial one.
On Tuesday, Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum submitted an arbitration claim for $13 million in salary for the 2010 season. The team countered by filing at $8 million.
If the teams settle at the midpoint before the February hearings, Lincecum will receive [...]
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MLB umpires ratify five-year contract
Major league umpires Monday night overwhelmingly ratified a new five-year contract that included increased flexibility on postseason assignments.
The contract, which runs through 2014, does away with the prohibition against umpires working the World Series in consecutive seasons, a provision some in the union originally found difficult to digest.
Management sought to add that language after a [...]
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Lackey excited to put on Sox;Prized hurler hoping to be a great fit in a dominant rotation
There was a time John Lackey wanted to see Fenway Park reduced to rubble, but that all changed one balmy night in July 2008.
Thats when his Back Bay fortunes took a U-turn, and the pitcher who had seen nothing but frustration in his seven previous starts in Boston suddenly became untouchable.
Lackey had a no-hitter going [...]
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Pirates sign Carrasco to minor league contract
Right-handed reliever D J Carrasco has signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates after the Chicago White Sox declined to offer him a contract.
Carrasco, 32, led all AL relievers with 89 1/3 innings pitched while going 5-1 with a 3.76 ERA in 49 games last season. Right-hander Brian Bass, second among AL relievers [...]
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Reds and RHP Nick Masset agree to 2-year contract
Right-handed reliever Nick Masset and the Cincinnati Reds agreed to a $2,58 million, two-year contract on Saturday, avoiding salary arbitration.
Masset went 5-1 with a 2.37 ERA in a team-high 74 appearances last season. In two seasons with Cincinnati, the 27-year-old pitcher is 6-1 with a 2.32 ERA.
“Were pleased we were able to get a deal [...]
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Beltran has knee surgery, will miss Mets opener
This year, the New York Mets are hurting before the season even starts.
Carlos Beltran had surgery on his troublesome right knee Wednesday and the All-Star center fielder is expected to miss the start of the season. His decision to have the operation also sparked a dispute about whether he had received permission from the team, [...]
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