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    JamesShields

    • Starting Pitcher
    • Birthdate
      20/12/1981
    • BAT/THR
      Right/Right
    • Birthplace
      Newhall, CA
    • Birthdate
      20/12/1981
    • BAT/THR
      Right/Right
    • Birthplace
      Newhall, CA

    Career Stats

    • W-L
      145-139
      ERA
      4.01
      K
      2234
      WHIP
      1.27
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    Racing Positions

      • White Sox decline $16 million option on Shields
        • 8Y
        White Sox decline $16 million option on Shields
        • The 20 rules for creating an MLB nickname (and what yours would be)
          • 8Y
          • Sam Miller
          Trout, Goldsmith and Cabrera
          • Olney: Keep an eye on these starting pitchers as deadline nears
            • 8Y
            • Buster Olney
            Chris Archer
            • Real or not? The pitchers' duel isn't necessarily a thing of the past
              • 8Y
              • David Schoenfield
              Red Sox
              • Is this golden age of pitching too good for baseball's own good?
                • 8Y
                • Jerry Crasnick
                Is this golden age of pitching too good for baseball's own good?
                • Law: Re-drafting the first round of the 2008 MLB draft
                  • 8Y
                  • Keith Law
                  Buster Posey
                  • 'Mad at the world': David Price hopes he'll never have another season like 2017
                    • 9Y
                    • Scott Lauber
                    David Price
                    • Bad money: The worst contract investments on all 30 teams
                      • 9Y
                      • David Schoenfield
                      Bad money: The worst contract investments on all 30 teams
                      • White Sox RHP Shields off DL; started Sunday
                        • 9Y
                        James Shields
                        • Shields (back) ready to return to White Sox
                          • 9Y
                          James Shields

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                        MLB News

                        Jyun-Yue Tseng, 25-year-old right-hander, will enter MLB's posting system

                        Jyun-Yue Tseng, 25-year-old right-hander, will enter MLB's posting system

                        Reliever Jyun-Yue Tseng, a 25-year-old right-hander who was 5-3 with 25 saves this year in the Chinese Professional Baseball League, is entering Major League Baseball's posting system and will be available to sign as a free agent from Sunday till Dec. 22.
                        Mets re-sign pitcher Robert Stock, 36, to one-year contract

                        Mets re-sign pitcher Robert Stock, 36, to one-year contract

                        The Mets have re-signed pitcher Robert Stock, a 36-year-old veteran right-hander who earned his first major league win since 2019 in August, to a one-year contract.
                        D-backs' Corbin Carroll has elbow surgery, should be ready for spring training

                        D-backs' Corbin Carroll has elbow surgery, should be ready for spring training

                        Corbin Carroll had surgery on his right elbow this week and is expected to be ready for the start of spring training in February, the Diamondbacks said.
                        Sources: Mariners to hire Yankees' Tanner Swanson as bench coach

                        Sources: Mariners to hire Yankees' Tanner Swanson as bench coach

                        Yankees catching coach and field coordinator Tanner Swanson is joining the Mariners' staff as bench coach, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday.
                        Blue Jays: Anthony Santander's anti-Muslim posts don't represent team

                        Blue Jays: Anthony Santander's anti-Muslim posts don't represent team

                        The Toronto Blue Jays say a series of anti-Muslim videos posted by Anthony Santander on the right-fielder's social media account do not represent the team's values and beliefs.
                        What Yankees, Mets can do this winter to meet their 2027 goals

                        What Yankees, Mets can do this winter to meet their 2027 goals

                        The 2026 MLB season didn't go as either New York team planned. Here's how they can flip the script next year.
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