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| Dodgers, Mientkiewicz agree to minor league contract |
MLB Baseball |
02/26/2009 |
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| tkiewicz in the past six seasons. After spending five-plus years with Minnesota, the 2001 Gold Glove winner was shipped to Boston for its World Series run in 2004. Since then, the Florida State product has had one-year stints with the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates, where last year he appeared in 125 games and batted .277 with 30 RBI. In 1,067 career games, Mientkiewicz has recorded a .271 average with 66 home runs, 402 RBI and a .996 field percentage at first, which le |
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| Royals, Jacobs agree to one-year, $3.275 million deal |
MLB Baseball |
02/18/2009 |
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| Surprise, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals and first baseman Mike Jacobs avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.275 million contract on Tuesday. The Royals, who acquired Jacobs in the offseason in exchange for pitcher Leo Nunez, have no remaining arbitration-eligible players on the roster. Jacobs, 28, belted a career-high 32 homers and drove in 93 runs with a .247 batting average in 2008. He is a career .262 hitter with 80 homers and 247 RBI in 421 big league games with Florida and the New |
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MLB Baseball Transaction |
02/15/2009 |
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| Suspended Kansas City Royals minor league outfielder Jarrod Dyson 50 games for violating the league's substance abuse policy. |
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| Royals sign P Wright to minor league deal |
MLB Baseball |
02/10/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals announced Tuesday that they have signed pitcher Jamey Wright to a minor league contract for 2009, with an invitation to major league spring training. Wright, 34, spent last season with the Texas Rangers, going 8-7 with a 5.12 earned run average in 75 relief appearances. It was his first season in which he came out of the bullpen full-time, as Wright has started 246 of his 355 career MLB games. Wright pitched once before for the Royals, in 2003. He started |
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| Royals avoid arbitration with Teahen |
MLB Baseball |
02/08/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals signed outfielder Mark Teahen to a one-year contract Sunday, thus avoiding arbitration for the 2009 season. Consistent with team policy, financial terms were not released. Teahen, 27, hit .255 with 15 home runs and 59 runs batted in last season over a career-high 149 games. The versatile left-handed hitter appeared in all three outfield positions and at both corner infield positions in what his fourth pro season in 2008. In 532 career games, all with Kans |
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| Royals sign P Bannister |
MLB Baseball |
02/04/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals signed pitcher Brian Bannister to a one-year contract for 2009, avoiding arbitration. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. The 27-year-old right-hander went 9-16 with a 5.76 earned run average in 32 starts for the Royals last year. In 2007, Bannister went 12-9 in 27 games with a 3.87 ERA and finished third in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. He debuted in the majors in 2006 with the Mets, appearing in eight games (six starts) |
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| Mariners sign veteran Sweeney |
MLB Baseball |
01/29/2009 |
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| een a very productive hitter in his major league career," said Seattle executive vice president and general manager of baseball operations Jack Zduriencik. "He hasn't been 100 percent physically the past couple of years, but says he is feeling very good now. We're looking forward to giving him a chance to come to camp and compete." The five-time All-Star, who spent the first 13 years of his career with the Kansas City Royals, is a lifetime .299 hitter with 199 home runs and 849 RBI with the Royals and Athletics. |
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| Royals ink Greinke to four-year deal |
MLB Baseball |
01/26/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals signed pitcher Zack Greinke to a four-year contract Monday, keeping him with the team through the 2012 season. Per team policy, financial terms were undisclosed. The 25-year-old right-hander enjoyed a breakout year in 2008, achieving career-highs in wins (13), earned run average (3.47), strikeouts (183), quality starts (23) and innings pitched (202 1/3). He finished the season 13-10 and his strikeout total equaled that of teammate Gil Meche, which tied th |
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| Phillies ink P Durbin |
MLB Baseball |
01/21/2009 |
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| ix playoff games for the World Champion Phillies. "We're very pleased with how it all played out and definitely didn't want to go to arbitration," said Durbin. "Both sides are happy to be where we ended up." The righty was originally selected by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the June 1996 draft. Durbin is 30-41 with two saves and a 5.29 ERA in 185 games (75 starts) for the Royals (1999-2002), Cleveland Indians (2003-04), Arizona Diamondbacks (2004), Detroit Tigers (2006-07) and Phillies (2008). In |
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| Royals sign P Peralta, C Buck |
MLB Baseball |
01/20/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals avoided salary arbitration with pitcher Joel Peralta and catcher John Buck, agreeing to one- year deals with both players on Tuesday. Per club policy, terms of the deals were not announced. Buck, 28, hit .224 with 23 doubles, nine home runs, 48 RBI and 48 runs scored in 109 games for Kansas City last season. Over five seasons in the majors, all with the Royals, Buck has hit .234 with 62 homers and 223 RBI. The 32-year-old Peralta was 1-2 with a 5.98 ERA i |
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