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| Date | Player | News |
| 11/6/2009 | Austin Kearns, RF (Was) | The Washington Nationals have declined their $10 million option on Kearns and are paying a $1 million buyout, presumably ending his disappointing tenure with the team. Analysis: The 29-year-old Kearns hit only .195 with three homers and 17 RBIs in 174 at-bats this season, when he was hampered by a thumb problem. Elbow and foot injuries limited Kearns to 86 games in 2008, when he batted .217 with seven homers and 32 RBIs. In 2007, his only full season in Washington, Kearns hit .266 with 16 homers and 74 RBIs. |
| 11/6/2009 | Austin Kearns, RF (Was) | The Washington Nationals have declined their $10 million option on Kearns and are paying a $1 million buyout, presumably ending his disappointing tenure with the team. Analysis: The 29-year-old Kearns hit only .195 with three homers and 17 RBIs in 174 at-bats this season, when he was hampered by a thumb problem. Elbow and foot injuries limited Kearns to 86 games in 2008, when he batted .217 with seven homers and 32 RBIs. In 2007, his only full season in Washington, Kearns hit .266 with 16 homers and 74 RBIs. |
| 11/6/2009 | Manny Ramirez, LF (LAD) | Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. The team said Friday that the slugger exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010. His agent Scott Boras informed Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti of the decision. Analysis: Ramirez hit .290 with 19 home runs and 63 RBIs in 104 regular season games. He missed 50 games while suspended for violating baseball's drug policy. In the NL division series against St. Louis, Ramirez batted .308 with no homers and two RBI. Against Philadelphia in the NL championship series, he hit .263 with one homer and two RBI. |
| 11/6/2009 | Alan Embree, RP (Col) | The Colorado Rockies have declined their part of mutual options on Embree, who filed for free agency. Analysis: Embree gets a $250,000 buyout instead of a $3 million salary. Embree was 2-2 with a 5.84 ERA in 36 games. His season ended when he broke his right leg on a liner off the bat of Atlanta's Martin Prado on July 10. |
| 11/6/2009 | Yorvit Torrealba, C (Col) | The Colorado Rockies have declined their part of mutual options on Torrealba, and they both filed for free agency. Analysis: Torrealba receives a $500,000 buyout instead of a $4 million salary. The 31-year-old Torrealba came up big for the Rockies down the stretch, helping them win the NL wild card for the second time in three years. He hit .291 ands drove in 17 of his 31 RBIs from Sept. 1 on. |
| 11/6/2009 | Braden Looper, SP (Mil) | The Brewers also are weighing a decision on exercising a 2010 option on Looper, who went 14-7 with a 5.22 ERA last season. Analysis: Looper's 2010 option is for $6.5 million with a $1 million buyout because he pitched more than 180 innings last season. If Milwaukee exercises the option, Looper has the right to decline it but he would forfeit the buyout. |
| 11/6/2009 | David Weathers, RP (Mil) | The Milwaukee Brewers have declined a club option on Weathers for next season. Analysis: Weathers arrived in Milwaukee in a trade with Cincinnati in August and went 1-3 with a 4.88 ERA the rest of the year. |
| 11/6/2009 | Gordon Beckham, 3B (CWS) | Chicago general manager Ken Williams said Beckham would be switched from third to second base next season. Analysis: Beckham was a star shortstop at the University of Georgia before being a first-round pick in 2008 and was OK with the change. |
| 11/6/2009 | J.J. Putz, RP (NYM) | The New York Mets have declined an option on Putz, making him eligible for free agency. Putz was due to make $9.1 million in 2010. Instead, the Mets decided Friday to pay him a $1 million buyout. Analysis: Putz was 1-4 with two saves and a 5.22 ERA in his first season with New York. The Mets got him a trade with Seattle last offseason to be the setup man for Francisco Rodriguez. Putz had surgery on his right elbow in June. He was shut down in August for the rest of the season because of a problem in his right forearm. |
| 11/6/2009 | Pedro Feliz, 3B (Phi) | The Phillies have until Monday to decide whether to pick up a $5 million option on Feliz, who batted .266 with 12 homers in 2009, hitting mostly seventh in the lineup. Analysis: Not picking up Feliz's option doesn't prevent the Phillies from re-signing him. "He had a solid year for us," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. "I like the man personally. He's a great person, a great teammate, but I also believe in trying to improve and change can be for the better. It doesn't necessarily mean we're going to, but it's something that we'll look into." |
| 11/6/2009 | Stephen Strasburg, SP (Was) | The Nationals say No. 1 overall draft pick Strasburg has a strained neck muscle and is being scratched from his scheduled start in the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game. Analysis: The team says the right-hander is being held out of Saturday's game for precautionary reasons. The Nationals are listing Strasburg's status as day to day and are not sure when his next Arizona Fall League start will be. |
| 11/6/2009 | Cliff Lee, SP (Phi) | The NL champion Phillies have picked up Lee's $9 million option for 2010. The team announced the expected move on Friday, two days after losing the World Series to the New York Yankees. Lee's contract expires after next season, though general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said the team is open to signing the star left-hander to a long-term deal. Analysis: Lee, 31, was acquired from the Cleveland Indians on July 29 for four minor leaguers, and quickly became Philadelphia's ace. Lee posted a 3.39 ERA in 12 starts for the Phillies, then went 4-0 with a 1.56 mark in five postseason outings, including 2-0 in the World Series. |
| 11/6/2009 | Josh Fields, 3B (KC) | TheWhite Sox have acquired slugger Mark Teahen in a trade from the Kansas City Royals for infielders Fields and Chris Getz. The White Sox also get cash considerations. Analysis: Fields, a former college quarterback at Oklahoma State, appeared in 29 games and batted .222 with seven homers and 30 RBIs last season. |
| 11/6/2009 | Chris Getz, 2B (KC) | The Royals acquired Getz and infielder Josh Fields from the Chicago White Sox on Friday for infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen. Analysis: Getz, who became Chicago's starting second basemen, batted .261 with two homers, 31 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in 107 games last season. |
| 11/6/2009 | Mark Teahen, 3B (CWS) | The Chicago White Sox have acquired Teahen in a trade from the Kansas City Royals for infielders Chris Getz and Josh Fields. The White Sox also get cash considerations. Analysis: Teahen batted .271 with a 12 home runs and 50 RBI in 144 games with the Royals in 2009. He made 99 starts at third base, 31 in right field and three at second. |
| 11/6/2009 | Carlos Gomez, CF (Mil) | The Brewers acquired Gomez on Friday from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for shortstop J.J. Hardy. Analysis: The 23-year-old Gomez was acquired by the Twins from the New York Mets last year. He batted .229 with three home runs and 28 RBI in 137 games with the Twins last season. |
| 11/6/2009 | J.J. Hardy, SS (Min) | The Twins have acquired Hardy from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for outfielder Carlos Gomez. The move, announced Friday, relieves a crowded outfield for the Twins, who also have Delmon Young, Denard Span and Michael Cuddyer. Analysis: The 27-year-old Hardy batted .229 with 11 home runs and 47 RBI in 115 games for the Brewers in 2009. A 2007 All-Star, he is just the third shortstop in Brewers' history to hit more than 20 home runs in a season twice (Robin Yount and Jose Hernandez). |
| 11/6/2009 | Jermaine Dye, RF (CWS) | The White Sox have declined the mutual option on veteran right fielder and former Dye, clearing the way for him to become a free agent. Dye will get a buyout of $950,000 instead of $12 million he could have gotten in salary next season. Analysis: Dye, the World Series MVP in 2005 for the White Sox, signed a two-year, $22 million extension late in the 2007 season. This year, the 35-year-old Dye batted .250 with 27 home runs and 81 RBI in 141 games. Dye has also played with the Braves, Royals and Athletics. In 14 major league seasons, he has batted .274 with 325 homers and 1,072 RBIs. In five seasons with the White Sox, he batted .278 with 164 homers and 461 RBI. |
| 11/6/2009 | Brandon Webb, SP (Ari) | The Diamondbacks exercised Webb's 2010 contract option on Friday. Analysis: General manager Josh Byrnes says Webb has recovered well from an Aug. 4 arthroscopic surgery on his pitching shoulder. Byrnes cited Webb's significant contributions to the club in deciding to pick up the option year. Webb made just one start last season before being put on the disabled list. He's a three-time All-Star who won the 2006 Cy Young award. Webb is 87-62 with a 3.27 ERA over seven seasons. |
| 11/5/2009 | Tim Lincecum, SP (SF) | Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state. Washington State Patrol spokesman Steve Schatzel said Thursday that the 2008 Cy Young Award winner and former star at the University of Washington was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 5 about four miles north of the Oregon border on Oct. 30. Analysis: An officer approached Lincecum's 2006 Mercedes and smelled marijuana. Schatzel says Lincecum immediately complied with a request to hand over the drug and a marijuana pipe. The amount measured was 3.3 grams. Schatzel says police consider that a small amount for personal use. Lincecum was fined a total of $622 for driving at 74 mph in a 60-mph zone, and for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. |
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