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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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 [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Baseball Calendar
Through Jan 15 – Salary arbitration filing. Jan. 13-14 – Owners meetings, Paradise Valley, Ariz. Jan. 19 – Exchange of salary arbitration figures. Feb. 1-21 – Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla. Feb. 18 – Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players. Feb. 23 – Voluntary reporting date for other players. March 2 [...]
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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 [...]
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Yankees bring back starter Mitre for 1 year, $850K
Pitcher Sergio Mitre and the New York Yankees have agreed to an $850,000, one-year contract that leaves the team with two players eligible for salary arbitration. New York had declined a $1.25 million option on the right-hander, who was not on the Yankees postseason roster. Mitre, who turns 29 next month, had elbow ligament replacement [...]
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