MLB Capsules: Cubs interview Rangers pitching coach Maddux
CHICAGO (AP) — One of Mike Maddux's first calls when he learned the Chicago Cubs were interested in talking to him about their managerial opening was to his brother, Greg. Just to get some updated information and a bit of background on the team that might want to hire him.
"It's kind of cool to be considered," Maddux said Wednesday after interviewing with president of baseball operations Theo Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer, scouting/player development head Jason McLeod and assistant GM Randy Bush.
"I enjoyed it, man. Pretty neat. Something I've never done before, so it was a learning experience on both ends," Maddux said. "I think I got to know them and they got to know me, see what our values are. We share a lot of values, share passion. We share the inner drive to win."
Maddux, the pitching coach of the two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers, is the third person to officially interview for the position created when Epstein fired Mike Quade last week.
The Cubs have also interviewed Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin and Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum. Cleveland Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr., will have his turn Friday.
Maddux flashed a sense of humor during a meeting with reporters. Especially when asked how he would handle the moody, one-time ace Carlos Zambrano, who was suspended for 30 days last season when he cleaned out his locker and threatened to retire shortly after giving up five homers in a game against the Braves.
"First thing you got to do is get to meet him. I heard he's a big teddy bear," Maddux said. "I might pick him up and just burp him."
Turning more serious, Maddux said several years ago he considered Zambrano to be the best pitcher in the National League with his work on the mound, in the field and at the plate, where he is a respectable hitter. "I've seen him dominate," Maddux said.
Zambrano, who is pitching winter ball, has a year left on his five-year, $91.5 million contract signed in 2007, and it's still not known if the Cubs will bring him back.
As pitching coach for the Rangers, Maddux played a key role in back-to-back World Series appearances for Texas.
The Rangers had an American League-high 5.37 ERA in 2008, the year before Maddux arrived. They have improved each year since, including a 3.79 ERA this season that was their lowest since 1983.
Maddux's ability to get the most out of the Rangers' staff — even after the loss of Cliff Lee from the 2010 AL championship team — is certainly appealing to Epstein.
"Maybe it's a message, maybe it's giving guys the opportunity to perform, maybe giving them an opportunity to fail," Maddux said. 'Maybe that's it, too. You don't put the weight of the world on your shoulders. You encourage guys. It's not life or death. It's win or lose, but it's not life or death. And keep it that way."
In 15 major league seasons, Mike Maddux pitched for Philadelphia (1986-89), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1990, 1999), San Diego (1991-92), the New York Mets (1993-94), Pittsburgh (1995), Boston (1995-96), Seattle (1997), Montreal (1998-99) and Houston (2000).
He became pitching coach of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2003, then took the same job with Texas before the 2009 season and has helped the Rangers win back-to-back pennants.
The name Maddux will always resonate around Wrigley Field.
Greg Maddux's departure from the Cubs as a free agent after winning the first of his four straight Cy Young awards in 1992 is still considered one of the worst episodes in the franchise's long history of futility.
Maddux went on to star with the Braves and establish himself as one of the greatest pitchers of all-time. He returned to the Cubs in 2004 and before he was traded to the Dodgers in 2006, he got his 300th win with Chicago. He retired with 355 victories and is a shoo-in Hall of Famer when he's eligible.
Mike Maddux wouldn't go into detail but said he discussed with his brother the possibility of coaching, should he get the job. Greg Maddux was an assistant to former Cubs GM Jim Hendry and is one of the most respected pitching minds in the game.
"We talked about it, yeah. Sure did," Mike Maddux said.
Mike Maddux withdrew his name from consideration for the Red Sox's managerial opening, citing family considerations brought on by the distance between Boston and Dallas.
He didn't want to talk about the Boston situation Wednesday, but did say that family matters are a huge consideration, especially since he and his daughters and wife are together now in Dallas. The family had been apart at times while he was the pitching coach of the Brewers.
"It's pretty special. There does come a time when you have to stop and smell the roses," he said.
Astros sign two to minor league deals
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros have agreed to minor league contracts with outfielder Travis Buck and outfielder-first baseman Nick Stavinoha, and both have been given non-roster invites to spring training.
General Manager Ed Wade announced the moves in a release Wednesday night.
The 27-year-old Buck spent last season with the Cleveland Indians. He hit .228 (34 for 149) in 50 games with two home runs and 18 RBIs. Buck was a first-round draft pick of the Oakland A's in 2005.
Stavinoha had been in the Cardinals organization since being selected in the seventh round of the 2005 draft. He spent all of 2011 with Triple-A Memphis, where he was tied for first in the Pacific Coast League with 109 RBIs and tied for fifth with 28 homers, while hitting .270.
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Posada says he won't be back with Yankees in 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — After five World Series rings, seven American League pennants and five All-Star appearances, Jorge Posada says his career with the New York Yankees is over.
"I don't think there's not even a percentage of chance that I can come back," the 40-year-old catcher said Wednesday night before his foundation's annual dinner. "It's not going to happen."
After 17 seasons in pinstripes, Posada faces the same choice Bernie Williams had after the 2006 season: Retire and ensure that his entire big league career was with the Yankees or move on to another team. Posada said his agents had heard from about a half-dozen clubs expressing interest and he probably will wait until January or early February to make up his mind.
"Do I want to do it for somebody else? Do I want to leave home? Do I want to do it all over again without knowing anybody?" he said, with his wife Laura at his side.
Following the retirements of Williams and Andy Pettitte last winter, Posada's exit will leave only 37-year-old Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, who turns 42 on Nov. 29, from the core group that propelled the Yankees to their recent run of titles.
Posada lost his catching job after 2010 and was shifted to designated hitter with one season left on a $52.4 million, four-year contract. The switch-hitter struggled against left-handers and was batting .165 on May 14 when he was dropped to No. 9 in the batting order against Boston. He asked to be taken out of the lineup, saying he wasn't ready to play.
"At the end of the day, it's a business. You look back and you wish there were some things that could have gone differently, but they didn't," Posada said. "I'm not bitter at the Yankees. I'm not bitter at Joe Girardi. I'm not bitter at Brian Cashman. It just happened. I wish at that moment I would have changed a couple things. But it happened, and you know what? You learn from it."
Posada recovered to hit .268 for the rest of the season, leaving him with a .235 average, 14 homers and 44 RBIs. His two-run pinch-hit single on Sept. 21 beat Tampa Bay to clinch the AL East, earning him one last huge ovation, and he hit .429 (6 for 14) in the five-game loss to Detroit in the division series.
After the last game, Posada got choked up.
"It was very hard that day, very emotional that night," he recalled. "It was tough for me to know that I was not coming back."
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has been noncommittal about Posada's future.
"Obviously decisions have to be made," he said earlier Wednesday. 'I'm not prepared to talk about that at this point in time."
Posada doesn't think New York would want him as an instructor for young catchers Jesus Montero and Austin Romine.
"I don't think I'm going to be around with the Yankees," he said before adding: "I love teaching. I think I can help out. If I'm not playing, I will be doing something with baseball."
When his contract expired after the 2006 season, the then 36-year-old Williams was offered a minor league deal with an invitation to prove himself during spring training. Despite requests from manager Joe Torre, Williams turned down the offer.
Does Posada feel his phaseout was similar?
"If you had asked me that question in February of this year, I would have said no. But now I would say yes," Posada responded. "It went the same way, pretty much."
Posada speaks often with Williams, who has advised him to make sure the decision to retire or move on is right for him.
"I think after he stays home a few more months and he realizes how hard it is to stay home with the kids, I think he's going to pay a team to have him play," Laura said, jokingly. "Honestly, what I said to him was you need to really be sure about your decision, because you don't want to have any regrets. You don't want to feel in your mind that you didn't accomplish something that you set out to accomplish when you started playing baseball. He has been playing baseball all his life, so it's really hard to wake up and not have anything to do."
Posada will consider only contending teams for a job that is likely to be a part-time catcher or DH and pinch-hitter. But he's reluctant to alter a career biography that lists only one team.
"I will always be a Yankee," he said. "The New York Yankees for me is my second family. It will be tough to put on another uniform for real and learn another set of rules and all that stuff."
His wife suggested he might want to stick around to reach 300 homers. He has 275.
"I would love to get 300. It's not going to happen," he said.
If he does play, she had a suggestion — the Marlins. The Posadas make their offseason home in the area.
"I love Miami," she said.
NOTES: The foundation raises money for research into craniosynostosis, a disease that causes bones in the skull to fuse prematurely. Jorge Luis Posada, who turns 12 this month, has had nine operations. The Posada's repeatedly thanked the Yankees for their contributions to the foundation.
-- Ronald Blum
GM Cashman says too early to determine Yankees' plan
NEW YORK (AP) — Searching for starting pitching, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said it's too early in the offseason to determine whether he'll go for a big-name addition to his rotation.
"I certainly haven't had one agent tell me what they want financially, so no one's made any demands to me" he said Wednesday. "So I don't know what these current free agents are looking for yet in terms of years or dollars."
New York went into spring training uncertain who would start behind CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Phil Hughes. Rookie Ivan Nova and Freddy Garcia won jobs, and Bartolo Colon, like Garcia at spring training with a minor league contract, joined the rotation in April after Hughes went on the DL.
Garcia went 12-8 and Colon 8-10, combining to make 52 starts. Using an unusual description, Cashman said the Yankees again could sign low-cost veterans with uncertain value.
"Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house you go, and you have no idea whether you're going to get there or not other than letting the season play out," he said. "Turned out that other way was a great way for us."
Prospects such as Hector Noesi, David Phelps, Adam Warren and Dellin Betances also could be looked at during spring training.
"There's obviously more developmental steps necessary for some of those guys," Cashman said during an appearance at a Time Square restaurant as part of the New York Cares coat drive. "I believe it's in our best interest if I can continue to reinforce the rotation to get a little more comfort level there. It might not be realistic, but we'll see."
Free agent pitchers include Mark Buehrle, Edwin Jackson, C.J. Wilson, Roy Oswalt and Hiroki Kuroda. Without identifying any, Cashman said he had asked agents for medical records as part of the early negotiating process.
New York was not involved in talks with San Francisco before the Giants traded left-hander Jonathan Sanchez to Kansas City on Monday for outfielder Melky Cabrera.
Two young Yankees catchers have attracted interest: 21-year-old Jesus Montero and 22-year-old Austin Romine. Montero hit .328 with four homers and 12 RBIs during a September callup. Romine is regarded as the superior defensive catcher.
"I've had a lot of teams express, 'Hey, if you're ever going to do something there, mark us down. That type of thing,'" Cashman said.
NOTES: RHP Nova's strained right forearm, which forced him out of Game 5 of the AL division series against Detroit, was examined Tuesday by Dr. Christopher Ahmad, who determined it had healed. ... Cashman said the team hopes for a summer return of RHP Joba Chamberlain, who had elbow-ligament replacement surgery on June 16. He said Chamberlain hopes to be back during the spring. "He wants it yesterday. He's working his tail off," Cashman said.
-- Ronald Blum
Alomar Jr. interviews for Red Sox manager job
BOSTON (AP) — Ben Cherington was in his first year in a major league front office — as an advance scout for the Cleveland Indians — when he came across Sandy Alomar Jr.
"He didn't know who I was, in '98 with Cleveland," said Cherington, who is now the Red Sox general manager and leading the search for a new manager in Boston. "But I saw him in the clubhouse — I was in the clubhouse all the time — and I saw the leader he was back then, the respect he had in that clubhouse. I've been sort of following him since then."
It was that respect that led Cherington to add Alomar to the short list of candidates interviewing to replace Terry Francona as the Red Sox manager. Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum and Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin have already been in to discuss the job; former Pirates and White Sox manager Gene Lamont and Blue Jays first base coach Torey Lovullo are scheduled to come in later this week.
Cherington said he hasn't ruled out the possibility of additional candidates.
Alomar, who spent parts of 20 seasons catching in the majors — most notably as the 1990 AL Rookie of the Year and a six-time All-Star for the Indians — has been the first base coach in Cleveland for the past two seasons. He is the only candidate the Red Sox have acknowledged who has no managerial experience.
"His name kept coming up as a guy with a ton of respect in baseball," Cherington said. "We felt that, in spite of the lack of managerial experience, it was worth getting to know him better. ... He's going to be a major league manager. Whether that's in 2012 or sometime after that, I'm very confident to say that he'll be a big league manager sometime."
The Red Sox parted ways with Francona this fall after the team's unprecedented September collapse, the result of a 7-20 record down the stretch that left them one game behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL wild-card race. After allegations of players fattening up on fried chicken and beer during games, each managerial candidate has been grilled by reporters on his approach to clubhouse discipline.
"The goal for a manager is to let your players manage themselves. In order to do that, you have to let the guys play," he said. "I am a guy that lets the players play the game. You have some rules, but you respect the players (and) they respect you back."
The 45-year-old Alomar also played for the Padres, White Sox, Rockies, Rangers, Dodgers and Mets. He had a lifetime average of .273 with 112 homers and 588 RBIs.
He said he has played for nine managers, all of whom reached the postseason in their careers; six of them reached the World Series, and two of them won it. His father, Sandy Alomar Sr., spent 15 seasons in the majors as a second baseman, and his brother, Roberto, is in the Hall of Fame.
So it's no surprise that when asked to describe his managerial style, he said, "I like the family atmosphere."
"We are a family. We bonded — coaches, players," he said. "That's the way I would handle it."
-- Jimmy Golen
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Cardinals interview Sandberg, Oquendo
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg left his interview with the Cardinals confident he's capable of filling their vacant managerial position.
"It was a comfortable conversation," Sandberg said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "From my standpoint, it went about as well as it could have gone.
"It was a pleasure talking to them and I was honored to have that opportunity," Sandberg said.
Longtime Cardinals third base coach Jose Oquendo also was interviewed on Wednesday, a person familiar with the process told The Associated Press. Both interviews took place in St. Louis, Sandberg in the morning and Oquendo in the afternoon.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made.
The Cardinals have interviewed six candidates as possible replacements for Tony La Russa, who retired after winning the World Series last month. The person said no more interviews were anticipated, and a decision could come next week.
"Obviously, it's a gem of a job," said former Red Sox manager Terry Francona, among the candidates, in a telephone interview with the AP.
The general managers' meetings Nov. 15-16 in Milwaukee could delay the process.
Sandberg and Francona, interviewed Wednesday in Cincinnati, are the only candidates without St. Louis ties in the mix to succeed the 67-year-old La Russa, who managed two World Series champions and guided nine teams to the postseason in 16 seasons.
Francona, who parted ways with the Red Sox after eight seasons following a September collapse, said the Cardinals gave him no timetable. Francona declined to say whether he had other interviews scheduled.
"I think everybody's hopeful and I'm probably no different from anybody else," Francona said. "It's not only their right, it's their obligation to get the right person.
"Maybe it'll be me, maybe it'll be some other person," Francona said.
The Cardinals got permission from the Phillies to talk to the 52-year-old Sandberg, well-known by St. Louis fans from his playing career on their team's biggest rival. Sandberg managed Philadelphia's Triple-A team after four seasons managing in the Cubs' organization, but new president Theo Epstein ruled out Sandberg as a candidate for that team's managerial opening.
Sandberg said his interview with the Cardinals lasted a little more than two hours.
"It was cool that the Cardinals thought to put me on their list and wanted to talk to me, with my history as a rival player," Sandberg said. "They agreed that in some ways that I would know the St. Louis Cardinals franchise, history and tradition as much as anyone else.
"I lived it on the field against them for 16 seasons," he said.
The 48-year-old Oquendo has been the third base coach the last dozen years. He played his final 10 major league seasons with the Cardinals from 1986-95 when he was nicknamed the "Secret Weapon" in a nod to his versatility.
Chris Maloney has managed the Cardinals' Triple-A franchise in Memphis the last five years, Mike Matheny won three of his four Gold Gloves as a catcher for St. Louis from 2000-04 and now is an instructor in the organization, and White Sox coach Joe McEwing earned the nickname "Super Joe" as a versatile substitute with the Cardinals.
After Francona left the Red Sox, there were reports players drank beer and ate fried chicken in the clubhouse during games. The Boston Globe reported the club was concerned he was "distracted," living in a hotel while separated from his wife and taking painkillers to deal with knee operations. Francona has said his personal life didn't affect his performance.
Getting called by the Cardinals was perhaps an indication that Francona remains a top tier candidate.
"I don't think I want to manage just to manage, but I was excited to talk to the Cardinals," Francona said. "I'm not desperate to manage, but I enjoy it.
Boston ended an 86-year championship drought in 2004, Francona's first season, when the Red Sox swept the Cardinals in the World Series. Francona also managed the Red Sox to a sweep of Colorado in the 2007 World Series.
Francona is the second-winningest manager in Red Sox history with a 744-552 record and 8-0 mark in the World Series.
-- R.B. Fallstrom
Nationals catcher Ramos kidnapped in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Professional baseball player Wilson Ramos, a catcher seen as one of the young building blocks for the Washington Nationals, was abducted by gunmen Wednesday from his home in his native Venezuela.
Ramos, a 24-year-old who just finished his rookie season, was taken away in an SUV by four armed men in Santa Ines in central Carabobo state, the spokeswoman for his Venezuelan League team, the Aragua Tigers, said on her official Twitter account.
"This is sad, worrisome and true that Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped," Katherine Vilera wrote.
She said Ramos was taken at 6:45 p.m. at his home in the region 95 miles (150 kilometers) west of Caracas. She said police were notified.
A person close to Ramos' family, who asked not to be quoted by name out of safety concerns, said the catcher was at home with his father and brothers when several men "entered the house and took him away."
"As of this hour, there has been no contact" between the kidnappers and Ramos' family, the person said.
Drew Storen, a relief pitcher for the Nationals, tweeted his concerns: "Extremely upsetting news about Ramo. Thoughts and prayers with him. Scary situation."
Spokesmen for the Nationals did not respond immediately to phone and email messages Wednesday night.
Ramos is considered one of the Nationals' key young players as they try to become a contender in the National League East. As a rookie in 2011, he hit .267 with 15 home runs and 52 RBIs in 113 games. He also threw out 19 of 67 runners attempting to steal a base, a 28 percent success rate that ranked third among qualifying catchers in the National League.
Washington acquired Ramos from the Minnesota Twins in a trade for All-Star relief pitcher Matt Capps in July 2010.
The abduction appeared to be the first case involving a Major League Baseball player.
But in Venezuela, which is home to dozens of major league players, the families of wealthy athletes have been periodically targeted by kidnappers in hopes of a hefty ransom.
In November 2009, the then 56-year-old mother of Victor Zambrano, who retired after pitching for four teams during a seven-year major league career, was rescued in a "commando-style operation" after a three-day kidnapping ordeal.
Zambrano's mother was abducted nine days after the former pitcher's cousin, Richard Mendez Zambrano, had been kidnapped and later killed.
In June 2009, Colorado Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba's then 11-year-old son and brother-in-law were kidnapped and released a day later.
The mother of former player Ugueth Urbina, who was a two-time All-Star pitcher while playing for six teams, spent more than five months in captivity until she was rescued in early 2005.
Around the same time, the mothers of five Brazilian soccer players were abducted in Brazil, including those of star strikers Robinho and Luis Fabiano.
-- Jorge Rueda
Free-agent SS Jose Reyes meets with Marlins
MIAMI (AP) — Jose Reyes toured the Florida Marlins' new ballpark as a potential pillar for the franchise. The Marlins courted the All-Star shortstop Wednesday with the tour and lunch on South Beach, team president David Samson said on his weekly radio show on WAXY-AM.
"We're interested in making our team better," Samson said. "To be interested, you have to be interesting, and you have to meet and get to know each other."
The Marlins are also pursuing left-hander Mark Buehrle, who took the ballpark tour Tuesday, Samson said. In addition, owner Jeffrey Loria and a contingent of team officials plan to visit the Dominican Republic on Thursday to watch a private workout by highly regarded Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.
With the new stadium scheduled to open in April, the perennially thrifty Marlins are expected to increase their payroll from $57 million this year to about $80 million in 2012, which will allow them to be active in the free-agent market.
Along with the ballpark, new manager Ozzie Guillen might make the Marlins a more attractive option for free agents. Buehrle pitched for Guillen the past eight seasons with the Chicago White Sox.
Buehrle and Reyes are two of the top free agents, and competition for them is expected to be stiff. Buehrle went 13-9 with a 3.59 ERA in 2011, his 11th consecutive season with at least 10 victories and 30 starts.
Marlins officials first met with Reyes in New York last Thursday, shortly after the free-agent signing period began. Reyes won the NL batting title this year with a .337 average and led the majors with 16 triples despite two stints on the disabled list.
"I would certainly count him among our priorities," Samson said.
Reyes has spent his entire nine-year major league career with the New York Mets. If he joined the Marlins, they would likely move 2009 NL batting champion Hanley Ramirez to third base.
"Hanley will be a Marlin," Samson said. "He is the most important piece of our team, no matter who we sign. He'll be in the lineup April 4, and it's up to Ozzie where to play him."
The 26-year-old Cespedes played for Cuba in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and is projected to be ready for the majors. He's expected to receive a multiyear contract worth more than $25 million.
"He can flat-out hit," Samson said.
Samson said the Marlins have not talked yet with Cespedes' agent. When asked whether they've contacted the agent for free-agent slugger Albert Pujols, Samson declined to comment.
The Marlins will unveil a new logo and uniform at the ballpark Friday, when the franchise will officially become the Miami Marlins. Samson estimated there's only a 1 percent chance of signing Reyes in time for that event.
-- Steven Wine
Padres update uniforms with piping, block letters
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres are sticking to their blue-and-white color scheme while updating their uniforms with cleaner, more traditional looks.
The updates include adding piping on the home whites, road grays and blue alternate jerseys. The team will use block numbers and letters on the back of the jerseys, including their Sunday camouflage uniform, much like their jerseys from the old Pacific Coast League days.
The alternate jersey will have an interlocking SD on the left chest. That seemed to be the most popular among the players who modeled the new uniforms.
The Padres also changed their logos. The primary logo features an interlocking SD in a circle. The secondary logo features the Padres script under an image of Petco Park. That logo replaces a wave logo the team has used since moving into Petco Park in 2004.
San Diego updated its Swinging Friar logo from earlier in its history.
"We've had so many big changes throughout our history, so we heard from the vast majority of them that another big, radical change wasn't what they wanted," team president Tom Garfinkel said.
A vocal minority has lobbied hard for a return to the brown-and-yellow scheme from the 1970s and '80s. But the mustard-and-mud look didn't make the cut.
"There was a much bigger segment of our fan base that was adamantly opposed to bringing back the brown," Garfinkel said.
The Padres will continue to wear throwback uniforms from that era.
San Diego catcher Nick Hundley, who modeled the new home whites, said his wife was wondering if the Padres were going back to the brown.
He was glad they didn't.
"I like the brown every now and then, in small doses," Hundley said. "One game or two games a month is perfect."
Said CEO Jeff Moorad: "Brown and yellow didn't get a lot of votes."
Last offseason, the Padres ditched their sand-colored road uniforms in favor of a more traditional gray. While the four players who modeled the uniforms raved about the tweaks, they said uniforms only go so far.
"Now we've got to go win some games while we're wearing them," Hundley said.
"We're excited about having a new uniform and looking forward to getting out there and seeing if we can put them to good use," outfielder Will Venable said.
The Padres finished last in the NL West at 71-91 this season.
-- Bernie Wilson
Bloomquist returning to Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed infielder Willie Bloomquist to a two-year, $3.8 million deal.
Bloomquist became a free agent when he turned down his end of a $1.1 million mutual option on Nov. 1. He signed with Arizona last offseason and became the everyday shortstop when Stephen Drew broke his ankle on July 20. Bloomquist hit .266 with four homers and 26 RBIs in 97 games last season.
Arizona also signed right-hander Chris Jakubauskas to a minor league deal. The 32-year-old pitched 32 games for Baltimore last season, including six starts, and went 2-2 with a 5.72 ERA. Jakubauskas is 8-10 with a 5.58 ERA in three major league seasons with Seattle, Pittsburgh and the Orioles.
