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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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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Ensberg nets spot with Yanks for now — New York adds veteran to 40-man roster after Friday's game — TAMPA, Fla. — Morgan Ensberg is a product of Southern California's beaches, and his greatest successes took place on baseball fields in Houston. But there was always something …
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 …
George A. King III / New York Post:
NETTLES BATTLING CANCER — Cancer has invaded the Yankees' family again. — Former third baseman Graig Nettles is facing April 8 prostate surgery at Manhattan's Sloan Kettering Hospital. — “I was diagnosed the day before Thanksgiving,” Nettles told The Post yesterday.
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Sliding Into Home
David Lennon / Newsday:
Pedro says he won't bug Mets for extension — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The first thing Pedro Martinez showed everyone Friday at Tradition Field is that he is very capable of getting hitters out, at any speed. And when Martinez was done bobbing and weaving through the Nationals for five innings …
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Castillo's future with Marlins now uncertain — KISSIMMEE — Jose Castillo thinks he has given the Marlins this spring what they told him they wanted when he signed in December - solid defense at third base. — That's why he was surprised that the Marlins placed him on waivers …
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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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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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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Trade partners hard for White Sox to find — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Trade talks haven't materialized in the manner general manager Ken Williams envisioned five weeks ago. — “I've had very few conversations this spring,” Williams said Friday. — Most of the attention has centered …
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Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels have options: Aybar or Izturis for shortstop? — Neither candidate has made an error in exhibition play. — SURPRISE, Ariz. — With nine days to go before the season opener, neither Erick Aybar nor Maicer Izturis has emerged as a clear-cut favorite for the shortstop job.
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Associated Press
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Adenhart making statement to be fifth starter
Adenhart making statement to be fifth starter
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Los Angeles Times
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.
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
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 …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Santana goes six scoreless vs. O's — Left-hander allows five hits and a walk while fanning seven — METS 7, ORIOLES 0 — Orioles at the plate: Though Aubrey Huff and Scott Moore each singled twice off Mets starter Johan Santana, the rest of the Orioles could do little against the lefty.
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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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