Well-Paid Bullpen Costs O's Again
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For the second straight night, the Orioles' high-priced bullpen gives up four runs and Seattle comes from behind for a 5-4 win on Tuesday.
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On the face of it, the New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night because their bullpen surrendered seven runs in the eighth inning.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Philadelphia Phillies&#39; bullpen is already starting to take shape for next season. The club has picked up the $9 million US contract option on Billy Wagner for the 2005 season.
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The Chicago White Sox avoided arbitration with right-hander Jon Garland on Friday, agreeing to a $3.4 million, one-year contract. Garland, who got a $1.1 million raise, was 12-11 with a 4.89 ERA last season, the first winning record of his career.
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The back end of the Angels bullpen is a very nasty place, with not one but two menacing closers poised daily to sweep away anyone's hopes of snatching the bread away from the starters.
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The Marlins on Friday addressed their depleted bullpen by signing veteran righthanders Alfonseca and Todd Jones to contracts. Alfonseca, who spent last season with the Atlanta Braves, received $4.75 million over two years.
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Antonio Alfonseca&#39;s return to the Marlins&#39; bullpen has been put on hold because of a physical that found problems in the right-handed reliever&#39;s back.
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The Chicago White Sox have come to terms on a two-year, $5.5 million contract with pitcher Dustin Hermanson. He will earn $2 million in 2005 and $3 million in 2006, with the club holding an option for 2007 at $3.5 million.
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It was two batters into the seventh inning when Hideki Okajima, the Red Sox' savior (or at least the one who had earned that title Thursday night), entered last night's game. His bullpen mates, not to mention Daisuke Matsuzaka, the starter who lasted just 5 1/3 innings, surely expected him to do what he had done two nights ...
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Justin Speier thinks general managers around the majors realize more than ever the importance of a strong bullpen. That concept landed the 33-year-old right-hander a four-year, $18 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels.
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Brian Cashman used his autonomy as the Yankeesâ general manager to put together a team that is three games below .500 despite some high-priced veteran talent in the lineup.
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Commissioner Bud Selig and other baseball owners should be thrilled. The luxury tax on payrolls has inhibited George Steinbrenner's spending.
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In a meeting of big-money pitchers yesterday, Curt Schilling looked like a $12 million bargain, Kevin Brown a $15.7 million bust. Schilling easily won the marquee matchup for the Boston
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They play a mile high and keep their baseballs in a humidor. They were tossing snowballs during practice this week. Their entire payroll is not much more than what the Red Sox paid for the privilege of eating sushi with Daisuke Matsuzaka. And they're on an odds-defying run that would have made a billionaire out of a Vegas dice-roller.
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To paraphrase an old saying, when you keep going back to the bullpen, eventually it&#39;s going to come up dry. That&#39;s what happened to the Red Sox on Thursday night, when
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It wasn't a fair fight. The Red Sox paid $103 million for Daisuke Matsuzaka, who stood on the mound last night facing the perpetually awful Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who boast a team payroll of $24 million.
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When Tigers manager Alan Trammell described his bullpen&#39;s recent struggles on Friday, he compared it to an offense being in a slump.