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| Dodgers withdraw offer to Manny |
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11/15/2008 |
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| last week, but the club is still interested in bringing the slugger back. The offer, a two-year deal for $45 million with a club option for a third year worth another $15 million, would have been the second-highest annual salary in the majors behind New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti extended the previous offer at the general managers meetings to the 12-time All-Star and MVP of the 2004 World Series. Though the offer expired on Thursday night, as Ramirez and agen |
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| Yankees offer Sabathia six years, $140 million |
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11/15/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees offered free agent pitcher CC Sabathia a six-year, $140 million contract on Friday. Yankees co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner confirmed the offer in a story on the team's Web site. The deal would be a record-breaker for a pitcher, surpassing the six-year, $137.5 million contract Johan Santana signed with the Mets last offseason. The left-handed Sabathia headlines this offseason's pitching class. He won the 2007 American League Cy Young Award after going 19-7 in 34 s |
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| Let's crank up the Hot Stove |
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11/14/2008 |
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| Stove officially began. And this offseason figures to be particularly nuts, given the presence of big name free agents like Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia. Not to mention that Jake Peavy is more than likely going to be traded. Plus the New York Yankees have a lot of money to spend, which is music to the ears of the Players Association. We've already had a couple of trades this past week with Matt Holliday heading to Oakland and Nick Swisher on his way to the New York Yankees. I don't get either de |
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| Lee captures AL Cy Young |
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11/13/2008 |
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| er by the Sporting News in addition to being the Player's Choice Award winner for the best pitcher in his league. This marked the fifth time two different pitchers from the same team won the AL Cy Young Award in successive years. The others were the New York Yankees' Sparky Lyle (1977) and Ron Guidry (1978), the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Flanagan (1979) and Steve Stone (1980), the Milwaukee Brewers' Rollie Fingers (1981) and Pete Vuckovich (1982) and the Blue Jays' Pat Hentgen (1996) and Roger Clemens (1997). It |
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| Johnson, Burnett file for free agency |
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11/13/2008 |
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| arts for Arizona. His final victory of the season also left the fearsome southpaw five shy of 300 career wins. The 45-year-old is 295-160 with a 3.26 ERA and 4,789 strikeouts in 596 games (586 starts) with Montreal, Seattle, Houston, Arizona and the New York Yankees. Burnett finished second on the Jays with 18 wins, part of an 18-10 season which saw the right-hander strike out 231 batters in 221 1/3 innings over 34 starts. In a 10-year career with the Marlins and Blue Jays, the 31-year-old is 87-76 with a 3.81 |
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| A-Rod nabs 10th Silver Slugger; half of winners new |
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11/13/2008 |
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| Louisville, KY (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez picked up his 10th Silver Slugger Award on Thursday, highlighting a relatively new cast of players to receive the honor given to the top offensive performers at their respective positions. Rodriguez tied Mike Piazza for second-most Silver Sluggers all-time. Only Barry Bonds, with 12, has more. Of the American League winners, Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau, Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia and Baltimore designated hitter |
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| Yankees get Swisher from White Sox for three players |
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11/13/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees announced on Thursday that they have acquired Nick Swisher and pitcher Kanekoa Texeira from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for infielder Wilson Betemit and two minor league hurlers. "We're excited with the addition of Nick Swisher," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. "We feel he has a ton of upside. He's a patient switch-hitter, adds versatility at a number of defensive positions, and will be a positive presence inside the clubhouse." Swisher hit just .219 fo |
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| Yankees announce 2009 coaching staff |
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11/13/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees named their coaching staff for the 2009 season, and it includes the return of five members, while Mick Kelleher is the lone new addition. Pitching coach Dave Eiland, hitting coach Kevin Long and bullpen coach Mike Harkey will remain in their roles from last season on manager Joe Girardi's staff. It will be Eiland's second season as pitching coach and seventh year coaching in the Yankees organization. Long will return for his third season as hitting coach, while |
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| Yankees sign Marte to three-year deal |
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11/12/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - The New York Yankees have signed left-handed reliever Damaso Marte to a three-year contract with a club option for 2012. Marte was acquired by the Yankees in the July 26 trade that also brought outfielder Xavier Nady from Pittsburgh, in exchange for a quartet of players -- highlighted by pitching prospect Jeff Karstens. The 33-year-old Marte posted a 5.40 earned run average and 1-3 record in 25 appearances for New York in 2008. In 72 appearances between the Pirates and Yankees, Mar |
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| Managers of Year to be revealed Wednesday |
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11/11/2008 |
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| finishing 24 games out of first in 2007. Over in the Senior Circuit it figures to be a two-man race between a pair of former winners in Los Angeles' Joe Torre and Chicago's Lou Piniella. Torre was the AL Manager of the Year in 1996 and 1998 with the New York Yankees, while Piniella won the same award with the Seattle Mariners in 1995 and 2001. In his first year at the helm of the Dodgers, Torre led them to their first NL West title since 2004 and got them into the NLCS for the first time since their World Serie |
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