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Brewers sign lefty Suter before arbitration
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Sunday, 16 February 2020 10:36
The Milwaukee Brewers signed left-hander Brent Suter to a two-year contract Sunday, avoiding an arbitration hearing that was scheduled for Monday.Though financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, the deal is worth $2.5 million, according to the Associated Press. Suter had been seeking $1.25 million for the 2020 season while the Brewers had offered $825,000.Suter, 30, was 4-0 with…
Mikolas misses bullpen session with sore elbow
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Sunday, 16 February 2020 11:05
JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas was scratched from his second bullpen session of the spring because of a flexor tendon issue."Best-case scenario is probably just a couple more days before he starts playing catch, starts his bullpens again," Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. "I can't say that's going to happen one way or the other."Mikolas said…
Series goat Darvish says Astros should lose title
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Sunday, 16 February 2020 12:08
MESA, Ariz. -- Add Chicago Cubs righty Yu Darvish to the list of those that believe the Houston Astros should be stripped of their 2017 World Series title."It's like the Olympics," Darvish said from Cubs camp on Sunday. "When a player cheats, you can't have a gold medal, right? But they still have a World Series title. It (feels) weird."Pitching…
Olney: How Astros deal with backlash will define their season
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Sunday, 16 February 2020 10:23
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The camps have opened. Left-handers and right-handers are building their pitch counts. New gloves are being oiled, bent and broken in. Some players are learning new positions. Hitters have worked offseason swing changes into their first rounds of spring batting practice. Opening Day is 39 days away, meaning little more than a month for final adjustments.But…
Manfred defends MLB punishment of Astros
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Sunday, 16 February 2020 05:08
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred defended his punishment of the Houston Astros for their sign stealing in 2017 and said Major League Baseball will institute new rules to police the use of technology before the 2020 season.In a wide-ranging interview with ESPN's Karl Ravech, Manfred explained why he didn't punish any Astros players for their roles in the scandal, which involved…
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