How about the number of bona fide free agents still looking for work with spring training just around the corner? Johnny Damon, Carlos Delgado, Orlando Cabrera, Brian Giles, Jermaine Dye, Gary Sheffield, Mark Mulder, Erik Bedard, Pedro Martinez, and John Smoltz are among the proven veterans who remain unsigned entering the last weekend of January. They may not like it, but many of the seasoned vets will have to settle for one-year, incentive-laden contracts, or face retirement.
Cliff Lee
29 January 2010
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18 December 2009
After the way Cliff Lee pitched against the Yankees in the World Series six weeks ago, I would have been surprised to hear that the Phillies were even listening to offers for their ace. But when the chance to acquire Roy Halladay comes around, I suppose any team would be crazy not to listen. Before I knew it, Halladay was a Phillie and Lee was heading to Seattle, where he’ll join his third club in the span of four and a half months. How often does that happen to the defending Cy Young Award winner?
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28 August 2009
Cliff Lee was meant to pitch for the Phillies. How else do you explain his ridiculous string of starts since joining the team last month? In five games, Lee has a 5-0 record, a 0.75 WHIP, and a 0.68 E.R.A. In 40 innings, he has struck out 39 batters and walked just six, surrendered a grand total of zero home runs, and looked like a true ace while averaging eight innings per start. As if he weren’t contributing enough already, Lee is hitting .313, which, if it were over enough at-bats to qualify, would lead the team. The southpaw has truly made the most of his time in the City of Brotherly Love.
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14 August 2009
How about Cliff Lee? Since donning a Phillies uniform after being acquired just before the trade deadline, Lee has hurled 24 stellar innings over three starts, striking out 23 batters and surrendering just three earned runs – good for a 1.12 E.R.A. To top it off, Lee collected two hits of his own in his debut with his new club.
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13 June 2008
It's just one more injurious insult to the Indians, who currently have Travis Hafner, Jake Westbrook, and Fausto Carmona on the DL, along with their new "answer" at second base, Josh Barfield, who sprained his middle finger one day after being called up to replace former Mariner Asdrubal Cabrera. The Indians have been slipping steadily behind the ChiSox in the AL Central and, with Chicago finally remembering how to hit, they will be hard-pressed to stay in the race.
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23 May 2008
Mike Piazza announced his retirement on Tuesday, concluding a 16-year major-league career that includes 2,127 hits, a .308 batting average, 427 home runs, 1,335 RBI’s, 12 All-Star teams and one All-Star Game MVP, 10 Silver Slugger awards, a Rookie of the Year award, and one trip to the World Series during which he slugged two homers in the Mets’ five-game series loss to the Yankees. Though he was known almost exclusively for his offense, Piazza actually caught two no-hitters, including the only one thrown at Coors Field in the thin Colorado air.
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15 May 2008
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