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2/9/2010 Scott Schoeneweis, RP (Mil) Schoeneweis has agreed to a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers and was invited to major league spring training. Schoeneweis would get an $800,000, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster and would have the chance to earn $700,000 in performance bonuses under Tuesday's deal.

Analysis: The 36-year-old is 46-57 with a 4.97 ERA in his 11-year major league career, making 93 starts among 562 appearances. Schoeneweis has played for six major league teams and was 1-2 with a 7.13 ERA in 45 relief appearances with Arizona last season.
2/9/2010 Brandon Webb, SP (Ari) Webb threw off the mound on Tuesday for the first time since undergoing right shoulder surgery. Webb said he was pleased with how he felt after throwing between 20 and 25 pitches in the Chase Field bullpen.

Analysis: Webb made one start last year, then underwent surgery on Aug. 4. The club exercised an $8.5 million option for 2010 in hopes that the former NL Cy Young Award winner would return to dominance. "I'm right where I expected to be,'' Webb said in a statement. ``Having not been on the mound in a year, I am pleased with how I felt.''
2/9/2010 Willy Taveras, CF (Oak) Taveras has been released by the Oakland Athletics, eight days after he was acquired from Cincinnati with infielder Adam Rosales for infielder Aaron Miles and a player to be named. Taveras hit .240 with one homer and 15 RBIs for Cincinnati last season.

Analysis: General manager Billy Beane decided to designated Taveras for assignment immediately following the Feb. 1 trade. The Athletics owe his $4 million salary in the final season of a $6.25 million, two-year contract that he signed with the Reds, but that would be reduced by the $400,000 minimum if he signs with another team. It doesn't appear like a smart financial move on face value for the low-budget A's, but Beane can never be questioned.
2/8/2010 Cliff Lee, SP (Sea) The Seattle Mariners say Lee is recovering from minor left foot surgery and will be limited when pitchers and catchers report to spring training this month. The team announced Monday that its biggest offseason acquisition had surgery Friday in his native Arkansas to remove a bone spur that broke loose and was floating in his left foot.

Analysis: Lee was acquired from Philadelphia this winter in a complicated four-team deal. His injured foot is not in a cast, and he is continuing his upper-body exercise program. The Mariners says the 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner will "gradually return to all normal baseball activities" over the next two to three weeks. Seattle's first workout for pitchers and catchers is Feb. 18.
2/8/2010 Skip Schumaker, 2B (StL) Schumaker and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a $4.7 million, two-year contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing.

Analysis: Schumaker will earn $2 million this season and $2.7 million in 2011. The deal also contains performance bonuses that could bring the total value to $5 million over two years. Schumaker, who turned 30 on Wednesday, hit .303 with four homers and 35 RBIs in 153 games last year. He also switched from the outfield to second base.
2/8/2010 Marcus Thames, LF (NYY) Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the World Series champion New York Yankees. Thames, who turns 33 next month, began his major league career with the Yankees in 2002 and homered on his first big league pitch that June 10 off Arizona's Randy Johnson. Thames was traded to Texas in June 2003 for Ruben Sierra, then let go by the Rangers after the season.

Analysis: Thames spent the last six seasons with Detroit and hit .252 with 13 homers and 36 RBIs last year, down from 25 homers and 56 RBIs the previous season. He would get a $900,000, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster and have the chance to earn an additional $900,0000 in performance bonuses.
2/8/2010 Johnny Damon, LF (NYY) Randy Winn and the New York Yankees have finalized a $1.1 million, one-year contract.

Analysis: The deal, reached Jan. 27 subject to a physical, pretty much eliminated any chance Damon had of returning to the World Series champions.
2/8/2010 Randy Winn, RF (NYY) Winn and the New York Yankees have finalized a $1.1 million, one-year contract. The outfielder can earn an additional $900,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances against left-handed pitchers. He would get $100,000 each for 50, 75 and 100, and $150,000 apiece for 125, 150, 175 and 200.

Analysis: Winn, who figures to share playing time in left field with Brett Gardner, hit .262 with two homers and 51 RBIs for San Francisco last season. The 35-year-old was an All-Star in 2002, when he batted .298 with 14 homers and 75 RBIs for Tampa Bay.
2/8/2010 Omar Vizquel, SS (CWS) Vizquel will wear the No. 11 of former White Sox shortstop and fellow Venezuelan Luis Aparicio this season.The White Sox say they have unretired Aparicio's No. 11 for the 2010 season, with his blessing. Aparicio said Vizquel is the one player he'd like to see don his number.

Analysis: The 42-year-old Vizquel signed with the White Sox this offseason. He is a three-time AL All-Star and is considered one of best fielding shortstops of all time. In a statement, Vizquel says he feels ``privileged.'' And Aparicio says if there's one player he'd like to see wear his number, it's Vizquel, the leader among shortstops in games (2,681) and a three-time AL All-Star.
2/7/2010 Brian Giles, RF (LAD) Giles has signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers said Sunday that Giles has been invited to big league camp.

Analysis: A career .291 hitter, Giles batted just .191 in 61 games last season with the San Diego Padres. The 39-year-old Giles did not play after going on the disabled list June 19 with a bruised right knee.
2/6/2010 Dana Eveland, SP (Tor) The Oakland Athletics have traded Eveland to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Analysis: The 26-year-old Eveland was designated for assignment by the club Monday. While Eveland began and finished the 2009 season in the A's rotation, he mostly pitched for Triple-A Sacramento. He went 2-4 with a 7.16 ERA in 13 appearances and nine starts during three stints with the A's and was 8-6 with a 4.94 ERA in 21 starts at Sacramento.
2/6/2010 Erik Bedard, SP (Sea) Bedard is coming back to the Seattle Mariners. General manager Jack Zduriencik announced Saturday morning the team and the oft-injured 30-year-old agreed to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2011.

Analysis: The contract is expected to have a base salary a fraction of the $7.75 million Bedard made last season, and it would likely include incentive clauses. He is rehabilitating in his native Canada following surgery in August to repair a torn labrum in his pitching shoulder. The normal recovery time for the procedure would have him making his season debut in June at the earliest.
2/6/2010 Tim Lincecum, SP (SF) Lincecum is prepared to hear some harsh criticism in an arbitration hearing with the San Francisco Giants - perhaps even delving into his offseason pot bust. The two-time reigning NL Cy Young Award winner is asking for a record $13 million, while the Giants offered $8 million when the sides exchanged numbers last month.

Analysis: Lincecum is seeking the richest contract ever awarded in arbitration, surpassing the $10 million that Alfonso Soriano (2006) and Francisco Rodriguez (2008) got after losing cases and Ryan Howard received after winning in 2008. Lincecum's hearing is scheduled for this month in St. Petersburg, Fla. He plans to attend. "With the two Cy Youngs, it just throws a curveball in the mix,'' Lincecum said. ``People were saying I could ask for pretty much anything.''
2/5/2010 Yorvit Torrealba, C (SD) A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Torrealba and the San Diego Padres have reached an agreement on a one-year contract worth $1.25 million.

Analysis: He figures to be a backup to Nick Hundley, who started 71 games last year and hit .238 with eight homers and 30 RBIs.
2/5/2010 Adam Kennedy, 2B (Was) Kennedy and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a contract pending a physical, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.

Analysis: He provides a defensive upgrade at second base for the Nationals, who have been active this offseason after losing 100 games for the second year in a row. In addition to Kennedy, Washington has brought aboard catcher Ivan Rodriguez, starting pitcher Jason Marquis, closer Matt Capps and relievers Brian Bruney, Tyler Walker and Eddie Guardado.
2/5/2010 Kevin Gregg, RP (Tor) The Blue Jays signed Gregg to a $2.75 million, one-year contract on Friday that includes a $4.5 million option for next season or a two-year option of $8.75 million for 2011 and 2012.

Analysis: Gregg was 5-6 with 23 saves and a 4.72 ERA for the Chicago Cubs last season. The 31-year-old reliever has 84 saves over the past three seasons with the Cubs and Florida Marlins, and is expected to stabilize the back end of the Toronto bullpen.
2/4/2010 Erik Bedard, SP (Sea) A person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the Seattle Mariners and Bedard are getting close to a one-year contract, pending a physical.

Analysis: The former Baltimore Orioles ace has been in his native Canada rehabilitating from surgery in August to repair a torn labrum in his pitching shoulder. Mariners trainer Rick Griffin said last week that the 30-year-old Bedard felt good while throwing. Griffin said Bedard has three-to-five months left of rehabilitation.
2/4/2010 Randy Winn, RF (NYY) Winn believes his versatility makes him a good addition to the New York Yankees, and he's eager to get started with the reigning World Series champions come spring training. "They're the World Series champions from last year and I have a chance to compete and get some playing time,'' Winn said in a phone interview Tuesday night with The Associated Press from the Bay Area where he still lives.

Analysis: Winn agreed last Wednesday to a $2 million, one-year contract after spending the past 4 1/2 seasons with the San Francisco Giants. He's busy this week trying to figure out the logistics of where to live and when to move his wife and children to the East Coast. "This came together quickly. The offseason was slow,'' Winn said. ``I didn't really know what to expect. I got calls with interest but no offers."
2/4/2010 Grady Sizemore, CF (Cle) Sizemore faced his public with nothing to hide. Stung by having semi-nude photos of him posted on the Internet, Cleveland's popular center fielder said he never intended for the photos, which Sizemore maintains were stolen from an e-mail account, to be viewed publicly and that he regrets the embarrassment their exposure has caused

Analysis: In November, the photos - one of Sizemore standing nearly naked in front of a bathroom mirror - appeared online. Sizemore, who said he took the photos for his girlfriend, contacted Major League Baseball officials to stop them from spreading to Web sites. "It's tough,'' he said. "This is a situation where it's a private matter and personal photos were stolen illegally."
2/4/2010 Kevin Millar, 1B (ChC) Chicago reached a minor league contract with Millar on Thursday. His uncle, Wayne Nordhagen, played for the Cubs in 1983.

Analysis: The 38-year-old Millar hit .223 with 14 doubles, seven homers and 29 RBIs in 251 at-bats for Toronto last year. A member of Boston's 2004 World Series champions, he has a .274 average, 170 homers and 699 RBIs in 12 big league seasons, also spending time with Florida and Baltimore. While with the Marlins, he was a teammate of current Cubs Ryan Dempster and Derrek Lee.
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