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Sabathia, Ramirez, Burnett offered arbitration — NEW YORK (AP) -Star pitcher CC Sabathia and slugging outfielder Manny Ramirez headlined a group of 24 players offered salary arbitration Monday by their former teams. — Starters A.J. Burnett, Derek Lowe and Oliver Perez also were offered arbitration …
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves don't offer Smoltz arbitration — Club declines to make option available for only classified free agent — ATLANTA — As expected, the Braves didn't offer arbitration to any of their free agents. All Major League teams had until midnight ET on Monday to make arbitration offers to their respective free agents.
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Sabathia, Sheets, Shouse offered arbitration — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — The Brewers have decided to offer salary arbitration to three of their free agents — CC Sabathia, Ben Sheets and Brian Shouse. They will not offer arbitration to Eric Gagne.
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Lachat / Inside the Dodgers:
Arbitration offers going out today... Some good news for all of you...we will announce very shortly that we are offering arbitration to Manny, Derek Lowe and Casey Blake. What this means is that if they accept, we will have them back for 2009 and if they decline and choose to sign elsewhere …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
24 Free Agents Offered Arbitration — By Tim Dierkes [December 2 at 12:40am CST] — All of the arbitration offers are in. Here's a list of which free agents were offered arbitration. If these players decline the offer and sign elsewhere, the original club will get one or two draft picks.
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Associated Press:
Brewers offer arbitration to Sabathia, Sheets — MILWAUKEE — Free agents CC Sabathia, Ben Sheets and Brian Shouse were offered salary arbitration Monday by the Brewers, ensuring Milwaukee will receive compensatory picks in next year's amateur draft if they sign elsewhere.
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Sources: Hampton agrees to contract with Astros … Pitcher Mike Hampton has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Houston Astros pending a physical exam, two baseball sources told ESPN.com. — The contract will pay Hampton a base salary of about $2 million plus incentives, a source said.
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myfoxhouston.com:
Astros Reach Agreement with Hampton — Major League Baseball sources told FOX 26 Sports on Monday that the Houston Astros have reached a contract agreement with free agent pitcher Mike Hampton. — The agreement is pending Hampton successfully completing a team physical.
Alyson Footer / MLB.com:
Hampton returning to Astros — Deal is pending physical; lefty won 22 games for Houston in '99 — HOUSTON — The Astros have a deal in place with left-hander Mike Hampton, pending a physical, MLB.com has learned. — General manager Ed Wade declined to comment.
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Yahoo! Sports:
Angels offer arbitration to Teixeira, K-Rod — ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA (TICKER) —The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Monday protected themselves should any of their coveted free agents decide to leave this winter. — The Angels announced that they have offered salary arbitration …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The Yankees offer ... nobody — That's right, nobody. So forget those draft picks. — More to come ... UPDATE, 5:27 p.m.: It came down to economics. The Yankees did not want to risk going to arbitration with any of their players given the salaries they made last season. To refresh your memories:
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Jim Street / MLB.com:
Mariners make free-agent offer — GM keeping position player's name under wraps — SEATTLE — Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik told reporters on Monday that he has made an offer to a free-agent position player and hopes to know something “in the next 24 to 48 hours.”
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:Texas Rangers offer Bradley salary arbitration
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
To surprise of no one, Padres decline to offer salary abitration to Hoffman — The Padres, as expected, declined to offer salary arbitration to closer Trevor Hoffman on Monday. — As a result, another club can sign Hoffman without forfeiting a draft pick, and the Padres can negotiate …
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MLB.com:
Parker firmly believes he's Hall-worthy — Former batting champion, MVP on ballot for 13th time — There was a time during the late 1970s when Dave Parker was arguably the best player in baseball, and he seemed destined to one day be immortalized in the hallowed halls of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Fred Mitchell / Chicago Tribune:
Reds' Dusty Baker wants to manage Kerry Wood again — Kerry Wood answered the call from the bullpen last season for the Cubs, reinventing himself as a capable closer with 34 saves. — Will he pick up the phone when Dusty Baker from division foe Cincinnati calls him?
Philly.com:
No arbitration offers to Moyer, Burrell — Paul Hagen reporting ... Conventional wisdom had it that, if nothing else, the Phillies would offer salary arbitration to at least lefthander Jamie Moyer. — Conventional wisdom whiffed. — National League sources confirmed to the Daily News …
Mychael Urban / MLB.com:
A's letting deadline pass on arbitration — Club declines to offer any of its four eligible free agents — OAKLAND — As expected, the A's on Monday night announced that they will not offer arbitration to any of their four free agents: left-hander Alan Embree, righty Keith Foulke …
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