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MLB: Texas Rangers Give Mark Prior Another Chance
The last time Mark Prior took the mound in a major league game, it was August 10th, 2006 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He lasted just three innings that day as he gave up four hits, five walks, and four earned runs. Since that day and a lot of shoulder issues later, Prior has done everything he could to possibly pitch on a major league again. He even pitched in the independent Golden Baseball …

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Jack Zduriencik held a briefing after the Mariners’ 1-0 loss to announce that the team has decided, as expected, to shut down 21-year-old pitcher Michael Pineda for the remainder of the year. There are no physical problems, but the Mariners decided to make the move pre-emptively, because Pineda has reached nearly 140 innings. He threw just 47 last year and also had two stints on the disabled list with elbow problems.

“We’ve been talking about this for a month or so,” Zduriencik said. “Michael Pineda will be shut down. The simple reason is innings. We had gauged he would pitch between 140 and 150 inning this year…Our decision was that we think this is a prized product of ours, and it’s a guy we want to protect. He’s been told this morning it’s going to happen.”

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Oswalt, Sweeney get second chance
PHILADELPHIA Mike Sweeney spent 13 seasons in Kansas City playing for one of the least-competitive franchises in the major leagues. He didn’t come any closer to the postseason in one season in Oakland or the last year-and-a-half in Seattle.

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