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| Padres sign Gerut to one-year deal |
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12/19/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Padres have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with outfielder Jody Gerut, the club announced Friday. The terms were not disclosed. Gerut hit .296 with 14 home runs and 43 runs batted in through 100 games last season for the Padres. The 31-year-old owns a lifetime .271 average with 48 homers and 183 RBI in 420 career games with Cleveland, the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Padres. |
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| Ex-Astros pitcher Smith passes away |
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12/18/2008 |
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| Houston, TX (MySportsbook) - Former Houston Astros reliever Dave Smith died on Wednesday from an apparent heart attack. He was 53. Smith spent most of his career (1980-90) playing for Houston and he also pitched two years for the Chicago Cubs (1991-92). A two-time All-Star, he compiled a record of 53-53 with a 2.67 ERA and 216 saves over 609 games. After his playing career, Smith served as a pitching coach for the San Diego Padres. He holds the Astros record for games pitched (586) and saves (199). |
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| Cubs promote Sandberg to Double-A skipper |
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12/17/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg has been promoted and will manage the Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate in Tennessee for the 2009 season. Sandberg's first managerial assignment came at Single-A Peoria, where he guided the club to a record of 131-146-1 in two seasons. The 49-year old Sandberg was one of the greatest players in the Cubs storied history. A 10-time National League All-Star and a nine-time Gold Glove Award winner at second base, he retired from the Cubs f |
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| Cubs add speedster Gathright |
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12/16/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs signed speedy outfielder Joey Gathright on Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not released. Gathright played last season with the Kansas City Royals, but they did not offer him a contract for the coming season. He appeared in 105 games for the Royals, hitting .254 with 41 runs scored. He also stole 21 bases in 25 attempts. The 27-year-old Gathright, who broke into the majors with Tampa Bay in 2004, is career .263 hitter with 78 stolen bases in 408 games for the |
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| Indians officially sign pitcher Kerry Wood |
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12/13/2008 |
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| ract were not released, although reports put the two-year total at nearly $20 million with a vesting option for the third season. 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 to a 3.26 earned run average. He finished the year 5-4 and struck out 84 batters in 66 1/3 innings. Wood, who was selected by Chicago with the fourth overall pick of the 1995 draft, was |
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| Cubs sign Gaudin |
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12/13/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs and pitcher Chad Gaudin agreed to a one-year contract on Friday, thus avoiding arbitration. Per club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gaudin, 25, was acquired last season by the Cubs from the Oakland Athletics in a six-player deal on July 8. The right-hander went 5-3 with a 3.59 earned run average in 26 games (six starts) with the A's and posted a 4-2 record with a 6.26 ERA in 24 relief appearances with the NL Central champion Cubs. The |
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| Blue Jays sign Clement |
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12/12/2008 |
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| Clement to a minor league contract on Friday with an invitation to spring training. Clement, 34, has not pitched in the majors since 2006 because of shoulder problems. The Butler Township, Pennsylvania native signed with the Cardinals last winter, but was released in August after appearing in 16 contests over three minor league levels. Clement is 87-86 with a 4.47 earned run average in nine big league seasons with San Diego, Florida, the Chicago Cubs and Boston. He was an All-Star in 2005 with the Red Sox. |
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| Athletics agree to terms with C Bowen |
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12/12/2008 |
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| to terms with catcher Rob Bowen on a one-year contract, thus avoiding salary arbitration. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bowen appeared in just 37 games last season as the backup for Kurt Suzuki and batted .176 with a homer and nine runs batted in. He started 25 games behind the plate. The 27-year-old switch-hitter joined the Athletics in July 2007 and is a career .209 hitter with nine homers and 43 RBI in 216 games over five seasons with Oakland, Minnesota, San Diego and the Chicago Cubs. |
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| Young chosen first in MLB's Rule 5 Draft |
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12/11/2008 |
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| lly Taveras and Shane Victorino. NO. TEAM: PLAYER POS OLD TEAM --- ---- ------ --- -------- 1. Washington Terrell Young RHP Cincinnati 2. Seattle Reggie Corona SS/2B NY Yankees 3. San Diego Everth Cabrera SS/2B Colorado 4. Pittsburgh Donald Veal LHP Chicago Cubs 5. Baltimore Lou Palmisano C Milwaukee * 6. San Francisco Luis Perdomo RHP St. Louis 8. Cincinnati David Patton RHP Colorado - X 9. Detroit Kyle Bloom LHP Pittsburgh 11. Kansas City Jose Lugo LHP Minnesota - Y 12. Oakland Ben Copeland OF San Francis |
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| Report: Indians agree to deal with Wood |
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12/10/2008 |
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| 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 to a 3.26 earned run average. He finished the year 5-4 and struck out 84 batters in 66 1/3 innings. Wood, who was selected by Chicago with the fourth overall pick of the 1995 draft, was |
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