Wait, Edwin Jackson Is Still Around?

On Tuesday I was just casually watching a Yankees and Tigers game, as one does, and I was stunned that the starting pitcher for the Tigers was Edwin Jackson, who has been in the league for 17 years. Now, I understand that the Tigers are an abominable, rebuilding squad, but this is still, ostensibly, a team that tries to fill their team with at least replacement level players. Heck, it’s very possible they are the model for what a replacement level team looks like.

Beyond The Boxscore

Quintana Roo Released Alfredo Simon

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Alfredo Simon Joined Cibao Camp For The 2017-18 LIDOM Season

After nine years of absence was integrated to the training of the Giants of the Cibao right pitcher Alfredo Simón Cabrera, who said he felt good physically.  (Translated)

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Sandy Alcantara, Fernando Baez, Junior Fernandez, & Dailyn Martinez Were Invited To Cibao Camp For LIDOM 2017-18 Season

The Giants of the Cibao announce that they will begin their practices, starting next Monday, September 25 at the Julián Javier stadium in this city with a view to their participation in the 2017-2018 season of the winter baseball tournament of the Dominican Republic.  (Translated)

LIDOM Official Site

Long Island Signed Alfredo Simon For 2017 Season

Michael Pfaff Twitter

Cubs & Mariners Made Three-Year Offers To Brett Cecil

Both the Cubs and Mariners also made Cecil four-year proposals, but at guarantees below the eventual $30.5 million the pitcher received from the Cardinals, sources said.

Fox Sports

Monterrey Signed Alfredo Simon For 2017 Season

Alfredo Simón returns to the Monterrey Sultans with a nine-year experience in Major Leagues.  (Translated)

MiLB Official Site

Alfredo Simon To Have Surgery On Shoulder

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Reds Activated Alfredo Simon From The Disabled List

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Aledmys Diaz Injury Should Draw Attention To Andrew Cashner's Control Issues

Rams owner Stan Kroenke gets the rest of the week off. Despising Johnny Cueto is so 2010. St. Louisans have a new target for their sports-related rage.

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Reds Placed Alfredo Simon On The 15-Day Disabled List

Cincinnati Official Twitter

Alfredo Simon's Shoulder Locked Up

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Jaime Garcia Goes For Most Wins Against Reds Among Active Pitchers

Alfredo Simon wasn't on the Cincinnati Reds' radar as a potential acquisition this past offseason until injuries hit several members of their starting rotation during spring training. The Reds took a flyer on the 35-year old Simon hoping he would log innings until their young starters returned.
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Jaime Garcia Takes Mound At Great American Ball Park

Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia is no stranger to the Reds.

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Series Preview: Cardinals @ Reds June 7-9, 2016

Scouting report: After they had lost 11 successive games, the Reds rebounded to win successive series at Colorado and against Washington. But they have won only four of their last 21 series against the Cardinals and just three of the last 10 at Great American Ball Park.

Post-Dispatch

John Lackey, Jon Lester Love Being On Same Side Again

Hosting a segment at the Cubs Convention last winter, Ryan Dempster seated John Lackey and Jon Lester on a couch and served them fried chicken and beer. Neither punched their former Red Sox teammate.

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David Freese Goes Deep In Pirates' Spring Finale

Cincinnati erupted for seven runs in the top of the third en route to a 13-6 victory over Pittsburgh before a sellout crowd of 14,352 on Saturday afternoon at Victory Field. It was the final Spring Training contest for both clubs.

Pittsburgh Official Site

Marlins Likely Cannot Afford Tim Lincecum, Had Interest In Alfredo Simon

The Marlins haven't been aggressively looking for a reliever, despite Carter Capps' season-ending surgery. Despite a Fox report suggesting they could sign two-time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum and make him a reliever, a Marlins source said that's not in the plans and they likely cannot afford him.

Miami Herald

Blue Jays Had Interest In Alfredo Simon

Mark Sheldon Twitter

Reds Sign Alfredo Simon To Minors Deal

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