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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Sources: Tribe interested in Pavano — The Cleveland Indians have emerged as a strong candidate to sign free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano, several baseball sources told ESPN.com. — Pavano, 32, is looking to rehabilitate his career after suffering numerous injuries in four seasons with the Yankees.
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Indians, Pavano reach one-year deal — Injury-plagued right-hander looking to re-establish career — CLEVELAND — In New York, he was viewed as oft-injured and overpaid. — In Cleveland, he'll be viewed as a low-cost starting option with major upside.
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Teixeira, Yankees seal $180 million deal — New Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira poses on the field at the new Yankee Stadium after finalizing his eight-year, $180 million contract with the team. (Photo by Jason DeCrow / January 6, 2009) — You might assume Mark Teixeira chose the Yankees for money.
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Chad Finn / Boston Globe:Teixeira: ‘In the back of my mind, the Yankees were always the top’
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Yankees sign Jason Johnson — Some more news from the Bronx via Sam Borden: — The Yankees have signed RHP Jason Johnson to a minor-league deal. Joe Girardi said Johnson would compete to be the fifth starter.
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Duncan designated; Coke to start — Two other things from today (via Sam Borden): — The 40-man roster move was Shelley Duncan being designated for assignment. ... Brian Cashman said Phil Coke has been told to prepare to come to camp to work as a starter. — No surprise with the first move.
Joel Sherman / Hardball:
YANKS SET TO LOWER OFFER TO PETTITTE — Andy Pettitte's chances to return to the Yankees have dropped precipitously because in the aftermath of the Mark Teixeira signing the organization is now strongly inclined to lower the $10 million offer that the lefty already has been resistant to all offseason, the Post has learned.
Mike Puma / New York Post:
GIAMBI AGREES TO ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH ATHLETICS — RETURNS TO OAKLAND AFTER FAILED STINT IN THE BRONX — On the day the Yankees are introducing Mark Teixeira as their new first baseman, the man he is replacing has found a new home. — Jason Giambi has agreed to one-year deal with Athletics worth $4.5 million.
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ESPN.com:
Sources: A's, Giambi on verge of one-year deal — The Oakland Athletics and free agent DH Jason Giambi are on the verge of agreeing on a one-year deal with an option for 2010, Sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. — The deal would pay Giambi, who started his major league career in Oakland …
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
MLB hands Yankees' Mitre 50-game suspension — New York Yankees pitcher Sergio Mitre has received a 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy. Like Philadelphia Phillies reliever J.C. Romero, Mitre claims he had no desire to break baseball rules and that he took …
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs finalize Marquis-Vizcaino swap — Veteran sent to Colorado in move which creates salary flexibility — CHICAGO — The Cubs continued their offseason restructuring on Tuesday, sending pitcher Jason Marquis to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for reliever Luis Vizcaino.
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Sources: O's, Uehara agree on multi-year deal — Likely slated for starting rotation, RHP would break ground as first Japan native to play for O's — The Orioles appear to have filled one vacant spot in their wide-open rotation while at the same time officially opening the door to the Far East.
Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Old guard squeezed in new market … The baseball actuarial tables have been rewritten. As clubs continue to place greater value on young players under control (witness the new religion about not losing compensatory draft picks), the older free agent is being severely devalued.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Manny in L.A. still makes sense — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.
Mac Thomason / Braves Journal:
I really hate 2009 — There's no really easy or fun way to say this, so I'll just say it: I have cancer. — Now, there's cancer and there's cancer, and what I have appears to be totally treatable. The story is intermittently amusing and when this is over I'll probably write it all up.
Markcuban / blog maverick:
The Cubs — With all the support and encouragement I got to buy the team, I think its appropriate to share the decision making process behind what happened and why. Buying the Cubs was a unique opportunity to own one of the most storied franchises in sports.
