mlive.com - 15 days ago
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DETROIT -- Former All-Star relief pitcher J.J. Putz will become a possibility for the Detroit Tigers if the New York Mets opt against picking up his $8.6 million salary for next season. Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski had extensive trade...
beck.mlblogs.com - 17 days ago
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Jason Beck / MLB.com While Fernando Rodney filed
for free agency and Brandon Lyon weighs his options
on the open market, the Tigers might well be gaining another option at closer once the Mets make their expected decision to decline the 2010 option ...
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Putz and the Tigers, revisited
bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 17 days ago
mackavenuetigers.com - 14 days ago
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mackavenuetigers.com —
Over the next couple of weeks, the Tigers
have some decisions to make: which free agents should
they offer arbitration to, and which should they let walk. The free agents: 2B Placido Polanco , SS Adam Everett , DH Aubrey Huff , SP Jarrod Washburn , RP Brandon Lyon and RP Fernando Rodney . ...
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Arbitration dos and don'ts
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The Quest For Relief Revisits J.J. Putz
Bless You Boys —
... team involved to give Seattle the centerfielder they wanted. When the Mets were able to get the Indians to give up Franklin Gutierrez, they swooped in and got Putz.
But the Tigers ended up salvaging a deal for Edwin Jackson out of those negotiations, which was an excellent consolation prize. (Especially when Putz was done by June.)
So is this a possibility the Tigers should pursue? (Most of the team's beat writers seem to think so, as does MLB Trade Rumors.) Putz presumably wouldn't ...
From the mouths of MLivers: Readers solve the Tigers' bullpen issues and shout more slurs
It's Just Sports —
... knows that the key to any good ball club is having a good closer : If we're going to be elite, then we're going to need an elite closer, not a TNT red to explode any minute, and I'm talking about Rodney, he was great as a closer this year but he was very shaky. I'll take a 1,2,3 inning over a shaky one anyday. Come on D.D. get your thumb out of your @ss and make it happen. Resign Rodney, let Lyon walk, and sign Putz So ... your solution to stabilize the pen is re-signing Fernando Rodney, letting the team's most reliable reliever, Brandon Lyon, go, and bringing in ...
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The Quest For Relief Revisits J.J. Putz
blessyouboys.com 14 days ago —
by Gene J. Puskar - AP
Would J.J. Putz be happier (and healthier) playing for his hometown Detroit Tigers than he was with the New York Mets?
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Tigers would interest Putz
beck.mlblogs.com 12 days ago — Yes, free agent reliever J.J. Putz confirmed, the Tigers would be a situation that interests him. But then, a lot of situations would interest him.
"I'd have interest in most teams, including the Tigers," Putz wrote in an email to MLB.com ...
Discussion: J.J. Putz
mlbtraderumors.com 15 days ago — We learned this week that, as expected, the New York Mets declined J.J. Putz 's pricey 2010 option . Now that the righty has filed for free agency, tonight's discussion topic focuses on where he might land. Putz last signed a contract with the ...
J.J. Putz could stay...
metsfever.blogspot.com 18 days ago — It's being reported that the Mets have in fact declined J.J. Putz's option, essentially buying out the reliever for 1M. I would love to keep him and actually see that 1-2 punch of Putz to K-Rod in action, but at over 9M it isn't smart business. Surprisingly Putz maybe willing to return on a ...
Mets To Let J.J. Putz Go
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 17 days ago — "The New York Mets are prepared to part ways with reliever J.J. Putz. Ben Shpigel of the New York Times reports that the Mets do not plan to exercise their $9.1 million option on Putz and will pay him a $1 million buyout. While Putz will be free to sign with any team, Shpigel writes "it would ...
Mets decline option on J.J. Putz
metscitiblog.com 18 days ago — According to MLBTradeRumors , the Mets have informed J.J. Putz that they will buy out his option rather than picking it up. This was really a no-brainer as the option was for over $9 million. Putz was injured a lot last year and was never really a factor, positive one anyway, in ...
Breaking Down The Mets Bullpen: J.J. Putz
metsmerizedonline.com 21 days ago — As I had mentioned in my previous post, it has been nearly a year since the Mets acquired J.J. Putz from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for a bevy of players.
When they acquired the hard throwing righty, the Mets envisioned having a proven closer that could fill in the closer’s ...
Yes, there's still free agency for Tigers
beck.mlblogs.com 9 days ago — While trade rumors build around the Tigers regarding players they control, their interest in their own free agents hasn't gone away, at least not for most of them. The Tigers have had contact with the agents for relievers Fernando Rodney and Brandon ...
Mets Should Consider Signing Putz For 2010
metsmerizedonline.com 13 days ago — Last week the World Series finally ended, our nightmare season is finally over and the Hot Stove season has started. There have been trades already, options picked up or bought out and players have filed for free agency. Trade rumors are already out there, most of them so far unfounded this ...
Five Tigers file for free agency
beck.mlblogs.com 17 days ago — As the veteran Tigers scribe Jim Hawkins likes to say, no sense waiting (yes, I recycled that line from my Twitter account, @beckjason ). Five Tigers -- Adam Everett, Aubrey Huff, Placido Polanco, Fernando Rodney and Jarrod Washburn -- filed for free ...
Putz, Pavano file for free agency (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
Mets reliever J.J. Putz and Twins pitcher Carl Pavano filed for free agency Saturday. Putz became a free agent one day after New York declined his $9.1 million option and chose to pay a $1 million buyout. A total of 120 players have filed for free ...
