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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs face several decisions — Hudson, Dunn among five arbitration-eligible free agents — PHOENIX — The D-backs will have extra picks in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. How many will depend on how many of their free agents they offer salary arbitration to by Monday's 10 p.m. MST deadline.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Bradley likely to get arbitration offer — Veteran designated hitter considered Type B free agent — ARLINGTON — The Rangers are expected to offer arbitration to free-agent outfielder Milton Bradley before Monday's deadline. — Bradley is a Type B free agent.
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Nat Boyle / MLB Rumors:
Rosenthal's Latest: Dunn, Wood, Sheets — By Nat Boyle [November 30 at 9:53am CST] — Ken Rosenthal suggests that in this economy some teams may not offer arbitration to Type A free agents to avoid risking a payroll hit. Further, some players may opt to accept the certainty of arbitration over “a volatile free agent period.”
David W. Chen / New York Times:
City Pressed Hard for Use of Yankee Luxury Suite — The Bloomberg administration was so intent on obtaining a free luxury suite for its own use at the new Yankee Stadium, newly released e-mail messages show, that the mayor's aides pushed for a larger suite and free food …
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Baltimore Sun:
Sources: Orioles revisit trade talks for Pie — Team could land Cubs outfielder in three-way deal with Padres, who would send RHP Peavy to Chicago — The Orioles have revisited trade talks with the Chicago Cubs about multi-tool outfielder Felix Pie, according to industry sources …
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Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Mailbag: Where will Anderson land? — Angels beat reporter Lyle Spencer fields fans' questions — Is there any word on what's going to happen with Garret Anderson? He has always been my favorite Angels player. He has one of the sweetest swings in all of baseball.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Lowe in win-win situation — He'll strike it rich with a contender — He spent Thanksgiving with his family in Fort Myers, Fla., watching his beloved Detroit Lions lose again, working out like a fiend with former Red Sox and Pedro Martínez trainer Chris Correnti …
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates in the Caribbean: Mining for diamonds — Part 1: A young Dominican outduels peers who play baseball ‘for food’ — SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — It is 9 a.m., and the November sun is searing this walled-off urban minefield of a baseball diamond, where Sadid Frias has filed into a fidgeting line of 17 hopeful teenagers.
Tony Massarotti / Boston Globe:
Sox, Tazawa have deal in place — While the free agent market continued to move at a snail's pace, a baseball source confirmed today that the Sox have reached agreement with Japanese pitcher Junichi Tazawa pending the outcome of a physical exam this week. — According to the same source …
Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Arbitration offer unlikely for Hoffman — Padres, saves king have not talked contract since last month — SAN DIEGO — The Padres have until 9 p.m. PT Monday to offer closer Trevor Hoffman arbitration, though it doesn't appears that will happen. — San Diego general manager Kevin Towers …
Nat Boyle / MLB Rumors:
Perrotto's Latest: Teixeira, Burnett, Wilson — By Nat Boyle [November 30 at 1:02pm CST] — John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus has his Sunday article up. Let's go through it: — The Angels may be willing to match the Yankees $140MM offer to CC Sabathia. They won't offer 10 years to Mark Teixeira.
Dick Kaegel / MLB.com:
Royals ink three to Minors deals — Prospects House, Tupman and Osoria added to the fold — KANSAS CITY — The Royals have signed catcher J.R. House, once a top prospect for the Pittsburgh Pirates, to a Minor League contract. — House, who also plays first base, last season batted .306 …
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John Fay / Cincinnati.com:
Dye still may be in play — But Jocketty says market is quiet — Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said Saturday that the offseason remains quiet. — “Most clubs shut it down on the holidays,” he said. — As for talk that the Reds could be interested in outfielder Jermaine Dye …
