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Pitcher Todd Wellemeyer and the St. Louis Cardinals avoided arbitration, agreeing to a $1 million, one-year contract.
The deal includes performance bonuses that could be worth another $100,000.
Wellemeyer was the last Cardinals player remaining in arbitration. He made $635,000 last season and was seeking $1,325,000. The Cardinals had offered offered $875,000.
The 29-year-old right-hander was 3-2 with […]

Troy Tulowitzki went into spring training last year just hoping to secure a spot on the Colorado Rockies’ roster. That won’t be a concern this season.
Tulowitzki and the NL champions finalized a $31 million, six-year contract on Wednesday that includes a club option for 2014.
“It’s surreal,” Tulowitzki said. “It’s awesome.”
The 23-year-old slick-fielding shortstop showed up […]

Outfielder Jody Gerut agreed to a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres on Monday.
If he’s added to the 40-man roster, Gerut would receive a $700,000, one-year contract and could make an additional $210,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances.
He missed the last two seasons due to a knee injury.

Astros reliever Geoff Geary agreed to a $1,125,000, one-year contract Saturday, avoiding arbitration.
The 31-year-old right-hander went 3-2 with a 4.41 ERA in 57 games for Philadelphia in 2007. Geary was acquired in a five-player deal in November that sent right-hander Brad Lidge to the Phillies.
A five-year veteran, Geary is 13-4 in his career with a […]

Baseball leadership has since the 19th Century called itself Big League. Now is the time and the hour to live up to that billing.
We may not be smarter than a fifth grader but it is high time we tried our dead level best to at least be as smart as a fifth grader.
Did baseball create […]

Last week, former Senator George Mitchell revealed his long anticipated anti-steroid report. In it were the names of players past and present, superstars and nobodies. In the 409-page report, 86 players were named as having used steroids. Included were 7 MVPs and 31 All-stars. The proverbial boat has been rocked leaving baseball fans in quite […]