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Oakland Athletics co-owner Lew Wolff invoked visions of Boston’s Fenway Park and Chicago’s Wrigley Field as he outlined an ambitious development plan for a new ballpark Tuesday. Nearly 300 people — mostly supporters of the A’s planned move — turned out for the Fremont City Council meeting, where Wolff described the proposed Cisco Field as […]

Emil Brown and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a $3.45 million, one-year contract Tuesday, avoiding salary arbitration.
Brown hit .287 with 15 home runs and a team-leading 81 RBIs last season. The 32-year-old outfielder also had 41 doubles, the most by a Royals player since Carlos Beltran hit 44 in 2002.
Brown played 87 games in […]

The Baltimore Orioles swapped salary arbitration figures Tuesday with pitcher Erik Bedard, second baseman Brian Roberts and outfielder Corey Patterson.
Bedard asked for $4 million and the Orioles offered $2.7 million. The left-hander went 15-11 with a 3.76 ERA in 33 starts last season, when he earned $1,625,000.
Roberts batted .286 with 10 home runs, 55 RBIs […]

The Baltimore Orioles swapped salary arbitration figures Tuesday with pitcher Erik Bedard, second baseman Brian Roberts and outfielder Corey Patterson. Bedard asked for $4 million and the Orioles offered $2.7 million. The left-hander went 15-11 with a 3.76 ERA in 33 starts last season, when he earned $1,625,000.
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Outfielder Chris Snelling agreed to a $450,000, one-year contract with the Washington Nationals, who exchanged arbitration figures with five players Tuesday. Among those submitting arbitration figures were starter John Patterson — who asked for $1 million more than the Nationals offered — and closer Chad Cordero — who would get a raise of more than […]

While the Padres remain the overwhelming favorites to sign free-agent left-hander David Wells, the pitcher also is drawing interest from the Blue Jays, another of his former clubs.
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The Milwaukee Brewers and outfielder Kevin Mench agreed to a $3.4 million, one-year contract Tuesday, avoiding salary arbitration. Mench, obtained in a multiplayer trade that sent Carlos Lee to the Texas Rangers last July, hit .230 with one home run and 18 RBIs in 40 games for the Brewers last season, when his salary was […]

The Boston Red Sox exchanged salary arbitration figures with outfielder Wily Mo Pena and recently acquired pitcher Brendan Donnelly on Tuesday.
Pena, who hit .301 with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs in his first season with Boston, made $1.25 million last year. He’s asking for $2.2 million, and the Red Sox offered $1.7 million.
Acquired last […]

The Boston Red Sox exchanged salary arbitration figures with outfielder Wily Mo Pena and recently acquired pitcher Brendan Donnelly on Tuesday.
Pena, who hit .301 with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs in his first season with Boston, made $1.25 million last year. He’s asking for $2.2 million, and the Red Sox offered $1.7 million.
Acquired last […]

The Braves and new reliever Rafael Soriano agreed to a $1.2 million contract Tuesday as Atlanta exchanged arbitration figures with first baseman Adam LaRoche and pitcher Oscar Villarreal. Soriano, acquired from Seattle in a deal for starter Horacio Ramirez, made $500,000 last season. The right-hander is expected to serve as the main setup reliever for […]