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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
CC SABATHIA PICKS YANKEES — LAS VEGAS - CC Sabathia is not going to play on the West Coast. He is not going to play in the National League. CC Sabathia is going to be a Yankee, The Post has learned exclusively. — After three straight days of face-to-face meetings between GM Brian Cashman …
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Yahoo! Sports:
Opt-out clause key to Sabathia going to Yankees — Buzz up! — LAS VEGAS - Baseball's perennial high-rollers, the New York Yankees, scored the biggest coup of the winter meetings when CC Sabathia reached preliminary agreement on a deal that will pay him $161 million over the next seven years.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yanks, Sabathia reach 7-year deal … LAS VEGAS — Free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia is about to sign with the Yankees, SI.com has confirmed. The deal being finalized now is expected to pay Sabathia about $160 million over seven years. — The two sides are on the verge of an agreement …
Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
Sources: Yankees close to deal with Sabathia — Sabathia And Yankees Very Close To A Deal — LAS VEGAS — CC Sabathia will be a New York Yankee. — The Yankees are “very close” to a preliminary agreement with Sabathia on Wednesday morning, following an in-person meeting between GM Brian Cashman …
Jose Mota / Yahoo! Sports:
Nationals extend offer to Teixeira — Buzz up! — LAS VEGAS - The Washington Nationals have stepped boldly into the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, making an offer to the free agent first baseman for seven years and $150 million, a highly placed baseball source said Wednesday morning.
Cork Gaines / MLB Rumors:
Sabathia Reaches Agreement With Yankees — By Cork Gaines [December 10 at 1:25pm CST] — 1:25pm: Sherman has more details on the Yankees' talks with Sabathia. — 12:49pm: Rosenthal talked to a rival exec who sees no upside to Sabathia's opt-out clause.
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Newsday:Brian Cashman meeting with CC Sabathia for third time
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
BBWAA opens doors wider, admits four more Internet writers — Slowly but surely, the Baseball Writers Association of America is becoming more inclusive. The organization just held a meeting here at Bellagio and, for the second straight year, humbly voted to add a few Internet writers to their newspaper-dominated ranks.
La Velle / Twins Insider:
Twins could play a role in the Jake Peavy sweepstakes — Two persons with knowledge of negotiations said the Twins and Cubs talked yesterday about a deal for infielder Mark DeRosa - a potential move that would get the Twins involved in the most talked-about trade of the offseason.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:Peavy stays hot topic
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Paul Hagen / Philly.com:
Phillies Notebook: Phillies GM Amaro not concerned about Mets getting Rodriguez — LAS VEGAS - Now that the Phillies are busy designing their World Series rings, it's easy to forget that they didn't exactly dominate the National League East last season. — In fact, it took a torrid finish, coupled with another Mets collapse.
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Phils' Manuel gets extension; DeRosa deal still alive — LAS VEGAS - Charlie Manuel spent Day 2 of the winter meetings yesterday holed up in his hotel room, battling a case of the flu. — This no doubt made Manuel feel better: Just before darkness descended on this neon-lit desert town …
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Chicago Tribune:
Former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood agrees to deal with Cleveland Indians — LAS VEGAS — With two teams to pick from in the American League Central, Kerry Wood appears to have rejected overtures from Detroit to take a deal with Cleveland. — Wood's decision to sign with the Indians followed …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Search for a closer escalates — LAS VEGAS — Going where the free agent current takes them, the Cardinals have made the search for a veteran closer their priority after apparently bidding too little for free agent Francisco Rodriguez. — General manager John Mozeliak said Tuesday …
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies' priority: pitching — Veteran reliever Embree agrees to one-year deal while team still purses Redding — LAS VEGAS — The Rockies' strategy at the winter meetings centers more on protecting leads than building them. — Colorado has agreed in principle on a one-year contract …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Little movement for rapid-talking Nats — Flurry of rumors yield no result as Kasten expects quiet Meetings — LAS VEGAS — General manager Jim Bowden was so busy trying to improve the Nationals on Tuesday that he politely cancelled his afternoon meeting with reporters at the Bellagio Resort.
