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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's trade Tejada to Astros — Team gets OF Scott, pitchers Albers, Patton, Sarfate, 3B Costanzo in return — Two years after he first suggested that he'd benefit from a change of scenery, Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada finally got his wish as he was traded to the Houston Astros today …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Sources: O's trading Tejada to Astros — FOXSports.com, Updated 17 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Orioles have completed their first major off-season move, trading shortstop Miguel Tejada to the Astros, according to major-league sources. — Tejada, signed through 2009 …
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Orioles trade Tejada to Astros — LIKE THIS STORY? — Miguel Tejada got his wish — albeit a couple of years later than he wanted. — Tejada was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Houston Astros for five players on Wednesday, giving the former AL MVP a fresh start on a team looking to boost its lineup.
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Giants sign Rowand to five-year deal, $60M deal — SAN FRANCISCO — Aaron Rowand agreed to a $60 million, five-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, giving the club the starting center fielder it sought this winter. — The 30-year-old Rowand is expected to bat fifth …
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants sign outfielder Rowand — (12-12) 12:50 PST — The Giants have acquired a new center fielder, and he will be in San Francisco for a long time. The team will announce this afternoon it has signed Aaron Rowand to a five-year contract. — Terms were not immediately available.
Joe Hamrahi / Baseball Digest Daily:
Giants Sign Rowand! — The San Francisco Giants have signed Gold Glove center fielder Aaron Rowand to a five-year contract, club Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Sabean announced. — From the club's press release... The 30-year-old outfielder is coming off his finest big league campaign …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Padres, Pirates deep in trade talks about OF Bay … Frustrated in their attempts to land outfielders this offseason, the San Diego Padres are deep into discussions with the Pittsburgh Pirates about a multiplayer deal that would be centered around All-Star outfielder Jason Bay.
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cubs get Fukudome as Padres get Iguchi — Peavy announcement expected to be today — The Padres lost out in their bid for Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who last night accepted a four-year offer from the Cubs worth close to $50 million. — The Padres did land a starting player from Japan …
Diamond Leung / PE Angels Baseball:
Jeff Kent decides to return to the Dodgers — Download story podcast — The Press-Enterprise — LOS ANGELES - Second baseman Jeff Kent will return to the Dodgers next season, his agent announced Tuesday, deciding against retirement following a 2007 campaign that left him frustrated enough …
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Sources: Floyd, Rays could have deal in place by weekend … The Tampa Bay Rays are in serious discussions with free-agent outfielder Cliff Floyd and could have an agreement in place by the weekend, baseball sources told ESPN.com. — The Rays have been looking for a bat …
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Source: Kuroda to travel to USA to mull MLB offers … Pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, the most hotly-pursued starter on this winter's free agent market, will travel to the United States this week to meet with his agent and go over offers from major-league clubs, a source told ESPN.com.
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Nate Silver / Unfiltered:
Fukudome: The New J.D. Drew? — Hot-off-the-presses PECOTA projection for Kosuke Fukudome in Chicago: — PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG EqA VORP WARP — 465 80 30 4 15 58 70 94 9 3 .289 .401 .504 .303 29.2 4.4 — PECOTA holds Fukudome's playing …
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Peter Abraham / The Journal News:
Yankees set to offer contracts to Wang, Betemit, Cano — The Yankees today will go through the formality of offering Chien-Ming Wang a contract for next season. The right-hander hopes the arrangement will be for more than one season. — Via e-mail, Wang said yesterday that he would be willing …
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Rangers eye Japanese reliever — The Rangers may have lost out on their No. 1 Japanese free-agent target this winter, but it appears they won't come away empty-handed from their foray to the Far East. — While it appears outfielder Kosuke Fukudome will land with the Chicago Cubs …
Letitia Stein / St. Petersburg Times:
School honors Yankees owner … TAMPA - New Yorkers may run hot and cold about Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. But in Tampa, he's only loved. — So much so that the Hillsborough School Board made a spur-of-the-moment decision Tuesday night to christen in his honor the George Steinbrenner High School in Lutz.
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates, Tigers talk about pitcher Durbin — Other possibilities could open with arbitration non-tenders — The Pirates are engaged in trade talks with Detroit in an attempt to acquire right-handed starter Chad Durbin. — Durbin, 30, was 8-7 with a 4.32 ERA last season …
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Mets' Maine, Perez look to improve themselves — The Mets held their annual holiday party at Shea Stadium, distributing gifts to children representing New York City's five boroughs. It's an annual, offseason, feel-good day in Flushing. — At this point in the Hot Stove League …
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