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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Ramirez staying put after all — Rather than test free agency, third baseman Aramis Ramirez has decided to remain with the Chicago Cubs. — Ramirez, 28, has agreed to a five-year contract with a vesting option, FOXSports.com has learned. While exact terms of the deal were not immediately available …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Ramirez, Wood back with Cubs — The Cubs got a two-for-one special on Sunday, re-signing free agents Aramis Ramirez and Kerry Wood. — Ramirez agreed to a five-year deal on Sunday with a mutual option for 2012, ending a months-long saga about his future. Wood agreed to a one-year deal loaded with incentives.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs ink deals with Ramirez, Wood — Infielder signs five-year contract; pitcher re-signs for one year — CHICAGO — Aramis Ramirez and Kerry Wood decided it was more important to stay with the Cubs than seek more money somewhere else. — The Cubs reached agreement Sunday on a five-year …
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Associated Press:
Cubs agree to new deals with Ramirez, Wood — CHICAGO — The Cubs agreed to a five-year contract with third baseman Aramis Ramirez and a one-year deal with pitcher Kerry Wood on Sunday — both returning to Chicago after becoming free agents. — Ramirez, who opted out of an initial four-year …
MLB.com:
Cubs, Wood agree to one-year deal — The Chicago Cubs on Sunday announced that the club has agreed to a one-year deal with right-handed pitcher Kerry Wood for the 2007 season. — Wood, 29, ranks fifth in club history with 1,299 career strikeouts — just six strikeouts behind Greg Maddux (1,305) for fourth in franchise annals.
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Angels are set to dive right in — Team plans to submit opening bids so high today that it will sign free agents right away. — The auction starts today, and the Angels already have their hands up. Today is the first day teams can bid upon free agents, and the Angels plan to submit opening bids …
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Ramirez now anyone's prize — With a midnight deadline looming, the Cubs couldn't close a deal with free-agent third baseman Aramis Ramirez late Saturday night, meaning a complicated offseason just got a whole lot tougher. — The Cubs no longer have exclusive negotiating rights with Ramirez.
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MLB.com:
Cubs agree to five-year deal with Ramirez — The Chicago Cubs on Sunday announced that the club has agreed to a five-year deal with Aramis Ramirez that will keep the third baseman with the Cubs through the 2011 season. The contact also includes a mutual option for the 2012 season.
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's agree to trade for Wright … The Orioles have agreed to trade reliever Chris Britton to the New York Yankees for starting pitcher Jaret Wright and cash, according to two team sources. — While the specifics of the deal have been worked out, the trade won't be official until it gets …
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Wright move? O's reportedly to acquire Yanks' righty — Jaret Wright reportedly will be staying in the AL East next season — but not with the Yankees. — New York will trade the right-handed starting pitcher to the Baltimore Orioles, according to newspaper reports out of New York and Baltimore.
John Perrotto / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Will Bucs make bold deal in hot-stove season? — The hot stove season is now officially under way. — Clubs can begin talking to free agents from other teams today, and the general managers will hold their annual meetings beginning Monday in Naples, Fla.
Murray Chass / New York Times:
Surgery Makes John a Pitcher Few Will Forget — Tommy John agreed that he would have been smart to have established a proprietary interest in the phrase. "I should have trademarked the thing," he said. "I think Dr. Jobe did. I think there's a medical copyright."
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers free agency analysis — Rangers need prices to be right in filling their off-season needs — Free Agency Depot officially opens its doors today. The Rangers probably won't be able to qualify for the express checkout line. — The Rangers have a basket full of needs.
NY Daily News:
Trachsel's wife files for divorce — When Steve Trachsel left the Mets on the eve of the playoffs, he said it was for personal reasons that had nothing to do with his marriage. — On Thursday, however, his wife, Sarah Trachsel, filed for divorce in San Diego.
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