Once Billy Beane received positive word on Ben Sheets' throwing session last week, the Oakland general manager pounced. The pitcher's agent had an impressive offer in hand from the Athletics practically by the time Sheets was done icing down his arm afterward. It was merely an hour ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Oakland Athletics signed free-agent right-handed pitcher Ben Sheets to a one-year deal on Tuesday, bringing a veteran arm to a young rotation. The four-time All-Star missed last season while recovering from elbow surgery on his throwing arm, but the 31-year-old Sheets said he is confident he will quickly return to form. "I am pretty sure when ...

Ben Sheets, who missed the entire 2009 Major League Baseball season recovering from right elbow surgery, signed a one-year deal worth 10 million dollars on Tuesday with the Oakland A's. Sheets, a 31-year-old right-handed pitcher, worked out for scouts last week in Louisiana. He underwent surgery last February to repair a torn flexor tendon that was injured in 2008 ...