Thanks to the A's media relations department...

The Oakland Athletics announced today the club has agreed to terms with outfielder Nick Swisher on a five-year contract through the 2011 season with a one-year club option for 2012.

Swisher, 26, who was the A’s first-round pick (16^th selection overall) in the 2002 First-Year Player Draft, made his major league debut with the A’s in 2004 in just his third professional season. He has compiled a .249 career batting average to go along with 64 home runs and 194 RBI in 335 major league games. The 64 career home runs are the most by a switch hitter in franchise history. The versatile Swisher has made 120 career starts in right field, 106 at first base, 82 in left field, nine in center field and six at designated hitter. Last season, he became the first player in Oakland history to start at least 70 games in two different positions, as he started a team-leading 80 games at first base and a team-leading 71 games in left field.

We'll get the financial details soon. Nice move by Billy Beane and company.

• Sergio Mitre pitched 8 scoreless innings and allowed just 3 hits, and Josh Willingham hit a 3-run walk-off home run to give the Marlins a 3-0 win over the Dodgers. Derek Lowe allowed 3 runs on 5 hits in 8 1/3 innings as he took the loss for Los Angeles.
• Adam Dunn went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, 3 RBI, and 3 runs scored, and Ken Griffey Jr. reached base 3 times, homered, and drove in another 3 runs as the Reds beat up the Astros, 9-5. Mike Lamb had 3 hits, and Chris Burke hit a 3-run home run for Houston.
• Kelly Johnson hit a 3-run double, and Jeff Francoeur had 2 hits, a double, a stolen base, and an RBI to pace the Braves to their third straight win over the Padres, 5-3.
• Placido Polanco had 3 hits, and Magglio Ordonez had 2 hits, a home run, scored twice, and drove in 2 runs as the Tigers downed the Mariners, 7-3. Jeff Weaver was torched again for Seattle and is now 0-6 on the season. Jose Guillen went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, and 2 RBI for the Mariners.
• Mark Teixeira went 4-for-5 with 3 doubles, 3 RBI, and 3 runs scored, and Victor Diaz hit a pinch-hit grand slam as the Rangers destroyed Chien-Ming Wang and the Yankees, 14-2. Sammy Sosa and Gerald Laird had 3 hits each, and Brandon McCarthy allowed just one run in 5 1/3 innings for Texas.
• Jose Contreras pitched a 5-hit shutout, and Pablo Ozuna and A.J. Pierzynski each had 2 hits and an RBI to lead the White Sox over the Twins, 3-0.
• Dan Johnson went 4-for-4 with 2 walks, 2 home runs, a double, 4 RBI, and 4 runs scored, and the A’s banged out 18 hits en route to a 17-3 thrashing of the Royals. Jack Cust had 2 homers and 3 RBI, and Shannon Stewart added 4 hits for Oakland.
• Jason Bay doubled, homered, drove in 3, and scored twice as the Pirates held off the Cubs, 6-4. Newly recalled Angel Pagan went 2-for-3 with a home run and 2 runs scored for Chicago.
• Kelvim Escobar pitched a complete game 7-hitter, and Gary Matthews had 2 hits, a home run, and drove in 3 as the Angels shut out the Indians, 8-0. The Angels 3-4-5 hitters drove in 7 of the team’s 8 runs.
• Kevin Millar had 2 hits, homered, and drove in 4, and Corey Patterson had 3 hits, a double, and 3 RBI as the Orioles defeated the Devil Rays, 11-6, to sweep the 3 game series. B.J. Upton doubled, homered, and reached base 3 times for Tampa Bay.
• Tim Wakefield pitched 7 scoreless innings and allowed just 3 hits, and Kevin Youkilis had 3 hits, 2 doubles, 2 runs, and 2 RBI as the Red Sox blanked the Blue Jays, 8-0. Mike Lowell hit a 3-run home run as well for Boston.
• Troy Tulowitzki had 2 hits, a double, and 2 RBI, and Yorvit Torrealba reached base 3 times as the Rockies held off the Giants, 5-3. Barry Bonds doubled and walked twice for San Francisco.

BDD Player of the Day – Oakland’s Dan Johnson