CLEVELAND - Former Minnesota right-hander Anthony Swarzak agreed Thursday to a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians, who also agreed to one-year contracts with right-hander Carlos Carrasco, left-hander Marc Rzepczynski and third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall that avoided arbitration.Carrasco got a one-year deal for $2,337,500 and Rzepczynski for $2.4 million plus the chance to earn a $25,000 bonus for 65 games. Chisenhall was guaranteed $2.25 million and can earn award bonuses.Swarzak, a 29-year-old free agent, spent his third consecutive season with the Twins in 2014, going 3-2 with a 4.60 ERA in four starts and 46 relief appearances. He became a free agent in November when he refused an outright assignment to Triple-A Rochester of the International League.Swarzak had been with the Twins organization for his entire professional career after his second-round selection in the 2004 amateur draft. His 237 1-3 innings of relief are the second-most in the major leagues since 2012.Swarzaks best season was 2013, when he was 3-2 with a 2.91 ERA in 48 games.Carrasco was 8-7 with a 2.55 ERA in 14 starts and 26 relief appearances last year, earning a raise from $504,700. Rzepczynski was 0-3 with a 2.74 ERA in 73 relief appearances, allowing 42 hits in 46 innings while striking out 46. He earned $1,425,000.Chisenhall hit .280 with 13 homers and 59 RBIs, and made $510,800. . -- Michael Frazier II scored 21 points, Dorian Finney-Smith added 11 and No. . - The Raiders have released guard Mike Brisiel after two disappointing seasons in Oakland.
http://www.grizzliesbasketballpro.info/ ... es-Jersey/. They actually finished with a better record in ‘07 than they did in ‘06 but only marginally, going from 61 victories to 66. . Thornton emerged as one of the leagues best defensive ends against the run in 2013. The former undrafted free agent from Division II Southern Arkansas led Philadelphias linemen with 78 tackles and had one sack. .6 seconds left to give the Toronto Raptors a 92-89 victory over the Boston Celtics in an exhibition game Wednesday night.Calgary, AB (SportsNetwork.com) - Johnny Gaudreau scored the deciding goal as the Calgary Flames used three third-period tallies to fuel a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday. Sean Monahan and Gaudreau each tallied a goal and an assist, while TJ Brodie and Jiri Hudler also scored for the Flames, who rebounded from a 2-1 shootout loss to Montreal on Tuesday. Jonas Hiller turned aside 28 shots in the win. James Neal led the Predators with two goals, Craig Smith also lit the lamp and Pekka Rinne stopped 26-of-30 shots in defeat. Less than three minutes into the final stanza, Hudler tied the game at 2-2 after taking a slick pass down low from Markus Granlund and depositing the puck into an empty net. After Mattias Ekholm went off for tripping, Monahan sent a cross-ice pass to Brodie, who fired a low shot off Shea Webers skate and past Rinne for a 3-2 lead at 4:23. Gaudreau drove down the left side and fired a shot off Ryan Ellis to beat Rinne short side just over two minutes later. Neal skated into the right circle, found a lane, and beat Hiller with a wrister on the power pplay to get the Predators within a goal with just over nine minutes to play.dddddddddddd Nashville pulled Rinne late, but were unable to force an extra session. Roman Josis laser from the left point hit the crossbar and stayed out 3:40 into the second period. Colin Wilson went off for goaltender interference on the play. The Flames took advantage of the penalty and made it a 1-0 game less than a minute later. Dennis Wideman drilled a shot from the top of the right circle and Monahan was at the doorstep to knock in the rebound. Ellis fired a low shot from the point and Smith hammered home a rebound of his own for a tie game 1:07 later. Neals wrister off the draw found twine to give Nashville a 2-1 lead with 8:51 remaining in the stanza. Game Notes Flames forward Michael Ferland made his NHL debut, but left after taking a hit up high from Anton Volchenkov late in the second period ... Hiller is 4-0-1 in his last five starts ... Calgary also defeated Nashville on Oct. 14 by a 3-2 score in the shootout ... The Predators edged the Flames in shots, 31-30. ' ' '
