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Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (8 hours ago)
Before the holidays -- and with the big turkeys of free agency still potentially weeks away from signing -- Buster opens up the notebook with some collected side dishes on topics from Roy Oswalt to just how soon the Yankees will enter the market.
The market for Miguel Cabrera
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (1 day ago)
If the market for Miguel Cabrera involved just the money owed him and the trajectory of his regularly outstanding performance as a hitter, things would be a lot easier. But, as Buster writes, with Cabrera, other significant factors are in play.
Pirates designate RHP Karstens for assignment
Associated Press (4 days ago)
The Pittsburgh Pirates designated right-hander Jeff Karstens for assignment and claimed right-hander Chris Jakubauskas off waivers from Seattle.
- Closing the market (5 days ago)
- Those who favored King Felix and Verlander (7 days ago)
- The market for those coming off injuries (8 days ago)
- Bryant: Crazy talk about a baseball salary cap (8 days ago)
- My 2009 awards picks (12 days ago)
- Cuba's Chapman: Defection strategic yet simple (12 days ago)
- Page 2: Ralph Kiner was a Navy pilot before a Pirate (16 days ago)
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2009 Salaries
| RK | PLAYER | SALARY (US$) |
| 1 | Paul Maholm | 2,500,000 |
| 2 | Matt Capps | 2,425,000 |
| 3 | Zach Duke | 2,200,000 |
| 4 | Ryan Doumit | 2,150,000 |
| Team Total | 25,197,000 | |
| Team Rank | 30th | |
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2009 NL Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
| 91 | 71 | - | 730 | 640 | |
| 83 | 78 | 7.5 | 707 | 672 | |
| 80 | 82 | 11 | 785 | 818 | |
| 78 | 84 | 13 | 673 | 723 | |
| 74 | 88 | 17 | 643 | 770 | |
| 62 | 99 | 28.5 | 636 | 768 | |
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2009 Team Leaders
| WINS LEADER » Z. DUKE | ||
 | WINS | 11 |
| ERA | 4.06 | |
| SO | 106 | |
| IP | 213 | |
| OTHER LEADERS » | ||
| BA | A. LaRoche | .258 |
| HR | G. Jones | 21 |
| RBI | A. LaRoche | 64 |
| R | A. McCutchen | 74 |
| OPS | A. LaRoche | .731 |
| ERA | R. Ohlendorf | 3.92 |
| SO | P. Maholm | 119 |
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2009 National League Ranks
| AVG | R | OBP | SLG | OPS | SB |
| .252 | 636 | .318 | .387 | .705 | 90 |
| 14th | 16th | 14th | 15th | 14th | 8th |
| ERA | BAA | OPS | SV | WHIP | QS |
| 4.59 | .276 | .788 | 28 | 1.45 | 84 |
| 14th | 15th | 14th | 16th | 13th | 7th |
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Team History
| YEAR | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2009 | 62 | 99 | 636 | 768 |
| 2008 | 67 | 95 | 735 | 884 |
| 2007 | 68 | 94 | 724 | 846 |
| 2006 | 67 | 95 | 691 | 794 |
| 2005 | 67 | 95 | 680 | 769 |
| 2004 | 72 | 89 | 680 | 744 |
| 2003 | 75 | 87 | 753 | 801 |
| 2002 | 72 | 89 | 641 | 730 |
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