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"You have to ask Matt," Alderson said when pressed for
Harvey's whereabouts at the start of the workout.
Harvey, the right-handed starter who had a late-season rift with
the team over limiting his innings to preserve his surgically
repaired throwing arm, showed up an hour later. He said he was
stuck in traffic and claimed he apologized to teammates for not
being there.
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Dan Jennings, who served as the Miami Marlins manager for most
of this season, is going back to the job he knows best in the
Marlins' front office.
Jennings replaced Mike Redmond as manager when the Marlins got
off to a 16-22 start.
Jennings will not be the Marlins' manager next season and has
been asked to resume his role as the team's general manager.
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The Marlins announced they re-signed outfielder Ichiro Suzuki to
a one-year contract.
Suzuki, who turns 42 later this month, hit just .229 with one
homer in 153 games for the Marlins this season. However, he is
just 65 hits short of reaching 3,000 for his major-league
career.
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New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was not in the
starting lineup for Tuesday's wild-card game against the Houston
Astros.
According to manager Joe Girardi, the difficult decision to put
Ellsbury on the bench was based on numbers against left-handed
pitching. (Editing by Frank Pingue)
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