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Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Royals shift focus to depleted bullpen — KC dips into relievers to make deals, but has chips to replenish — KANSAS CITY — Now Royals general manager Dayton Moore has another project: rebuilding the bullpen. — Moving to increase run production, Moore has obtained fleet center fielder Coco Crisp …
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Newsday:
Report: CC won't decide on Yanks 'till after Thanksgiving — The Yankees are content to let CC Sabathia take his time on his big decision, and Sabathia will do just that. As first reported by ESPN's Peter Gammons, Sabathia doesn't intend to decide on his next team until after the Thanksgiving weekend.
Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:
San Francisco Giants to enter Sabathia sweepstakes — Following up on this earlier post, it appears there's another National League California team planning to make a big offer to CC Sabathia. According to a person familiar with the talks, the San Francisco Giants have been in touch …
JSOnline:
Brewers Blog — The Journal Sentinel sports staff brings fans the latest news and inside dope on the Brewers — Giants getting in on Sabathia — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — An agent familiar with the situation told me today that he heard the Giants are interested in signing CC Sabathia.
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN.com:Burnett's agent: Red Sox reach out to free agent
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Chad Finn / Boston Globe:Crisp dealt to Royals for Ramirez
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:Red Sox acquire Ramon Ramirez for Coco Crisp
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Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
Source: Yankees RHP Mussina decides to retire — As expected, New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina has decided to retire, according to a baseball source with knowledge of the situation. Mussina informed the Yankees last week he would give them a decision by the end of this week.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Moose decides to hang 'em up — Mike Mussina finally got his 20-win season this year. Apparently, that was the perfect ending to his career. — Mussina informed the Yankees on Wednesday that he was retiring, closing out a career that saw him go 270-153 over 18 seasons.
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tribe names Hernandez bullpen coach — Spent past three seasons as pitching coach in Detroit — CLEVELAND — The Indians are still sorting through their bullpen options for next season, but they have settled on a coach for the relief corps. — As announced Wednesday …
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Tom Boorstein / SNY.tv:
A modest proposal — How the Yankees can solve their third-base problem — The Yankees need a plan at third base. What they have now isn't working. — Things were so much better when Scott Brosius was around. That's a third-base plan. Third basemen who put up on-base percentages …
Tony Massarotti / Boston Globe:
Expect Sox to break bank for Teixeira — Here's a prediction: By the time this is over, win or lose, the Red Sox effectively will have made Mark Teixeira the largest contract offer in the history of your storied franchise. — Preposterous, you say? Clearly, you have not been paying attention.
Associated Press:
MLB says Tribune sets Dec. 1 deadline for Cubs bids — NEW YORK - Bidders for the Cubs have until Dec. 1 to submit offers, Major League Baseball said Wednesday after a meeting of its ownership committee. — Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said representatives of four bidders …
Nick Zaccardi / MLB.com:
Astros' 40-man roster grows by three — Houston purchases contracts of Bogusevic, Manzella and Sutton — The Astros purchased the contracts of outfielder Brian Bogusevic, shortstop Tommy Manzella and second baseman Drew Sutton on Wednesday, adding the Minor League prospects to the 40-man roster …
New York Magazine:
Leitch: The Unfortunate Legacy of Pedro Martinez — Remember when Pedro Martinez was to be the savior of the Mets? Now the Mets don't even want him back. Pedro's contract, signed in 2004, is off the books, and while he claims he wants to come back, the Mets don't seem to have room for him in the rotation.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Teixeira interested in playing for Nats — Maryland native intrigued by idea of returning home — WASHINGTON — It has been reported several times that the Nationals have interest in signing free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. MLB.com has learned that the feeling is mutual …
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Zumaya's rehab affects Tigers' moves — Club looking for relief help with righty's status for '09 uncertain — DETROIT — Joel Zumaya gave the Tigers a triple-digit fastball route to respectability when he went from the Minor Leagues to the back end of Detroit's bullpen at age 21.
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