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Kansas City Royals to trade Zack Greinke to Milwaukee Brewers … MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers have a deal in place to acquire former Cy Young winner Zack Greinke from the Kansas City Royals. — Jason Wood, the agent for Brewers minor league pitcher Jake Odorizzi, confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on Sunday.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Brewers Acquire Zack Greinke — The Brewers entered this offseason with the goal of upgrading their rotation. Today, they acquired Zack Greinke, Yuniesky Betancourt, and $2MM from the Royals for Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, Jeremy Jeffress, and Jake Odorizzi. The Royals have confirmed the move in a press release.
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Marc Hulet / FanGraphs Baseball:
Kansas City Nabs Four Young Players for Greinke — According to reports, the Kansas City Royals organization has traded Zack Greinke and Yuniesky Betancourt to the Milwaukee Brewers for four young players: outfielder Lorenzo Cain, and shortstop Alcides Escobar, as well as pitchers Jake Odorizzi …
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Jim Breen / JSOnline:
Report: Brewers Acquire Zack Greinke — **Disclaimer: This is a rumor that has not yet been confirmed from within the organization, but I feel comfortable enough with the information and the source to publish this rumor. Please just keep in mind that this is only a rumor and should be treated as such until further notice.
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Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Not trading for Zack Greinke makes sense for the Nationals — The options for adding a top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher dwindled last night with one of the most significant moves of the baseball offseason. The Nationals will not be trading for Zack Greinke, not after the Milwaukee Brewers acquired …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Royals deal Greinke to Brewers … The Royals traded 2009 Cy Young winner Zack Greinke to the Brewers, SI.com has confirmed. — In return for Greinke, Yuniesky Betancourt and $2 million, Kansas City is receiving outfielder Lorenzo Cain, shortstop Alcides Escobar, pitching prospects Jake Odorizzi and a player to be named later.
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Fox Sports:
Brewers chose player over prospects — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — Prospects. All you hear in baseball, all the time, is that certain prospects are too valuable to trade.
Sam Mellinger / Kansas City Star:
Greinke changes agents, still wants to be traded
Greinke changes agents, still wants to be traded
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Red Sox continue 'pen upgrade with Wheeler — Native New Englander excited to join Boston's relief corps — BOSTON — The revamping of the Red Sox's bullpen continued on Saturday, as the club signed veteran right-hander Dan Wheeler, a native Rhode Islander who now gets to play for the team he rooted for as a kid.
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Sources: Dan Wheeler to join Red Sox
Sources: Dan Wheeler to join Red Sox
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Steve Phillips / Fanhouse MLB Blog:
Source: Dan Wheeler, Red Sox Agree to 1-Year, $3 Million Deal
Source: Dan Wheeler, Red Sox Agree to 1-Year, $3 Million Deal
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Alex Speier / Full Count:
Red Sox round out relief remake by adding Dan Wheeler
Red Sox round out relief remake by adding Dan Wheeler
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies dancing to their own drummer — ORLANDO, Fla. — Asked to explain the Rockies' philosophy, owner Dick Monfort did so with the help of a star. Not Troy Tulowitzki, Carlos Gonzalez or even Ubaldo Jimenez. Try actor Will Smith. — “It's like that movie ‘Hitch,’ when he's teaching the guy to dance.
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Dave Krieger / Denver Post:
Walker's Hall cred goes on trial — Larry Walker is the latest of the Blake Street Bombers to stroll down baseball's most glamorous runway, making his first appearance this year on the Hall of Fame ballot. — Assuming you don't count Dale Murphy's is-it-really-over cup of coffee …
Ebenezer Samuel / NY Daily News:
For John Franco - one of the greatest relievers in Mets history - life is still spinning — He takes spin classes these days. Three times a week he goes to at a place in downtown Manhattan with his wife, Rosa. They pedal for an hour. Then they leave, and he wonders why he never took spin classes when he was with the Mets.
Associated Press:
Ex-Cub Phil Cavarretta dies at 94 — CHICAGO — Phil Cavarretta, the 1945 National League MVP who led the Chicago Cubs to their last World Series appearance, has died. He was 94. — Cavarretta died Saturday evening in Lilburn, Ga., of complications from a stroke, according to his grandson, Jeffrey Brown, of Lubbock, Texas.
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Dom Amore / Hartford Courant:
Walt Dropo Dies; 1950 AL Rookie Of Year With Red Sox, 3-Sport UConn Star — 1950 AL Rookie Of Year With Red Sox, 3-Sport UConn Star — Walt Dropo could have played football for the Chicago Bears. He could have played professional basketball as the NBA was getting started.
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