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| Green finally lands in Arizona |
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01/10/2005 |
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| By moving Green's salary, the Dodgers are now expected to sign playoff hero Derek Lowe, who has agreed in principal to a four-year contract worth about $36 million. Navarro is to come to the Diamondbacks as part of the trade of Randy Johnson to the New York Yankees. That deal should become official once the players involved pass physicals on Monday. The Diamondbacks also get pitchers Javier Vazquez and Brad Halsey, along with $9 million, from the Yankees. "Our view of this is that we effectively traded Randy J |
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| Beltran reportedly signs with Mets |
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01/09/2005 |
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| r for the 27-year-old switch-hitter, who blossomed during the postseason last year with the Houston Astros. The only thing holding up the deal is the amount of dollars per year it will payout. In addition to the Mets and Astros, the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees were interested in Beltran's services. The Yankees apparently took themselves out of the running after trading and restructuring a deal for pitcher Randy Johnson. Meanwhile, the Cubs reportedly fell well short in years and asking price. Beltran's ag |
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| Yankees bring back Sierra |
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01/08/2005 |
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| Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees have agreed to a one-year contract with outfielder Ruben Sierra, who faced a midnight deadline to re- sign with the club. Terms of the deal, which is pending a physical, were not released. The New York Times, however, reported it to be worth $1.5 million. If the sides could not agree to a deal, the Yankees would have lost their negotiating rights until May 1 and it has been speculated that Sierra turned down more money from Baltimore to re-sign with New York. S |
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| Braves sign reliever White |
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01/07/2005 |
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| veteran pitcher Gabe White on a one-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. White finished the 2004 season with a 1-3 record, one save and a 6.94 ERA in 64 appearances between two major league clubs. The lefthander began the year with the New York Yankees before being traded to Cincinnati on June 18. The 33-year-old White owns a 34-26 record and a 4.55 ERA in 466 career games over 10 seasons with Montreal, Cincinnati, Colorado and the Yankees. His best year came in 2000, when White posted an 11-2 rec |
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| Twins reward Gardenhire with extension |
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01/05/2005 |
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| heir division by nine games over the Chicago White Sox. The 47-year-old Gardenhire is just the fourth manager in major league history to begin his career with three straight first place finishes, joining Larry Dierker (Houston, 1997-99), Ralph Houk (New York Yankees, 1961-63) and Hughie Jennings (Detroit, 1907-09). He also became the first AL manager to finish in first place in each of his first three years as manager of a team since Dick Williams with Oakland from 1971-73. Incredibly, Gardenhire is also the fi |
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| Yankees sign Sturtze to one-year contract |
MLB Baseball |
01/03/2005 |
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| === Yankees sign Sturtze to one-year contract === Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees announced that they have signed right-handed pitcher Tanyon Sturtze to a one-year contract with a club option for 2006. Sturtze went 6-2 with a 5.47 ERA in 28 appearances for the Yankees last season. He also pitched in six postseason games, allowing three earned runs in six innings. Originally selected by the Oakland A's in 1990, the 34-year-old Sturtze has spent parts of nine major league seasons with six teams |
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| Selig approves of Big Unit trade to Yankees |
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01/03/2005 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has approved of a trade that would send five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees. An anonymous source told The Best E Casino the Yankees have a 72-hour window, which will start Tuesday morning and expire on Friday, to sign Johnson to a multi-year contract extension for the deal to become official. In the trade, the Yankees would receive Johnson in exchange for pitcher Javier |
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| Report: Green headed to Diamondbacks |
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01/03/2005 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have reportedly agreed in principle to trade Shawn Green to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Los Angeles Times reports the deal could be related to the New York Yankees acquiring five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson from Arizona, but is not dependent on that trade. The Johnson transaction has yet to go through, and according to the newspaper, if it becomes finalized the Dodgers would get Yankee catching prospect Dioner Navarro and a pitching pros |
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| Yankees sign Tino Martinez |
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12/31/2004 |
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| Bronx, NY (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees announced Friday that they have signed free agent first baseman Tino Martinez to a one-year contract with a club option for 2006. The 37-year-old Martinez spent six seasons with the Yankees (1996-2001), but left New York after the 2001 campaign. He was a member of four World Series champion squads (1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000) during that period. Martinez was acquired by the Yankees from Seattle following the 1995 season. He hit .262 with 23 homers and 76 RBI in |
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| Back to the Bronx: Yankees sign Tino Martinez |
MLB Baseball |
12/31/2004 |
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| New York, NY (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees reportedly signed first baseman Tino Martinez to a one-year contract on Thursday. The 37-year-old Martinez, who left the Yankees after the 2001 season, won four World Series over the six years after he was traded to New York by Seattle after the 1995 season. The Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks also reportedly reached a deal Thursday that will send five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson to New York for pitchers Javier Vazquez, Brad Halsey, catcher Dio |
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