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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • C Paul Phillips re-signed with the Rockies on a minor league contract. Phillips, who impressed the Rockies last season, could end up backing up C Chris Iannetta. He will make $13,000 a month in the minors and $450,000 if he's on the big-league roster.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • C Paul Phillips, who was taken off the Rockies' 40-man roster last week, remained in the organization by signing a minor league deal, the Denver Post reported. Phillips hit .311 in 17 games with Colorado this year.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • LHP Matt Harrison, returning from shoulder surgery, finished off strong in the Arizona Fall League. He allowed only one hit over six innings in his final two AFL starts. Harrison allowed five runs in three innings in his first three outings. He struggled with control, failing to get an out in the third start.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • OF Jonny Gomes, who iis arbitration-eligible, could be re-signed in the next few weeks. "I still think there's a chance we'll get something done with him," GM Walt Jocketty said.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • INF/OFs Brent Lillibridge and Jayson Nix were again warned that their chances of making the team were in jeopardy, especially after the club signed Vizquel. Guillen has been sending warnings to each, especially in the offseason, that they needed to be better at the plate. "It means they have to do what I told them to do at the end of the season," Guillen said. "One thing about it is Omar can't play the outfield. Those kids showed me they can. But it depends how many pitchers we take."
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • INF Wilson Valdez, C Paul Hoover, INF Andy Tracy and OF Dewayne Wise signed minor league deals with the Phillies and were invited to spring training. Hoover and Tracy played briefly for Philadelphia last season. Wise batted .225 for the White Sox, gaining attention with his spectacular catch that preserved LHP Mark Buehrle's perfect game. Valdez hit .256 with the Mets.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • RHP KyleMcClellan, a setup man the last two seasons, has been told to prepare to be a starter this spring, similar to last spring when he was stretched out to be in the rotation. At the beginning of last spring's camp, the Cardinals weren't entirely sure that RHP Chris Carpenter, who had missed most of the previous two seasons with injuries, would be ready for the start of the season. With the probable free agent defections of RHPs Joel Pineiro and Todd Wellemeyer, two spots remain in the rotation behind Carpenter, RHP Adam Wainwright and RHP Kyle Lohse.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • CF Vernon Wells is the highest-paid of the seven players the Blue Jays have under contract for 2010, when he will receive a $12.5 million salary plus an $8.5 million bonus.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • INF/OFs Jason Nix and Brent Lillibridge were again warned that their chances of making the team were in jeopardy, especially after the club signed Vizquel. Guillen has been sending warnings to each, especially in the offseason, that they needed to be better at the plate. "It means they have to do what I told them to do at the end of the season," Guillen said. "One thing about it is Omar can't play the outfield. Those kids showed me they can. But it depends how many pitchers we take."
      (Yahoo! Sports)
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • RHP Chris Ray is enjoying a healthy offseason to begin a full load of workouts, the former closer told MLB.com. Ray, who battled injuries and recurring ineffectiveness in his first season back from ligament transplant surgery on his pitching elbow, has already dropped "10-15 pounds." He plans to add some extra muscle and begin throwing earlier in hopes of earning a late-inning relief spot with the club in spring training.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • OF Sam Fuld could be a key bench piece, especially if the Cubs don't re-sign OF Reed Johnson, who hit the free agent market. Fuld, who has good speed and plays good defense in all three outfield spots, hit .299 with a .409 on-base percentage in 65 games with the Cubs. He also batted .284 in 84 games at Class AAA Iowa. Unlike Johnson, who bats right-handed, Fuld hits from the left side. A 10th-round draft pick in 2004, he could finally stick in 2010.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • OF J.D. Drew underwent minor surgery on his left shoulder on Nov. 19 in Boston after taking two pain-reducing cortisone shots to get through the season -- one in June and another on the last day of September. Drew is expected to be healthy enough to play the outfield in spring training.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • 3B Mike Lowell reportedly is being shopped around to several teams, with the Red Sox willing to pay some of the veteran infielder's $12 salary, according to a Foxsports.com report. The 35-year-old Lowell batted .291 with 17 home runs and 75 RBIs for the Red Sox last season while recovering from offseason hip surgery, but had noticeably diminished defense range around third base.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • RHP Jonathan Papelbon was selected as the Red Sox 2009 Fireman of the Year by the Boston Chapter of the BBWAA (Baseball Writers' Association of America). Papelbon holds the franchise lead with 151 saves and is the only pitcher to win the award four times.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • RHP Evan Meek and RHP Jose Ascanio were activated from the 60-day disabled list and placed back on the 40-man roster. Ascanio had shoulder surgery in October, and he is expected to be out until next June. Meek sat out the final seven weeks of the 2009 season with a strained muscle in his ribcage but has been cleared for full offseason workouts.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • RHP Roy Halladay continues to be the subject of trade talks and while the Blue Jays would love to keep him, Toronto vice president and CEO Paul Beeston is realistic. "We would like to sign him, he is an original Blue Jay and we have never had a pitcher as good as him," Beeston said. "But he is not inclined to sign with us."
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • OF Milton Bradley remains a topic of conversation among Rays officials and a potential acquisition. The Rays have had talks with the Cubs about acquiring Bradley, whose career has been tainted by repeated controversies, in exchange for Pat Burrell, who had a disappointing 2009 season, in what would amount to a swap of bad contracts. But because Bradley is signed for 2011 as well, the deal seems likely to require complex negotiations.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • LHP Cole Hamels' struggles in 2009 may best be explained by a modern pitching metric that AL Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke cited as the only statistic to which he pays attention. FIP, short for "fielding independent pitching," was invented by sabermetrics expert Tom Tango and is defined by Baseball Prospectus as a "measure of all those things for which a pitcher is specifically responsible." It focuses exclusively on walks, home runs, strikeouts and hit batters, and therefore, it's supposed to give the clearest indication of "how well a pitcher pitched, regardless of how well his fielders fielded." Hamels posted a 4.32 ERA in 32 starts, but according to The Hardball Times, his FIP was only 3.71, practically identical to his 3.70 FIP from 2008, when he posted a 3.09 ERA.
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(Tor - 1B) New player notes
  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • 1B Lyle Overbay seems to be on the trading block and reportedly has been offered to a number of teams. Overbay has not been the same hitter since he suffered an injury to his right hand in June of 2007 when he was hit by a pitch. In 2006, Overbay batted .312 with 46 doubles, 22 home runs and 92 RBIs. Those numbers slipped to .270, 32, 15 and 69 in 2008 and .265, 38, 16, 65 last season. If the Blue Jays deal Overbay and his $7 million contract, OF/DH Adam Lind will shift to first.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • 1B Albert Pujols, the NL MVP for the second year in a row, isn't in a hurry to get a contract extension. The 29-year-old slugger is signed for 2010 with a club option for 2011. "They don't need to deal with me right now," Pujols said. "They need to deal with their free agents (such as Matt Holliday)."
      (Yahoo! Sports)
  • Tue, Nov 24
    • 1B Albert Pujols was the unanimous selection for NL Most Valuable Player in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Pujols led the league with 47 homers, 124 runs, a .658 slugging percentage and a .443 on-base percentage. He batted .327 with 135 RBIs en route to the third MVP award of his career and his second in a row.
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    • Pujols is the unanimous winner of the National League MVP award, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.
      Advice: Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced Tuesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. It is the third MVP award for the St. Louis Cardinals star, who also won in 2005. He becomes the first unanimous MVP since Bonds in 2002. Pujols led the majors in home runs (47), runs (124), slugging percentage (.658) and intentional walks (44), and topped the NL in on-base percentage (.443).
      (STATS, Inc.)
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • The Athletics have signed free-agent third baseman Dallas McPherson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
      Advice: McPherson is expected to compete for a starting job, and he provides Oakland with insurance at third base. Six-time Gold Glove winner Eric Chavez might not be able to return to that position after recovering from a second back surgery that cost him most of this season. The 29-year-old McPherson, who missed the 2007 and '09 seasons with back trouble, is a career .245 hitter with 18 home runs and 45 RBIs in parts of four major league seasons with the Angels and Marlins.
      (STATS, Inc.)
  • Mon, Nov 23
    • 3B Dallas McPherson signed a minor league deal with the A's, who are attempting to shore up a position of potential weakness. Veteran 3B Eric Chavez is coming off back surgery, and 3B Adam Kennedy is a free agent. McPherson, who played for the Angels from 2004-06 and Florida in 2008, missed two of the past three seasons due to an ailing back.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • C Yorvit Torrealba, a free agent after the Rockies decided against exercising his $4 million option, is being considered by the Giants as a possibility for 2010, at least until Buster Posey shows he's ready to be the No. 1 catcher. C Bengie Molina is a free agent and likely will leave because GM Brian Sabean said the Giants won't offer more than a one-year contract.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • 1B Prince Fielder, who had one of the best all-around offensive seasons in franchise history, finished fourth in the NL MVP balloting, won by St. Louis 1B Albert Pujols with all of the first-place votes. Fielder, who set club records with 141 RBIs (tied for the major league lead) and 110 walks, was the only major-leaguer to play in all 162 games. He finished behind Pujols, Florida SS Hanley Ramirez and Philadelphia 1B Ryan Howard.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • OF Marlon Byrd, a free agent, has yet to receive an offer from the Rangers. Byrd, 31, played in a career-high 146 games in 2009 and hit .283 with career highs in RBIs (89) and home runs (20). If the Rangers don't re-sign Byrd, who is seeking a three-year deal, they either will have to be willing to go with Josh Hamilton in center for a third straight year, acquire a free agent or let rookie Julio Borbon take over the position.
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • 3B Michael Young is figuring out how to deal with an injury. Young missed almost all of September recovering from a strained hamstring suffered on Sept. 1. He tried to return to the lineup after just two weeks, but he aggravated the injury and had to miss another two weeks. He returned only to play during the last week of the season. Six weeks into the offseason, Young said his left hamstring was fully recovered and he's working harder than ever to insure that he makes himself as invincible against injury as is possible.
      (Yahoo! Sports)
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  • Wed, Nov 25Recent News
    • 1B Ryan Howard would've earned a $500,000 bonus if he had finished second in the NL MVP voting. Instead, he finished third, an achievement that carried no financial compensation. St. Louis 1B Albert Pujols was the unanimous selection for MVP, his third award in the past five years. Florida SS Hanley Ramirez, who won the NL batting title, finished second in the MVP balloting, ahead of Howard, the 2006 NL MVP. Howard was named on 31 of 32 ballots and finished with 217 points. Ramirez received 15 second-place votes and finished with 233 points. Howard tied for the NL lead with 141 RBIs and finished third with 45 home runs. 2B Chase Utley finished eighth in the MVP voting, while RF Jayson Werth finished 17th and CF Shane Victorino finished 18th.
      (Yahoo! Sports)