George Sherrill

Adding a big arm to their bullpen, the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers acquired former All-Star closer George Sherrill from the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday for two minor leaguers. The rebuilding Orioles receive third baseman Josh Bell and right-hander Steve Johnson, both of whom were at Double-A Chattanooga. Sherrill has 20 saves for last-place Baltimore and gives Los Angeles, with the best record in the NL, a left-handed complement to All-Star closer Jonathan Broxton. Sherrill is expected to join the Dodgers on Friday in Atlanta. "It's a great move for us," Broxton said. "It gives us an extra arm, and he's got some innings ... Read Full Story

The Mariner’s bullpen this year is one of the most interesting components of the team, in part of how it was built. The Mariner bullpen is full of guys who can throw fast. The bullpen has 5 players whose fastballs have averaged around 93mph or higher this season. These guys are Shawn Kelly, David Aardsma , Sean White, and of course, Mark Lowe and Brandon Morrow. It’s an odd collection and certainly a departure from the days of junkballers such as RA Dickey, Sean Green, and George Sherrill . One of the advantages to our current bullpen is that, outside of Miguel Batista, who ... Read Full Story

In an attempt the fill the gap at the tail-end of their bullpen, the Baltimore Orioles have given the closer's job to George Sherrill . Sherrill, one of four players acquired from the Seattle Mariners in the mid-February trade for strikeout machine Erik Bedard , has a steady 3.00 Spring ERA, with no walks and six strikeouts in five appearances spanning six innings. The 30-year-old righty was given the role after manager Dave Trembley realized that Chris Ray was still recovering from elbow ligament replacement surgery. Sherrill was the setup man in Seattle for closers Eddie Guardado and J.J. Putz , accumulating a career ... Read Full Story

Rich Hill threw seven scoreless innings, Adam Jones and George Sherrill came up big against their former team and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Monday night. The Orioles sent former ace Erik Bedard to the Mariners for top outfield prospect Jones, reliever Sherrill and three other players in 2008. While Bedard has been hampered by injuries, Jones and Sherrill have flourished in Baltimore. Jones doubled and scored the only run Tuesday night on a sacrifice fly by Aubrey Huff off Jarrod Washburn (3-4) in the sixth inning. After Jim Johnson struck out two in a perfect eighth, Sherrill finished for ... Read Full Story

As predicted, George Sherrill will not go to arbitation as the closer and the Orioles have come to an agreement for his 2009 contract... From the Baltimore Sun: The Orioles avoided arbitration with George Sherrill tonight, signing the All-Star reliever to a $2.75 million deal for the 2009 season. Eligible for arbitration for the first time, Sherrill, who saved 31 games last season, tripled his salary from 2008. Sherrill had asked for $3.4 mllion, while the Orioles offered $2.2 million. The hearing had been scheduled for Feb. 19. The signing means the Orioles won't have any arbitration hearings again this season. They haven't gone ... Read Full Story