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Nats sign LHP Beimel, release RHP Hill (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

The Washington Nationals added reliever Joe Beimel on Wednesday and released oft-injured starter Shawn Hill, who beat the team in salary arbitration. Beimel, a left-hander who turns 32 next month, got a $2 million, one-year contract and will become the primary setup man for closer Joel Hanrahan. "I have my eighth-inning guy," manager Manny Acta said.