Brandon Webb News

Manny Ramirez is returning to the Dodgers next season. The team said Friday the slugger exercised his $20 million contract option for 2010.

The Philadelphia Phillies have picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million option for 2010.

The hot stove is on FIRE!!! The champagne hasn't dried yet in the Yankee locker room and we have already seen Mark Teahen and JJ Hardy get traded and the Angels re-sign Bobby Abreu.

With the tenth pitch of the at-bat, Philadelphia Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino hit a slow rolling grounder to New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano.

Pitcher Brandon Webb 's $8.5 million option was exercised Friday by the Arizona Diamondbacks .

RoyalsWithCheese.com: Looking Back/Looking Forward - Left Field Our Royals correspondent, Kyle Elfrink reviews/previews the club's left field position.

This will be an important offseason for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they try to rebound from a last-place finish in the National League West.

This will be an important offseason for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they try to rebound from a last-place finish in the National League West.

When the fans and media talk about the Arizona Diamondbacks 2009 season they typically point to the loss of Brandon Webb on Opening Day as the key reason why the team went from being a contender to a pretender.

This will be an important offseason for the Arizona Diamondbacks as they try to rebound from a last-place finish in the National League West.

What's the latest with Brandon Webb? I've heard the D-backs are going to pick up his option, but I have not seen it happen yet.

Former Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin became the fifth of 10 candidates to interview for the Houston Astros manager job Friday morning as the 2007 NL Manager of the Year met with general Ed Wade and the Astros' first-round interview panel.

Looking smooth and relaxed with the top button of his dress shirt unbuttoned, Bob Melvin stated his case to be the Astros' manager Friday and even was confident enough to heap praise on his mentor, Phil Garner, who will interview for the same position Saturday.

No vacation for Josh this off-season. The Diamondbacks are broken. They are a car whose fender has fallen off.

PHOENIX a ' The excuses are built-in for the last-place Diamondbacks, a team that had to endure the majority of this disastrous season without their best pitcher and best hitter from the previous year.

Disappointment is the emotion of choice around the Diamondbacks these days, and Managing General Partner Ken Kendrick is no different - nor is he in any mood to sugarcoat the 92-loss season his club completed last weekend.

We cannot officially end the baseball season without spotlighting some of the biggest busts of the year.

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Two words to sum up the Diamondbacks' season - and no, it's not "organizational advocacy": Good riddance.

Brandon Webb's season-long injury spelled doom for the 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks.