Rumors for Baltimore Orioles
Orioles sign Armando Galarraga
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The Baltimore Orioles have signed Mr. Perfect Armando Galarraga to a minor league deal, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Last season, Galarraga went 3-4 with Arizona while posting a 5.91 era.
Prior to last season Galarraga agreed to a one-year $2.3mm deal with Detroit and then released the next day. At that time, the Orioles were interested in the right hander.
The 29-year-old shot to worldwide fame for his sportsmanship that he displayed after an umpire’s error cost him a perfect game in 2010.
Galarraga will continue to be under team control through the 2013 season.
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Orioles sign Wilson Betemit
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The Baltimore Orioles have signed Wilson Betemit to a two-year deal with a vesting opion for a third year (option vests based on an unknown number of plate appearances), Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun reports.
Betemit hit .285 while splitting time between Kansas City before he was traded to the Tigers. He also posted a .343 OBP and a career high in strike outs with 105. Betemit made $1mm last season.
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Melvin Mora retires for 3 weeks, plans to play in 2012
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Back in late December, we heard Melvin Mora had elected to hang up the cleats for the final time and retire. Today, his agent Eric Goldschmidt told Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi of FOXSports that Mora had not retired and intended to play in 2012.
Mora signed with the Diamondbacks prior to this last season, but was never able to establish his game and was subsequently released in June.
In 41 games with the Diamondbacks this season, Mora was hitting 230/.246/.278 with 0 home runs and 16 RBIs.
In his career, Mora totaled 1503 hits and 171 homers, while posting a .277 avg in 1556 games or 5422 at-bats.
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A’s sign Coco Crisp to two-year deal
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Coco Crisp and the Oakland Athletics have agree to a two-year $14mm deal with a club option for a third season Buster Olney of ESPN reports.
Crisp will earn $6mm in 2012 and $7mm in 2013. The team option has a salary of $7.5mm for 2014 or a $1mm buyout. If Crisp is traded, he gets a one-time bonus of $250K.
Yesterday, Crisp made his decision to sign with the A’s, his agent Steve Comte told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. “Basically, we just have to let that team know.” At the time, the A’s, Blue Jays and Orioles were rumored to have interest, along with the Cubs.
If he signed with the Cubs, he would re-joined another A’s outfielder, David DeJesus who signed a two-year deal earlier in the offseason.
Crisp hit .264 with 140 hits, 49 stolen bases and an OBP of .314.
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Orioles acquire Jai Miller from Athletics
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According to a team announcement, the Baltimore Orioles have acquired Jai Miller from the Oakland Athletics for cash.
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Rangers acquire Brad Snyder from Orioles
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The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Brad Snyder from the Baltimore Orioles for cash, T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com reports.
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Orioles targeting Wei-Yin, Jackson, Maholm & Saunders
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The Baltimore Orioles are a team to watch over the next month, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports writes. Sources close to Rosenthal say that Taiwanese left-handed pitcher Chen Wei-Yin, right-hander Edwin Jackson, left-hander Paul Maholm and left-hander Joe Saunders are possible targets for the team.
Sources also add that Hiroki Kuroda and Roy Oswalt are not likely for the Orioles since both would prefer to join a contending club.
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Melvin Mora retires
Posted by: | CommentsMelvin Mora has elected to hang up the cleats for the final time and retire, Rafael Rojas Cremonesi of Meridiano Deportes reports.
Mora signed with the Diamondbacks prior to this last season, but was never able to establish his game and was subsequently released in June.
In 41 games with the Diamondbacks this season, Mora was hitting 230/.246/.278 with 0 home runs and 16 RBIs.
In his career, Mora totaled 1503 hits and 171 homers, while posting a .277 avg in 1556 games or 5422 at-bats.
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Happy Holidays from the PRO Rumors team
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From all of us at PRO Rumors, we’d like to wish you all a Happy Holidays! We hope that all of your holiday wishes (and your baseball wishes) have come true!
