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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
3 UP: Torre, Castro, Zambrano — Another quick 3 UP today because I am again hosting the Sirius-XM baseball show this morning from 7-10 a.m. on Sirius 210 or XM 175. My co-host is Jim Duquette, and our special guest at 8 a.m. is scheduled to be Joe Torre, if you care to listen:
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers add pitchers Wright, Mendoza — Lefty acquired from Yanks; right-hander signs Minors deal — MILWAUKEE — The Brewers added two former Yankees pitchers in separate roster moves on Tuesday, acquiring left-handed starter Chase Wright in a trade and right-handed reliever Ramiro Mendoza with a Minor League free agent contract.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees trade lefty Wright to Brewers — New York acquires Minor League catcher and outfielder Fryer — NEW YORK — The Yankees moved Wednesday to bolster their Minor League depth chart, acquiring catcher and outfielder Eric Fryer from the Brewers for left-hander Chase Wright.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Brewers Acquire Chase Wright, Ramiro Mendoza
Brewers Acquire Chase Wright, Ramiro Mendoza
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Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Boras: Don't play chicken with Manny — Buzz up! — Twenty-four hours after he dismissed a second offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers on behalf of client Manny Ramirez, this one for $25 million for a season, Scott Boras insisted Ramirez's market is healthy and warned the Dodgers about believing otherwise.
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Scott Boras / ESPN.com:
Boras says Manny talks with Dodgers to resume … Manny Ramirez's agent, Scott Boras, says he expects to resume contract discussions with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, a day after rejecting the team's one-year, $25 million offer for the right-handed slugger, MLB.com reported.
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Cashman: Yanks are done spending — GM states team will not pursue Ramirez, declines comment on Torre's book — NEW YORK — Manny Ramirez's potential pinstripes debut and Brian Cashman's first book as an author have one thing in common. Neither will happen in 2009.
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Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Great Winter For Yankees' Cashman
Great Winter For Yankees' Cashman
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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's, Parrish agree to minor league deal — Orioles bring back veteran pitcher, who hopes to get a chance to start — The Orioles have agreed to a minor league deal with John Parrish, bringing the left-handed pitcher back to the organization in which he spent the first six seasons of his major league career.
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Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press:
Left-hander John Parrish likely headed to Baltimore, not Detroit — Left-hander John Parrish, whom the Tigers had pursued as a free agent this off-season, is likely to sign a minor-league contract with Baltimore within the next several days. — The Tigers had been interested in signing Parrish …
Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
Yankees quietly negotiating with Bank of America — While the Mets have been taking the heat for their naming-rights deal for Citi Field, the Yankees have been quietly negotiating a megabucks sponsorship deal with Bank of America for the new Yankee Stadium that does not include naming rights.
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John Jeansonne / Newsday:
Rocket's positive test doesn't prove steroids, HGH — Tests that link Roger Clemens' DNA to blood in syringes provided to investigators by Clemens' personal trainer Brian McNamee could bolster prosecutors' claim that Clemens lied about steroid use. But both legal and medical experts cautioned …
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Sports Illustrated:
Derek Jeter talks about A-Rod, season ... but not personal life … SI.com: You're about to compete in the Gillette-EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming Global Finals, in which a contest winner gets to play against you in an Xbox Live game. The last time we spoke you said you didn't play video games.
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Pieces of his mind — Picked-up pieces while still mourning John Updike, the greatest writer of them all and the man who wrote “Picked-Up Pieces” . . . Sorry, I can't get into a lather about this Michael Phelps bong photograph. He has apologized appropriately.
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tampa Bay Rays still don't have deals with Dioner Navarro, Willy Aybar — ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays continue to have talks but thus far no deals with catcher Dioner Navarro and infielder Willy Aybar on multiyear contracts that would avoid upcoming arbitration hearings.
Larry Stone / Seattle Times:
Mariners must make decision on Griffey soon — With spring training opening in less than two weeks, the Mariners will very soon have to make the decision that has been looming over the team all offseason. — Will they bring back the franchise's most storied player, Ken Griffey Jr.?
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Texas Rangers sign Eddie Guardado — Eddie Guardado officially rejoined the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, when he signed a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training. — The reunion with the former All-Star closer comes as no surprise, though the 38-year-old had to decide if he wanted to play another season.