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Injured Knebel, Brewers agree to $5.1M salary
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 12:08
SAN DIEGO -- The Milwaukee Brewers agreed to a one-year contract for $5,125,000 with pitcher Corey Knebel, who is returning from Tommy John surgery.A 28-year-old right-hander, Knebel hurt his elbow during spring training and had surgery on April 3. He had been eligible for salary arbitration and will have the same salary as in 2019.His deal includes a $50,000 bonus…
Winter meeting notes: Mazara, Roark could be helped by fresh starts
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 12:48
Catching up on a few leftover moves from this week's winter meetings as I fly home ...• The Rangers finally tired of waiting for Nomar Mazara, to whom they gave $5 million when they signed him as a 16-year-old in 2011, to convert his promise into production, trading him to the Chicago White Sox for fringe prospect Steele Walker. Mazara…
Takeaways from the 3-day spending spree
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 05:31
This year's winter meetings wind down having delivered a historic explosion of expenditures. With contenders having paid top dollar, we asked Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield for their takeaways from the industry-shaking events in San Diego.Where would you rank the Yankees' midnight (ET) addition of Gerrit Cole among the all-time biggest winter meetings moves?Doolittle: Meh. It's…
Source: Tigers reach deal with catcher Romine
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 10:07
Catcher Austin Romine has agreed to a one-year contract worth just over $4 million with the Detroit Tigers, a source told ESPN's Buster Olney on Thursday.Romine is expected to compete with Grayson Greiner in spring training for the team's starting catching job.Romine, 31, had a career year at the plate last season for the New York Yankees, hitting .281 with…
Bochy to manage France for WBC qualifiers
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Thursday, 12 December 2019 11:30
Former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy will manage France in its qualifiers next year for the World Baseball Classic.France has never qualified for the World Baseball Classic, which will be held next in 2021.Bochy, who retired as the Giants' manager after the 2019 season, was born in 1955 in Landes de Bussac, France, where his father was stationed in…
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