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The Mariners lost one of their top pitchers from last season earlier this week when they dealt Michael Pineda to the New York Yankees for top catching prospect Jesus Montero.

 

Lincecum, 27, had 2.74 earned run average and struck out 220 batters over 217 innings last season but still wound up with a losing record (13-14) because of the Giants' light-hitting offense. San Francisco was next-to-last in the league in runs with 570. Only Seattle (556) scored fewer than the Giants.

 

Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Say what you want about super agent Scott Boras, but in the end he always gets his man his money. The latest example came on Tuesday when Prince Fielder, who some suggested over the weekend may have to settle for a one-year deal, agreed to a monster nine-year, $214 million deal with the Detroit Tigers, a team never mentioned in any kind of talks for the slugger, but one that was always close to his heart.

 

Detroit, of course, was home for six-plus years to Prince's father Cecil, who swatted 51 home runs for the Tigers in 1990. As a kid, Prince actually hit the ball out of Tiger Stadium when, according to most, father and son were inseparable.

 

Give credit to Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski and owner Mike Illitch for being so aggressive in the pursuit of Prince Fielder following the devastating news last week that designated hitter Victor Martinez would be lost for the season with a torn ACL.

 

Washington had been rumored to be the front runner all along with teams like Texas and Seattle lurking, but in the end it was a team out of nowhere that emerged, similar to the way Philadelphia plucked Cliff Lee last offseason.

 

Fielder was terrific this past season for the National League Central champion Milwaukee Brewers, belting 38 home runs with 120 RBI. He's also never hurt. Last year he was the only player in the majors to play in all 162 games and despite his bulky presence, he has averaged 160 games in his six full seasons in the league.

 

Leyland could also toy with the idea of moving Cabrera back across the diamond to third base, but he wasn't exactly Brooks Robinson when he played there for the Marlins and may actually be a bit to bulky to handle it these days anyway.

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