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With the Mets having nothing to worry about during the day, they took a break from the Santana talks to sign Pedro Feliciano to a one-year, $1.025 million deal to avoid arbitration. Feliciano asked for $1.2 million in arbitration while the Mets offered $880,000.
Combining this with the extension with Santana, the Mets made quite […]

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UPDATE (2-1-08; 6:58 PM): Metsblog, along with XM Radio, is reporting that the deal is worth six years, $137.5 million. Rosenthal confirms the financial terms. It is believed that he will stay under his current contract for the 2008 season with an additional $7 million added on top of the original $13.25 million, taking the […]

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The latest from Ken Rosenthal includes some notes about some injured pitchers and aging outfielders.

Rosenthal says that the Padres are going to take things slow with Mark Prior. He’s scheduled to throw off the mound soon and will likely start 2008 on a rehab assignment before joining the team in May.
The Cardinals are so […]

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According to the Rocky Mountain News, Livan Hernandez is now telling interested teams that he has an offer from the Washington Nationals.
With the Nationals need to fill more than one spot in the rotation, Livan would make perfect sense. He would likely come pretty cheap for the amount of innings he would provide […]

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Peter Gammons of ESPN.com is reporting that the Boston Red Sox have signed Sean Casey to a one-year contract. Casey and the Red Sox agreed to a one-year, $700K deal. He should prove to be the primary backup to Kevin Youkilis at first base, possibly allowing Youkilis to get more time over at […]

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Chuck Knoblauch, former major leaguer with the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals, met with congressional lawyers today for about 1 1/2 hours in regards to steroids in baseball.
Knoblauch didn’t reveal any specifics of his meeting with the House Commitee on Oversight and Government Remorm, only saying, “I only know about myself,” […]

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The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Casey Blake and the Cleveland Indians have agreed to a one-year contract in order to avoid arbitration.
Blake filed for $6.9 million through arbitration with the Indians submitting $5.4 million for their case. Financial terms of the deal weren’t announced, but one would think it would be in […]

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Jerry Crasnick of ESPN is reporting that the Yankees have signed Morgan Ensberg and will compete for the starting first base job. The Yankees signed Ensberge to a minor league deal, with Ensberg getting $1.75 million if he’s added to the 40-man roster and has incentives that could earn him an additional $2.25 million.
For […]

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