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Chris Perez - R - Indians

Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports that the Dodgers have officially reached agreement on a one-year contract with free agent reliever Chris Perez.

Perez is taking his physical on Monday morning in Los Angeles. The 28-year-old right-hander has been a closer for the large majority of his career, boasting 132 major league saves, but he'll be more of a middle relief arm for the Dodgers behind closer Kenley Jansen and primary setup man Brian Wilson.

Former closer now just another scrub. Wonder how much of a paycut he took.

Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register reports that Chris Perez will receive a $2.25 million base salary in his one-year contract with the Dodgers.
There are also incentives that can bump the deal up to $6 million or possibly even $8 million if Perez winds up closing some games. Of course, with Kenley Jansen and Brian Wilson already at the back end of the bullpen, there will need to be some injuries before he sees time in the ninth inning.

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Source: Jeff Fletcher on Twitter Dec 23 - 8:16 PM

Longtime Cleveland Indians broadcaster Mike Hegan dies this morning

Patrick O'Donnell, The Plain Dealer By Patrick O'Donnell, The Plain Dealer
on December 25, 2013 at 9:25 PM, updated December 25, 2013 at 10:04 PM





CLEVELAND, Ohio - Longtime Cleveland Indians broadcaster Mike Hegan died this morning, according to the team.

Hegan, 71, who was inducted into the Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 2011, partnered with broadcaster Tom Hamilton to call Indians games on the radio for 14 years until he stepped down at the end of the 2011 season.

Hegan, who was a star athlete at St. Ignatius High School, started his broadcasting career in Milwaukee after playing 12 years in the big leagues with the Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Brewers and Oakland as a first baseman/outfielder.

Hamilton said he had talked to Hegan Saturday and knew his former broadcast partner's health was failing, but his death is still a shock.

"Mike was as good a broadcaster as anyone who has done the game of baseball," Hamilton said. "I was lucky to work with him, but the listeners were lucky to hear him."

Hamilton said his 14 years working alongside Hegan were "tremendous."

"He was a phenomenal person to work with," he said.

A press release just issued by the Indians states:
On this special day of spending time and appreciating our families, the Cleveland Indians organization is deeply saddened to lose a member of our family with the loss of Mike Hegan this morning down in Hilton Head, SC with family by his side. Mike spent 50 years of his life in the game of baseball with almost half of that covering Cleveland Indians baseball (23 years total) in the TV and Radio booths. He was the son of Indians great catcher Jim Hegan. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Nancy and the entire Hegan family. No plans have been set at this time.

More details as they are available.

Nyjer Morgan agrees with Indians
Updated: January 14, 2014, 8:44 PM ET
By Jerry Crasnick | ESPN.com



Outfielder Nyjer Morgan, returning to Major League Baseball after a season in Japan, has reached agreement on a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians.

The deal includes an invitation to the team's big league spring training camp.

Morgan confirmed the signing in an email to ESPN.com on Tuesday. A source said that if Morgan makes the Indians' big league roster and reaches specified incentives, the total value of his contract would exceed $1 million.

Morgan, 33, is a .280 career hitter with 117 stolen bases in parts of six seasons with Pittsburgh, Washington and Milwaukee. His most productive season came in 2009, when he hit .307 with 42 steals for the Pirates and Nationals.

During his time in the majors, Morgan attracted a following and agitated opponents through his fast-talking, high-energy alter ego, "Tony Plush.'' He spent last year with the Yokohama DeNa BayStars, hitting .294 with 11 home runs in the Japan Central League.

Morgan is the second free-agent outfielder this month to sign a minor-league deal with Cleveland that comes with an invitation to big league camp. Last week the Indians added Jeff Francoeur, who split the 2013 season between Kansas City and San Francisco.

Michael Bourn, Michael Brantley and Ryan Raburn return from Cleveland's 2013 outfield. The Indians signed former Texas Rangers outfielder David Murphy to a two-year deal earlier this offseason.

That guy is high-maintenance!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyjer_Morgan

http://thegoldensombrero.com/wordpress/archives/882

What's that scraping sound? Must be the bottom of the barrel.

I remember you saying the same about Raburn last year.

Indians will be solid this year but we really need to extend Masterson or trade him for good value...

I don't remember saying that about Raburn. I liked Raburn. He was a Francona pick.

I do remember saying that about Meyers. The guy that scraped the barrel for that stiff should be fired.

Here we go: I was at this game-long time ago

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1925 ... g-national

If you watched 60 minutes then you seen that ARod asked the Biogenesis guy for the PEDs that Manny Ramirez was using. Just another cheater !

sea at your age just what do you remember? You were very down on Rayburn just like almost every other player!!!