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Free-agent pitcher
Ben Sheets - late of the Milwaukee Brewers and the All-Star Game starter for the National League in 2008 - was closing in on a deal with the Texas Rangers.
The Rangers were offering a 2-year contract with only $10 million in guaranteed money but lots of incentives.
Then they had ...
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Via The Scores Report
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February 05, 2009
According to MLB.com, the Rangers nixed a two-year contract offer to free agent Ben Sheets because the pitcher might need to have surgery before the start of the
The answer is that free agent right-hander Ben Sheets may need surgery to repair the torn flexor tendon in his elbow, and his ...
Via Tirico Suave
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February 05, 2009
?Ben! Over here! How many games can you guarantee you?ll start next season??
Via MLB.com:
Free agent right-hander Ben Sheets may need surgery to repair the torn flexor tendon in his elbow, and his former employers may be asked to pick up the tab. Brewers assistant general manager Gord Ash said on Thursday that the team [...]
Via Jorge Says No
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February 06, 2009
Back in August, I foolishly predicted that Ben Sheets would receive a massive 5 year/$85 million dollar contract.Wow...I was wrong. Dead wrong.But in my defense, a lot changed from August until now.Until early September, Sheets was having a phenomenal season that was capped off by a starting nod ...
Via The Grand National Championships
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February 05, 2009
That's my opinion.You get that big contract and you decide to celebrate the occasion by becoming lazier than me. Am I bitter? You're goddamn right I'm bitter. All of these little injuries with the hammy and the obliques? It made your arm turn to shit.You could have been a Hall of Famer. If you ...
Via Sliding Into Home
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February 05, 2009
From the beginning of the off-season I felt that signing Ben Sheets was worth the risk. Well, now I know I was wrong.From Ken Rosenthal:Sheets, 30, is strongly considering undergoing surgery to repair a partial tear in his flexor tendon, according to major-league sources. His goal would be to ...
Via tonyblogs.net
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February 06, 2009
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Via Tireball.com
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February 06, 2009
Days after announcing that the team had to back out of a contract with Ben Sheets after it was revealed that the right hander needed surgery the Texas Rangers have resigned Jason Jennings.
Jennings made six starts for the Rangers going 0-5 with a 8.56 ERA before undergoing season-ending surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon.
It [...]
Via Memories Of Kevin Malone
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February 05, 2009
Only arrogant dickheads do this sort of thing......so here we go. :oHere were my concerns about Sheets in early January..."Sure, people have come out to say he's healthy now, but I don't buy that his elbow sprain was a minor issue. A lot of people don't seem to realize that 'sprain' is usually ...
Via Mets Merized Online
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February 05, 2009
Sorry if the tile sounds sarcastic, it's not intended to be. I was the one who posted several times about how we should be making Ben Sheets our first priority rather than pursuing Oliver Perez.
Today, I have to eat my words, and also offer a "you were right, I was wrong" to my fellow writers and readers who tried to warn me against the dangers of committing to him. There's nothing...
Via Cub Reporter
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February 06, 2009
Free agent Ben Sheets is hurt and he has a torn flexor tendon origin at the elbow. The injury happened last August, he tried to play thru the injury and his last Brewer appearance was 2.1 IP against the Cubs on Sept 27th. Missing the playoffs after 8 seasons as the Brewer ace plus being in a free agent year must have been nearly as painful as his elbow. Yet circumstances of...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
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February 05, 2009
It’s a good thing the Yankees came to an agreement with Andy Pettitte because pitcher Ben Sheets is going to undergo elbow surgery and won’t be ready to pitch until July or August according to SI.com.
Jon Heyman reported that because of lack of interest from teams around the league is what caused Sheets to reconsider [...]
Via Midwest Sports Fans
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February 05, 2009
If the Twins were less frugal, trading for Adrain Beltre and siging Ben Sheets would make Minnesota a championship contender. Also, would we please just sign Joe Mauer to keep the Red Sox and Yankee fans from clogging up MLBTradeRumors with erroneous Mauer-to-Boston claims?
Via *D NY Baseball Digest
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February 05, 2009
A recent report has said that right handed pitcher Ben Sheets needs surgery on his right elbow to fix a partially torn flexor tendon. Teams such as the Mets, Yankees feared that Sheets was hurt worse than he acknowledged and GM’s Brian Cashman and Omar Minaya should be commended for avoiding the ...
Via We Should Be GM's
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February 07, 2009
Tim Dierkes, the man most baseball bloggers aspire to be, the man with the inside scoop, the man that was able to quit his day job, post rumors on the Internet while getting paid to do it, and now pays other rumor mongers to work under him so he can actually sleep...as if Super Man needs sleep. ...
Via Mets Merized Online
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February 04, 2009
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