The Dallas Stars have re-signed left wing Jussi Jokinen to a two-year deal. Jokinen’s two-year deal is worth about $1.8 million per season. The 24-year-old Jokinen was one of three Stars to appear in all 82 games last season. He finished with 14 goals and 34 assists, which ranked fifth on the team. He has played two seasons with the Stars.
Freddy Garcia cost the Philadelphia Phillies $10 million for one win. The two-time All-Star right-hander had season-ending shoulder surgery Thursday, nearly three months after he threw his last pitch for the Phillies. Renowned surgeon Dr. James Andrews performed the operation on Garcia’s labrum in Birmingham, Ala.
Ben Sheets pitched like the ace he is for the Milwaukee Brewers, pushing aside a long layoff and giving his slumping team a needed lift. Carlos Zambrano, however, finished August without a victory. Sheets came off the disabled list and outpitched the Cubs’ ace in a 6-1 victory Wednesday night that moved the Brewers within 1 1/2 games of NL Central-leading Chicago.
C.C. Sabathia rarely passes up a chance to get in a dig against the Minnesota Twins. On Wednesday night, he may have buried them. Rookie Asdrubal Cabrera’s two-run homer off Johan Santana and Victor Martinez’s solo shot in a four-run first off Minnesota’s ace sent Sabathia to his long-delayed 15th win as the first-place Indians won their fifth straight, 4-3 over the Twins.
