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The Seattle Mariners acquired two-time All-Star Dee Gordon from the Miami Marlins on Thursday for three minor league players. Gordon, 29, will be converted to the outfield by the Mariners after being Miami's second baseman.
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Oakland Athletics second baseman Jed Lowrie's $6 million contract option for the 2018 season was exercised on Thursday, the team announced. Lowrie's deal included a $1 million buyout if the option had been declined. The 33-year-old Lowrie batted .277 with 14 homers, 69 RBIs and a franchise-best 49 doubles in 153 games last season. Oakland also…
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Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was activated from the 10-day disabled list after missing the last 11 games with a right quad strain and will be available Tuesday against the Washington Nationals. The 34-year-old was placed on the disabled list last Tuesday (retroactive to May 13). His only other DL stint came with the New…
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BOSTON -- Dustin Pedroia was ready to return to the Boston Red Sox lineup Tuesday night after missing two games in Baltimore because of a left leg injury suffered when he was spiked by the Orioles' Manny Machado on Friday night. But the game was rained out and will be made up as part of a…
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LEO DUROCHER: BASEBALL'S PRODIGAL SON By Paul Dickson Bloomsbury Books, $37, 357 pages Paul Dickson is the Washington area's most prolific and versatile historian of major figures and events ranging from the space program to politics to baseball. In this multilayered biography of big league bad boy Leo Durocher, he tells three stories at once and…
