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Buster Olney / ESPN:
New GMs turning to sabermetrics — • The Red Sox are meeting with CC Sabathia sometime in the next few days, and so will Yankees GM Brian Cashman, who reportedly met with Scott Boras, the agent for Mark Teixeira and Derek Lowe. It's unclear whether the Red Sox are seriously interested …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Cashman Meets With Teixeira; Sabathia Is on Deck — The gridlocked free-agent market is slowly starting to move, and the Yankees are helping push it along. General Manager Brian Cashman traveled to Washington on Thursday to meet first baseman Mark Teixeira, and he will meet C.C. Sabathia …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees go for Derek Lowe — While the CC Sabathia waiting game continued and the Braves made an official offer for A.J. Burnett, Brian Cashman decided to get aggressive in his pursuit of another top free-agent pitcher: Derek Lowe. — Cashman met with agent Scott Boras Thursday …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Sabathia Is Keeping Yanks' Offer in His Pocket — There was an episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in which Larry David desperately tried to give away a sweaty $50 bill he got from a friend's sneaker. The money was legal tender, but nobody wanted it. The Yankees know the feeling.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Winter Meetings preview … While there could well be a string of free-agent signings at the Winter Meetings that convene in Las Vegas next week — heaven knows, plenty of talent remains available — it will be a surprise if CC Sabathia is among those signing new deals.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
If Plan B is offense, it might not work — Baseball economics expert Vince Gennaro invited me to Manhattanville College last night to attend the final session of a grad school sports management class he taught. Two groups of students presented their final projects.
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tribe inks Ohka to Minor League deal — Veteran starter's contract includes Spring Training invitation — CLEVELAND — Don't file it in the high-profile bin, but the Indians have signed a pitcher. — The pitcher in question is right-hander Tomo Ohka, a veteran of nine Major League seasons …
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ESPN.com:
Maddux, 43, to announce retirement, agent says — Greg Maddux has thrown his last pitch. — The four-time Cy Young winner will announce his retirement Monday at the baseball winter meetings in Las Vegas. — Maddux, who turns 43 in April, ranks eighth on the career wins list with 355.
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves await decision from A.J. — Now what? — Well, we take a deep breath and wait. — The Braves made the first big offer to A.J. Burnett, a four-year deal with a fifth-year option and salaries that average out to about $15 mill per season if the deal is maximized by the vesting option.
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T.R. Sullivan / Postcards from Elysian Fields:
The Hall of Fame ballot...Ron Santo belongs and other matters. — The Hall of Fame ballot is supposed to be in the mail. I haven't received it yet but should shortly. Not sure on who I will vote for but no doubt others have their opinion. — Really, you don't know for sure until …
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CC, Burnett in no hurry to make decisions — CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett are accepting all offers. But when will they actually sign? Ken Rosenthal has the difficult answers.
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Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:
Mets' off-season painfully slow so far — Earlier this off-season, the Mets had the opportunity to trade Aaron Heilman for a 30-year-old pitcher who's averaged 32 starts and 13 wins for the past five years while his teams won four division titles and a World Series.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Chris Carpenter undergoes nerve test — Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter met with team doctors and had a nerve conduction test performed Thursday, the results of which will be known today and will help shape the club's approach in the coming weeks. — The Cardinals have maintained …
Bill Price / NY Daily News:
Omar, bring home Manny — Since the baseball season ended, Met fans have heard just two names when it comes to free-agent targets: K-Rod and Brian Fuentes. — But when Omar Minaya heads to Vegas this weekend, he should go after the ultimate closer: Manny Ramirez.
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