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A half-scale final study of the finished standing figure is displayed not far away, and a vigorously articulated bronze head of Balzac, made about 1892-93, occupies a vitrine opposite Cot's icky couple.

A Most Revealing Face Karen Wilkin 2011

They signed him to a new six-year deal—one that will pay Santana $72 million over the next three seasons, that has a $25 million club option for 2014 with a $5.5 million buyout, and that makes him the highest-paid Mets player, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts, a website that tracks salaries.

Forget Injury—It's the Age Mike Sielski 2011

From 2005 through 2009, just nine comparable high-salaried pitchers were signed for four years or more, according to Cot's Contracts.

Inking Sabathia to a Bigger Deal Carries Some Risk 2011

They stride purposefully past such academic potboilers as Jules Bastien-Lepage's enormous Joan of Arc, lurching out of the canvas, or Pierre-Auguste Cot's coy lovers sheltering from the rain, en route to the nearby Impressionist rooms or to some more alluring special show, slowing only to acknowledge the large bronzes by Auguste Rodin.

A Most Revealing Face Karen Wilkin 2011

Yet Girardi's first experience as a major-league manager came in 2006 with the Florida Marlins, whose payroll that season, according to Cot's, was less than $15 million.

Tampa Plays It Cool As Their Rivals Sweat Mike Sielski 2011

YEARS MAX COST* Evan Longoria 22 2008-2016 $44.5 M James Shields 26 2008-2014 $38 M Matt Moore 22 2012-2019 $37.5 M Wade Davis 25 2011-2017 $35.1 M Ben Zobrist 28 2010-2015 $34.5 M Carl Crawford 23 2005-2010 $30.5 M Source: Cot's Contracts *including possible potential team options

Tampa's Motto: Pay Now and Hope for the Best 2011

From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Alderson, as chief operating officer, and Mr. DePodesta, as a baseball-operations executive, collaborated in running the San Diego Padres, whose payroll never topped $74 million in any of those years, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts, a website that tracks major-league players' salary information.

There's Reason to Be Optimistic Mike Sielski 2011

Associated Press Carlos Gonzalez Mr. Gonzalez became the least experienced player in baseball history to receive such a lengthy and lucrative deal, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts, a website that tracks MLB contracts.

Rockies Roll Dice on Young Slugger 2011

Since 2000, only two other teams have cut payroll by a higher amount from one year to the next, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts, an online clearinghouse for player-salary data.

Few Have Shed Payroll Like the Mets Have This Winter 2011

The Rays' payroll at the start of this season the sum of their contracts and their pro-rated signing bonuses was $42.2 million, according to Cot's Baseball Contracts, a website that tracks major-league salaries.

Tampa Plays It Cool As Their Rivals Sweat Mike Sielski 2011