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08/18/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Yankees will once again be without star third baseman Alex Rodriguez this evening when they continue their four-game series against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium.
Rodriguez left Monday's tilt with a lower leg injury and an MRI on Tuesday revealed a low level calf strain that could keep him out the rest of the week.
"I've never had a calf injury," Rodriguez said. "But the doc says it's good news. It's day to day, and we'll just go from there."
The Yankees did not skip a beat without the three-time American League Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, as CC Sabathia struck out nine over seven strong innings to pick up his American League-leading 16th win, helping New York to a 6-2 win.
Robinson Cano and former Tiger Curtis Granderson each hit a solo homer for the Yankees, who had scored a total of one run over their last two games, both defeats.
Sabathia (16-5) allowed five hits and two runs, while walking three batters. The powerful southpaw won his third straight start as the Yankees remained tied with Tampa Bay for first place in the AL East. The Rays pounded Texas on Tuesday.
Justin Verlander (13-8) was charged with five hits and three runs over five innings and lost for the third time in his last four decisions.
Heading to the hill for the Yankees tonight will be righty Dustin Moseley, who is 2-2 with a 4.41 ERA. Moseley absorbed the loss on Friday in Kansas City, as the Royals reached him for four runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 frames.
Moseley has faced the Tigers five times (two starts) and is 1-0 against them with a 4.85 ERA.
Detroit, meanwhile, will counter with right-hander Jeremy Bonderman, who has lost his last two starts. Bonderman's latest setback came on Friday in Chicago, as the White Sox pounded him for six runs and seven hits in six innings, dropping him to 6-8 to go along with a 5.16 ERA.
Bonderman lost to the Yanks back on May 12 and is just 3-8 in 13 games (12 starts) against them with a 5.29 ERA.
Detroit has won four of its six meetings with the Yankees this season.
<< Hurricanes' Thomas granted extra year
Coral Gables, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Miami-Florida forward Adrian Thomas was
given an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA after injuries cost him nearly
two full seasons.
Thomas suffered back-to-back season-ending injuries four gam
<< Kershaw pitches Dodgers past Rockies
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Clayton Kershaw pitched seven scoreless
innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-0 win over the Colorado Rockies
in the opener of a three-game series.
Kershaw (11-7) allowed five hits and recorde
<< A's surge late to beat Jays
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coco Crisp went 3-for-4 with a walk and scored
the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, as the Oakland Athletics rallied for a
6-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the middle contest of a three-game
series.
<< Rolen, Arroyo help Reds top D'Backs
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Scott Rolen went 3-for-4 with three runs batted
in to back Bronson Arroyo's solid performance on the mound, as the Cincinnati
Reds rallied from an early two-run deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks,
6-2, in
Hamilton visits Toronto in pivotal Eastern Division matchup >>
Toronto, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Currently tied for first place in the Eastern
Division, the Toronto Argonauts try to continue their recent run of success as
they face off against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a divisional showdown at the
Rogers Cen
Slumping Cards turn to Wainwright in finale with Brewers >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Brewers have gotten a first-hand look this
year at just how dominating St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright can be.
Looking to play the role of spoiler, the team gets a chance this afternoon to
deal the All-S
Padres aim to keep rolling in matinee vs. Cubs >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Continued dominance on the mound has given the San Diego
Padres their largest division lead of the season.
Clayton Richard will try to keep that momentum going and win a fourth straight
decision for the second time this ye
Red Sox go for ninth straight win over Angels >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox try to beat the Los Angeles Angels of
Anaheim for the ninth straight time this evening when the two teams continue
their three-game set at Fenway Park.
Boston continued its recent mastery of the
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In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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