fangraphs.com - 12/3/2008
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Yesterday, the Houston Astros announced they have signed Mike Hampton to a contract. This time around, Hampton isn’t setting a record for the largest contract ever signed by a pitcher, but instead settling for a guaranteed $2 million for 2009 with the ability to make another $2 million if ...
Astros Sign Mike Hampton
mlbtraderumors.com 12/2/2008 — According to FOX 26 Sports in Houston , the Astros signed pitcher Mike Hampton today. He just needs to complete a physical. Hampton pitched for the Astros from 1994-99 before he was traded to the Mets.
Hampton sought a one-year deal ...
Astros Set to Sign Mike Hampton
bucsdugout.com 12/2/2008 — The Astros have agreed to sign Mike Hampton , pending a physical:
Hampton, 36, will be in Houston either Monday or Tuesday to take the physical, which is usually the final step before a team and player finalize a deal. An ...
Hampton to the Astros
hardballtimes.com 12/1/2008 — That's what ESPN is reporting anyway:
Pitcher Mike Hampton has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Houston Astros pending a physical exam, two baseball sources told ESPN.com. The contract will pay Hampton a base salary of about $2 million plus incentives, the source said . . .
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Hampton returning to Astros | astros.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 12/1/2008 — HOUSTON -- The Astros have a deal in place with left-hander Mike Hampton, pending a physical, MLB.com has learned. General manager Ed Wade declined to comment. Hampton, 36, will be in Houston either Monday or Tuesday to take the physical, which is ...
Mike Hampton wants a straight one year deal
crawfishboxes.com 11/28/2008 — Mike Hampton wants a straight one year deal
MLBTradeRumors reported a lot earlier today that Hampton doesn't want to hear offers on an incentive based contract and just wants a deal. I don't know that I'm ok with that.
Apparently ...
What can the Astros expect from Mike Hampton?
crawfishboxes.com 12/5/2008 — Hopefully Mike Hampton holds up more like he did in these days this year.
With the official announcement today of Mike Hampton's 1 year, $2 million dollar base contract, we now have to look to April 2009 and beyond. Hampton's ...
Hampton Seeks One Year Deal
mlbtraderumors.com 11/21/2008 — ESPN's Jerry Crasnick spoke to Mike Hampton 's agent Mark Rodgers, who said, "We're looking for a straight one-year deal - no option, no nothing." Hampton obviously just wants to re-establish himself as a healthy, useful starting ...
Biting the Hand that Fed Him
furmanbisher.wordpress.com 12/3/2008 — Not that Mike Hampton would ever have been considered a mental giant, but surely he must have learned how to read a road map in his mutilated pitching career. Surely somewhere along the way he must have learned that there is something of honor in ...
The Long Dark Tea-Time of Mike Hampton
talkingchop.com 12/3/2008 — It's hard to believe, but the Atlanta Braves traded for Mike Hampton before the 2003 season -- he's been a Brave for six years ... well, technically it's been six years. We forget that for the first three years (what I like to refer to as "the ...
Tough Love: Mike Hampton
theloveofsports.com 2/17/2009 — There aren't many body parts left for Mike Hampton to injure and with reports that he's now come up with an irregular heartbeat, The Love of Sports is suggesting that the former 20-game winner hang'em up in today's edition of Tough Love.
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