12/01/2008 - Milwaukee, WI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers have offered salary arbitration to free agent pitchers C.C. Sabathia and Ben Sheets.
The decision to offer arbitration is mostly procedural, as both will likely command multi-year deals on the open market. If the players sign elsewhere, the Brewers will receive compensatory draft picks.
Sabathia has already been offered a six-year, $140 million contract by the New York Yankees.
The 28-year-old left-hander won the 2007 American League Cy Young Award with Cleveland after going 19-7 with a 3.21 earned run average and 209 strikeouts in 241 innings. After struggling to a 1-5 mark in his first seven starts for the Indians this year, the Tribe dealt Sabathia to Milwaukee in July. He went 11-2 in 17 starts with a 1.65 ERA for the Brewers.
Sheets, a four-time All-Star with a history of injuries, was 13-9 with a 3.09 ERA in 31 starts last year.
The Brewers also offered arbitration to pitcher Brian Shouse, while declining to offer arbitration to reliever Eric Gagne. Gagne, who earned $10 million in 2008, was just 4-3 with a 5.44 ERA in 50 games and lost his closer's role to Salomon Torres.
<< UConn again a unanimous No. 1
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Connecticut is again a unanimous choice as the
top-ranked women's basketball team, according to the latest Associated Press
poll.
The Huskies (5-0) received all 45 first-place votes and a total of 1,12
<< P-Bruins send Nastiuk down to Gwinnett
Providence, RI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Providence Bruins assigned goaltender
Kevin Nastiuk to the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL, the American Hockey
League club announced on Monday.
Nastiuk, 23, was recalled to Providence on Nov. 2
<< Rose, Mayo earn NBA rookie honors
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose and guard
O.J. Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies were named Eastern and Western Conference
rookies of the month, respectively, for games played from the start of the
season
<< James, Paul named NBA Players of the Month
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James and
New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul were named Eastern and Western Conference
Players of the Month, respectively, for the games played in November.
James averag
Monmouth pair highlight Northeast Conference Teams >>
Somerset, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Monmouth running back David Sinisi and
defensive lineman Kevin Walsh highlight the 2008 Northeast All-Conference
teams.
Sinisi, a Walter Payton Award candidate, rushed for 1,674 yards and 22 scores,
averaging
Kinnear and Newcastle have become a good match >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The abrupt resignation of manager Kevin
Keegan in September left some big shoes to be filled at Newcastle, and not too
many people were thrilled that Joe Kinnear would be the one attempting to fill
them.
Cardinals cut Johnson, sign Graham >>
Tempe, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Arizona Cardinals signed punter Ben Graham
to replace Dirk Johnson, who was released earlier Monday.
Graham is a former Australian rules football player who began the 2008 season
with the New York Jets,
Browns' injury woes continue, Dorsey to start vs. Titans >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ken Dorsey will be the Browns starting
quarterback when Cleveland travels to take on the Tennessee Titans next
Sunday, while the team will be without both quarterback Derek Anderson and
tight end Kellen Winslow.
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.
Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.
MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .
''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''
Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.
He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.
''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''
Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.
Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.
With Johnson's status doubtful, Gonzalez said right-hander Ricky Nolasco will stay in the rotation and no longer will be considered a candidate for closer.
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