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AP Source: Yankees reach deal with Sexson

By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer 4 hours, 31 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP)First baseman Richie Sexson and the New York Yankees reached a deal Thursday, a week after the Seattle Mariners cut the slumping slugger.

A person familiar with the contract said Sexson would be paid a prorated share of the $390,000 minimum salary. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made.

ESPN.com first reported a tentative agreement between Sexson and the Yankees.

The Yankees were eager to add a powerful right-handed bat as they start the second half of the season. They went into the All-Star break third in the AL East, six games behind Boston.

Sexson hit .344 with five home runs in 71 at-bats against lefties this year. That was his bright spot during a season in which the 33-year-old Sexson hit .218 overall with 11 homers and 30 RBIs.

The Yankees picked up a fraction of Sexsons contract, leaving the Mariners to pay the rest of his $14 million salary.

New York is minus two of its top hitters. Leadoff man Johnny Damon is on the disabled list because of an injured left shoulder and Hideki Matsui is sidelined with a sore knee that could require season-ending surgery.

The Yankees lineup is packed with left-handed hittersDamon, Matsui, Jason Giambi, Bobby Abreu and Robinson Cano swing from that sideand New York has struggled against lefty pitching all year.

A native of Brush Prairie, Wash., the 6-foot-8 Sexson became a frequent target of boobirds in Seattle over the past two years. He hit a career-low .205 with 21 homers and 100 strikeouts in 2007, and often was benched in favor of Miguel Cairo this season.

Seattle, one of baseballs biggest disappointments this year, released Sexson right before the All-Star break.

Sexson has hit 30 or more homers six times, and also has six seasons of at least 100 RBIs. He started his major league career in 1997 with Cleveland and later played for Milwaukee and Arizona.

Sexson signed a $50 million, four-year contract with the Mariners in December 2004. He topped 30 homers and 100 RBIs in his first two seasons, then dropped off significantly last year.



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As trade Blanton to Phillies

By JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)The Oakland Athletics traded away their second starting pitcher this month, dealing burly right-hander Joe Blanton to the Philadelphia Phillies for three minor leaguers on Thursday.

As general manager Billy Beane swapped Blanton a week after sending Rich Harden to the Chicago Cubsand thats with his team very much in contention in the AL West, six games behind the first-place Los Angeles Angels.

Philadelphia was aggressive, Oakland assistant GM David Forst said. They made it clear they needed a starting pitcher to help out and we were able to get the deal done.

The minor leaguers involved are left-hander Josh Outman, who was in Double-A, and second baseman Adrian Cardenas and outfielder Matt Spencer, both players in Single-A.

The 27-year-old Blanton, a 14-game winner last season, was 5-12 with a 4.96 ERA in 20 starts for Oakland. He has underachieved in 2008 in his fifth big league season after being the opening day starter in March against the Boston Red Sox in Tokyo.

Weve been attempting to upgrade our rotation and we feel like weve done that, Phillies assistant general manager Mike Arbuckle said. We think Joe is a very strong, competitive pitcher that has the mental makeup to pitch productively in a pennant race. He pitches a lot of innings and takes some burden off the bullpen.

Blantonwho is listed at 6-foot-3 and 225 poundshad been scheduled to pitch Friday night against New York at Yankee Stadium in Oaklands first game after the All-Star break. Forst said he had yet to discuss with manager Bob Geren who would fill Blantons spot in the rotation. Gio Gonzalez, a candidate to be promoted, has been pitching well for Triple-A Sacramento.

Both Blanton and Harden had been rumored to be on the trading block over the past year.

Last December, Beane dealt ace Dan Haren to the Arizona Diamondbacks. And he traded aces Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder in a three-day span in December 2004.

Beane and Forst said last offseason they are focusing their efforts on improving the clubs farm system from the bottom up, and trading Harden and Blanton further backs that they mean it.

We started this process last November or December and we said that we wanted to build a foundation and put together a group of players who were going to be here for a long time and sort of recreate what we did here at the beginning of the decade, Forst said. Weve made no secret that were trying to build a longtime winner. Were trying to build something thats going to last. We want to be the ones who are being chased. We dont want to be doing the chasing.

Forst added that this doesnt mean the As are writing off 2008, saying: 08 still has a chance to be a good year. Beyond that is what weve done all this for.

All three players acquired by the As will remain in the minors for now.

Cardenas batted .309 with six triples and 16 stolen bases in 67 games for Single-A Clearwater and ranked seventh in the Florida State League in batting average. Spencer hit .249 with six home runs and 41 RBIs in 84 games with Clearwater in his first full professional season.

Outman was 5-4 with a 3.20 ERA and one save in 33 games, including five starts, for Double-A Reading.



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D-backs acquire Tony Clark from Padres

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PHOENIX (AP)The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired first baseman Tony Clark from the San Diego Padres on Thursday for minor league pitcher Evan Scribner.

Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes said the team was thrilled to have Clark back in Arizona, where he spent three seasons and hit .266 with 53 homers and 154 RBIs.

Just matching up day to day or late in the game is something we probably need, Byrnes said. Obviously Tony has relationships here and hopefully can get us back in the frame of mind where we believe we can win.

Manager Bob Melvin was happy to have Clark back.

Hes able to do some things offensively, defensively, he knows how to pinch hit late in games, gives us a little production, so hes a great fit here.

The 36-year-old Clark signed with the Padres before this season. He hit .239 (21-for-88) with one home run and 11 RBIs in 70 games.

Scribner, who turns 23 on Saturday, was 0-1 with a 1.86 ERA and one save at Class-A Visalia. The right-hander was 2-3 with a 1.57 ERA and eight saves at Class-A South Bend.

Arizona started the day in first place in the AL West, one game in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

San Diego manager Bud Black said Clark helped the Padres in his short stint with them.

I thought he came to us and he was everything we had heard as far his presence on the team, Black said before Thursday nights game at St. Louis. He was a contributor offensively for us in a basically limited role on the bench. He was there in case anything happened to (first baseman) Adrian (Gonzalez).

Tony made a lot of contributions. Hes second in the league in pinch-hits behind (Philadelphias Greg) Dobbs. He got some clutch base hits along the way.

One was a three-run homer off the New York Mets closer Billy Wagner in an 8-6 San Diego victory on June 8.

The Padres made no roster move Thursday and had 24 players available for the game against the Cardinals.

Scribner has 62 strikeouts in 44 innings this season and has converted all nine of his save opportunities. He will be assigned to Single-A Lake Elsinore in the California League.

Clark has spent parts of 14 major league seasons with Detroit, Boston, both New York teams, Arizona and San Diego. He is a career .264 hitter with 245 homers and 800 RBIs.



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Richie Sexson being grabbed by the Yankees is
interesting. 2 and a half months left in the season
and the Yankees only have to spend chump change.
Richie traditionally does his best in late season.
Guess we'll all have to see whether Ritchie can be
enough of a force in 2008 to be resigned by
the Yanks in 2009. Of course he will be a free agent
at the end of the season and any club in MLB can
throw some cash his way.
Joe Blanton has been a Mariner killer the last few years.
Glad to see him leave. Should fit in perfectly with Philly.



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