Archive for January, 2010
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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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 [...]
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