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Sports Illustrated:
Penny clears waivers, inks with Giants — Brad Penny went unclaimed on waivers and is a free agent as of this afternoon, sources said. The Giants, Marlins, Yankees and Twins are among several teams interested in signing him as a free agent.
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Buster Olney / ESPN.com:
Sources: Brad Penny headed to San Francisco Giants' rotation — Right-hander Brad Penny cleared waivers Monday and will sign with the San Francisco Giants, sources said. — Penny — Penny, 31, is 7-8 with a 5.61 ERA this season, and 101-83 in his career.
Joe Christensen / Around the Majors:
Reports: Penny to Giants; Harden stays with Cubs — As of late Sunday night, the Twins had yet to request Cubs pitcher Rich Harden's medical records, a person close to Harden told the Star Tribune, adding that a deal by today's noon deadline appeared unlikely.
Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Rich Harden and Aaron Heilman will stay with the Chicago Cubs — The waiver period for trades before the Sept. 1 roster deadline will come and go without the Chicago Cubs having made a deal, according to Major League Baseball sources. — Rich Harden, claimed by the Minnesota Twins …
Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals set to extend Moore's contract through 2014 — The Royals have reached a tentative agreement with general manager Dayton Moore on a four-year contract extension that runs through 2014. — The new deal could be announced as soon as tonight. — The move confirms owner David Glass' belief …
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Associated Press:
Pena, Rays' big first inning leads to win over Tigers — DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Pena and the Tampa Bay Rays headed into September on a high note. — Next up, a key series against the Boston Red Sox. — Pena hit his AL-best 38th homer and drove in four runs to help the Rays beat …
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MLB:
Sources: Chicago White Sox put Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome on market — The Chicago White Sox look to be throwing in the towel. — The team has distributed a memo to a number of teams in the league informing them that a number of Chicago veterans are available in trade.
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Rich / Baseball Analysts:Team of the Decade? — Tomorrow not only marks the last month …
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Associated Press:
Reds beat Bucs in Game 1 of DH in front of sparse crowd — CINCINNATI (AP) — Darnell McDonald (FSY) scored from third base on Jesse Chavez's (FSY) wild pitch with two outs in the ninth inning Monday, giving the Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sparsely attended first game of a day-night doubleheader.
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Benjamin Kabak / River Avenue Blues:
Perrotto: Yanks want Damon back for one year — While we still have a month left of regular season baseball and, hopefully, a few weeks of October play in the Bronx, nothing dominates the conversation quite like the Hot Stove League does. In his latest weekend roundup, John Perrotto drops in a bit about the Yankees and Johnny Damon:
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon making his case for staying in New York
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Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Getting Some Postseason Flexibility — The Phillies made a roster move today that offers them flexibility in the postseason. — They purchased the contract of injured right-hander John Ennis and immediately placed him on the 15-day disabled list. To make room for Ennis on the 40-man roster …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets dispute claim by former GM Jim Duquette that fall instructional league is being dropped — CHICAGO - The Mets denied Sunday a claim by former GM Jim Duquette that they are dropping their fall instructional league for minor leaguers in Port St. Lucie for financial reasons.
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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Looking ahead to tomorrow — I have to take a furlough day on Monday. These things have become pretty standard at newspaper's these days, and for whatever reason I wound up with one the day before September call-ups. I'm not allowed to write or report on Monday, so I wrote this on Sunday night and set it to post this morning.
Yahoo! Sports:
Girardi manages to turn around Yankees — Buzz up! — On May 12, following a 5-1 loss to Toronto, the New York Yankees found themselves 6½ games out of first place. They were a few losses from a tabloid calling for the head of manager Joe Girardi. He was the easy fall guy.
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Darren Rovell / Sports Biz with Darren Rovell:
Season Ticket Holders Won't See Big Rise For Yanks Postseason — Those expecting to hear of a price gouge for Yankees postseason tickets might be surprised. — It's not coming. — CNBC has seen the final face value prices that the Yankees submitted to Major League Baseball and increases …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Cervelli, Pena among potential callups — Duncan, Gardner also likely to rejoin team in September — NEW YORK — It grated on Yankees manager Joe Girardi earlier this year when he had to send both Francisco Cervelli and Ramiro Pena — two backups who had far exceeded expectations — back to Triple-A.
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Josh Thole has been Promoted — The Mets have promoted catcher Josh Thole from Double-A Binghamton of the Eastern League. — He is expected to join the Mets in Colorado for tomorrow evening's game and will wear uniform No. 30. — Yesterday, Jerry Manuel said before the game that Thole might …
Joseph Pawlikowski / River Avenue Blues:
On criticism and Joba — Yesterday, when Joba left the game after throwing just three innings and 35 pitches, the Internet was abuzz with criticism of the Yankees plan. Andrew Fletcher of Scott Proctor's Arm called the move “utterly moronic” on his Twitter feed.
