The longest tenured general manager in baseball will be around even longer. The San Francisco Giants extended Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy through the 2013 season, and include a club option for 2014. Sabean, 55, became GM in 1996 after three years in player personnel.
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The Boston Red Sox have picked Bobby Valentine to be their next manager and the sides were working to complete a contract, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.
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‘Duk’s Dozen is a heaping morning serving of baseball items, links and takes — designed to keep you warm all offseason long. 1. Is it now or never for the Chicago Cubs? Ken Rosenthal believes that might be the case … Continue reading →
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‘Duk’s Dozen is a heaping morning serving of baseball items, links and takes — designed to keep you warm all offseason long. 1. A lack of team victories may have been the only thing that prevented Matt Kemp from winning … Continue reading →
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The San Diego Padres have offered salary arbitration to All-Star closer Heath Bell and right-hander Aaron Harang. New general manager Josh Byrnes says the move was predictable. If the players decline, the Padres will receive compensatory draft picks. Byrnes says it’s unlikely the players will accept arbitration, but the team will prepare for either scenario.
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Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Jose Reyes were offered salary arbitration Wednesday, guaranteeing their teams two extra draft picks next year if they sign with new clubs.
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Wade LeBlanc likes how the Miami Marlins’ new uniforms look. He hopes to be wearing one next April. The Marlins acquired the left-hander from the San Diego Padres on Tuesday for catcher John Baker. LeBlanc went 5-6 with a 4.63 ERA for the Padres last season, winning three of his last four decisions and hoping that strong finish carries over into spring training when he’ll try to win a job.
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The San Diego Padres filled their need for a left-handed hitting backup catcher by acquiring John Baker from the Miami Marlins for left-handed pitcher Wade LeBlanc. Baker, 31, has played in a total of only 39 games the last two seasons because of elbow problems that resulted in…
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Edwin Rodriguez, former manger of the Florida Marlins, on Monday was appointed manager of the Carolina Mudcats, the Cleveland Indians’ affiliate in the Class A Carolina League. Rodriguez, 51, compiled a 78-85 record during parts of the 2010-11 seasons with the Marlins, who…
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Best news ever or … best news ever? After more than two decades of losing when getting their serious ornithology on, the Baltimore Orioles are returning to this updated version of the cartoon bird that adorned their caps during the franchise’s greatest … Continue reading →
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