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ESPN:
Option play: White Sox keep Buehrle, Dye, Iguchi … CHICAGO — Mark Buehrle, Jermaine Dye and Tadahito Iguchi all were instrumental in helping the Chicago White Sox win the World Series in 2005. Nearly 12 months later, the White Sox decided to retain their services.
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Associated Press:
Red Sox keep Wakefield, but will Mirabelli be back? — BOSTON — Tim Wakefield is looking forward to his 13th season with the Boston Red Sox, with or without his favorite catcher. — The club exercised its $4 million option on the knuckleballer on Monday, two days after Doug Mirabelli …
MLB.com:
White Sox exercise 2007 options of Mark Buehrle, Jermaine Dye and Tadahito Iguchi; Decline on Dustin Hermanson — CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have exercised the 2007 club options on the contracts of left-handed pitcher Mark Buehrle, outfielder Jermaine Dye and second baseman Tadahito Iguchi.
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South Side Sox
Tim Marchman / New York Sun:Ignore the Win Total; Cards Are No Fluke
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
WRTV-TV:
Padres Decline Option On Piazza; Bring Back Cameron — San Diego, CA — (Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres declined their 2007 contractual options on catcher Mike Piazza and infielder/outfielder Ryan Klesko on Monday. — The team also exercised their 2007 options on outfielder Mike Cameron …
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Bernie Wilson / Associated Press:
Padres decline option for Piazza — Schedule first interview for manager candidates — SAN DIEGO - If Mike Piazza returns to the Padres next season, it will have to be for less than $8 million. — The Padres declined to exercise 2007 options for Piazza and slugger Ryan Klesko on Monday.
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Shortstop Young highly ranked by Elias — Lee, Padilla are latest Rangers to file for free agency — Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez get national attention because they play for the New York Yankees, but Michael Young is more highly regarded in the 2006 Elias Player Rankings.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Any trades on the horizon? — Beat reporter T.R. Sullivan answers Rangers fans' questions … Due to Hank Blalock's decline in numbers over the past couple of seasons, are the Rangers planning on trying to move him, maybe for a couple of young pitchers? — Jeremy H., Dallas
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Lone Star Ball
Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:Rangers set to talk to final candidates
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Lone Star Ball
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats' Soriano Files For Free Agency — Alfonso Soriano took what could be the first step in leaving the Washington Nationals yesterday, officially declaring free agency, opening the bidding among all 30 major league teams on perhaps the premier offensive player on the market.
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Baseball America:
Arizona Fall League Notebook: Oct. 30 — SURPRISE, Ariz.—Hunter Pence has never really been a good defender. The 23-year-old will hit for average, and you know he's going to hit for power with 59 homers over the last two seasons—the last 28 of which came at Double-A Corpus Christi during the regular season.
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Chris Constancio / Hardball Times:Ten Notable Arizona Fall League Performances
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Pending Pinstripes
ESPN:
Carlos Lee, Aramis Ramirez lead latest free-agent filers … Carlos Lee is ready to cash in on his career season. — Lee was among 39 players to file for free agency Monday, a list that also includes Chicago Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez and St. Louis Cardinals postseason hero Scott Spiezio.
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Redbirds Fun
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Todd Zolecki / Philly.com:
Phils eye Soriano, Sheffield during off-season shuffle — The moment the World Series ends is the moment baseball's hot stove starts to heat up. — Alfonso Soriano. Gary Sheffield. Pat Burrell. — Phillies fans will read and hear plenty about those players in the coming months …
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Phillies Nation
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Marcus Hayes / Centre Daily Times:Soriano targeted; Pat's pact edible?
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Baseball Musings
Maury Brown / Baseball Prospectus:
The New Collective Bargaining Agreement - Revenue Sharing — Wonders never cease. Almost two months before the December 19th deadline, management and the Players' Association hammered out a new collective bargaining agreement that will run for five years, expiring on December 11, 2011.
Brian Gunn / Hardball Times:
How the Cardinals Shocked the World* and Won the World Series — Mike and Maria Schneider are an L.A. couple who run a blog called Franklin Avenue, which is more or less a cultural guide for local groups. Over the past year Mike and Maria have been asking their infant son Evan to pick …
