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Ramirez returning to Dodgers next season (AP) Manny Ramirez is coming back to the Dodgers next season. The team said Friday that the slugger exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010. His agent Scott Boras informed general manager Ned Colletti of the decision, which Ramirez had until this month to make. He could have exercised an out clause in the two-year, $45 million deal he signed ......




Twins keep Cuddyer for 2011 at $10.5M (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Michael Cuddyer(notes) is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox,  in Chicago. The Twins picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011 on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits.

The Minnesota Twins have picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits. When slugger Justin Morneau went out with a back injury in September, Cuddyer moved from right field to first ba......




Lidge, Ibanez, Eyre to have surgery (AP) Phillies closer Brad Lidge will have surgery on his right elbow on Wednesday. Lidge is scheduled to have a loose body removed and Dr. Michael Ciccotti also will evaluate his right flexor/pronator tendon. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. also announced Saturday night that outfielder Raul Ibanez and reliever Scott Eyre will have surgery on Monday.


Putz, Pavano file for free agency (AP) Mets reliever J.J. Putz and Twins pitcher Carl Pavano filed for free agency Saturday. Putz became a free agent one day after New York declined his $9.1 million option and chose to pay a $1 million buyout. A total of 120 players have filed for free agency since the World Series, and about 60 more are potentially eligible to file by the Nov.


Report: Lincecum has deal on drug charge (AP)

In this Oct. 1, 2009, photo, San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum(notes) sits in the dugout during a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in San Francisco. Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state of Washington.

San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge, The Columbian reported Friday. The Vancouver, Wash., newspaper said Clark County prosecutors have reached a deal with a lawyer for the 2008 Cy Young Award winner that would result in a $250 fin......




Yankees celebrate 27th title with parade (AP)

New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte(notes) waves to fans after receiving a key to the city that was presented to him during a ceremony at City Hall celebrating the Yankees 27th World Series championship on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York.

Crowds roared, church bells rang and streams of paper rained down on Broadway as the New York Yankees celebrated their 27th championship Friday in a way only this city can, with a parade up the Canyon of Heroes. The players, joined by a few celebrity fans and Yankees of the past, drank it all in as they rode on floats and double-decker buses throug......




Phillies pick up LHP Lee's $9M option (AP) The Philadelphia Phillies have picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million option for 2010. The team announced the expected move on Friday, two days after losing the World Series to the New York Yankees. Lee's contract expires after next season, though general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said the team is open to signing the star left-hander to a long-term......


Twins get Hardy from Brewers for Gomez (AP) The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting and reunited the unhappy shortstop with an old friend in the process. The Brewers traded Hardy to the Minnesota Twins on Friday for speedy outfielder Carlos Gomez. Hardy winds up with the Twins' All-Star catcher, Joe Mauer, a teammate on the U.S.


Arizona exercises '10 option on RHP Webb (AP) Brandon Webb's $8.5 million option was exercised Friday by the Arizona Diamondbacks, the team counting on the former Cy Young winner coming back successfully from shoulder surgery. The 30-year-old right-hander was the team's opening day pitcher last season, giving up six runs in four innings, then did not take the mound again the rest of th......


White Sox decline $12M option on RF Dye (AP) The Chicago White Sox have declined the mutual option on veteran right fielder and former World Series MVP Jermaine Dye, clearing the way for him to become a free agent. Dye will get a buyout of $950,000 instead of $12 million he could have gotten in salary next season. Dye, the World Series MVP in 2005 for the White Sox, signed a two-year, $22 mil......


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