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11:00 PM ET, February 22, 2010

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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.”
Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Montero puts on a show  —  Chan Ho Park held a press conference in South Korea, A.J. Burnett pitched to Jorge Posada in the bullpen and CC Sabathia snapped off sliders for the first time.  It wasn't exactly a slow day in spring training, but as camp was breaking up, much of the buzz centered on Jesus Montero.
Joe Pawlikowski / FanGraphs Baseball:
Chan Ho Park and the Amazing, Unsustainable Home Run Rate
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Russell A. Carleton / Baseball Prospectus:
That Peak Age Thing, Part 2  —  Last week, I looked at the question of when hitters hit their peak and came away with the very unsatisfying answer of “it depends.”  Good hitters peak later.  Even leaving aside the usual cries of “treat everyone as an individual!” there are different peak ages in the aggregate among different groups.
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Matt Swartz / Baseball Prospectus:
Evaluating Multi-Year Deals  —  Each year, about 25 players receive two-year contracts.  The inevitable question that analysts ask is whether it was smart to commit to the player for a second year, or whether the team should have stuck with one year.  But did you know that most players receiving …
Discussion: THE BOOK
Adam Rubin / Surfing The Mets:
Beltran says no ill will, plenty of progress  —  Carlos Beltran arrived and said he's on target for a return on the prescribed timetable, which was 12 weeks from the mid-January surgery.  It took him a week to get over flap with Mets, but said there are no hard feelings.
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Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Burnett eager to work with Posada  —  A.J. Burnett blames himself for last season's controversy about who should catch who.  —  “It all went back to when I was right,” Burnett said.  “If Jorge was going to catch me or not, it would be irrelevant because when my mind's right, then everything is a lot easier for Jorge.”
Discussion: Bottom9 Baseball
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Crawford on staying: “Could go either way”  —  Carl Crawford said his chances of staying with the Rays “could go either way” and he's “hoping for the best like always.”  —  “Right now I really don't know,” he said after his first workout of the spring.  “I wish something good would come out of it.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Ortiz a lean, mean fighting machine  —  Warning: This is the standard “Aging player reports to camp in great shape” story.  Take it for what it's worth, which isn't much.  If being in shape meant you could play baseball, Jack LaLanne would have been another Willie Mays.
Jfay / Cincinnati Reds:
Gomes will be here  —  The Reds and Jonny Gomes have agreed to a deal.  He'll be at complex today for a physical.  —  That's good news for the Reds.  They can use his bat against left-handers.  He hit .307 with five homers and 19 RBI in 101 at-bats vs. lefties last year.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Bradley arrives in Mariners camp, finds new friend in Griffey  —  PEORIA, Ariz. - Milton Bradley walked through the Seattle Mariners' complex at 9:20 Monday morning, and within minutes, broke into a huge expansive grin.  —  There was Ken Griffey Jr., who walked up behind him and yelled out, “I'll be damned!”
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
A few notes from today's workout  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — A few other notes from today:  —  * I did not personally see him, but Terry Francona reported that J.D. Drew had arrived at camp.  That leaves Marco Scutaro and Mike Lowell as the lone players yet to show up.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and NESN.com
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.”
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Pierzynski realizes this could be final year with Sox  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — This is catcher A.J. Pierzynski's last year in a White Sox uniform.  —  Just ask him.  —  “I've always said that this was the perfect place for me to end up,” Pierzynski said Sunday, sounding like a player who fully understands the nature of baseball.
Discussion: Jorge Says No!
Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Gaston faces challenges in skip's last year  —  Many questions to be answered with revamped squad  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. — No one dared to take his locker.  It sits empty, down the second aisle within the Blue Jays' clubhouse.  The nameplate is blank and a chair is pushed neatly …
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
 
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Associated Press:
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John Tomase / Associated Press:
David Ortiz: I'm very excited about this season
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Brad Lefton / Seattle Times:
Kenji Johjima is comfortable back home in Japan
Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Ready to Go  —  The Phillies' first full squad workout is tomorrow and everybody is here.
Discussion: We Should Be GM's
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Pedroia comes out swinging
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Pudge, Flores bond on first day of camp
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Billfer / The Detroit Tiger Weblog:
Damon and his homers
Discussion: FanGraphs Baseball
Dan Hayes / North County Times:
PADRES NOTES: Worrell on right track less than a year after surgery
Discussion: Gaslamp Ball
Paul White / USA Today:
Manager Joe Torre open to return to the Dodgers in 2011
Discussion: Associated Press
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