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George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees look at empty shelves trying to finish roster — The Rangers beat the Yankees in the ALCS, then watched Cliff Lee jilt both the Yankees and themselves. — Yet, the Rangers still have the Yankees on their minds. The AL champs have an interest in free agent pitcher Brandon Webb …
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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Reach Agreement With Brandon Webb — 8:45pm: As expected, it's an incentive-laden deal according to Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic. — 3:06pm: The Rangers and Brandon Webb have reached an agreement, pending a physical, according to FanHouse's Ed Price.
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Sources: Brandon Webb chase thins — The Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals are no longer in the running to sign free-agent pitcher Brandon Webb, according to sources who have spoken with those two clubs. And that means, those sources say, that Webb is now choosing between two teams …
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Ed Price / Fanhouse MLB Blog:
Source: Rangers to Sign Brandon Webb, Pending Physical — Having missed out on re-signing Cliff Lee, the Rangers have come to a tentative agreement to sign another former Cy Young Award winner, Brandon Webb, according to a major-league source. — Reached by text message, agent Jonathan Maurer declined comment.
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Fox Sports:
Source: Webb reaches deal with Rangers — Brandon Webb has pitched only four innings the past two seasons. — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — For free-agent right-hander Brandon Webb, the choice wasn't easy.
Ken Rosenthal / mlbbuzz:
Webb: Rangers or Reds? — For free-agent right-hander Brandon Webb, the choice isn't easy. — Sign with the Rangers,whose team physician, Keith Meister, performed a cleanup on Webb's right shoulder in Aug. 2009? — Or go with the Reds, whose pitching coach, Bryan Price, and trainer …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Source: Brandon Webb joining Rangers — Free-agent pitcher Brandon Webb has agreed to a one-year contract with the Rangers, pending a physical, according to an official of a club that had interest in Webb. — Webb — The Rangers had stepped up their interest in the 31-year-old righthander …
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Webb agrees to one-year deal with Rangers
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The Nationals Enquirer
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Big 10 conference yields some early winners and losers — We asked 10 baseball people — managers, coaches, general managers, and scouts — to select the 10 most significant offseason moves/non-moves that could shift the balance of power. Here's what they came up with:
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Enrique Rojas / MLB:
Source: Octavio Dotel, Toronto deal near — ORLANDO — Reliever Octavio Dotel and the Toronto Blue Jays are close to agreeing on a one-year contract, a source with knowledge of the negotiations said Sunday. — The deal would be almost identical to Dotel's $3.2 million base salary in 2010 …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Mark Prior out to pitch in for Yankees as ex-Cubs ace makes comeback after injuries derailed career — Mark Prior went 18-6 for the Cubs in 2003, but elbow and shoulder injuries damaged what should have been a dominant career. He's attempting comeback with Yankees, the team that drafted him in 1998.
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USA Today:
San Francisco Giants Team Report — INSIDE PITCH — Tim Lincecum must realize it's not like this all the time. — The Giants' ace is living the good life. One year after he won a Cy Young Award in his first full big-league season, he won another Cy Young Award, and he followed …
