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Diahuebs 9 Juni 2022
Swanson beats Braves in arbitration, Duvall loses to Atlanta

$9.2 million offer by Jeanne Atlanta, which acquired him lion) and Kansas City out-
Charles, Richard McNeill on July 30. The 33-year-old fielder Andrew Benintendi
and Scott Buccheit, who hit .228 with 38 home runs ($8.5 million) also won their
heard arguments on Tuesday. during the season and had cases earlier. St. Louis out-
Duvall was given the Braves’ two homers and six RBIs in fielder Tyler O’Neill ($3.4
$9,275,000 offer rather than the World Series. He also is million), Miami right-hander
his $10,275,000 request eligible for free agency after Pablo López ($2.45 million)
by Gary Kendellen, Keith this season and is hitting .199 and Milwaukee right-hander
Greenberg and Gil Vernon, with three homers and 18 Adrian Houser ($2.425 mil-
who listened to arguments RBIs this year. lion) lost.
on Friday. Atlanta third baseman Aus- Arbitration hearings usually
Swanson, 28, hit .248 last tin Riley ($3.95 million) and are held during the first three
year, when he set career highs injured Braves reliever Luke weeks of February but were
with 27 homers and 88 RBIs. Jackson ($3.6 million) lost delayed by the lockout.
He had a pair of homers and their cases previously, and Hearings are scheduled
three RBIs in the World Se- pitcher Max Fried remains through June 24. Other play-
ries against Houston, helping scheduled for a hearing. ers still scheduled for hear-
the Braves win their first title No statistics or evidence ings include New York Yan-
since 1995. from after March 1 are ad- kees outfielder Aaron Judge,
Swanson made $6 million missible other than contract Chicago Cubs catcher Will-
last season and is eligible for and salary comparisons. The son Contreras, Minnesota
NEW YORK (AP) — lanta, leaving teams with a free agency after the World timing was set when Major catcher Gary Sánchez, Miami
Shortstop Dansby Swan- 6-3 advantage over players Series. He entered Wednes- League Baseball and the play- catcher Jacob Stallings, Se-
son beat the Braves in this year. day with a .279 average, six ers’ association agreed to the attle outfielder Jesse Winker,
salary arbitration on homers and 26 RBIs. deal that ended the lockout. Kansas City second baseman
Wednesday and outfielder Swanson was awarded $10 Duvall led the NL with 113 Seattle second baseman/out- Nicky Lopez and Cincinnati
Adam Duvall lost to At- million rather than the team’s RBIs last year for Miami and fielder Adam Frazier ($8 mil- pitcher Lucas Sims.q
Another strong start by Faedo propels Tigers by Pirates 3-1

By WILL GRAVES Faedo surrendered just one little insurance for the Tigers, up can run away. The heater said. “I think just shifting that
AP Sports Writer run — Jack Suwinski’s lead- who bounced back after get- can play up as well with that mindset ... has helped me a
PITTSBURGH (AP) — off home run in the fourth — ting swept by the New York over-the-top. He’s got some lot.”
Alex Faedo is trying not to on three hits before exiting. Yankees by taking two taut pretty good stuff.” TRAINER’S ROOM
get ahead of himself. It’s become a pattern. He has games from the Pirates in less The rebuilding Tigers are Tigers: OF Robbie Grossman
Having two years basi- gone at least five innings and than 16 hours. banking on it. (strained neck) homered in a
cally taken away from him given up two runs or less in Detroit weathered a rain de- ANOTHER STEP FOR rehab start for Triple-A Tole-
— first by the COVID-19 each of his first seven major lay of over two hours to pull KELLER do on Tuesday night. ... LHP
pandemic, the second league starts. Only two oth- out a 5-3 victory on Tuesday. Pirates starter Mitch Keller Tyler Alexander (left elbow
by Tommy John surgery er pitchers have begun their The Tigers kept it going in put together his second strain) threw two scoreless
on his right elbow — has career with those types of Wednesday’s matinee to win straight solid start after re- innings in the same game.
taught the Detroit Tigers numbers per the Elias Sports for the seventh time in 11 turning to the rotation fol- Pirates: RHP Heath Hem-
rookie pitcher a thing or Bureau. games. lowing a brief stint working bree (right calf strain) was
two about patience. While Faedo admitted his Will Vest (1-1) earned the win out of the bullpen. scheduled to begin a rehab
family has been blowing up with a perfect seventh inning. The 26-year-old gave up assignment at Triple-A India-
So even as he breezed through his phone with each promis- Gregory Soto worked out of Cameron’s triple off the Cle- napolis on Wednesday.
five innings on 82 pitches in ing start, he’s trying to keep a two-out, two-on jam in the mente Wall in the second but UP NEXT
what eventually became a 3-1 things in perspective. ninth to collect his 12th save. otherwise kept Detroit in Tigers: Are off Thursday be-
victory over the Pittsburgh “I think for me it just lets me Suwinski’s home run gave check, limiting the Tigers to fore beginning a 10-game
Pirates on Wednesday, the know that I’ve been consis- him seven on the season, four hits in six innings with homestand on Friday when
26-year-old didn’t try to talk tent and giving these guys a tops among National League two walks and seven strike- Toronto visits for a three-
manager A.J. Hinch into let- chance to win,” he said. rookies, but the Pirates’ of- outs to trim his ERA to 5.26. game series.
ting him take the mound in Faedo and four relievers fense mustered little else. Keller called his time in the Pirates: Begin an eight-game
the sixth. combined on a four-hitter as “(Faedo) has some good bullpen a chance to hit the road trip on Thursday when
The Tigers have a plan for the Tigers took a quick two- pitches,” Suwinski said. reset button. they visit Atlanta. J.T. Bru-
their 2017 first-round pick. It game interleague set from the “With his over-the-top deliv- “It’s a lot more of just throw- baker (0-5, 4.70 ERA) faces
includes meticulously mak- Pirates. ery, it’s kind of deceiving for ing your nasty stuff more and Max Fried (5-2, 2.74) in the
ing sure he doesn’t overdo Harold Castro led off the some of those breaking balls trying to get guys out what- opener.q
it, no matter how simple he’s eighth with a single off Wil that are down. That change- ever way possible,” Keller
made it look during his first Crowe (2-3) and Jonathan
seven starts. That meant Fae- Schoop followed with a
do’s day was long over before bloop single to shallow cen-
Miguel Cabrera’s go-ahead ter that Pittsburgh’s Bryan
RBI single in the eighth. Reynolds appeared to track
Given the results — both in down. Replays showed that
the game and in his progress Reynolds trapped the ball.
— it’s a tradeoff Faedo will Cabrera stepped in and de-
take. livered a sharp single up the
“Whatever (the Tigers) think middle for his 3,038th career
is best for me, I trust them,” hit to score Castro from sec-
Faedo said. “I can only con- ond.
trol what I can control, so Schoop and Austin Mead-
whenever I’m on the mound, ows had two hits apiece for
I’m going to try to compete Detroit. Daz Cameron drove
as hard as I can and try to ex- in two runs, the first with an
ecute as much as I can. Any- RBI triple in the second and
thing besides that is out of the second with an RBI dou-
my control.” ble in the ninth to provide a