star-telegram.com - 1/24/2009
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It’s award season in Hollywood and the same goes for the Texas Rangers. They continued gearing up for the 2009 season with their annual Sluggers of the West Awards Dinner on Friday night in Arlington. A look at who brought home some of the hardware:
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Baseball Time in Arlington —
... Honorees at Friday evening's Sluggers of the West Awards Dinner at Eddie Deen's Ranch in Dallas included Josh Hamilton (Player of the Year), Vicente Padilla (Pitcher of the Year), who was unable to attend due to visa problems, Chris Davis (Rookie of the Year), Derek Holland (Nolan Ryan Minor League Pitcher of the Year), Nelson Cruz (Minor League Player of the Year), Jose Vallejo (Minor League Defender of the Year), Ian Kinsler (Jim Sundberg Community Achievement Award) and Ron Washington (Harold McKinney Good Guy Award). ...
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Lone Star Ball —
... agreement could be reached by early next week. The right deal would be no longer than two years and worth no more than $16 million guaranteed, but it could escalate based on performance incentives.
"If your guarantee doesn’t have to be to the level where you felt like you had too much exposure, and you were able to build in a structure that he would be paid on the level that he pitched to, I think that would be the proper approach," Ryan said Friday.
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Free agent right-hander Ben Sheets met again this week with the Texas Rangers, the team that plays not far from his Dallas home. "It was part of doing our due diligence," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Friday. "Just continued dialogue, really."
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Free agent right-hander Ben Sheets met again this week with the Texas Rangers, the team that plays not far from his Dallas home. "It was part of doing our due diligence," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Friday. "Just continued dialogue, really."
