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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Yankees, Park agree to one-year deal — Right-hander pitched for NL champion Phillies last season — Right-hander Chan Ho Park, who pitched for the National League champion Phillies in 2009, announced early Monday that he has reached a one-year agreement with the World Series champion Yankees …
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Kang Seung-woo / The Korea Times:
Park to Pitch for Yankees in 2010 — Veteran right-hander Park Chan-ho will wear pinstripes next season. — “I decided to join the New York Yankees this morning,” the 36-year-old Korean said in a press conference in Seoul Monday. — “I will work as a reliever and my terms are a one-year contract worth $1.2 million.”
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' payroll plans are detailed — Confidential documents in divorce case filing show the team may seek to spend on players at a pace that lags behind doubling ticket prices and revenue through 2018. — Plenty of people in the greater Los Angeles area would like to purchase Dodgers tickets …
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Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Manny Ramirez says it's his last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers — GLENDALE, Ariz. — Manny Ramirez appeared in the Dodgers' clubhouse for the first time on Monday morning and promptly conceded this would probably is his final spring training with the club.
Dylan Hernandez / LA Times Sports Blog:
Manny Ramirez predicts this is his final season with the Dodgers — PHOENIX — On the day he reported to the spring training, Manny Ramirez predicted this would be his last season with the Dodgers. — “I know I'm not going to be here next year,” Ramirez said. — So you don't think you will re-sign with Dodgers?
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Sources: Anxiety preventing Rangers' Greene from reporting — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. — Infielder Khalil Greene is again suffering from anxiety issues, leaving the Texas Rangers short an infielder as they begin spring training.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Pedroia comes out swinging — Second baseman says he's not worried about offense — FORT MYERS, Fla. - Dustin Pedroia has heard the Red Sox are changing into a team geared more to preventing runs than scoring them. The notion caused him to wince during a boisterous exchange with reporters yesterday morning.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Vazquez asks for early work — This winter, Joe Girardi and Dave Eiland came up with a plan to slightly cut back on the spring training workload of their starting pitchers. But that plan was subject to change. Javier Vazquez was scheduled to begin his throwing schedule on Wednesday …
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New York Post:
Ready for the Jenrry Rules? — PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets may have their own little Joba situation brewing. — Keep your eyes on young right-handed pitcher Jenrry Mejia. He threw a bullpen session yesterday and his stuff was, in manager Jerry Manuel's words, “electric.”
David Waldstein / New York Times:
For Job as Mets' Starting Catcher, Caracas Will Have Been Worth It — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Josh Thole bought his fiancée a box of frosted flakes, a jar of peanut butter and a loaf of bread, kissed her and walked out of the Best Western hotel in Caracas, Venezuela, for a three-day trip.
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