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nybaseballdigest.com - 2 minutes ago
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Reports are circulating the Mets have been “super
aggressive” in their pursuit of Kelvim Escobar. This would...
be a great move, not for the rotation, but the bullpen. I read earlier in the offseason that Escobar is looking to pitch more as a reliever. After two years of injuries I ...
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Escobar in the Pen Makes Sense
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thundermatt.com - 83 minutes ago
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Threat Level: STILL a fucking Cub. Still a
perambulating prick. The past few days have seen a...
flurry of moves, all made by other teams. The Blue Jays, Phillies, and Mariners may complete a blockbuster deal that would send ace Roy Halladay to Philadelphia and Cliff Lee to the Mariners. The ...
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community.post-gazette.com - 2 hours ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:40 a.m. Monday The
main story this morning covers, I hope, just about...
all the main bases in the Matt Capps matter, so please read that before this set of leftovers I want to share here ... > Neal Huntington ...
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Morning links: More on Capps
kranepoolsociety.com - 2 hours ago
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When it comes to thinking about the New
York Mets this past weekend, my mind was like...
a car stuck in the mud, just spinning my wheels. Seriously it’s hard to come up with any more ways to analyze Jason Bay and a 5 th year (isn’t every year now that ...
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PLAYERS IN BLUE CAPS WITH SMALL ORANGE BUTTONS, TALL ...
seventraintoshea.com - 8 hours ago
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Posted by Matt Pignataro According to a 'person
familiar with the Mets' thinking,' the Mets are interested...
in Chien-Ming Wang , along with relievers Matt Capps and Mike MacDougal , reports Marty Noble of MLB.com . Wang had season ending shoulder surgery last season and will be ready at the ...
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Mets Interested in Wang, Capps, and MacDougal
nleastchatter.com - 10 hours ago
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Everyone’s favorite MLB Writer Marty Noble wrote that
according to a person familiar with the Mets thinking...
: the club has interest in Wang and at least two relievers — Matt Capps , last of the Pirates , and Mike MacDougal , who split the 2009 season between the White ...
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Mets Have Interest In Pitchers Wang, Capps and MadDougal
mlbtraderumors.com - 10 hours ago
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3:42pm: ESPN's Bruce Levine adds the Nationals, and
notes that Capps would like a multiyear deal. 2:33pm:...
Kovacevic adds the Rangers, Rockies, Marlins, and Cardinals to the list of known suitors. 12:20pm: Kinzer's estimated number of suitors ...
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Multiple Teams Eyeing Matt Capps
voices.washingtonpost.com - 11 hours ago
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A day or two ago, I actually had
a thought Rizzo & Co. might be considering Capps....
I think he would be a good acqusition, so thanks for the update, Chico. Also, Tippy, I agree that WFED and the Nats are not good for each other. The team needs a good ...
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Olsen, Capps, Kasten
raisethejollyroger.com - 14 hours ago
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What a day! Matt Capps is drawing a
ton of interest from around the league, making the...
decision to non-tender him immediately look foolish. Pretty much every blog/internet personality agrees that it was a mistake. More on this soon. Blockbuster trade! Roy Halladay to the Phillies! Cliff ...
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Lots of news and notes
community.post-gazette.com - 14 hours ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 1 p.m. Monday The
Pirates' release of reliever Phil Dumatrait came because of...
a dispute over minor league salary, according to Dumatrait's agent, Paul Cobbe . The team had sought to remove Dumatrait from the 40-man roster ...
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Dumatrait release about money, too
motorcitybengals.com - 16 hours ago
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With the Tigers staying clear of all the
big money dropping that the holiday Free Agent season...
brings, a lot of the talk up to Spring Training will be about the bullpen. After losing two of it’s late inning arms, the Tigers could be looking for answers in the late innings. When Matt Capps ...
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Tigers show no interest in Matt Capps, but could a deal ...
colorado.rockies.mlb.com - 16 hours ago
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By Thomas Harding / MLB.com 12/14/09 5:50 PM
EST DENVER -- Former Pirates closer Matt Capps, who...
was non-tendered in a surprise move on Saturday night, and the Rockies have what Capps' agent calls "mutual interest." Paul Kinzer said Monday that the ...
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Rockies are among Capps' suitors
buccofans.com - 18 hours ago
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I wrote about how I felt it was
a mistake to non-tender Matt Capps the other day,...
but there has been something that has bugged me about the whole situation since I wrote that. The more I think about it, the Pirates had no reason to non-tender Capps. The Pirates mentioned that they were ...
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No reason to non-tender Capps
community.post-gazette.com - 18 hours ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:24 p.m. Monday It
appears immensely unlikely that Matt Capps will be returning...
to Pittsburgh, based on the volume of interest in the 48 hours since the Pirates released him late Saturday. No fewer than eight suitors are ...
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Capps draws heavy interest
sports.espn.go.com - 18 hours ago
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The perception that the Cubs have a leg
up in signing recently released bullpen pitcher Matt Capps...
could be just that, a perception. Although the former Pirates closer would love to pitch for the Cubs, upwards of 12 teams have contacted Capps' agent, ...
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Matt Capps would love to pitch for the Chicago Cubs, but ...
masnsports.com - 21 hours ago
azcentral.com - 23 hours ago
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D-Backs among teams interested in Capps
thundermatt.com - 24 hours ago
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Graph courtesy of FanGraphs Granted Capps had a
down year last season, but assuming he can regain...
pre-2009 form, it'd be nice to have a reliever that can strike guys out much more often than walking them.
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My Case for Signing Matt Capps
paullebowitz.com - 24 hours ago
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Why did the Pirates non-tender Matt Capps? Why?
Every time the Pirates make another inexplicable move, you...
think team president Frank Coonelly and GM Neal Huntington can't reach new levels of cluelessness, but they manage to dig deeper and find new ways to create the worst organization in baseball.
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Pittsburgh Pirates---Hot Stove Preview
310tojoba.blogspot.com - 26 hours ago
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The former Pittsburgh closer, who saved 20+ games
each of the past two seasons, was "surprised" to...
find himself non-tendered by his team. As the Yankees are rumored to be looking for bullpen help (and also hopefully looking to avoid being as dumb as the Astros ), maybe it would be worthwhile ...
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Buy Low Idea: Matt Capps
bases.nbcsports.com - 27 hours ago
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Earlier today, Craig had some thoughts on how
Pirates general manager Neal Huntington treated right-hander Matt Capps,...
who was non-tendered on Saturday. I'm beginning to think that Huntington announced that he would tender contracts to all of his ...
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The Matt Capps saga continues...
bleachernation.com - 27 hours ago
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Despite the insanity of it all, Chicago Cubs
general manager Jim Hendry continues his hot pursuit of...
another reliever to squeeze into the team’s very crowded bullpen. He seems intent on spending money where it need not be spent. But I just report the decisions; I don’t make them. ...
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Jim Hendry Hearts Relievers: Cubs Looking at Matt Capps ...
chicagocubsonline.com - 34 hours ago
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While the Milton Bradley saga continues to dominate
the headlines as the Cubs attempt to move him,...
Jim Hendry reportedly is looking to make other improvements ... namely adding a centerfielder and a veteran right-hander for the back end of the bullpen. The Cubs appear to be in a holding ...
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Is Jim Hendry Looking at Capps and Calero for the Cubs Pen?
post-gazette.com - 34 hours ago
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If there is any lingering ill will between
the Pirates and Matt Capps, the closer they released...
late Saturday night because of a salary dispute, it was difficult to detect yesterday.
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Pirates, Capps take divergent paths after release
yanksblog.com - 36 hours ago
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Matt Capps: Marc Carig says the Yankees don't
have former Pirates closer Matt Capps "on their radar."...
Capps was just non-tendered by the club. Brian Giles: Buster Olney heard that the Yankees are one of the teams interested in giving Brian Gile...
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Hot Stove, Matt Capps, Brian Giles
thisisgettingold.net - 37 hours ago
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Another bobblehead pushed to the back of the
shelf. In news that sent shockwaves through the Pirates...
blogosphere, the Bucs did not offer a contract to Matt Capps yesterday making him a free agent. I guess we will have to find someone else to blow games for us. I wasn't the biggest Capps fan ...
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Pirates Give Matt Capps The Hook
bottomlinesox.com - 39 hours ago
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Ken Rosenthal, FOX – Rosenthal discusses how Youk’s
versatility enables the Red Sox to look at both...
first basemen (Nick Johnson?) and third baseman (Adrain Beltre?). ESPN – Although, this discussion my be irrelevant if Lowell’s injuries prove to be too risky for the ...
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Red Sox News: Bay, Kotchman, Lowell, Wang
mlb.mlb.com - 40 hours ago
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By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com 12/13/09 4:04 PM
EST PITTSBURGH -- For the past week, Matt Capps...
had seen and heard the same things as everyone else. He had read general manager Neal Huntington's comments on Wednesday, when Huntington confirmed that the ...
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Capps surprised by Bucs non-tender
community.post-gazette.com - 43 hours ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 2:22 p.m. Sunday Some
questions and answers from Neal Huntington just now ......
> On the decision to non-tender Matt Capps : "We spent a ton of time and energy on this and made an aggressive effort to try to keep ...
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Huntington: Capps' money to go to replacement
rumbunter.com - 43 hours ago
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No more barbed wire at PNC Park? The
Pittsburgh Pirates shocked fans at a few minutes after...
midnight when they non-tendered Matt Capps . It’s our opinion that GM Neal Huntington tried to bluff at the poker table called the winter meetings. He told everyone he was going to offer a ...
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Bye Bye Bull Rider; Serious Gigabytes Saved on Jumbotron
fangraphs.com - 43 hours ago
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After examining some of the interesting hitters non-tendered
, let’s now turn our focus toward the hurlers...
let go by teams on Saturday. Jose Arredondo Arredondo was a revelation out of the Angels bullpen in 2008 (8.11 K/9, 3.25 BB/9, 3.62 ...
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Notable Non-Tenders: Pitchers
community.post-gazette.com - 45 hours ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 1:13 p.m. Sunday Some
reaction from Matt Capps , by phone from Tampa:...
> On his immediate reaction upon finding out: "I don't know why, I just had a gut feeling about it, even after I read about Huntington saying ...
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Capps: 'I just had a gut feeling about it'
talkingchicagobaseball.com - 46 hours ago
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No sooner than I had tweeted that the
Cubs should look at Matt Capps, I found this...
Tribune article saying that just that may be happening. Paul Sullivan is reporting that both Capps and Cubs are showing interest in eachother but I've also found some chatter that the Orioles and Red Sox could be ...
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Cubs interested in Matt Capps
overthemonster.com - 46 hours ago
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by Charles Cherney - AP 6 months ago:
Pittsburgh Pirates closer Matt Capps pitches the ninth inning...
and gets the save as the Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 in a ...
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Throwing Money at Relievers? Red Sox Could Do Worse Than ...
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Talking Chicago Baseball - A Cubs and White ...
found this 46 hours agofound this
beyondtheboxscore.com - 48 hours ago
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MGL joins the aging fray with a 20
page PDF . He tries many different methods, including...
correcting for survivor bias by using "phantom" seasons. If you just want the punch line, he comes down on the peak age at 27-28 side. Tim Dierkes has a list of the most interesting non-tenders . I was ...
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No Pepper
whygavs.com - 48 hours ago
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I'm still trying to wrap my brain around
this whole Matt Capps thing, and clearly I'm not...
the only one . The official story seems to be that the Pirates and Capps weren't close to a contract at last night's midnight deadline and so the Pirates ...
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Why non-tender Capps?
mlbtraderumors.com - 48 hours ago
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Dozens of players were non-tendered today, and they've
been added to our 2010 free agents list. It's...
fitting that these players comprise the youngest free agents, since they were cut before tallying six years of service time.
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Interesting Non-Tenders
baseballmusings.com - 2 days ago
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Craig Calcaterra notes the poor treatment of Matt
Capps by Neal Huntington . Earlier in the week,...
Huntington said all eligible Pirates would be tendered, then non-tenders Matt: But more than cheap, this is just petty. It’s easy for us to think of players as mere names on a spreadsheet, ...
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Capps Capped
bases.nbcsports.com - 2 days ago
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Twice last week Pirates' GM Neal Huntington said
that he would tender closer Matt Capps, and all...
other arb-eligible players a contract: "At this point, our plan is to tender all eligible players," he said on Monday. He repeated the...
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Neal Huntington: jerkin' his players around
nybaseballdigest.com - 2 days ago
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There has been reported interest in Japanese right
handed reliever Ryota Igarashi from both local team. According...
to Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker Igarashi “the top free agent coming out of Japan” earlier this season.” Igarashi throws in the upper 90’s, and augments it with a hard ...
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Who Is Ryota Igarashi?
mlbtraderumors.com - 2 days ago
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Matt Capps, RP - The decision to let
Capps go was a surprise move by the Pirates....
The 26-year-old did fine work closing for the Bucs in 2007 and '08. His career BB/9 is just 1.7. His elbow was bruised twice this year, but Capps was otherwise ...
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MLBTradeRumors: Interesting Non-Tenders
seventraintoshea.com - 2 days ago
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Posted by Matt Pignataro The Mets announced they
will not be tendering contracts to Tim Redding ,...
Cory Sullivan , Jeremy Reed , and Lance Broadway . There are some interesting non-tendered players that the Mets could possible sign as they are now free agents. Some of those names include: RHP ...
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Mets Non-Tenders and Non-Tenders Who Could Interest
buccofans.com - 2 days ago
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All through the week it seemed to be
a given that the Pittsburgh Pirates would tender a...
contract to all of their arbitration eligible players. Those players were Ronny Cedeno, who will compete for the starting shortstop position, Zach Duke, one of the top starters from 2009, and Matt ...
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Pirates made a mistake letting Capps go
raisethejollyroger.com - 2 days ago
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The Pirates chose not to tender a contract
to Matt Capps before Saturday’s midnight deadline , making...
the Big Bull Rider a free agent. Same goes for Phil Dumatrait. Zach Duke, of course, was tendered a contract. Few will be terribly disappointed to see Capps go after his miserable 2009 ...
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Matt Capps non-tendered
community.post-gazette.com - 2 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 12:02 a.m. Sunday The
Pirates, in a stunning move, non-tendered closer Matt Capps...
just before the midnight Saturday deadline, thus allowing him to become a free agent. The team did tender starter Zach Duke , but the team did ...
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Pirates non-tender Capps
community.post-gazette.com - 2 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 2 a.m. Sunday Wow
... who saw that coming? This is easily the...
most surprised I have been by any move from the Pirates' current management team, especially in the sense that all signs -- not the least of which was management's ...
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Morning links: Lots of Capps questions
post-gazette.com - 2 days ago
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The Pirates, in a stunning move, did not
tender a contract offer to closer Matt Capps before...
the midnight deadline last night for all arbitration-eligible players and, thus, allowed him to become a free agent. The team and player had been far apart in ...
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Pirates release Capps after failure to reach deal
raisethejollyroger.com - 2 days ago
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SS Ronny Cedeno and the Pirates agreed on
a $1.125M contract for 2010 , avoiding arbitration. Cedeno...
made $822,500 in 2009. By comparison, Bobby Crosby will make $1 million guaranteed, with the opportunity to make up to $500,oo0 more in bonuses (based on plate-appearances). That’s about ...
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Cedeno to make $1.125 million
buccofans.com - 3 days ago
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed Ronny Cedeno for
$1.125 M for the 2010 season, according to Dejan...
Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Cedeno was entering his second year of arbitration, and accepted the $1.125 M to settle his arbitration price. Cedeno made $822,500 in 2009, ...
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Pirates sign Ronny Cedeno
community.post-gazette.com - 3 days ago
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 1:14 a.m. Saturday One
of the Pirates' three arbitration-eligible players agreed with the...
team on a contract, shortstop Ronny Cedeno taking a one-year deal worth $1.125 million. He made $822,500 this past season. Starter Zach ...
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Cedeno settles arbitration for $1.125M
