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• A carefree pitcher who every team wanted to enlist

  By Tyler Kepner Verified| San Juan Daily Star Verified By Tyler Kepner / The AthleticThe first general manager to trade right-handed pitcher Octavio Dotel did not want to do it. Nobody who knew Dotel really wanted to get rid of him. “There are guys who get traded a lot because they’re not good guys,” Steve Phillips, general manager of the 1999 New York Mets, said by phone last week. “He got traded a lot because everybody always vouched for him.”Some of the superlatives they might have said: sweet, competitive, bright, respectful, friendly, funny.

  By Tyler Kepner Verified · San Juan Daily Star

  Apr. 14, 2025

• Deep into Giants career, Wilmer Flores shows San Francisco he'll be there for them, too

  By Tyler Kepner Verified| The Athletic Verified Wilmer Flores came to bat on Saturday for the 2,000th time as a member of the San Francisco Giants. If he knew he'd be around so long, he would have invested in real estate. "I signed a two-year deal with an option," Flores explained, smiling. "They picked up my option, and then I signed a two-year deal with another option. So this is the option, this is my sixth year. Never bought."Flores is 33 now, with more than 11 years of major-league service, second on the Giants to Justin Verlander.

  By Tyler Kepner Verified · The Athletic

  Apr. 12, 2025

• A carefree pitcher who every team wanted to enlist

  By Tyler Kepner Verified| San Juan Daily Star Verified By Tyler Kepner / The AthleticThe first general manager to trade right-handed pitcher Octavio Dotel did not want to do it. Nobody who knew Dotel really wanted to get rid of him. “There are guys who get traded a lot because they’re not good guys,” Steve Phillips, general manager of the 1999 New York Mets, said by phone last week. “He got traded a lot because everybody always vouched for him.”Some of the superlatives they might have said: sweet, competitive, bright, respectful, friendly, funny.

  By Tyler Kepner Verified · San Juan Daily Star

  Apr. 14, 2025

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