Originally published Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 3:13 PM
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Putz, Pavano file for free agency
Mets reliever J.J. Putz and Twins pitcher Carl Pavano filed for free agency Saturday.
The Associated Press
Mets reliever J.J. Putz and Twins pitcher Carl Pavano filed for free agency Saturday.
Putz became a free agent one day after New York declined his $9.1 million option and chose to pay a $1 million buyout.
A total of 120 players have filed for free agency since the World Series, and about 60 more are potentially eligible to file by the Nov. 19 deadline.
Minnesota exercised a $10.5 million option for 2011 on outfielder Michael Cuddyer, who hit a career-high 32 homers last season and had 94 RBIs. The option is part of a contract Cuddyer signed in 2008 that will pay him $33.5 million over four years. If the Twins had declined the option, they would have owed a $1 million buyout.
The NL champion Phillies said Saturday three players will have operations in the next week.
Closer Brad Lidge will have surgery Wednesday to remove a loose body from his right elbow, and team physician Dr. Michael Ciccotti will evaluate his right flexor/pronator tendon.
On Monday, outfielder Raul Ibanez will have a sports hernia repaired and left-hander Scott Eyre will have loose bodies removed from his left elbow.
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