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Esteban Loaiza

6/3/2006

Loaiza, sidelined since April 29 due to a strained muscle in his left side, threw a bullpen session and will pitch another rehab outing for Sacramento last week. The Athletics right-hander hopes to be activated after Wednesday's game in Cleveland and be available to start Thursday. "I'm doing everything I can to come back," Loaiza said.

5/1/2006

The Oakland Athletics on Monday placed Loaiza on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 24, with a strained left trapezius muscle. The veteran right-hander, who usually is a fast starter in April, is 0-3 with a 8.35 ERA in four starts this season.

11/28/2005

Loaiza has agreed to a three-year, $21,375,000 contract with the Oakland Athletics. With the Washington Nationals in 2005, Loaiza went 12-10 with a 3.77 ERA in 34 starts, striking out 173 and walking 53 in 217 innings.

10/29/2005

It looks like Loaiza may not be pitching for the Nationals next season. Although the club exercised its option on the pitcher's contract Saturday, it was a mutual option -- and the pitcher declined it.

7/6/2005

Loaiza turned in one of his best performances of the 2005 campaign, going eight-plus solid innings in Tuesday's 3-2 victory over Pedro Martinez and the New York Mets. The Nationals' righthander allowed just one run on six hits, struck out eight batters and walked one to even his season record at 5-5.

6/19/2005

Loaiza will miss his start on Sunday versus the Rangers. The Nationals' righthander is sidelined with neck soreness and will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis. Sun Woo Kim will get the start in his place.

5/19/2005

Loaiza scattered six hits and held the Brewers' scoreless through eight innings, but did not figure into the decision in the Nationals' 1-0 victory on Wednesday. The righthander, who struck out five and walked none, has allowed just eight runs over his last 36.2 innings of work (five games), but has just one win to show for it.

4/28/2005

Loaiza turned his his best outing of the 2005 campaign, going eight strong innings against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. The Nationals' righthander, who allowed two runs on four hits and tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, wasn't quite good enough however, as he was outdueled by Philly's Brett Myers and took the loss.

After a disappointing 2004 campaign, split between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox, Loaiza inked a one-year, $2.9 million deal with Washington during the offseason. In five starts so far this season, he is 0-2 with a 4.13 ERA and has 29 strikeouts and 11 walks in 32.2 innings of work.