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Federal Baseball (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
When pressed, mostly by propriety, DC GM Jim Bowden apologized for having announced that the Nationals would non-tender reliever Chad Cordero on a local DC radio show months earlier than such decisions are expected and before anyone had bothered to tell the former 1st Round pick, who, until he was injured, had been the Nationals' tight-rope-walking closer for most of three seasons and had been with...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
ST. LOUIS - Reds closer Francisco Cordero returned to Cincinnati on Friday and was expected to have arthroscopic surgery to remove a bone spur from his right foot. Cordero, 5-4 with 34 saves and a 3.33 ERA, was to be operated on by Reds medical director Dr. Timonthy Kremchek.
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
He doesn't start physical therapy until Wednesday, but former closer Chad Cordero is openly confident he will return to his powerful best.
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
LOS ANGELES | Chad Cordero will fly back to the District this week, gather his belongings, hang out with teammates for a few days and then return to his Southern California home to rehabilitate his injured right shoulder.
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Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Approximately two wees ago Joel Sherman of the NY Post suggested Austin Kearns for our corner outfield hole. To be honest at the time it didn't look like a good match to me, but the Nats just traded their closer Jon Rauch to the DBacks and their former closer Chad Cordero is out for the season ( along with being released). That leaves the Nats using Jon Hanrahan as the closer, the 27 y/o reliever has...
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William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Nats320 makes the case that Jim Bowden did Chad Cordero and ultimately the Nationals a disservice by announcing Cordero would be non-tendered. By the way, the Nats look to salvage the last game of the Giants series at 3:45 p.m. today, so watch or listen if you can. Washington Nationals , Nats , Jim Bowden , Chad Cordero ©MMVIII William F. Yurasko
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Odd timing for this. Nationals GM Jim Bowden said last night he plans to non-tender former closer Chad Cordero after the season. Non-tendering Cordero is a no-brainer for the Nationals. He's earning $6.2MM this year, so the least they could pay him in '09 is $4.96MM if they go through the arbitration process. Cordero had labrum surgery on July 8th. Bowden expressed desire to bring Cordero back on a...
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Bill Ladson / MLB.com : Nats GM says Cordero will hit market — Bowden reveals intention to non-tender injured closer — SAN FRANCISCO — The offseason is a little more than two months away, but the Nationals have already decided that reliever Chad Cordero will be non-tendered. The news comes two weeks after Cordero had shoulder surgery.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired reliever Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for prospect Emilio Bonaficio on Tuesday. Rauch was 4-2 with 17 saves in 22 chances and a 2.98 ERA for the Nationals. He has been filling in at closer for most of the season for injured Chad Cordero. Bonaficio entered the season as Arizona's No. 6 prospect, according to Baseball America. The speedy second baseman was...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired reliever Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for prospect Emilio Bonaficio on Tuesday. Rauch was 4-2 with 17 saves in 22 chances and a 2.98 ERA for the Nationals. He has been filling in at closer for most of the season for injured Chad Cordero.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired reliever Jon Rauch from the Washington Nationals for prospect Emilio Bonaficio on Tuesday. Rauch was 4-2 with 17 saves in 22 chances and a 2.98 ERA for the Nationals. He has been filling in at closer for most of the season for injured Chad Cordero.
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AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The D'backs just traded Bonifacio to the Nats for P Jon Rauch. I just got the text from KTAR. Link Rauch, who took over as the Nats closer when Chad Cordero injured his shoulder in April, was 4-2 with a 2.98 ERA. The 29-year-old covered 17 of his 22 save opportunities. Rauch, who made $1.2 million this year, is set to make $2 million next season and there is a club option for 2010 at $2.9 million....
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Mets Fever (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The B-Mets closer Eddie Kunz has turned it up a notch and is closing in on a milestone. The 21 y/o former Oregon Beaver who won two NCAA championships as their closer, was drafted by the Mets in 2007 and Omar has likened him to his former closer find Chad Cordero. Kunz is a top ten prospect and John Sickel's gives him a B ranking . Minaya said he's not expecting Kunz to be part of the Mets' bullpen...
