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San Diego Padres third baseman Chase Headley will miss at least the first two weeks of the season after breaking the tip of his left thumb.
Chase Headley and the Padres have avoided salary arbitration, agreeing on an $8,575,000, one-year contract that gives the San Diego third baseman a $5.1 million raise following his huge 2012 season.
NL MVP Buster Posey agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, teammate Hunter Pence got a $13.8 million deal and Jacoby Ellsbury settled with the Boston Red Sox for $9 million on a busy Friday as players and teams swapped figures in salary arbitration.
NL MVP Buster Posey agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, teammate Hunter Pence got a $13.8 million deal and Jacoby Ellsbury settled with the Boston Red Sox for $9 million on a busy Friday as players and teams swapped figures in salary arbitration.

It was a frustrating night for the Atlanta Braves, the NL wild-card leaders who mustered only four hits against the San Diego Padres.

It probably would have been easier had the Washington Nationals just given in Monday night. Easier if they had succumbed to the rain, or the fatigue from a draining Sunday, or the latest devastating injury dealt them.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned a triple play in the ninth inning of their game against the San Diego Padres.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned a triple play in the ninth inning of their game against the San Diego Padres.
Third baseman Chase Headley is expected to miss four to six weeks with a broken left pinkie, leaving the punchless San Diego Padres without their most productive hitter.
Padres third baseman Chase Headley has a broken left little finger and was not in the lineup against the Pirates on Sunday.
One by one, a train of more than two dozen faces emerged from a players-only dining room and into the open expanse of the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse about 20 minutes after the team's ninth consecutive loss.
The Pittsburgh Pirates' season has unraveled quickly.

Chase Headley hit a two-run homer and Anthony Rizzo had a triple and scored a run in his big league debut as the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Thursday night.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are down a key member of their infield yet again.

Mat Latos threw seven shutout innings and had two hits, including one of San Diego's four homers, leading the Padres to a 7-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night.
"I thought it was a clean play, and I'm sorry it resulted the way it did," Headley said.
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"It seems like every guy you face out of the bullpen is throwing 95. All of the starters tend to have more dominating stuff instead of just pitchability," Padres third baseman Chase Headley said.