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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Stephen Strasburg Price Tag — By Ben Nicholson-Smith [March 21 at 12:35pm CST] — ESPN.com's Peter Gammons heard from some club officials that top amateur pitcher Stephen Strasburg and his agent, Scott Boras, could demand $50MM over six years if he's selected first overall by the Nationals in the June draft.
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Trade to A's was best thing for Holliday — Matt Holliday's new Oakland teammates speak in reverential tones about his work ethic and his modesty. One general manager, who has known him since he signed, says, “Matt has to be one of the 10 best players in the game.”
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Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Pitching surplus gives Braves trade bait — Josh Anderson, Prado also could be moved — Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — A surplus of pitching is starting to bubble up in Braves camp. — Javier Vazquez and Jorge Campillo are back from the World Baseball Classic, and Tom Glavine pitched his first spring training game Saturday.
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Depth has Wren ready to deal — Braves GM expects trade market to heat up as season nears — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — With the arrival of March's final full week, there's a sense that it's time for the rumor mill to start churning. Players are asking who might be traded and general managers …
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Hughes among six Yankees cuts — The Yankees made six roster moves prior to today's game: — Phil Hughes, Steven Jackson and Anthony Claggett were optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, while Humberto Sanchez was optioned to Double-A Trenton. — Additionally, Jason Johnson …
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Koskie ends comeback bid — Concussion issues force infielder to walk away from game — MESA, Ariz. — When Corey Koskie first suffered a concussion in 2006, he was abruptly forced out of the game he loved and spent 2 1/2 years in what he called his “personal jail.”
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Corey Koskie retires — For more than two years, he was in “la-la land,” fighting through the fog of headaches, light and sound sensitivity, nausea and the fear of never knowing when he might live a normal day again. — And then barely two months after the fog lifted …
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MLBPA files grievance to recoup donations — The MLB Players' Association has filed a grievance on behalf of players who have a provision in their contracts under which they agree to make a donation through his club to a charitable organization, MLBPA chief operating officer Gene Orza told ESPN's Karl Ravech.
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Jeter is a beacon for the entire WBC — Buzz up! — LOS ANGELES - Whether you like the WBC or haven't given it any thought at all, whether you view it as the intergalactic baseball championship or little more than puffed-up batting practice, any standing it does have in this country is a reflection of Derek Jeter.
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John Branch / New York Times:
A Patch of Green: Yankees Sod for Sale — BRIDGETON, N.J. — Just when it seemed that all the sports-licensing ideas had been exhausted — coffins with team logos, unveiled a few years ago, could have reasonably been the presumed end — along comes something that has been growing in plain sight all along.
John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
Vets Giambi, Johnson are happy ex-Yankees — (03-21) 17:21 PDT — Two old-timers are back in the Bay Area, their hair down and their spirits up. The scruffy look is OK again now that they're ex-Yankees and in a more relaxed setting. One won 34 games in two years in the Bronx.
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
Drew's hand, Youkilis's foot — Kevin Youkilis took batting practice wearing sneakers, sans plastic boot on his left foot, while J.D. Drew did not participate with the Red Sox during their morning workout. Youkilis is hopeful he'll play in a game Monday, while Drew was unsure of how long …
Bombers Beat:
Mariano: Yankees have ‘no excuses’ — Yawn. Up, down, another 12 pitches for Mariano Rivera and another breezy scoreless inning. At least this time Rivera allowed a hit, as Gerald Laird stroked a ground single to right field. Other than that, Rivera said that all is well and there have been no problems so far.
