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Ed Price / New Jersey Online:
Yankees still talking Santana with Twins — Deadline, shmedline: The Yankees' pursuit of Johan Santana is not over. — "We're still thinking about it," senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said yesterday. "We haven't ruled it out completely. We're still considering it.
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Joe / Around the Majors:
Santana's market becoming clear — Yesterday, Hank Steinbrenner the Newark Star Ledger what many people have long suspected: The Yankees aren't out of the Johan Santana sweepstakes. "We're still considering it," Steinbrenner said. "I haven't closed the door completely on Santana." The story adds:
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Hank Steinbrenner, Yankees chat up Twins about Johan Santana — The Yankees and Twins have had "a couple of brief calls" recently to discuss a potential trade for Johan Santana, Hank Steinbrenner said Friday, and the door is "not closed" for the Yanks to acquire the superlative lefty.
Todd Zolecki / philly.com:
Phillies eye outfielder Jenkins — There's no question the Phillies need help in the outfield. — They lost Aaron Rowand this week. He signed a five-year, $60 million contract with the San Francisco Giants. They also sent Michael Bourn to the Houston Astros last month in the Brad Lidge trade.
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Cards deal Edmonds for prospect — Veteran center fielder yields infielder Freese from Padres — ST. LOUIS — The dean of the Cardinals is on his way out the door. — According to reports in St. Louis and San Diego, the Cardinals have reached agreement on a trade that will send Jim Edmonds …
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cameron leaving; Edmonds in center — Padres acquire aging outfielder for farmhand — Center fielder Jim Edmonds and at least $1 million to pay his $8 million salary are coming to the Padres for David Freese, a Single-A third baseman, according to multiple sources.
Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres acquiring Jim Edmonds in trade with Cardinals
Padres acquiring Jim Edmonds in trade with Cardinals
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's trade Haren — (12-14) 21:20 PST — For nearly a decade, the A's have boasted contending teams, making the playoffs five times in the past eight years. — On Friday, however, Oakland traded right-hander Dan Haren, who just five months before had started the All-Star Game in San Francisco.
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Segui denounces Roberts' inclusion in Mitchell Report — Former Oriole says Bigbie's statements about Roberts were fabricated — Former Oriole David Segui is mentioned continually throughout baseball's newly released Mitchell Report on steroids, but what irks him most is that his ex-teammate Brian Roberts …
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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
Clark has mixed reaction to trades — Free agent is happy for team, sad that he may not return — PHOENIX — Tony Clark was out at a local pizza place, having dinner with his kids on Friday night, as news began to spread throughout the Valley that the Diamondbacks had made three trades …
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Inside the Dodgers:
Kuroda agrees to three-year contract — The deal is pending results of a physical examination, which Kuroda took this morning at Centinela Hospital, but it's done and believed to be worth between $36 million to $40 millon. Club officials aren't commenting for now, but two sources with knowledge …
Andrew Baggarly / Mercury News:
Giants expect Sabean to stay — No fallout feared despite conflicting testimony in report — Brian Sabean has no intention of stepping down as the Giants' general manager and the club fully supports moving forward with him, a club spokesperson said Friday.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Starting Pitching Market Starts Moving — In recent days the starting pitching market has finally started moving. Dan Haren was traded to the Diamondbacks, and Hiroki Kuroda signed with the Dodgers. Now that the ball is rolling, what's next? — There are no aces available via free agency …
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David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What a tangled web of deceit — Ahhhhhhhhh! — My reaction after taking a steroid injection in the buttocks? — No, my thoughts after perusing most of the 400-plus-page, mind-numbing tome that was the Mitchell Report, then reading a few dozen reaction stories and opinion pieces cranked …
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New York Post:
'IT SUCKS': DAMON FURIOUS AT BEING NAMED ON FALSE STEROID LIST — 41 PLAYERS NAMED BY NBC DID NOT APPEAR IN MITCHELL REPORT — About three hours before the official Mitchell Report came out on Thursday, New York's WNBC-TV posted an "exclusive" list of 75 players expected to appear in the official report.