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| RECENT MLB TEAM NEWS |
| Coverwire Update |
| CIN |
6/14/2008 |
| The Reds acquired pitcher Henry Arias from the Royals to complete their deal that sent Brad Salmon to the Royals earlier this spring, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Arias was repeating the Low-A level after a tough season there last year. |
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| NY-N |
6/13/2008 |
| Willie Randolph's tenure as Mets manager is in grave danger of ending this weekend, sources tell the NY Daily News. It's believed that bench coach Jerry Manuel would succeed Randolph if the manager is fired. |
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| ATL |
5/23/2008 |
| Bobby Cox signed a one-year contract extension through the 2009 season. He had said before that he may retire after the 2008 season, but will be be paid about $3 million for 2009, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. |
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| BOS |
5/13/2008 |
| Red Sox manager Terry Francona will miss the two-game series against Baltimore because of the passing of his mother-in-law, the Red Sox' official site reports. Bench coach Brad Mills will serve as manager in Francona's place. |
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| NY-N |
4/24/2008 |
| Harold Reynolds, who was fired by ESPN in 2006, allegedly for sexual harassment, has been hired by SportsNet New York as a studio analyst on Mets telecasts, the NY Daily News reports. |
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| CIN |
4/14/2008 |
| After Sunday's loss to Tom Gorzelanny and the Pirates, the Reds are 1-3 against left-handed starters, hitting just .213 with one homer and four RBI in 117 at-bats against lefties overall. |
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| CIN |
4/5/2008 |
| Reds beat writer John Fay had an interesting blog post about how the Reds found Johnny Cueto in the Dominican Republic, and how they lost the scout that signed him. |
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| TB |
3/27/2008 |
| The Rays have already set a franchise record for most spring training wins in one season (17-6-2 through Wednesday), the St. Petersburg Times reports. While everyone involved quickly admits that spring training records don't mean much, Rays manager Joe Maddon takes their spring record as just one piece of evidence that the Rays have "been doing the little things properly" this spring. The times also did some research to show that, perhaps, extreme success in the spring is a sign of good things to come; of the five best spring won-loss records posted since 1980 (a list the Rays would crack at their current pace), each of those five teams made the playoffs. |
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| NY-N |
3/5/2008 |
| Joe Smith is part of a list of players the Mets have told other teams they are willing to trade in a desire to fill two key backup roles: a righty hitter who can play both first base and right field, and a middle infielder who can handle shortstop well. Other names available are Orlando Hernandez, Scott Schoeneweis, Jorge Sosa and Anderson Hernandez. Ruben Gotay, who was out of options and, thus, could not be sent back to the minors without facing waivers, also was on that list before injuring his foot. The Mets may speak to Detroit, who envisions itself as a strong contender with real depth issues in the pen. In Marcus Thames and Ramon Santiago, the Tigers have an extra righty hitter who can play right field/first base and/or a proven major league middle infield reserve, the NY Post reports. |
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| TB |
3/1/2008 |
| Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena combined to pull off a double steal in the first inning for the Rays against the Reds on Friday, the St. Petersburg Times reports. That's a double steal in the first inning ... of the first game ... of the Grapefruit League season ... on February 29, for cryin' out loud. In all likelihood, that means no manager in the entire history of major league baseball has ever called for a double steal as early in the season as Joe Maddon did Friday. |
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