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| Report: Yanks deal P Rasner to Japanese team |
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11/15/2008 |
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| League, according to a report by ESPN. The report states that the contract was sold to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for $1 million, and Rasner is expected to sign a two-year contract with the team. Rasner's agent said that he requested the deal after the pitcher went 5-10 with a 5.40 earned run average in 113 1/3 innings for the Yankees last season. A former second-round pick of the Montreal Expos in 2002, the 27-year-old Rasner is 9-15 with a 5.00 ERA in four seasons with the Yankees and Washington Nationals. |
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| Let's crank up the Hot Stove |
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11/14/2008 |
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| will cave and give him three years guaranteed at roughly $25-27 million with an option for a fourth year. I don't think he would be able to do much better than that. ADAM DUNN - He strikes out a lot, but is a run-producing machine. Surprisingly the Washington Nationals are interested, but they have a logjam in the outfield following this week's trade with the Florida Marlins. He could find a home with the Angels if Teixeira decides to leave. BOBBY ABREU - He has Chicago Cubs written all over him, plus they will gi |
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| Yankees get Swisher from White Sox for three players |
MLB Baseball |
11/13/2008 |
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| clubs, the Dominican native holds a .260 average with 42 homers, 60 doubles and 151 RBI in 496 career contests. Right-handed pitchers Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez round out the deal. Marquez was 8-8 with a 4.47 ERA in 19 appearances (18 starts) for three Yankees minor league clubs last season. Nunez, who was acquired from the Washington Nationals at the trading deadline, went 1-0 with a 1.86 ERA with Double-A Trenton after the swap. Overall, he is 21-18 with a 3.26 ERA in 93 career minor league games (64 starts). |
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| Nats deal for Willingham, Olsen |
MLB Baseball |
11/11/2008 |
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| Miami, FL (Best E Casino) - The Washington Nationals acquired left fielder Josh Willingham and left-handed pitcher Scott Olsen from the Florida Marlins on Tuesday. Washington is sending second baseman Emilio Bonifacio, minor league pitcher P.J. Dean and minor league second baseman Jake Smolinski to Florida. Willingham hit .254 with 15 homers and 51 RBI last season, while Olsen went 8-11 with a 4.20 earned run average in 33 starts in 2008. Bonifacio had five triples and 12 RBI in 41 games with the Nationals last s |
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| Nats cut ties with Cordero, Wagner and Orr |
MLB Baseball |
10/30/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - The Washington Nationals outrighted pitchers Chad Cordero and Ryan Wagner, and infielder Pete Orr to Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday and announced that all three declined their assignments and opted to become free agents. Cordero appeared in just six games this season and had a 2.08 earned run average. In six seasons, all with the Montreal/Washington franchise, he is 20-14 with a 2.78 ERA in 305 games. Wagner did not pitch at all in 2007 due to a shoulder injury. Over five seasons i |
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| Nationals name Riggleman bench coach |
MLB Baseball |
10/24/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - The Washington Nationals named Jim Riggleman to their 2009 coaching staff on Friday. Riggleman, who will serve as bench coach, took over the Seattle Mariners' managerial position on an interim basis in June after the firing of John McLaren. Riggleman led the lowly Mariners to a 36-54 record in his short stint as manager. The 55-year-old has also managed the San Diego Padres (1992-94) and the Chicago Cubs (1995-200). Washington also named Marquis Grissom (first base), Pat Listach ( |
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| Indians exercise option on Carroll |
MLB Baseball |
10/16/2008 |
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| y that the team has exercised the 2009 team option on infielder Jamey Carroll. The 34-year-old Carroll batted .277 with one home run and 36 RBI in 113 games during the 2008 season. Carroll, who was acquired by Cleveland from the Colorado Rockies in December 2007 for minor league pitcher Sean Smith, also collected seven stolen bases. Besides the Indians and Rockies, Carroll played for the Montreal Expos from 2002-04 and then with the Washington Nationals in the 2005 season. He owns a career batting average of .273. |
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| Cardinals claim P Manning from Nats |
MLB Baseball |
10/15/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (Best E Casino) - The St. Louis Cardinals claimed reliever Charlie Manning off waivers from the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. The 29-year-old lefty made his major league debut this past season for the last-place Nats, posting a 1-3 record with a 5.14 earned run average in 57 games. Manning was originally drafted by the New York Yankees in the ninth round of the 2001 draft. In a corresponding move, the Cardinals designated first baseman Josh Phelps for assignment. St. Louis finished 86-76 in 200 |
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| Lidge, Lee capture Comeback Player of Year honors |
MLB Baseball |
09/30/2008 |
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| s season included an 11-game winning streak, the longest in baseball since 2005, and he was tabbed as the AL's starting pitcher in the 2008 All- Star Game at Yankee Stadium. Originally drafted by the Montreal Expos in 2000, he has been a member of the Indians' organization since June 27, 2002, when he was acquired along with Grady Sizemore and Brandon Phillips in the trade that sent Bartolo Colon to the Expos. Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Rays and Dmitri Young of the Washington Nationals won the award last season. |
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| National League Game Capsules |
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09/29/2008 |
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| core: Philadelphia 8, Washington 3 Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - A day after the Phillies locked up their second straight NL East title, Lou Marson homered to help the Philadelphia reserves close out the regular season with an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park. So Taguchi collected three hits and knocked in three runs for the Phillies (92-70), who rested many of their regulars in preparation for the postseason. Marson, making his major league debut, went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two |
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