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| Rich Garces calls it a career |
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02/17/2003 |
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| aseball. The 31-year-old Garces had signed a minor league contract with the Rockies, who placed him on the involuntary retired list on Monday. Garces spent the last seven seasons with the Boston Red Sox, and also spent time with the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins. In 2002, Garces was 0-1 with 7.59 ERA in 26 games for Boston. In 156 relief appearances from 1999 to 2001, the 31-year-old Garces went 19-3 with four saves and a 3.11 earned run average. He struck out 153 batters to just 66 walk |
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| White Sox agree to terms with Flash Gordon |
MLB Baseball |
01/20/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with free agent pitcher Tom Gordon. Gordon split the second half of the 2002 season between the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs. He was traded by the Cubs to the Astros on August 20. The 35-year-old went 1-3 with a 3.38 ERA in 34 relief appearances this past season. He missed most of the first half with a muscle tear in the back of his shoulder. Over his 14-year career, Gordon has compiled a 106-101 record with a 4 |
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| Rockies reach agreements with Hernandez and Reed |
MLB Baseball |
01/20/2003 |
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| and drove in 73 runs last season with a career-high batting average of .288. However, he also struck out 188 times, one shy of Bobby Bonds' major league record. An 11-year veteran, Hernandez has a career average of .255 with Milwaukee, Atlanta, the Chicago Cubs, Texas and Cleveland. Reed split last season with San Diego and the New York Mets, posting a 2-5 record with one save and a 2.01 earned run average in 64 appearances. The Mets acquired him at the trade deadline. The righthander, who will turn 37 in |
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| Orioles reach terms with CF Matthews |
MLB Baseball |
01/17/2003 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - The Baltimore Orioles reached a one-year contract worth $900,000 with arbitration-eligible centerfielder Gary Matthews, Jr. on Thursday. Matthews hit .276 with seven homers and 38 RBI in 109 games for the Orioles last season. In four major league seasons with the San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Orioles, Matthews has a lifetime .238 average with 25 homers and 103 RBI. |
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| Cubs, Goodwin agree on minor league contract |
MLB Baseball |
01/16/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms Thursday on a minor league contract with outfielder Tom Goodwin and invited him to spring training as a non-roster player. Goodwin appeared in 78 games last season for the Giants and hit .260 with one homer and 17 RBI. The 34-year-old Goodwin has spent 12 seasons in the majors with Los Angeles (1991-1993 and 2000-2001), Kansas City (1994-1997), Texas (1997-1999), Colorado (2000) and San Francisco (2002). In 1,124 big league games, he has batte |
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| Cubs sign pitcher Guthrie |
MLB Baseball |
01/15/2003 |
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| Cincinnati, OH (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with pitcher Mark Guthrie on Wednesday. Guthrie signed a one-year contract with a club option for 2004. Last year the pitcher posted a 5-3 record with a 2.44 earned run average in 68 appearances with the New York Mets. In 48 innings, Guthrie allowed 35 hits and struck out 44. In 18 seasons, Guthrie has complied a 49-51 record and a 4.11 ERA with eight different teams, including a previous stint with the Cubs. |
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| Rangers bring back Valdes |
MLB Baseball |
01/15/2003 |
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| the Rangers and Mariners in 2002. He was signed by the Rangers as a free agent last January and went 6-9 with a 3.93 ERA in 23 starts with the team before being traded to Seattle. With Texas, Valdes threw at least seven innings in 10 starts and finished second on the Rangers in innings pitched despite not being with the team for the last six weeks of the season. Valdes has a record of 80-86 with a 3.77 ERA in 255 career games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Anaheim Angels, Rangers and Mariners. |
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| Cubs agree to terms with Wood |
MLB Baseball |
01/15/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms Wednesday on a one-year contract with righthanded pitcher Kerry Wood. Financial terms of the deal with Wood, who had been eligible to file for salary arbitration, were not disclosed. The 25-year-old Wood made a career-high 33 starts in 2002 and went 12-11 with a 3.66 ERA. He also had four complete games and 217 strikeouts in 213 2/3 innings. Wood was selected fourth overall by the Cubs in the 1995 free-agent draft. He was the NL Rookie of the |
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| Lenny Harris gets minor league deal with Cubs |
MLB Baseball |
01/08/2003 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Veteran infielder/outfielder Lenny Harris came to terms on a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs Wednesday. Harris, who had spent the 2002 season with the Milwaukee Brewers, was invited to Chicago's big league spring training camp as a non-roster player. Last season, the 38-year-old Harris hit .305 with three homers and 17 RBI over 122 contests. A lefthanded hitter, Harris has appeared at every defensive position except catcher during his 15-year career. He has also p |
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| Rockies acquire third baseman Stynes |
MLB Baseball |
01/07/2003 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Rockies have agreed to terms with third baseman Chris Stynes on a non-guaranteed contract for the 2003 campaign. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. Stynes batted .241 with five home runs and 26 RBI in 98 games last year. He was released by the Chicago Cubs in December. The 29-year-old Stynes was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1991 and first played in the major leagues with the Kansas City Royals in 1995. |
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