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Yankees Keep Eye on Teixeira and Wait — Although the Yankees have not actively pursued the free-agent first baseman Mark Teixeira, team officials continue to monitor the negotiations between Teixeira's agent, Scott Boras, and other teams. — The Yankees are interested in signing Teixeira …
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Fuentes may land in offseason bargain bin — • The Rays remain cautiously optimistic about picking up a proven hitter this winter, writes Marc Topkin. — • Heard this from a party who has been in recent contact with the Nationals' front office: They absolutely do not expect to win the bidding for Mark Teixeira.
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Olney: Market forces at work — Brian Fuentes began the offseason as, theoretically, the most second-most coveted reliever, after a season in which he earned 30 saves and accumulated a 2.73 ERA, and held left-handed batters to a .184 average, with 20 strikeouts in 49 at-bats.
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Yankees on fringes of Teixeira talks — Despite agent Scott Boras' efforts to get the Yankees involved in the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes, the Yankees remain on the periphery of the bidding, sources said yesterday. — Early yesterday, SI.com's Jon Heyman reported that in the wake …
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Boras calls Yankees on Teixeira — So the Yankees talked to Scott Boras Friday about Mark Teixeira, as I first learned by reading Jon Heyman's story on SI.com. But what I learned yesterday from talking to multiple sources is that Boras reached out to the Yankees.
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WITH SAWX STEPPING ASIDE, BOMBERS MAKE SMART PLAY — NOW that the Red Sox have frozen their Mark Teixeira assets in the high- stakes poker game with super-agent Scott Boras, it creates an opening for the Yankees. — The Yankees are in this game, make no mistake.
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Olney: Latest On Fuentes — By Alex Walsh [December 21 at 10:55am CST] — Buster Olney has an update on the future of Brian Fuentes. Fuentes will likely not be receiving the 3-year/$30MM deal he was recently hoping for, says Olney, and could expect something closer to $15-18MM over the same 3-year period.
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Creating a Market — Scott Boras called the Yankees about Mark Teixeira:
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Outlook positive for Tampa Bay Rays to sign a good free-agent hitter
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Manny can see Yank pitch
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Talented teams of the '90s quite different than today — Should a sale go through, whoever buys the Padres from John Moores would be lucky to get a Padres club as talented as the one Moores bought in late 1994. — True, when Moores took control, the Padres were coming off a 47-70 season.
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Padres Sign Chris Britton — By Tim Dierkes [December 21 at 1:41pm CST] — We missed this one - apparently the Padres signed recently non-tendered reliever Chris Britton, according to Tom Krasovic of the San Diego Union-Tribune. The big righty will compete for the seventh-inning role in 2009.
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It's the offseason of hope — Ability to play again would be perfect gift — Rocco Baldelli might not be out of the woods, but after further evaluation at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic he at least has hope that the mitochondrial disorder that nearly ruined …
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CASE OF THE TAINTED TERM SHEET — This column was going to be about the number of shortstops available as free agents this winter, among the better known Edgar Renteria, Orlando Cabrera, David Eckstein, Omar Vizquel, Nomar Garciaparra, Rafael Furcal, Adam Everett, Cesar Izturis.
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Catching up on some Winter League stats — A few winter league observations: — Ian Kennedy is back home after pitching 34.2 innings over six starts in Puerto Rico. He went 2-2 with a 1.56 ERA. He allowed 19 hits, struck out 31, walked 12 and allowed one home run.