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It’s a re-run, as Wilson goes twice
Posted on 13 May 2012 by Bill Mahoney.
There didn't seem to be any love lost when C.J. Wilson signed with the Angels after spending 7 years in a Rangers uniform. The Rangers have moved on, having Yu Darvish doesn't hurt. Wilson, and his replacement faced off on Monday, with Darvish the ultimate winner. Well, Darvish did come back out to the mound after a 1:56 rain delay, while Wilson watched Jerome Williams get lit up by a free swi...
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Possible ALCS preview in early season matchup in Motown!
Posted on 19 Apr 2012 by Sean McCabe.
The two hottest teams in the American League start a 4 game weekend series in Motown this weekend. Josh Hamilton and the two time defending AL champs Texas Rangers (10-2) get their first look of the season at Prince Fielder and his Detroit Tigers (9-3). The Motor City Kitties are off to their best start since they started 11-1 in 1984, and we all know what happened in 1984, when they led the l...
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Cespedes vs. Darvish and Other Spring Goodies
Posted on 5 Mar 2012 by Josh Muller.
Cespedes Signs: Yoenis Cespedes arrived in Phoenix on Saturday and after passing his physical, the 4-year $36 million contact he agreed to with the Oakland Athletics became official. Finally. I’m always anxious about contract negotiations or trades until they are finalized because it always seems to good to be true when the A’s get any player of value. It’s a good day for A’s fans, who ...
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Moving Past Yu (Last Darvish Pun, I Promise)
Posted on 21 Dec 2011 by Ben Fisher.
First thing’s first: this sudden criticism of Alex Anthopoulos, Rogers and the Blue Jays for the handling of the Yu Darvish bid process is majorly overblown. If reports and speculation are to be believed, the club made a bid in the neighbourhood of $50 million for the Darvish negotiation rights, coming up just short of the Texas Rangers’ $51.7 million bid in what was a closed process. Falli...
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Jays Gear Up for Free Agency
Posted on 2 Nov 2011 by Ben Fisher.
MLB free agency opens tonight (well, technically tomorrow) at 12:01am EST with a laundry list of available names that you can undoubtedly already recite in your sleep (Pujols, Fielder, Reyes, Wilson, Ortiz, etc.). The Jays, armed with a fully returning front office, will certainly be doing their due diligence on several of the available marquee names and, as SI’s Jon Heyman recently reported,...
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Jays Maintain Reign Over O’s
Posted on 13 Sep 2011 by Ben Fisher.
What Happened It wasn’t easy or all that pretty, but the Blue Jays (74-73) capped off another season of dominance over the Orioles, winning all six series against their fellow AL East birds this season (12-6 total record). Despite getting owned by Jeremy Guthrie on Friday, the Jays rebounded with a pair of one-run, come-from-behind wins A Closer Look Relief Comes into Focus on Sunday: The sto...
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A’s Place Winning Bid For Japanese Ace Hisashi Iwakuma
Posted on 8 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
**UPDATE** Around 9:00AM PST on Monday, the A's officially announced they won the rights to negotiate with Hisashi Iwakuma. **ORIGINAL POST** While there has not been any official announcement, it appears as though the Oakland Athletics placed the winning bid to negotiate a contract with Hisashi Iwakuma, ace of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. The news comes from tweets made by Iwakuma's agen...









