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IP	W-L	SV	ERA	Ks	BB
198.1	13-9	0	3.09	158	47

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A's win Sheets derby with $10M deal: The Athletics added another veteran arm to their young rotation, agreeing to terms Tuesday with free-agent righty Ben Sheets on a $10 million, one-year contract. The 31-year-old Sheets has been plagued by injuries. The four-time NL All-Star didn't pitch in the majors last season while recovering from elbow surgery but last week held a pitching session for several scouts in Louisiana. The A's sent two representatives to watch Sheets throw, director of player personnel Billy Owens and minor league roving pitching instructor Gil Patterson. "They liked what they saw," assistant GM David Forst said in a phone interview. "Enough to lead us to think that we should pursue this." After the signing, manager Bob Geren immediately called Sheets his ace and opening-day starter.
(Updated 01/26/2010).

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Elbow - Hoping to be ready for spring training
(Updated - 1/26/10)

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Sheets spent his first eight major league seasons with the Brewers, going 86-83 with a 3.72 ERA. He struck out a career-best 264 batters in 2004. Sheets underwent elbow surgery last February to repair a torn flexor tendon that he hurt in 2008. So, by the start of spring training next month he will be about a year out from the procedure. The surgery Sheets is coming back from is less severe than Tommy John ligament replacement and usually needs only 6-8 months of recovery time. Andy Pettitte is a shining example of a former ace that has gone through it. While Pettitte is a shell of his former self, Sheets is a lot younger and can have some good years at the back end of his career. He will be on the board after the top 60, if not 70, starting pitchers in Fantasy and should easily outperform that draft position if he can be ready for the season and remain healthy. The A's are not a great contender to pitch for, but Sheets can be a winning pitcher even with a sub-.500 ballclub.
(Updated 01/26/2010).

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Injury Report

Elbow - Hoping to be ready for spring training
(Updated - 1/26/10)

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Situational Stats
10/1/2008 vs Philadelphia
Situation	IP	W	L	ERA	SV	BB	SO
vs Philadelphia	6.0	0	1	7.50	0	3	4
vs LHB	98.0	0	0	3.49	0	25	80
vs RHB	100.1	0	0	2.69	0	22	78

Last 6 Games

	OPP	W	L	IP	H	ER	BB	SO
08/26	@STL	1	0	6.0	5	0	2	4
09/01	NYM	0	0	5.0	2	0	1	0
09/06	SD	1	0	9.0	5	0	1	7
09/11	@PHI	0	1	6.0	9	5	3	4
09/17	@CHC	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	2
09/27	CHC	0	1	2.1	5	3	2	1

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Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	SVO	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
2001	MIL	11	10	4.76	25	25	1	1	0	0	151.1	166	89	80	23	5	48	94
2002	MIL	11	16	4.15	34	34	1	0	0	0	216.2	237	105	100	21	10	70	170
2003	MIL	11	13	4.45	34	34	1	0	0	0	220.2	232	122	109	29	6	43	157
2004	MIL	12	14	2.70	34	34	5	0	0	0	237.0	201	85	71	25	4	32	264
2005	MIL	10	9	3.33	22	22	3	0	0	0	156.2	142	66	58	19	2	25	141
2006	MIL	6	7	3.82	17	17	0	0	0	0	106.0	105	47	45	9	2	11	116
2007	MIL	12	5	3.82	24	24	2	0	0	0	141.1	138	62	60	17	1	37	106
2008	MIL	13	9	3.09	31	31	5	3	0	0	198.1	181	74	68	17	1	47	158
Total		86	83	3.72	221	221	18	4	0	0	1428.0	1402	650	591	160	31	313	1206

Batting Stats
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
2001	MIL	25	42	4	3	0	1	4	29	0	0	.152	.071	.071
2002	MIL	34	68	2	6	0	3	4	39	0	0	.139	.103	.088
2003	MIL	34	66	0	5	0	2	1	35	0	0	.090	.076	.076
2004	MIL	34	67	2	9	0	1	5	22	0	0	.194	.134	.134
2005	MIL	22	45	0	1	0	0	1	17	0	0	.043	.022	.022
2006	MIL	17	33	1	1	0	0	1	13	0	0	.059	.030	.030
2007	MIL	24	45	1	3	0	0	0	25	0	0	.067	.067	.067
2008	MIL	31	67	2	5	0	5	2	24	0	0	.101	.104	.075
Total		221	433	12	33	0	12	18	204	0	0	.113	.083	.076

Fielding Stats
Year	Team	Posn	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	FLD%
2001	MIL	P	25	25	36	10	24	2	2	.944
2002	MIL	P	34	34	65	28	36	1	6	.985
2003	MIL	P	34	34	43	22	19	2	0	.953
2004	MIL	P	34	34	39	14	23	2	0	.949
2005	MIL	P	22	22	16	7	6	3	0	.813
2006	MIL	P	17	17	13	5	8	0	0	1.000
2007	MIL	P	24	24	19	9	10	0	0	1.000
2008	MIL	P	31	31	28	10	16	2	0	.929
Total			221	221	259	105	142	12	8	.954

More Pitching Stats
Year	Team	IBB	GO	AO	GO/AO	SB	CS	PK	BK	WP	AVG	PA	MB9	SLG	RPF
2001	MIL	6	194	146	1.44	7	4	0	0	3	.283	653	13.0	.467	0
2002	MIL	10	249	198	1.35	14	12	1	0	9	.281	934	13.2	.430	0
2003	MIL	2	244	249	1.04	14	4	1	0	7	.268	931	11.5	.430	0
2004	MIL	1	215	221	1.02	15	5	1	1	8	.226	937	9.0	.383	0
2005	MIL	1	135	188	0.75	14	2	0	0	7	.237	633	9.7	.385	0
2006	MIL	1	88	108	0.84	10	2	2	0	3	.259	430	10.0	.421	0
2007	MIL	2	127	183	0.73	21	0	1	0	4	.253	592	11.2	.407	0
2008	MIL	2	208	217	1.00	13	7	2	0	8	.241	812	10.4	.390	0
Total		25	1460	1510	1.02	108	36	8	1	49	.256	5922	11.0	.413	0

Minor League Pitching Stats
Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	INN	H	R	ER	HR	HBP	BB	SO
1999	A-Stockton	1	0	3.58	5	5	0	0	0	27.2	23	11	11	1	1	14	28
1999	R-Ogden	0	1	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	8.0	8	5	5	2	1	2	12
2000	AA-Huntsville	5	3	1.88	13	13	0	0	0	72.0	55	17	15	4	2	25	60
2000	AAA-Indianapols	3	5	2.87	14	13	1	0	0	81.2	77	31	26	4	4	31	59
2001	AAA-Indianapols	1	1	3.38	2	2	0	0	0	10.2	14	5	4	0	0	3	6
2006	AA-Huntsville	0	0	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	2	1	0	0	0	5
2006	R-Brewers	0	0	10.38	1	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	5	5	0	0	2	8
2006	AAA-Nashville	2	1	2.40	3	3	0	0	0	15.0	9	4	4	1	0	5	15

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