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11:55 AM ET, December 3, 2006

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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Devil Rays could move young outfielders  —  NAPLES, Fla. - Notes from the general managers' meetings:  — Judging from their aggressiveness in trade talks, the Devil Rays appear increasingly willing to trade one of their young outfielders — most likely Rocco Baldelli — for premium young pitching.
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
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Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Look for White Sox to make a trade … Free agency has limited the number of trades at recent winter meetings.  Why trade for a player when you can sign one?  Still, several teams will go to these winter meetings with chips to trade, including the Red Sox's Manny Ramirez, the Braves' Marcus Giles and …
Los Angeles Times:   Keeping 'em on the farm?
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals may find pitchers too pricey  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. — The Cardinals arrive at Disney World on Sunday afternoon.  The first ride they'll find is the free agent pitching loop-de-loop.  —  Potentially central players in an overheated marketplace, the defending World Series champions hope …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:   Collier: Here's the pitch: Pirates should sign Jeff Suppan
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Analysis: Pirates have no cause to fear free agency
Discussion: Bucco Blog
Enrique Rojas / ESPN:
Source: Mariners to bring in Guillen to solidify outfield … Outfielder Jose Guillen and the Seattle Mariners have reached agreement on a one-year, $5 million contract, sources told Enrique Rojas of ESPNdeportes.com.  —  The contract also includes the possibility of another $3 million in performance-based bonuses.
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Dave / U.S.S. Mariner:
M's close to signing Jose Guillen
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats offer arbitration to Guillen
Gregg Bell / Associated Press:   Mariners, Guillen closing in on deal
Corey Brock / MLB.com:   Mariners targeting Guillen
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's see L. Gonzalez filling void in left … Continuing their quest to add a run-producing left fielder, the Orioles have set their sights on Arizona Diamondbacks free agent Luis Gonzalez.  An industry source confirmed Saturday that the Orioles made Gonzalez, who has 331 career home runs, a one-year contract offer Friday night.
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MLB.com:   Orioles resign Kevin Millar
Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Market makes search tougher for Marlins  —  Let's go shopping  —  Key players expected to draw attention at baseball's winter meetings Monday through Thursday in Orlando:  —  Starters  —  LHP Barry Zito 16-10 for Oakland  —  • 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner is coveted by Texas.
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Murray Chass / New York Times:
Winter Meetings a Big Deal?  Sometimes  —  This is the week everyone in baseball looks forward to.  It's more greatly anticipated and more popular than the World Series because everyone gets to participate in the winter meetings.  A team doesn't have to win a lot of games or a certain set of games to qualify to attend the meetings.
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
A zest for Zito  —  Mets target lefty but seem unwilling to make wild pitch  —  Tom Glavine's return reduces Omar Minaya's urgency to find a starting pitcher at this week's winter meetings.  But make no mistake: The Mets GM, like many of his counterparts throughout baseball …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
Bill Reiter / Kansas City Star:
Cancer battle a journey for Bell  —  The Sonoran desert blew sand sideways across the lawn, the grit fixing itself everywhere.  In the distance, a ring of red mountains rose above barren land.  —  The front door stood open, allowing a cool breeze to find its way into Buddy Bell's home …
Chicago Sun Times:
Seizing the in-house talent  —  Ken Williams knows exactly what awaits him at the annual winter meetings this week in Orlando, Fla. Too much bad coffee, further frustration, then leaving the Sunshine State with the same 25-man roster he arrived with.  —  Frankly, the White Sox' general manager is just fine with that.
Dan Rosenheck / New York Times:
Bonds Is a Big Bargain for the Right Team  —  In a soaring free-agent market, Barry Bonds's bad-boy reputation may turn him into baseball's unlikeliest bargain.  —  Even at 42, he is the best player on the market.  Nate Silver, an analyst for Baseball Prospectus, said Bonds …
Discussion: Baseball Musings
Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals plan to shop responsibly  —  GM Moore has money to work with, but market may push players out of Royals' price range.  —  Even a free-agent market stampeding toward new fiscal heights won't stop the Royals from shopping briskly this week when the baseball industry gathers at Disney World for its annual winter meetings.
John Harper / NY Daily News:
Stove goes cold  —  Barring unexpected A-Rod blockbuster, it's Yanks' winter of content  —  Even as GM Brian Cashman has begun to change the Yankees' way of doing business the last couple of years, putting more emphasis on developing young talent and less on buying aging stars …
Discussion: WasWatching.com
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Report: Reds to file complaint on Nats  —  Cincinnati believes it received damaged goods in Majewski  —  WASHINGTON — The Reds are planning to seek the council of the Commissioner's office about the trade that sent reliever Gary Majewski from the Nationals to the Reds this past season, according to The Cincinnati Post.
Rich Draper / MLB.com:
Roberts follows Bochy to Giants  —  Speedster signed to three-year contract; Feliz also nears pact  —  SAN FRANCISCO — If the Giants were a bit passive-aggressive in the past, now there's a new baseball style afoot.  Literally.  —  Call it the fast and the furious.
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Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:   Giants keep second baseman Durham
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Giants to sign Roberts, near deal with Aurilia
Discussion: ESPN
 
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