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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Derek Lowe eyes dollars, so Mets might try cheaper options — Derek Lowe is a hotter commodity in the free-agent market than the Mets envisioned, a development that is forcing them to rethink their plan of signing the 35-year-old righthander and plugging him into Oliver Perez's spot in the starting rotation.
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Phil Rogers / Chicago Tribune:
What if Sabathia, Burnett, Lowe jilt Yankees?
What if Sabathia, Burnett, Lowe jilt Yankees?
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Alex Walsh / MLB Rumors:
Yankees “What If”: No A.J., CC, Lowe?
Yankees “What If”: No A.J., CC, Lowe?
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New York Post:
YANKS & METS FACE COMPETITION FOR FREE-AGENT ARMS THEY CRAVE — The Yanks also have indicated they will put a time limit on their six-year, $140 million offer for Sabathia. But that is a worthless time limit. They said last year they would not re-sign Alex Rodriguez if he opted out …
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Other Suitors For Sabathia, Rodriguez, Fuentes — By Steve Adams [November 23 at 3:46pm CST] — Joel Sherman of the New York Post offers some potential spoilers for the Yankees and Mets in regards to C.C. Sabathia and closers Francisco Rodriguez and Brian Fuentes.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
On the Coast, it's very clear — Dodgers, Angels need to keep their sluggers — The Los Angeles teams can't afford to lose the best hitters on the free agent market: Mark Teixeira and Manny Ramírez. And deep down, they know it. — Question is, can either afford to keep them?
Orange County Register:
Angels likely not on Teixeira's wish list — The free-agent first baseman seems to be leaning toward an East Coast team. — Recommend — Spraying to all fields, wondering what Angels fans want for Christmas: — Well, we found out this week what Angels free agent Mark Teixeira wants — a home for the holidays.
Kirby Arnold / Herald:
Mariners want Silva to trim the fat — Silva, nicknamed the “Buffalo,” is on a postseason program to slim down — SEATTLE — Reports of the pounds Carlos Silva put on this year might not have been as exaggerated as his weight itself. — The right-handed starting pitcher's numbers grew …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Yankees in need of a killer-instinct rotation — What the Yankees missed most of all in 2008, you sense from talking to people around the team, is that intimidation factor one gets only from possessing a strong, deep starting rotation. — When the Yankees rode the bus from their Toronto hotel …
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Ray McNulty / TCPalm.com:
Gary Carter deserves a chance to coach in the big leagues — Maybe, just maybe, there's some truth to Gary Carter's suspicions that he has been blackballed in baseball. — How else do you explain his conspicuous absence from a game in which he has enjoyed so much success?
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Desert Dogs' AFL reign continues — Donaldson homers, drives in four as Phoenix tops Mesa — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Call it the coincidental dynasty. — Despite facing the best pitcher in the Arizona Fall League, despite having to keep the league's top offense at bay …
ESPN:
Knicks could help lead CC to New York — CC Sabathia's best friend in baseball is Brewers reliever David Riske, and in the days leading up to Sabathia's trade to Milwaukee in July, the two talked repeatedly about the latest rumors, about how great it would be to play together again.
Poughkeepsie Journal:
Mets reportedly considering adding closer Hoffman — MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE — This winter's market for closers has created a sort of perfect storm for the New York Mets — in desperate need of a closer and presented with a surplus of candidates and not enough big-market teams to pay them all.