Diamondbacks pick becomes a free agent

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08/17/2010 - Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arizona Diamondbacks first-round draft pick Barret Loux will become a free agent on September 1 after Major League Baseball helped settle a dispute between the team and the pitcher.

Loux, a right-hander from Texas A&M, was selected by the Diamondbacks with the sixth overall choice of June's draft. He reportedly failed a physical and the team decided instead to take a compensatory selection, which will be the seventh pick next year.

Reports earlier this summer indicated that Loux and the Diamondbacks had agreed to a deal before concerns about the hurler's shoulder and elbow arose. The two sides were then unable to finalize terms of a contract.

Without an agreement, Loux would have been ineligible to play on a major league affiliated team this year and would have re-entered the draft next June.

Major League Baseball, however, interceded and the parties worked out a mutual agreement.

"Today, commissioner Selig has announced that Loux will become a free agent on September 1," a statement from the Diamondbacks read. "As such, he will be free to sign with any major league club at that time. In addition, the Diamondbacks will receive a supplemental selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.

"The agreement also provides an opportunity for the Commissioner's Office and the Players Association globally to address the issues that can arise from questions concerning a drafted player's health. Given the private nature of the underlying disagreement here, neither party will be making any further public comments about this situation."

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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).

Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.

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Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.

''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''

Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
   
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.

”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
   
The Kentucky Derby is at 4:04 p.m., ET Saturday.

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