Padres Avoid Arbitration, Sign Roberts
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SAN DIEGO (Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres avoided  salary arbitration with outfielder Dave Roberts on Wednesday,  agreeing to a one-year, $1.35 million contract.
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SAN DIEGO -- Notes from Game 2 at The House That Larry Lucchino Built. They really hate Doug Mirabelli here. The San Diego Union-Tribune reprinted Padres GM Kevin Towers's rips of Mirabelli from last year ("I don't miss him. These guys don't miss him.") and fans were ready when Mirabelli stepped in to face Chris Young last night in the ...
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Mike Winters, the umpire who was involved in the argument that left a Padres outfielder with a season-ending knee injury, was suspended for the rest of the regular season.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (Sports Network) - Second baseman Alfonso  Soriano avoided arbitration with the Texas Rangers by coming to  terms on a one-year, $7.5 million contract Monday.
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The San Diego Padres pulled out their second straight extra-inning victory after four straight losses. This one came against the fading Los Angeles Dodgers, who haven't had any success in extra-inning games &#151; or nine-inning ones, for that matter.
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Mark Prior and the San Diego Padres agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract, making him the second postoperative pitcher to join the team in less than a month.
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Jay Payton's three-run homer led the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in National League play Saturday, despite a 701st career blast from Barry Bonds.
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Players offered arbitration have until Dec. 19 to either accept or reject. Players who reject arbitration may sign with former club until Jan. 8 (or after May 1).
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SAN DIEGO -- Right-hander Woody Williams rejoined the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, more than three years after being traded away in one of the most-criticized deals in team history.
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Two days after the Padres solidified their starting lineup with the acquisition of Dave Roberts, the club bolstered its bench with the signing of Mark Sweeney on Wednesday.
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Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - The Kansas City Royals declined to offer arbitration to veteran outfielder Juan Gonzalez and three others on Tuesday, effectively cutting them loose.
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SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres acquired temperamental outfielder Milton Bradley from the Oakland Athletics on Friday, the second time in just more than a week that the team decided to add a player with a history of blowups.
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There was no doubt for whom the heavy metal bells were tolling on Sunday &#151; Trevor Hoffman and his 479 career saves. The San Diego Padres' 38-year-old closer pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in front of a roaring crowd to become baseball's career saves leader in a memorable 2-1 win for the NL West leaders over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Trevor Hoffman became major league   baseball's all-time saves leader as the San Diego Padres   solidified their hold on the NL West with a 2-1 win over the   Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
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Outfielder Dave Roberts, whose stolen base helped the Red Sox rally over the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS, is traded to San Diego for Jay Payton and Ramon Vazquez.
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Right-hander Carlos Silva and the Minnesota Twins avoided arbitration by agreeing Tuesday to a two-year contract that includes a mutual option for 2007.
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Pitcher Nate Robertson and the Detroit Tigers avoided salary arbitration when they agreed Wednesday to a $21.25 million, three-year contract.