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Yankees send Bruney to Washington

By Kevin Baxter
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Looks like the Chone Figgins’ deal won’t be the first one announced at the baseball winter meetings. Instead the Yankees got the honor of throwing out the first news release by trading right-hander Brian Bruney to the Washington Nationals for a player to be named later.

Bruney, 27, was 5-0 with a 3.92 ERA in 44 regular-season appearances last season.

If that’s how the Yankees intend to cut their payroll to $185 million, it could take a while: Bruney made just $1.25 million in 2009.

-- Kevin Baxter in Indianapolis

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Kevin Baxter

Kevin Baxter writes about soccer and other things for the Los Angeles Times, where he has worked for 27 years. He has covered seven World Cups, four Olympic Games, six World Series and a Super Bowl and has contributed to three Pulitzer Prize-winning series at The Times and Miami Herald. An essay he wrote in fifth grade was voted best in the class. He has a cool dog.

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