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O's sign Trachsel to minor league deal
The Orioles have signed right-handed pitcher Steve Trachsel to a minor league
contract with an invitation to spring training.
Trachsel, 37, began last season with the Orioles before being traded to the
Chicago Cubs on Aug. 31. He finished 7-11 with a 4.90 ERA in 29 starts
between the two teams. Trachsel went 6-8 with a 4.48 ERA in 25 starts for the
Orioles after signing the day before the start of spring training.
Trachsel has a 141-154 record with a 4.32 ERA during his 15-year career in
the majors. In addition to the Orioles and Cubs, Trachsel has pitched for the
New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
The Orioles now have 18 non-roster players invited to their spring major
league camp.
The Orioles also announced that left-handed pitcher Garrett Olson and
outfielder Luke Scott have agreed to contracts for the 2008 season.
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時間: Tue Feb 12 06:59:58 2008
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Trachsel returns with Minor League deal
O's invite righty to Spring Training to compete for rotation spot
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles welcomed Steve Trachsel back into the fold with a
Minor League contract Monday, marking the second straight season that the
veteran has signed with Baltimore shortly before Spring Training. Trachsel
signed on to replace the injured Kris Benson last spring and will compete for
a vacant back-end rotation slot this year.
The Orioles created an extra hole in the rotation with last week's trade of
staff ace Erik Bedard, and team executives acknowledged immediately that
they'd like to sign a veteran to take stress off the remaining youngsters.
Trachsel, who has a 141-154 career record, has made 25 or more starts in each
of the last 12 seasons.
Trachsel, a 15-year veteran, has played for five different big league teams.
He made 25 starts for the Orioles last season, helping stabilize the staff
after an early injury to Adam Loewen. Trachsel allowed three earned runs or
less 17 times for Baltimore and netted Scott Moore and Rocky Cherry when he
was traded to the Cubs on Aug. 31, 2007.
The Orioles currently have three rotation spots marked for incumbents --
Loewen, Jeremy Guthrie and Daniel Cabrera -- and two that appear to be open.
Trachsel, 37, will compete with a group of prospects headlined by southpaws
Troy Patton and Garrett Olson and featuring right-handers Hayden Penn and
Matt Albers.
Baltimore's three returning starters have a combined career record of 55-60,
and the Orioles don't want to flank them with a pair of even less experienced
arms. Enter Trachsel, who went 6-8 with a 4.48 ERA for Baltimore last season.
Trachsel will be the 18th non-roster invitee at Spring Training, which opens
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., later in the week.
The Orioles concluded some other business Tuesday by reaching terms with both
Olson and left fielder Luke Scott. Olson, who's expected to compete for the
final rotation slot, went 9-7 with a 3.16 ERA at Triple-A Norfolk last
season. Scott, acquired in the Miguel Tejada trade, batted .255 with 18 home
runs for the Astros in 2007.
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