Leiter talks crawl as pitcher closer to free agency
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a recent history he had tried to live down - have cost Wally Backman part of his future, stained the reputation of a promising would-be manager and prompted the Arizona Diamondbacks to revise their hiring procedures.
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Al Leiter is returning to the Marlins, but Carl Pavano appears to be a goner. Leiter, a left-hander who threw the franchise&#39;s first no-hitter in 1996 and helped the team win its first World Series in 1997, signed a one-year $8 million contract Wednesday.
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ST. LOUIS - After pitching three more dominant innings for Houston in Game 6, Astros closer Brad Lidge may have to suck it up and get ready to go one more time on Thursday night.
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Pitcher Al Leiter signed a one-year contract with the Florida Marlins on Wednesday, returning to the team he helped lead to the 1997 World Series title.
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Leave it to Dodgers GM Paul DePodesta to give us a transaction that asks as many questions as it answers. The primary answer the Dodgers are getting in signing Jeff Kent to a two-year deal is this: They know
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Al Leiter , 39, became a free agent when the New York Mets declined his $10.2 million option and decided to pay a $2.1 million buyout. The lefthander went 10-8 with a 3.21 ERA in 30 starts last season. He was on the disabled list from May 11 to June 1 because of tendinitis in his left shoulder . . ...
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Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia has tabled contract talks with the Cleveland Indians.
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While Beltran keeps adding to the arsenal of information agent Scott Boras will have in the dossier for the soon-to-be free agent, Lidge has served notice that what
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He&#39;s part of a proposed three-team trade that also includes the Diamondbacks and Dodgers -- a deal reportedly close to being finalized.
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The Angels are hopeful right-hander Jered Weaver will be ready by opening day while ace Bartolo Colon looks like he will be out until the end of April.
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When general manager Theo Epstein was putting the pieces of this Red Sox team together last winter, he asked then-managerial candidate Terry Francona about Keith Foulke, one of the prized relievers on the free agent market.
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NEW YORK -- Free-agent center fielder Carlos Beltran will get to meet George Steinbrenner on Tuesday. Beltran will travel to Tampa, Fla.
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There are progressions that must continue in Josh Beckett's game. Last season, he went over the 200-inning hump for the first time. He faced American League hitters for the first time and realized how much tougher the lineups with a DH can be.
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Longtime Met Al Leiter signed a one-year deal with the Marlins on Wednesday, choosing Florida over the Yankees, who had hoped to acquire the veteran lefty.
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The Mets could lose one veteran left-handed pitcher to a team in their own division and another to a team in their own city. As representatives for Al Leiter negotiated a one-year contract with
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parting ways with Jason Giambi - is unlikely to be resolved for a while. But they announced three moves yesterday, bringing back their reserve catcher and acquiring two relief pitchers.
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Clay Buchholz might still be able to take the mound a few more times this season.