washington.nationals.mlb.com - 17 days ago
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By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com 11/06/09 8:11 PM EST Austin Kearns, Ron Villone and Dmitri Young all filed for free agency on Friday, thus taking care of the entire slate of eligible players for the Nationals. Big league players with expiring contracts and six years of Major League service time ...
sports.espn.go.com - 17 days ago
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sports.espn.go.com —
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals have declined their
$10 million option on outfielder Austin Kearns and are
paying a $1 million buyout, presumably ending his disappointing tenure with the team. The 29-year-old Kearns hit only .195 with three ...
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federalbaseball.com - 20 days ago
tireball.com - 17 days ago
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tireball.com —
The Washington Nationals made it official today, yet
we’ve known this since 2008 ended. Austin Kearns has
been let go, the team opted to pay him a $1 million buyout instead of the $10 million he would have accounted against their payroll in 2010.
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When did Austin Kearns’ career go sour?
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Washington Nationals Buy Out Austin Kearns...5 Others Become Free Agents.
Federal Baseball —
... MLB.com's Bill Ladson announced the Nationals' decision to cut ties with Kearns this afternoon in an article entitled, "Trio of Nats complete free agent group", where Mr. Ladson also reported that ...
Can you believe the Nats declined that $10 million option on Austin Kearns?
The Nationals Enquirer —
(AP Photo. The Austin Kearns Era is effectively over in D.C. Unless he comes back for really cheap.)
Ted Lerner says: I'll take the $1 million buyout, thank you very much!
And just like that, the only remaining character from the deal that epitomized the Jim Bowden Era in DC is gone.
Kearns, Da Meathook, Ron Villone, Livo, ...
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