Age is not a concern for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have resigned their two oldest free agents, John McDonald and Henry Blanco. The 37-year-old infielder got a two-year deal while the 40-year-old catcher received a raise for 2012 and an option for 2013.
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November 02, 2011
Infielder John McDonald agreed to terms on a two-year, $3 million contract to stay with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
McDonald played 19 games for Arizona after arriving in a deadline trade with second baseman Aaron Hill from Toronto. The 37-year-old served as a backup to Willie Bloomquist at shortstop with regular starter Stephen Drew on the disabled list with a broken ankle.
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November 04, 2011
Diamondback re-signed Henry Blanco to a 1 year/$1.2 million contract with a mutual option for 2013 at $1.24 million.
I’m not sure that the re-signing of a 40 year old backup catcher to a one year deal merits comment. In general that is.
First of all, Blanco played pretty well last year (.250/.330/.540—yes, Voros’ Law applies of course. We are talking 112 plate appearances...
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November 04, 2011
PHOENIX (AP) -- Catcher Henry Blanco is staying with the Arizona Diamondbacks, agreeing to a 1.5 million, one-year contract.
Blanco gets 1.25 million next year under Thursday's agreement, and the sides have a 1.25 million mutual option for 2013 with a 250,000 buyout.
Blanco declined a 1.15 million mutual option for 2012 on Tuesday, two days after the team exercised its end...
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November 03, 2011
Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Henry Blanco signed a one-year deal worth $1.2 million on Thursday.
Blanco batted .250 with eight homers and 12 RBIs in 112 at-bats this season.
The 40-year-old Blanco, who serves as Miguel Montero's backup, threw out 11 of 24 stolen-base attempts.
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November 02, 2011
According to Aaron Gleeman of NBCSports.com, veteran catcher Henry Blanco has declined his half of the $1.5 million option he had with the Diamondbacks.
The 40-year old catcher will be a free agent. Blanco hit .250/.330/.540 with 8 HR's and 12 RBI;s in 100 AB's with the Diamondbacks in 2011.
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November 02, 2011
The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to terms with infielder John McDonald on a two-year contract.
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November 02, 2011
Infielder John McDonald agreed to terms on a two-year, $3 million contract to stay with the Arizona Diamondbacks. McDonald played 19 games for Arizona after arriving in a deadline trade with second baseman Aaron Hill from Toronto. The 37-year-old served as a backup to Willie Bloomquist at shortstop with regular starter Stephen Drew on the disabled list with a broken ankle.
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November 02, 2011
Infielder John McDonald agreed to terms on a two-year, $3 million contract to stay with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Via Yahoo! Sports
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November 02, 2011
Catcher Henry Blanco has declined his end of a $1.15 million mutual option for 2012 with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks exercised their options on Blanco and infielder Willie Bloomquist on Monday, but both opted to become free agents. Arizona also declined options on left-hander Zach Duke and infielder Aaron Hill.
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November 03, 2011
The D'Backs have "pretty much agreed to terms" on a new deal for catcher Henry Blanco, GM Kevin Towers confirmed to Nick Piecoro of the Arizana Republic (on Twitter).
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November 02, 2011
The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to terms with infielder John McDonald on a two-year contract, club president Kevin Towers announced on Wednesday.
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November 04, 2011
The Arizona Diamondbacks have re-signed catcher Henry Blanco to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2013.
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