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08/22/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lefty Manny Parra can end a prolonged slump and pitch the Milwaukee Brewers to an unlikely sweep today when they host the National League-leading San Diego Padres in the third and final game of a three-game series at Miller Park.
Milwaukee's Chris Dickerson had two hits and two runs batted in and Mike McClendon worked three scoreless innings to earn his first major-league win as the Brewers won, 6-5, on Saturday.
Ryan Braun hit his first home run since July 24 while Prince Fielder singled, scored a run, drove in a run and walked twice to lead the Brewers to a fourth straight win.
McClendon (1-0) allowed one hit, walked three and struck out three in his second big league outing. John Axford tossed 1 2/3 scoreless frames to garner his 19th save of the season for Milwaukee, which evened the season series at three games apiece.
Kevin Correia (10-8) took the loss after allowing five runs on seven hits and four walks with three strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings for the Padres, who have lost two straight after a five-game win streak.
In spite of the two straight losses, San Diego still has a 1 1/2-game edge over Atlanta for the best record in the NL and a five-game bulge over San Francisco atop the West Division.
Parra, a 27-year-old, improved to 3-5 on the season with a 12-5 defeat of St. Louis on July 3 but has gone 0-4 in seven starts since. He last pitched Aug. 15 in Colorado and got a no-decision after allowing six hits and two earned runs in five innings of a game the Brewers lost, 6-5.
He threw one-third of an inning of relief against the Padres on May 2 in San Diego and was touched for two hits and a walk while allowing three runs.
Lifetime against San Diego, he is 1-1 in three appearances with a 7.36 earned run average.
The Padres reply with 30-year-old righty Jon Garland, who's won two straight outings and three of his last four in his first year with San Diego.
A first-round pick of the Chicago Cubs in 1997, Garland reached the majors with the Chicago White Sox in 2000 and won double-digit games six times before heading to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2008.
He won 17 games with the Angels and eight with Arizona before beginning this season with the Padres.
He reached 10 wins for the eighth time in his career on Aug. 1 against Florida and has since beaten Pittsburgh and the Cubs in his last two outings while giving up five hits in 13 scoreless innings.
Garland is 2-0 lifetime against the Brewers and beat them, 8-0, with seven innings of three-hit ball on May 2 in San Diego.
<< Phillies turn to Oswalt in search of series win over Nats
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Roy Oswalt's Phillies debut versus the Nationals three
weeks ago didn't go as planned, but the veteran now seems to finding his
groove with his new club.
Oswalt goes for a third straight winning start this afternoon as Phi
<< Santana tries to hurl Mets to sweep of hosting Pirates
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Left-handed ace Johan Santana can pitch the New York Mets
to a road sweep today when they visit PNC Park for the third and final game of
a weekend series with the host Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Mets won Saturday's second gam
<< Cox, Piniella set to square off one more time in Braves-Cubs finale
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunday's matchup isn't just big because of Atlanta's quest
to end a four-year playoff drought. It could also mark the final time managers
Bobby Cox and Lou Piniella square off in a major league game.
With both managers set
<< Buchholz seeks to extend win streak in Red Sox-Blue Jays clash
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Clay Buchholz will attempt to win his fifth straight
decision today, as the Boston Red Sox conclude a three-game set with the
Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
Buchholz has emerged victorious in each of his past three star
Twins close out homestand against Angels >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins will attempt to end their nine-game
homestand on a high note, as they conclude a three-game set with the Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim tonight at Target Field.
The Twins have gone 6-2 on their current h
White Sox close out set with Royals >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago White Sox will try to avoid dropping a fifth
straight series, as they bring to a close a three-game set with the Kansas
City Royals today at Kauffman Stadium.
After Friday's opener was washed out, the White Sox
A's Braden faces Rays for first time since perfect game >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dallas Braden was perfect the last time he faced Tampa Bay
and he will now try to give Oakland the series win, as the Athletics and Rays
wrap up a four-game set today at the Coliseum.
On May 9th, Braden etched his name int
Reds seek rare series win at Dodger Stadium >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cincinnati Reds found their success at Dodger Stadium
short-lived thanks to Los Angeles' use of the long ball last night.
The Reds, who had a season-high seven-game winning streak halted, will look to
rebound tonight b
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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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