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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before signing with the Washington Nationals last week, starting pitcher Edwin Jackson was also offered a three-year deal for around $30 million by the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to Fox Sports\u2019 Ken Rosenthal\u2019s official twitter account.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[tweet https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/166611023481151488 align='center']&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Despite Pirates fans\u2019 Twitter campaign centered around the hashtag #ejaxtobucs\u00A0to convince Jackson to play for Pittsburgh, Jackson accepted the Washingtion Nationals one-year $11 million offer.\nJackson will join the Washington rotation that includes Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez,\u00A0and Jordan Zimmerman.\u00A0 Jackson, 28, is 60-60 with a 4.46 ERA in 10 seasons with Tampa Bay, the Dodgers, the White Sox, Arizona, St.Louis\u00A0and Detroit.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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