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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.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres to interview Oquendo and manager from Japan team — As part of their managerial search, the Padres are looking to the World Series champion Cardinals and the Japan Series champion Nippon Ham Fighters. — Tomorrow, the Padres plan to interview Jose Oquendo, the third-base coach of the Cardinals.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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 …
Tim Marchman / New York Sun:Ignore the Win Total; Cards Are No Fluke
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
Newsday:
Sheffield deal in place — The Yankees' auction of Gary Sheffield has progressed to the point that general manager Brian Cashman has a potential deal in place if he wishes to pull the trigger, an official from another American League team told Newsday yesterday. — But Cashman is not quite ready to make a trade.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Pelfrey has own October — Met rookie rises in Fall League — MESA, Ariz. - The night of Steve Trachsel's short-lived outing in St. Louis during Game 3 of the NLCS, Mike Pelfrey also took the mound. — The 2005 first-round pick, who once figured to be a contributor to the Mets' postseason …
Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Mets' biggest need for 2007? — Beat reporter Marty Noble answers Mets fans' questions — What are the Mets' greatest needs for 2007 and beyond? — Generally, starting pitching and left-handed hitting. More specifically, a left fielder, a second baseman and an established pitcher likely to make 30-33 starts.
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It's Mets For Me
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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 …
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Viva El Birdos
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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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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.
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.
Mike Petraglia / MLB.com:
Red Sox exercise option on Wakefield — Right-hander Timlin signs one-year deal for 2007 season — BOSTON — Tim Wakefield's value to the Red Sox is such that the announcement the club was picking up his $4 million option for 2007 was essentially a foregone conclusion.
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The Feeding the Monster Blog
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.
