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Associated Press:
Red Sox's winning bid for Matsuzaka — $51.1 million — NAPLES, Fla. — The Boston Red Sox emerged Tuesday night as winners of the bidding for Daisuke Matsuzaka with a $51.1 million offer and have 30 days to sign the Japanese pitcher to a contract. — The Seibu Lions of Japan's Pacific League announced …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:Turning to Zito — With Matsuzaka off board, Mets put A's lefty in their sights
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D-Backs' Webb wins wide-open NL Cy Young race — NEW YORK — Brandon Webb of the Arizona Diamondbacks won a wide-open race for the NL Cy Young Award, beating out San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman on Tuesday. — One of six pitchers who tied for the league lead with a pedestrian total of 16 wins …
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Lindsey Frazier / MLB.com:
Webb takes home NL Cy Young — Right-hander beats out Hoffman, Carpenter for honor — PHOENIX — Arizona right-hander Brandon Webb made his first All-Star appearance in 2006 and ran off a 30-inning scoreless streak. Now he has capped the year off with his greatest achievement.
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ESPN:
DeRosa cashes in on career year, to sign with Cubs — Mark DeRosa is poised to cash in on his career year. — The Chicago Cubs have reached an agreement on a three-year contract with DeRosa worth approximately $13 million, a team official familiar with the deal told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs sign DeRosa to three-year deal — Former Rangers utility man expected to see action at second — CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs continued their offseason shopping spree on Tuesday, signing versatile Mark DeRosa to a three-year deal. — DeRosa, 31, batted .296 with 40 doubles …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Acta named manager of Nationals — One-time coach with franchise returns as skipper — WASHINGTON — The Nationals formally named Manny Acta their manager on Tuesday. — The Washington position will be Acta's first managerial job in the Major Leagues.
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Associated Press:
Nationals name former Mets coach Acta manager — WASHINGTON — Manny Acta began preparing to be a major league manager when he was the only kid with a catcher's mitt in his neighborhood back in the Dominican Republic. — "So I was like, 'I'm running the game, or I'm taking the glove away,' " Acta recalled Tuesday.
MLB.com:
Nationals hire Manny Acta as manager — Club signs former Mets 3B coach to two-year contract with two club options — After a thorough search, the Washington Nationals today tabbed one of baseball's finest young minds as manager. — The Nationals today hired Manny Acta as their new manager …
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Paul Hoynes / PD Sports:
D-Rays win rights to Iwamura — News, notes and quotes from the general managers meetings at the Naples Grande Resort and club. — * It appears Tampa Bay has won the bidding right for Japanese third baseman Akinori Iwamura. The Devil Rays reportedly outbid the Indians, San Diego and Boston for the left-handed hitter.
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Associated Press:
Roundup — Mariners sign Ordonez to minor-league contract — SEATTLE (AP) — Former major leaguers Rey Ordonez, Jesse Foppert and Tony Torcato were among nine players signed by the Seattle Mariners to minor league contracts Tuesday. — Ordonez, who hasn't played in the majors since 2004 …
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MLB.com:
Mariners announce agreements with nine Minor League players — Seattle Mariners Director of Player Development Frank Mattox today announced that the Mariners have come to agreement on 2007 minor league contracts with ten minor league free agents. — Signed to contracts with AAA Tacoma were …
New York Post:
METS TARGET ZITO, NEAR DUQUE DEAL — By MARK HALE in New York and JOEL SHERMAN in Naples, Fla. — Following the aggressive nature of their GM, Omar Minaya, the Mets yesterday actively moved on their key issue - the rotation - by all but completing a deal to retain Orlando Hernandez …
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Ken Mandel / MLB.com:
Phillies attempt to woo Soriano — Phils hope to bolster lineup with free-agent outfielder — PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have fired the opening salvo to bring free agent Alfonso Soriano to Philadelphia. — Baseball sources confirmed that the Phillies are one of "a few" …
MLB.com:
A's purchase 143-acre parcel from Cisco Systems with intent to construct new ballpark — A's and Cisco agree to 30-year naming rights deal for new stadium — OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Athletics owner and managing partner Lew Wolff announced today the A's have reached an agreement to purchase …
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — The Disconnect — One of the truths about baseball since 1975 or so is that absent an agreement to not do so—you know it as "collusion"—new revenues flow down to the players. As much as people here at BP and in many other places have analyzed the relationships between revenues …
