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06/17/2007 - Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Angels left fielder Garret Anderson and first baseman Casey Kotchman both left Saturday's game versus the Dodgers early with injuries.
Anderson left the game in the second inning for a pinch-hitter after aggravating the area of his right hip flexor tendon chasing a fly ball in the first inning. Anderson made a back-handed catch but didn't bend in his normal manner doing so.
Anderson initially suffered a slight tear of the hip flexor tendon running to first base in Chicago on April 27, and was placed on the disabled list for just the second time in his 13-year career.
Kotchman left the game in the seventh after sustaining a concussion after being hit in the helmet on an intended pickoff throw at second by Dodgers catcher Russell Martin as he slid back to the bag. Kotchman walked off under his own power and went to a local hospital for further testing.
<< Angels blank Dodgers; Kotchman, Anderson hurt
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jeff Weaver tossed 5 1/3 scoreless
innings to win his fifth consecutive decision as the Angels blanked the
Dodgers, 3-0, in the latest edition of the Freeway Series.
Orlando Cabrera had tw
<< Report: Bryant meets with Buss, still wants to be traded
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kobe Bryant reportedly met with Los
Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss in Barcelona, Spain on Friday and reiterated
his demand to be traded.
The Los Angeles Times cited unnamed sources, who said th
<< Flashy Bull grabs Stephen Foster Handicap
Louisville, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Flashy Bull, ridden by Robby Albarado, held
off trainer Todd Pletcher's Magna Graduate down the stretch to capture
Saturday's $829,500 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. This was the
fourth
<< Matsuzaka, Red Sox edge Giants behind Ramirez's HR
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manny Ramirez belted a home run in the fourth
inning and Daisuke Matsuzaka tossed seven shutout innings, as the Boston Red
Sox edged the San Francisco Giants, 1-0, in the middle test of a three-game
series.
Zambrano loses no-hitter, game to Padres; Lee and Young brawl >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Russell Branyan hit a home run in the ninth
inning as the San Diego Padres broke up Carlos Zambrano's no-hit bid with
one out in the eighth inning and held on to defeat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 at
Wrigley
Buehrle dominates as White Sox top Pirates >>
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Buehrle hurled eight innings of one-run
ball to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-1, at PNC
Park.
Buehrle (4-3) scattered nine hits, walked a batter and struck out four to ear
Phillies hold off Tigers >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jamie Moyer pitched seven strong innings,
as the Philadelphia Phillies held off a ninth-inning rally and topped the
Detroit Tigers, 6-3, in the second of a three-game set.
Moyer held the powerful Ti
Columbus rallies to tie New England >>
Foxborough, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Alejandro Moreno scored on a diving header
in the 85th minute as Columbus rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 3-3 draw
with New England on Saturday.
Moreno's spectacular effort was off a cross from Gu
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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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