TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have avoided salary arbitration with outfielder
Colby Rasmus and pitchers Brett Cecil and Esmil Rogers, signing them to one-year
deals.
Jorge Valdivia Chile Jersey . Rasmus will
make US$7 million next season, while Rogers will earn $1.85 million and Cecil
will take home $1.3 million. Rasmus tied a career high with a .276 batting
average last season, hitting 22 homers and driving in 66 runs. Cecil, a
left-handed middle relieved, was named to the American League all-star team in
2013. He went 5-1 with a 2.82 earned-run average and 70 strikeouts. Rogers, a
right-handed starter, went 5-9 with a 4.77 ERA and 96 strikeouts.
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wide receiver Seyi Ajirotutu was fined $27,562 by the NFL on Friday for making
contact with an official during the teams loss to the Miami Dolphins last
Sunday.
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27.3 points and 8.3 assists while leading the Knicks to a 4-0 record. The
undrafted Harvard graduates 109 points are the most by an NBA player in his
first four starts since the 1976-77 season, and he became the first player in
NBA history to tally at least 20 points and seven assists in each of his first
four starts. ANAHEIM, Calif. -- About two hours after Yoenis Cespedes made a
defensive play for the ages, Collin Cowgill decided not to watch while the
Oakland left fielder chased after his long drive in the 14th inning. Cespedes
couldnt do a thing about this one as Cowgill delivered another resilient win for
the Los Angeles Angels. Cowgill hit a two-out homer, and the Angels outlasted
the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
The Angels bounced back after Cespedes kept it tied in the eighth with a throw
that will be a fixture on highlight reels for years, cutting down Howie Kendrick
at the plate with a 300-foot heave on the fly from deep down the left-field
line. After five ensuing scoreless innings, Cowgill abruptly connected against
Jeff Francis (0-1), driving a two-strike pitch just over Cespedes head into the
bullpens beyond left field. "I was just hoping it had enough on it to get it
over his head," said Cowgill, who had three hits. "That guy has made some
incredible plays on us the last couple of times." Josh Hamilton drove in
Mike Trout in the sixth for the Angels, who trimmed Oaklands lead in the AL West
to 2 1/2 games. The Angels could have ended it earlier, but Albert Pujols and
Kendrick both were thrown out at the plate -- although it was tough to blame
Kendrick after Cespedes made his mind-boggling throw in the eighth. "Hes capable
of doing just about anything on the baseball field, and thats just another
example," said Jed Lowrie, who drove in Oaklands only run. The Cuban left
fielder bobbled Trouts double and chased it down before his soaring throw went
straight to catcher Derek Norris to nip Kendrick, who had already rounded third
when Cespedes released it. "When that ball rolled to the corner, I thought Howie
was going to score standing up," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "He threw a
guided missile that was right on the money." Cory Rasmus (2-0) pitched two
hitless innings for Los Angeles maligned bullpen, which yielded one run in eight
excellent innings even without closer Ernesto Frieri, who had pitched in four
straight games. Nick Punto doubled and scored on Lowries sacrifice fly in the
eighth for the AL-leading As, who have lost four of six. "Hey, what can you
ddo?" manager Bob Melvin said.
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hard as they could, both teams did. After a while, everybody is trying to win it
with one swing. Unfortunately, we werent at our best today offensively."
Pitching and defence dominated the latest meeting of Californias division
rivals. Neither starting pitcher allowed a runner into scoring position until
the sixth. Hector Santiago struck out eight during six innings of three-hit ball
in his first start in five weeks for the Angels. Drew Pomeranz pitched seven
innings of four-hit ball for the As, allowing only an unearned run. The Angels
got a terrific fill-in start from Santiago, recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake
after Tyler Skaggs went on the disabled list. Santiago lost his spot in Los
Angeles rotation May 7 after going 0-6, but the Angels off-season acquisition
from the White Sox limited powerful Oakland to three singles and one walk. "I
had clean mechanics and felt like everything was smooth," Santiago said. "Thats
what I went down there to work on, and the results came out." Santiago faced no
real trouble until the sixth, when he struck out Josh Donaldson to strand two
runners. Pomeranz yielded just two singles before Trout drew a leadoff walk in
the sixth. Pujols reached on a throwing error when Donaldson, who made three
throwing errors from third base Monday, tried to start a double play. Hamiltons
single scored Trout, but Pujols ran straight through third-base coach Gary
DiSarcinas stop sign and was easily thrown out at the plate. Oakland tied it
against reliever Mike Morin after Punto hit a leadoff double. After Cespedes
kept it tied, the As put two more runners on in the ninth, but Joe Smith got
John Jaso to ground out. NOTES: Angels rookie Cam Bedrosian pitched two extra
innings of one-hit relief. He is the 22-year-old son of 1987 NL Cy Young Award
winner Steve Bedrosian. ... Angels SS Erick Aybar swung and hit Norris in the
back of the head with his follow-through in the fourth. Baltimores Manny Machado
twice did the same thing to Norris last weekend, and the As were furious after
Machado expressed no remorse when Norris had to leave the game. Aybar
immediately checked on Norris, who was fine this time. ... Donaldsons three
throwing errors Monday all went to first base.
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