Seattle Mariners News and Events.
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:19:24 PST |
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Mariners Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
During the final week of the 2008 calendar year, rumors flew around the Internet that left-hander Erik Bedard is a candidate to be traded to the New York Yankees. It's not that a trade couldn't happen—the top rumor had the Yankees sending often injured outfielder Hideki Matsui—but that's not the direction that Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik seems to be headed. Zduriencik has had several conversations with Bedard, who has professed his good health and good spirits looking ahead to 2009 after shoulder surgery ended his 2008 season. Just as significantly, the reports Zduriencik is getting from the Seattle medical staff say that Bedard, who is already throwing in preparation for a full spring training, should be completely healthy this season...
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Hot Stove Daily: Seattle Mariners (Yahoo! Sports)New GM Jack Zduriencik inherits a roster rife with leaden contracts, but there are reasons to be hopeful.
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Angels agree to terms with Brian Fuentes (AP)Free-agent reliever Brian Fuentes and the Los Angeles Angels reached agreement on a two-year, $17.5 million deal Wednesday, giving the AL West champions a replacement for record-setting closer Francisco Rodriguez. Fuentes gets $8.5 million next season and $9 million in 2010. There's a club option for $9 million in 2011.
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Hot Stove Daily: Florida Marlins (Yahoo! Sports)The miserly Marlins, who actually have talent, will continue to skate by on the cheap.
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Burke remains with Mariners (AP)Jamie Burke has returned to the Seattle Mariners after becoming a free agent, agreeing Tuesday to a minor league contract. The 37-year-old backup catcher, trying to make the Mariners for a third season, was invited to major league spring training. A native of Roseburg, Ore., Burke appeared in 48 games with Seattle last season and batted .261.
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Stottlemyre says Putz can make it in New York (Yahoo! Sports)Mel Stottlemyre was J.J. Putz's pitching coach last season in Seattle and knows enough about the Mets' new...
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Omar Vizquel wants to play one more year (Yahoo! Sports) Free-agent shortstop Omar Vizquel wants to play at least one more season before ending a Major League career...
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Ibanez to sign three-year deal with Phillies (Yahoo! Sports)Consistent left-handed hitter will replace Pat Burrell, filling the most pressing need of the world champions.
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Nationals take RHP Terrell Young in Rule 5 draft (AP)The Washington Nationals selected right-hander Terrell Young with the first pick of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings Thursday, plucking him from the Cincinnati Reds. The 24-year-old Young went a combined 2-5 with a 2.88 ERA at two levels of Class A ball in 2008, his fifth professional season. The Padres and Mets each made two picks during the major league phase of the draft.
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Rule 5 Report (RotoWire)
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Teixeira negotiations continue to escalate (Yahoo! Sports)Agent Scott Boras is leveraging the bidders against one another. Angels are among those getting uncomfortable.
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Mets acquire Putz from Mariners (Yahoo! Sports)Massive three-way trade also involving the Indians underscores how badly the Mets want to rebuild their bullpen.
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Three-team deal could bring Putz to Mets (Yahoo! Sports) The New York Mets are close to landing a setup man for new closer Francisco Rodriguez — and that setup...
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Three-team deal would send DeRosa to Phillies (Yahoo! Sports) The Philadelphia Phillies could get the insurance they need at second base and a right-hand hitting outfielder...
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Mariners hire Cockrell as hitting coach (AP)New Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu has finished his coaching staff for the 2009 season, hiring Alan Cockrell as hitting coach. Cockrell spent the last two seasons as hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies. The 46-year-old had spent his entire coaching career with the Rockies organization. He was hitting coach at Triple-A Colorado Springs for four years; the Rockies' roving hitting coordinator for...
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Odds are, Mets, Minaya will find a closer in Vegas (Yahoo! Sports) New York Mets GM Omar Minaya can be justified in thinking the odds are stacked greatly in his favor for landing...
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Seattle to rebuild, could send Putz to Detroit? (Yahoo! Sports) The Seattle Mariners have a new general manager and manager. Now comes the rebuilding process.
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Winter meetings, American style (Yahoo! Sports)What do AL teams need? Where are free agents likely to land? Who might be dealt? Answers here.
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A-Rod says he will play for Dominicans in 2009 WBC (AP)Alex Rodriguez is switching sides. The New York Yankees star will play for the Dominican Republic in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, he said Saturday. Rodriguez made the announcement while playing at a charity golf tournament hosted by friend David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox. "I am 100 percent sure that I will play for the Dominican Republic team," he said.
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