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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Ensberg added to 40-man roster — The Yankees tonight added Morgan Ensberg to the 40-man roster. He will make $1.75 million. — He has no options, so this mean that Ensberg is going to make the team. Now that he knows his status, Ensberg said his next move would be to get a new number.
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Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:
Ensberg added to 40-man — The Yankees added Morgan Ensberg to their 40-man roster. Since he has no minor league options remaining, this essentially means he is a slam dunk to make the team. He will make $1.75 million. — For all you diehard Yankee fans, you will be interested …
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Sliding Into Home
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Wang will start Opening Day for Yanks — Right-hander coming off back-to-back 19-win seasons — TAMPA, Fla. — One year ago, Chien-Ming Wang got his hopes up to pitch on Opening Day before suffering both an injury and ultimate disappointment, forced to watch from a Tampa apartment as his team went north without him.
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ESPN.com:
Wang gets Yanks' Opening Day nod — TAMPA, Fla, — The New York Yankees on Friday chose Chien-Ming Wang to start on Opening Day at home against the Toronto Blue Jays. — Wang has won 19 games each of the past two seasons. The right-hander lost out on his chance to start last season's opener …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Mets make all the Wright moves vs. Nats — Third baseman gets three hits, including first home run — METS 8, NATIONALS 2 — Mets at the plate David Wright singled in each of his first two at-bats against Matt Chico and hit his first home run of the exhibition season against Chris Schroeder in the fifth.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Pierre disappointed in starting status — Manager Torre meets with outfielder to discuss matter — TUCSON, Ariz. — Juan Pierre was back in the starting lineup in left field on Friday, one day after coming off the bench as a pinch-hitter, then meeting with manager Joe Torre after the game.
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers' Millwood aces every test — egrant@dallasnews.com — TUCSON, Ariz. - A sore hamstring and unfortunate scheduling reduced Kevin Millwood's spring résumé to a single, solitary start. — He made the most of it. — Facing National League West champion Arizona …
Associated Press:
Yankees' ticket prices skyrocket for new stadium — NEW YORK — Those $250 box seats at Yankee Stadium will seem inexpensive in 2009. — The New York Yankees will charge $500 to $2,500 for seats near home plate in the first five-to-eight rows of their new ballpark.
Associated Press:
Recurring shoulder pain worries Bucs' Sanchez — Former batting champion concerned about shoulder — BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Second baseman Freddy Sanchez felt pain Friday in his surgically repaired right shoulder, a major setback that may force him to begin a second consecutive season on the Pittsburgh Pirates' disabled list.
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Baseball Musings
Jim Street / MLB.com:
Mariners not interested in Bonds — CEO leaves no doubt about club's position on slugger — PEORIA, Ariz. — Scratch the notion of Barry Bonds ever playing for the Mariners. — “No, absolutely not,” Mariners chief executive officer Howard Lincoln said Friday morning when asked …
Sports Illustrated:
O's, Fish and Cards look like cellar-dwellers — Also in the Daily Scoop... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Down here in the forgotten towns of spring training reside three teams struggling to find their identities. And once the season starts, three teams that should struggle to find wins, as well.
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MLB Rumors
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Trade talks starting to wear on Roberts — Second baseman says uncertainty tough to handle; he hopes for resolution before Opening Day — JUPITER, Fla. - He was supposed to have been somewhere in Arizona today, wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey, playing second base and batting leadoff for a team with legitimate World Series aspirations.
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Oriole Post
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Happy landing in Tokyo for exhausted Sox — Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (left) arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport March 21, 2008. The Boston Red Sox flew into Tokyo on Friday, arriving just after midnight. — TOKYO — There was no daylight to tell the Red Sox what time it was when they touched …
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Associated Press, SOX1FAN, Red Sox Monster, Boston Sports Media Watch and Bradford Files
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
First class all the way — Sox trip hardly typical
First class all the way — Sox trip hardly typical
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Providence Journal