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How Wagner shifted the market

By Buster Olney

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Sometime Tuesday morning, the reality of Billy Wagner's circumstances broadsided him. Regardless of whether he stayed with the Mets or not, Wagner almost certainly was going to be offered arbitration, a factor that probably will hang on his free agency like a ball and chain. So, with almost nothing to lose, he headed to Boston for a chance to pitch in the World Series for the first time. Wagner has a lot to gain. If he keeps throwing between 93 and 95 mph, keeps striking out hitters and dominat ...

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