arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com - 12/2/2008
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PHOENIX -- The Diamondbacks offered salary arbitration to three of their five free-agent players hours before Monday's deadline. Second baseman Orlando Hudson and relievers Juan Cruz and Brandon Lyon were offered arbitration, while outfielder Adam Dunn and left-hander Randy Johnson were not. ...
mlb.mlb.com - 12/1/2008
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mlb.mlb.com —
In ordinary offseasons, the deadline for clubs to
offer arbitration to their ranked free agents, which this...
time arrives Monday at midnight ET, has been a rather predictable occasion. With few exceptions, teams not yet able to strike new deals in ...
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Arbitration: To offer or not to offer? | MLB.com: News
eastvalleytribune.com - 12/7/2008
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eastvalleytribune.com —
A year after plotting to make a big
splash while pursuing Dan Haren at the winter meeting,...
the Diamondbacks are unlikely to make many waves this time. When the meeting convenes in Las Vegas today, the D-Backs will have only about $10 million to spend, ...
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D-Backs unlikely to make waves at winter meeting | ...
msn.foxsports.com - 12/2/2008
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msn.foxsports.com —
Dunn's sitting pretty Of all the free agents
who were not offered salary arbitration, perhaps none will...
benefit as much as Adam Dunn. A team can now sign Dunn without forfeiting a high draft pick, making him that much more attractive on the open ...
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FOX Sports on MSN - Ken Rosenthal - Bad economy hurting ...
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Dunn Won't Cost A Draft Pick
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
The Diamondbacks' decision not to offer arbitration to Adam Dunn yesterday was an interesting development. Now, the top home run hitter on the free agent market will not cost a draft pick to sign. Ken Rosenthal says Dunn is sitting pretty, and should find increased interest.
Rosenthal says the D'Backs made a late run at signing Dunn to a two-year deal shortly ...
Get It Dunn
River Avenue Blues —
The date is August 10th, 2004, and the Dodgers’ Jose Lima finishes his warmup tosses prior to the bottom of the fourth in Cincinatti’s Great American Ballpark. Adam Dunn steps to the plate to leadoff the inning, having popped out to second to end a nine pitch battle in his first at-bat. The first pitch is a called strike, and Dunn fouls off the second for a quick 0-2 count. Lima Time tries to get Dunn flailing at something off the plate for the K, but The Big Donkey takes three straight balls to the work the count back full. Dunn fouls off the sixth pitch of the at-bat, then the seventh.
It’s just his second trip to the plate in the game, but Dunn has already coaxed ...
Baseball and the Economy
McCovey Chronicles —
... deal would seem like a pretty good fit for he Yankees in a worst-case scenario. Even the Yankees, though, are expecting to cut back.
Everyone seems to be terrified -- terrified! -- of a player making too much money on a one-year contract, and they're willing to forego potential draft-pick compensation because of their terror. What is the reason for this suddenly cautious fiscal approach? Let's go to our panel:
"The poor economy has affected some things." -- Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes
"Some teams must factor in potentially serious declines in ...
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Adam Dunn In Yankee Pinstripes? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/3/2008
(From Yankees 'N More)
The Arizona Diamondbacks declined to offer arbitration to slugger Adam Dunn, meaning any team can sign him without losing draft picks. It has been reported that the New York Yankees intend to add an ''impact hitter'' to ...
Adam Dunn In Pinstripes? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/3/2008
(From Yankees 'N More)
The Arizona Diamondbacks declined to offer arbitration to slugger Adam Dunn, meaning any team can sign him without losing draft picks. It has been reported that the New York Yankees intend to add an ''impact hitter'' to ...
2009 Fantasy Baseball Player Stock Watch —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/4/2008
Tampa Bay Rays general manager Andrew Friedman has built a winning ball club with a principle that he used in his previous career on Wall Street. The principle is simple: buy low, sell high.
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