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| Mets get Putz from Seattle in three-team deal |
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12/11/2008 |
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| Las Vegas, NV (BettingExpress) - The New York Mets have acquired relief pitcher J.J. Putz from the Seattle Mariners in a three-team trade that also involves the Cleveland Indians. In the 12-player deal, which marked the first for new Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik, the Mets will receive Putz, who has recorded 101 saves in his six seasons with the Mariners. Also going to New York is pitcher Sean Green and outfielder Jeremy Reed, both from Seattle. The deal comes only hours after the Mets officially sig |
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| Embree on verge of signing with Rox |
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12/10/2008 |
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| Embree, who will be 39 when the season starts, appeared in 70 games for the Oakland Athletics last season, posting a 2-5 mark to go along with a 4.96 earned run average. He had saved 17 games for the A's in 2007. A veteran of 15 major league seasons, Embree is 37-43 lifetime with 25 saves and a 4.55 ERA in 846 games, four of which have been starts, for the Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and A's. |
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| Report: Indians agree to deal with Wood |
MLB Baseball |
12/10/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (BettingExpress) - The Cleveland Indians have reportedly signed right-handed reliever Kerry Wood to a two-year contract with a vesting option for a third season according to the Chicago Tribune. Financial terms of the deal are unknown. The Detroit Tigers were also believed to be interested in signing Wood. After battling back from shoulder problems that limited him to 14 starts from 2005-07, Wood enjoyed a resurgence as the Chicago Cubs' closer this past season, as he saved 34 games, while pitching |
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| Report: Yanks nab Sabathia |
MLB Baseball |
12/10/2008 |
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| pending a physical and other minor details, sign the largest contract in pitching history at seven years for around $160 million. The 28-year-old is in the prime of his career and notched a 17-10 record with a 2.70 ERA and 251 strikeouts between the Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers last season. Sabathia got off to a rough start in 2008, going 1-5 in his first seven starts for the Indians with a 7.51 ERA. But after Milwaukee traded for him in July, Sabathia went 11-2 in 17 starts with a 1.65 ERA. In that s |
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| Indians sell contract of P Tom Mastny to Japan |
MLB Baseball |
12/09/2008 |
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| Las Vegas, NV (BettingExpress) - The Cleveland Indians have sold the contract of pitcher Tom Mastny to Yokohama of the Japanese Central League. Mastny split the 2008 season between Cleveland and Triple-A Buffalo. He was 2-2 with a 10.80 earned run average in 14 games, including one start, with the Tribe and was 2-2 with a 1.78 ERA in 28 games for Buffalo. The 27-year-old right-hander was 7-2 with a 4.68 ERA in 51 relief appearances during the 2007 season and owns a career big league mark of 9-5 with five saves |
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| Former AL MVP Joe Gordon elected to Hall of Fame |
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12/08/2008 |
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| Cooperstown, NY (BettingExpress) - Former AL MVP Joe Gordon was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Gordon, a second baseman with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians, was the only player among 20 considered -- 10 pre-1943 and 10 post-1942 -- by the veterans for election. Needing nine votes from the 12-member committee who voted on the pre-1943 ballot, Gordon received 10. That ballot featured players who began their big league careers before 1943. "We are thrilled and proud to |
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| Indians sign Ohka |
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12/05/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (BettingExpress) - The Cleveland Indians have signed right- hander Tomo Ohka to a minor league contract. Ohka hasn't pitched in the majors since 2007 when he went 2-5 with a 5.79 earned run average in 10 starts for the Toronto Blue Jays. Last year he spent the year at Triple-A Charlotte after signing with the Chicago White Sox organization during spring training Over nine major league seasons, Ohka has compiled a 50-63 mark with a 4.14 ERA in 184 games, including 172 starts, for Boston, the Montre |
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| Brewers sign P Julio |
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12/04/2008 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (BettingExpress) - The Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent relief pitcher Jorge Julio to a one-year contract on Thursday. The 29-year-old split time last season between the Cleveland Indians and the Atlanta Braves, going 3-0 with a 3.60 earned-run average in 27 appearances out of the bullpen. He was released by the Indians on June 2 before signing a minor-league deal with the Braves on June 14. The right-hander was called up by Atlanta in September and responded by posting a 3-0 mark with a 0.73 E |
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| Mariners name pitching, bullpen coaches |
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12/03/2008 |
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| hitting coach slots still undetermined. Adair, 50, joins the Mariners after serving the last four seasons as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Texas Rangers. Adair had two previous stints as a major league pitching coach, working for the Cleveland Indians in 1992 and 1993 and the Detroit Tigers from September 12, 1996 through the 1999 campaign. Wetteland, 42, was the Washington Nationals bullpen coach in 2006. Wetteland amassed a 48-45 record with 330 saves and 2.93 earned run average in 618 career g |
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| Giants ink Howry to one-year deal |
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12/03/2008 |
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| ear-old Howry, who earned $4.5 million last season, has appeared in 70 or more games in each of the last four seasons, with his 313 appearances since 2005 ranking second-most in the big leagues, one shy of Arizona's Chad Qualls. Howry is 42-43 lifetime with 66 saves, 165 holds and a 3.68 ERA in 668 games - all out of the bullpen - for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Cubs. He was actually drafted by the Giants in the fifth round back in 1994, but was shipped to the White Sox in 1997. |
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