剛爺來了，所以大塚要被擠掉closer的位置 條子GM似乎也沒有很大的意願交易大塚... 條子GM已經講明了要大塚下季擔任setup了... 大塚的春天還沒到嗎... http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2006/12/19/gagne-rangers.html Eric Gagne back in familiar role Last Updated: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 | 4:47 PM ET CBC Sports Eric Gagne is officially a Texas Ranger and has bumped Akinori Otsuka from the closer's role. Gagne's deal, announced Tuesday after the right-handed reliever passed a physical, includes $5 million US in appearance incentives, bringing the possible total to $11 million. Eric Gagne saved 55 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2003. (Richard Drew/Associated Press) Gagne, chosen the National League's top pitcher in 2003, pitched only 16 games the past two seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers while undergoing two elbow operations and back surgery. He is expected to be ready by spring training in late February. Gagne, 30, had 152 saves as the Dodgers' closer from 2002 to 2004, including 55 in 2003. At one point, the right-handed reliever converted a major league-record 84 consecutive save opportunities. Gagne had surgery last April to remove a nerve from his pitching elbow — the same arm that required elbow-ligament replacement surgery in 1997. He then had season-ending surgery July 8 to repair a herniated disc in his lower back. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/ article.jsp?ymd=20061218&content_id=1763939&vkey=hotstove2006&fext=.jsp The Rangers are signing him to be their closer as long as he is healthy. Akinori Otsuka was the Rangers' closer for most of last season and finished with 32 saves. But he'll likely move into an eighth-inning setup role in front of Gagne. The Rangers have also received a number of trade inquiries about Otsuka, but general manager Jon Daniels said he's not inclined to move him unless they get something significant in return. The Rangers may wait until well into Spring Training to see if Gagne is completely healthy before they make a move with their bullpen. -- 在奇怪的時刻突然想寫blog http://chordate.blogspot.com/ --

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