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The Oakland Athletics have designated Jim Johnson for assignment. The 31-year-old has struggled in his first season in Oakland, posting a 4-2 record with two saves and a 6.92 earned-run average in 38 appearances. Johnson was signed by the As this past off-season to a one-year, $10 million contract after he led the American League in saves each of the past two seasons. He notched 50 saves in 2013 and 51 in 2012 while with the Baltimore Orioles. In nine seasons with the As and Orioles (398 appearances), Johnson has posted a 22-28 record with a 3.45 earned-run average and 124 saves. He was selected to the 2012 MLB All-Star Game and finished seventh in Cy Young Award voting that same season. As coach Bob Melvin commented on Johnsons time in Oakland. "It started out bad for him and he just couldnt get into a spot where he could find himself and not have to think about some of the failures or whatever that were going on. "I feel awful about it, too, because its my job to get him in a position to succeed and it just didnt happen here." Current Athletics closer Sean Doolittle thought Johnson would be able to snap out of the slump. "I kept feeling like it was only a matter of time before he was going to right the ship. You wouldnt have known that he was struggling based on the way he was going about his business every day." "Everybody in this clubhouse knows how good he can be," Doolittle said. "He saved 101 games in two seasons in the toughest division in baseball. I hope for his sake a change of scenery does him good and he can latch on somewhere else and land on his feet." Laurie Boschman Jersey . With the Canadiens leading by one to start the third period, Price turned away 16 shots by the Panthers in the final frame to give Montreal a 2-1 victory over Florida on Monday night. The Panthers (16-21-6) outshot Montreal 16-10 in the final frame, but were repeatedly frustrated by Price, who made 26 saves on the night. Bobby Hull Jersey . - The Minnesota Vikings have ruled Christian Ponder out for Sundays game at Baltimore, because the quarterback has not yet passed all of his post-concussion tests. http://www.jetsauthentic.com/authentic-teemu-selanne-jets-jersey/ .com) - Mikko Korhonen carded a 5-under 67 on Thursday to claim medalist honors at the European Tours Final Qualifying Stage tournament. Keith Tkachuk Jersey . Both of Padakins goals came in the second period while Zane Jones added a single in the first period for Calgary (13-6-4). Hitmen goaltender Chris Driedger finished with 30 saves for the shutout. Teppo Numminen Jersey . -- Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer will be out three to six weeks with a stress fracture of the third finger of his right hand.The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired the No 2 overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft from the Cleveland Browns, who received five selections over the next two years in the deal. The Eagles are expected to take either the University of Californias Jared Goff or North Dakota States Carson Wentz - both quarterbacks - depending on who is available after the Los Angeles Rams make the number one overall selection.Last week the Rams acquired the top pick from the Tennessee Titans and are expected to select either Goff or Wentz when the draft begins on April 28. The Browns get three selections in this years draft from Philadelphia - the eighth overall and the Eagles third-round and fourth-round picks. They also get the Eagles first-round pick in next years draft and their 2018 second-round pick.Philadelphia also received a fourth-round pick in 2017 in the deal.While Philadelphiaa are expected to make a move for a quarterback, Sam Bradford insisted earlier on Wednesday he was unconcerned about the speculation, while executive vice president Howie Roseman voiced his support for current quarterback Bradford.ddddddddddddBy making the initial trade with Miami earlier this off-season and with this trade today with Cleveland, we feel that we have put ourselves in the best possible position to draft an impact player, he said. We will now focus our energy on the next step.Let me be clear, Sam Bradford is our starting quarterback. We told Sam that. We intend to support him and the moves we made this off-season we believe will give us a chance to compete this season. Also See: NFL Video Rookies guide NFL on Sky Sports Pundits ' ' '