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opted to cut ties with three players this afternoon http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-zack-cozart-jersey , not offering contracts to pitchers Brad Boxberger and Shelby Miller, and infielder (and sometimes outfielder) Chris Owings. There were no great surprises here, with the three men receiving the least support when we polled readers with regard to tendering them contracts. The move does not necessarily mean an end to their time with the D=backs, as the team could still conceivably sign them at a lower cost as free agents. Owings is the most likely player to get such an offer, I imagine. But since they are now free agents, they can negotiate and sign with any of the MLB teams, without fear or favor. Owings is the longest-serving, having been part of the organization since he was drafted in the first round (#41 overall) in 2009. He made his major-league debut as a September call-up in 2013, and has appeared in 580 games, fifteenth on the franchise all-time list, with a line of .250/.291/.378, He’s ninth all-time for triples by a Diamondbacks, with 23. At the other end Darin Erstad Jersey , Brad Boxberger spent only one season with the D-backs, being traded here from the Rays last December for minor-league Curtis Taylor. He was Arizona’s closer for much of the year, but had a dismal second half and ended up losing the job in September. Still, we’ll always have the emoji shirt...Today’s news also draws a line under the Shelby Miller trade, a dead which - along with the equally unfortunate signing of Yasmany Tomas - will define the Dave Stewart era for many people. Miller was expected to be a front-line starter when acquired from the Braves for Dansby Swanson, Ender Inciarte and Aaron Blair in December 2015. But injury and ineffectiveness meant that over three seasons, Miller won only five starts, going 5-18 with a 6.35 ERA. He went through Tommy John surgery in 2017, but failed to make a successful return, and it appears the D-backs have now decided to cut bait, though could perhaps try and bring him back as a reliever?Based on the MLB Trade Rumors estimates, the cuts today will save the team around $13.4 million off the payroll for 2019. Attention now turns to what they do with the money, and how they intend to fill the roles these three players had for the team this season. Most obviously http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-zack-cozart-jersey , who will be the Diamondbacks’ closer next year? PHOENIX (AP) — Those days of playing every day, they’re done for Ryan Braun. Most important for the longtime Milwaukee Brewers star these days is making the most of the time he’s in the lineup.Now 35, Braun is inching closer to the downside of his career. And while he is still capable of being a game-changing presence, staying healthy and on the field on a regular basis is not nearly as easy as it was when he was 28 and just hitting his prime.Managing Braun’s playing time to keep him fresh has been an annual challenge for Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell. He, Braun and the team’s training staff try to map out a plan each year to build in scheduled rest days along the way — day games after night games, especially ahead of scheduled team off-days — to keep Braun as available as possible.“We’ll continue to do that this year,” Counsell said.“We have to just monitor usage. We have to be careful there. The point is to get the player out there when he’s as close to healthy as we can get him. And we have to do that with Ryan.”The plan worked a year ago. The outfielder missed 16 games with two separate stints on the injured list for back soreness, but appeared in 125 games overall and started all but five of those contests.Most importantly for the Brewers, Braun was at full strength down the stretch. Braun helped power them to the NL Central crown and within one win of the World Series.And such is the goal again in 2019. Braun reported no issues upon arriving to camp over the weekend and doesn’t have a goal for games played in mind. He just wants to be ready if the Brewers find themselves in the thick of another pennant race.“I know, realistically, it’s unlikely I’m going to play in 155 or 160 games anymore,” Braun said “But the goal for most of us is to play as many of those games as close to possible at 100 percent.”Braun hit 20 home runs with 64 RBIs last season, but his .256 batting average and .313 on-base percentage marked career lows.Blaming his age would be an easy answer but a closer look at advanced metrics reveal a different story: Braun finished 20th among qualified big leaguers in average exit velocity and posted a 43 percent hard-hit ball rate Shohei Ohtani Jersey , the second-highest total of his career. Even so, his batting average on balls put in play plummeted to a career-low .274.He hopes his tweaks will change his launch angles just enough to change his luck.“You’ll probably be able to recognize some subtle differences but nothing too drastic,” Braun said. “But it’s something I hope everybody recognizes at the end of the season the end results.”Unlike last year, Braun won’t have to worry about learning a new position this spring.Looking to solve what was, at the time, a glut of outfielders after acquiring Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain, the Brewers tried out Braun at first base during Cactus League play. The thought was such a move would open up playing time in the outfield for Domingo Santana or Keon Broxton, both of whom have been traded, and provide a right-handed backup to Eric Thames while also easing Braun’s workload.That plan was shelved when Santana was demoted to Triple-A and Thames lost his starting job to Jesus Aguilar. Braun won’t see much action outside of left field this spring.