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Braden Looper has announced his retirement from baseball.
Looper failed to make the Cubs' Opening Day roster after posting a 9.95 ERA over 12 2/3 innings, and rather than go to Triple-A, he's decided to hang up his cleats. The 36-year-old spent parts of 12 seasons in the big leagues and finishes his career with a 72-65 record, 4.15 ERA and 103 saves.
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 05:34:00 PM
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Braden Looper plans to retire if he fails to make the Cubs' Opening Day roster.
Looper has an offseason home in Chicago's south suburbs and will simply retreat there if the Cubs don't deem him worthy of a roster spot. He's being tried currently as a starter, but has said all along that he's also open to relief. "It’s a nice competition for the fourth and fifth spots," said bench coach Pat Listach. "We’ve got a few guys involved and [Looper is] keeping himself right there in the running."
Mon, Mar 14, 2011 11:13:00 AM
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Braden Looper limited the Diamondbacks to one run in 3 2/3 innings as a Cubs split-squad won 7-5 on Sunday.
He also went 2-for-2 with an RBI double at the plate. Looper is probably going to need a Carlos Silva trade to have any real chance of making the Cubs, but it's possible another team will take a flier on him if he turns in a solid spring.
Sun, Mar 13, 2011 07:10:00 PM
Braden Looper can earn up to $3 million on his new deal with the Cubs.
Looper first has to earn a spot on the Cubs' Opening Day roster, then he has to stay on it all year to trigger all of the performance-based incentives. It seems unlikely that he will be able to accomplish both feats, given that he didn't pitch at all last season and had a 5.22 ERA in 2009.
Mon, Jan 31, 2011 09:43:00 AM
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