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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.
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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 …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Collier: Here's the pitch: Pirates should sign Jeff Suppan — Landing him as a free agent would show ownership is interested in winning — By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Nothin' but blue skies for the Pirates ever since they stopped, you know, playing ballgames.
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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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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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Yahoo! Sports:
Giants sign OF Roberts to three-year deal — SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - Dave Roberts has followed Bruce Bochy to the Bay Area. — The Giants on Saturday signed the veteran outfielder to a three-year contract. — Financial terms were not disclosed, but the San Diego Union-Tribune reported the deal is worth $18 million.
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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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NY Daily News:
GMs gone wild — Hot stove season filled with errors, with Boston miscues at top of list — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - You think this has been a crazy baseball winter? You think the Chicago Tribune investing more than $200 million in Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez when it is supposedly trying to sell the Cubs was nuts?
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Ante set high for Rangers — Pitching help won't come cheap for Daniels at winter meetings — Major League Baseball begins a four-day invasion of Walt Disney World today, where the theme music has been tweaked just a bit: … It's especially true when the subject is pitching.
Kansas City Star:
The bandwagon has open seats — It began with a simple talk with a friend of mine. Truth is, I was jealous. He grew up in Detroit before moving to Georgia, so he was now following two teams while I was stuck with just one, my stumbling Atlanta Braves. — The more I thought …
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 …
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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.
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 …
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Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers consider a bid for Piazza — In additon to pitching, there may be another target on the Rangers' wish list as the winter meetings get under way this week in Orlando, Fla.: Mike Piazza. — A club source confirmed Saturday that the Rangers have an interest in the 38-year-old Piazza, a 12-time All-Star catcher.
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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.