Royals decline to offer arbitration to Gonzalez, Randa
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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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The Atlanta Braves and reliever Rafael  Soriano avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year, $9  million contract, the team said on Thursday.
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Joe Torre refused a $5 million contract offer that would have kept him as baseballâs highest-paid manager but would have represented a cut from his present salary.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Published reports out of New York indicate the Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks have halted trade talks involving five-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson.
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The Atlanta Braves and reliever Rafael Soriano avoided arbitration by agreeing to a two-year, $9 million contract, the team said on Thursday.
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The Mets did not retain their right fielder, are hoping to trade their left fielder and now will not have their center fielder available for the start of next season.
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The Nationals and their two remaining arbitration-eligible players, reliever Jon Rauch and infielder Felipe Lopez , are $300,000 apart in submitted figures for potential hearings.
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OSAKA-Japanese baseball players backed off their promised weekend strike on Friday after owners bought another week to discuss a merger that threatens to change the entire structure of the sport.
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The National Hockey League rejected an  offer from the players in the latest round of labor  negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a  lockout start to the season next month.
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After signaling contrary intentions the day before, the Red Sox last night elected not to offer salary arbitration to outfielder Trot Nixon, who under the terms of the new collective bargaining agreement could still return to the club, but almost certainly at a much reduced price than the $6.5 million he was paid last season.
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Joe Torre refused a $5 million contract offer that would have kept him as baseballâs highest-paid manager but also represented a cut from his present salary.
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It appears the Mets' negotiations with the agents for Johan Santana won't be over quickly.
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Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Yankees Friday declined an $8 million option on pitcher Jon Lieber, making the veteran righthander a free agent.
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So are the suddenly free-spending Kansas City Royals going to bid for Alex Rodriguez this coming offseason?
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Joe Torre rejected the Yankeesâ contract offer on Thursday, but in a news conference at the Hilton Rye Town Friday, he said he felt rejected by them.
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Free-agent pitchers Eric Milton and Kevin Millwood were not offered salary arbitration by the Phillies before Tuesday&#39;s midnight deadline, meaning their brief careers in Philadelphia are all but over.
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Brian Lara and other top West Indies players have been ruled ineligible for a January tournament against Australia and Pakistan after refusing to sign a contract due to a dispute over sponsorship deals, sources involved in the dispute said yesterday.