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Cubs get Stewart in trade with Rockies

odoppyelump — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:49:21 +0000

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have acquired third baseman Ian Stewart and right-handed reliever Casey Weathers from the Colorado Rockies for outfielder Tyler Colvin and infielder D.J. LeMahieu.

Stewart, who hit 25 homers in 2009 and 18 more in 2010 for the Rockies, slumped last season when he split time Colorado and Triple-A. In 48 games with the Rockies he batted .156.

Weathers was 2-2 with a 5.32 ERA at Double-A Tulsa last season in 44 appearances. He missed the 2009 season after elbow ligament replacement surgery.

Colvin hit 20 homers as a rookie in 2010 but struggled last season and was sent to Triple-A. LeMahieu made his major league debut with the Cubs last year and batted .250 in 37 games.

The trade was announced Thursday night.

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Cubs Offer Arbitration to Pena, Ramirez

googleMdde — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:03:58 +0000

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Cubs have offered salary arbitration to free agents Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena.

The players have until Nov. 30 to accept. If they decline and sign elsewhere, the Cubs would be entitled to compensatory picks in the amateur draft next June.

Ramirez’s agent has already said his client will not return to the Cubs. The third baseman batted .306 last season with 26 homers and 93 RBIs.

Pena, who played under a one-year, $10 million deal last season,
hit .225 with 28 homers and 80 RBIs while playing a stellar first base.

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Chicago Cubs offer salary arbitration to 3B Aramis…

woorummup — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:10:51 +0000

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have offered salary arbitration to free agents Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena.

The players have until Nov. 30 to accept. If they decline and sign elsewhere, the Cubs would be entitled to compensatory picks in the amateur draft next June.

Ramirez’s agent has already said his client will not return to the Cubs. The third baseman batted .306 last season with 26 homers and 93 RBIs.

Pena, who played under a one-year, $10 million deal last season, hit .225 with 28 homers and 80 RBIs while playing a stellar first base.

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Cubs exercise option, but 3B Ramirez can still…

thebestins — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:00:43 +0000

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have exercised their side of a $16 million mutual contract option on third baseman Aramis Ramirez.

But Ramirez has informed the team that he will decline his side of the option and explore free agency. He has until Tuesday night to make that decision official.

The 33-year-old Ramirez had been interested in a multiyear deal. He joined the Cubs in a 2003 trade from the Pirates and just completed a five-year, $75 million contract.

He batted .306 with 26 homers and 93 RBI last season, his ninth in Chicago. He broke in with the Pirates in 1998 and is a career .284 hitter with 315 homers and has six seasons of at least 100 RBI.

The decision Sunday night on Ramirez was one of the first handled by new Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein.

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Ramirez exercises his option to stay with Cubs

makemoney469 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:22:00 +0000

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez has reportedly exercised his option to stay with the Cubs for 2011. However, Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said he had yet to get the official word from the third baseman or his agent, Paul Kinzler, on Wednesday.

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Chicago Cubs’ Aramis Ramirez declines free agency; will return

Mary-Cherry7 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:26:53 +0000

Chicago Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez has declined his option to become a free agent and will return to the Cubs in 2011.

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Chicago Cubs Aramis Ramirez Cannot Decide If He Is Coming Or Going

JJL — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:05:28 +0000

One minute, Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez is quoted as considering the possibility of not picking up his option for 2011. The next thing you know heÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s telling the Sun-Times, ”I’m staying here, put it that way.” This sounds to me like a guy who is working with the Cubs front office to restructure his contract

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Aramis sits, receives treatment on quad

kylecatarn — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:29:11 +0000

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez did not start Monday so that he can receive treatment on a sore right quad.

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Chicago Cubs Aramis Ramirez day to day with quad strain

ReiltPlault — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:41:53 +0000

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez is day to day after straining his right quadriceps during Sunday’s 18-5 loss to the New York Mets.

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Aramis gets 1,600th hit, but leaves game

Haildet — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:13:57 +0000

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez notched his 1,600th career hit with an RBI single in the first inning Sunday and picked up No. 1,601 with a two-run homer in the third.

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Aramis' return delayed another day

alexandretreize — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:48:15 +0000

One more day.

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Sore Aramis expects to return Friday

ronedrurb — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:23:06 +0000

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez was not in the lineup Thursday, still bothered by a sore left side. His status is day to day.

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Aramis scratched with sore rib cage

LinnJJ — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:31:26 +0000

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez was scratched from Wednesday's lineup because of a sore left rib cage.

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Aramis tallies 1,000th career RBI

johnmaximov — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:44:00 +0000

Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez became the 266th player in Major League history to drive in 1,000 runs, doing so in the first inning Tuesday with an RBI single against the Giants' Tim Lincecum.

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Chicago strikes for 15 runs to snap seven-game skid

themysype — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:02:38 +0000

Chicago Cubs third baseman Jeff Baker throws to first after fielding a bunt by Milwaukee Brewers’ Ryan Braun during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in Chicago.

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