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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies and Gonzalez OK 7-year, $80 million deal, sources say — The Rockies agreed on a seven-year, $80 million contract with outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, pending a physical, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations. — The deal covers three free-agent years …
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Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
Rockies extend CarGo for 7 years, $80M — The Colorado Rockies have agreed to a seven-year, $80 million contract extension with Carlos Gonzalez, pending a physical examination, the outfielder said via Twitter on Monday. — Fabiola Bohorquez, a publicist for the outfielder, said Gonzalez will soon fly to Denver to sign the contract.
Discussion:
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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Rockies' CarGo contract talk persists as ad campaign revealed
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MLB Rumors, Rotoworld.com, Purple Row and Fanhouse MLB Blog
Evan Grant / Texas Rangers:
Michael Young agrees to change positions to stay with Rangers — ARLINGTON - Rangers infielder Michael Young said Monday night he is willing to move positions for the second time in three years and the third time since 2004 if it helps the Rangers land coveted free-agent third baseman Adrian Beltre.
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com and Lone Star Ball
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Trsullivan / Postcards from Elysian Fields:
Beltre, Pettitte, Webb, Young — From the Rangers press conference... * Club officials are not particularly optimistic that something will get down with third baseman Adrian Beltre. That deal seems unlikely give the tenor of feeling on Monday but things could change.
Discussion:
MLB Rumors, ESPN, HardballTalk, River Avenue Blues, Halos Heaven and Texas Rangers
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Young willing to DH if Rangers sign Beltre
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fanhouse MLB Blog, Baseball Time in Arlington and ESPN
Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Notes: Pavano, Beltre, Young
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Postcards from Elysian Fields
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Reds To Sign Jeremy Hermida — The Reds agreed to sign Jeremy Hermida to a minor league deal, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. The move fills out Cincinnati's outfield and leaves Fred Lewis and Scott Podsednik with one less suitor. Career Sports represents Hermida, who turns 27 this month.
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HardballTalk, Diamond Hoggers and Cincinnati Reds
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Reds Interested In Fred Lewis
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mlbbuzz, MetsBlog.com and Red Reporter
Dave Studeman / Hardball Times:
The case for Morris — Tyler Kepner has a piece up today about Jack Morris' qualifications for the Hall of Fame. I don't buy Kepner's arguments, but he makes the best case he can while also acknowledging the many negatives against Morris. Kepner presumably would have a vote if the New York Times let him …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Ken Davidoff's baseball insider — The remaining free agents: Kramer and Stan (Rick), or Thelma and Louise? View all — posts — Andy Pettitte and some Hall of Fame stuff — Not surprisingly, as we kick off the work week, Andy Pettitte headlines New York baseball talk.
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
The Case for Morris: Big Moments Count
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Bats, Beyond the Box Score, baseballmusings.com, The Captain's Blog, BBTF's Baseball Primer … and ESPN
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Mets sign Taylor Buchholz and Chris Capuano — According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Taylor Buchholz will earn a $600,000 base salary, and Chris Capuano will earn a $1.5 million base salary with the opportunity to earn more with incentives. — Rubin also says the signing of both Capuano …
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ESPN, Mack's Mets, OnTheBlack.com and Yahoo! Sports
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets ink Capuano, Buchholz, assign Ryota
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Amazin' Avenue, Faith and Fear in Flushing and Mets Merized Online
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Source: Rays among several teams interested in Manny Delcarmen — According to a baseball source, the Tampa Bay Rays are one of “several teams” to express interest in former Red Sox reliever Manny Delcarmen, who became a free agent in December when the Colorado Rockies elected not to tender the right-hander a contract.
Discussion:
Fenway West and MLB Rumors
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Dirk Hayhurst:
Bye-bye Blue Jays. — I've actually known about this for a while, but I've been dragging my feet on just what to say about it. I've decided you need to know since you'll find out eventually and I'd rather it come from me than some other blog which will probably highlight my small career sample …
Discussion:
HardballTalk, Batter's Box Interactive …, baseballmusings.com and Bluebird Banter
Baltimore Sun:
Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon surrenders, says he did not intend to kill — Reliever claims shooting in Dominican Republic was accidental; prosecutor leans toward involuntary manslaughter charge; former Oriole Miguel Tejada to provide attorneys' fees — Orioles reliever Alfredo Simon …
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baseballmusings.com
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Mike Fast / Baseball Prospectus:
BP Unfiltered — Phillies Pitcher Release Points — In November, we published an article about using PITCHf/x data to track pitcher fastball release points over time. The article included several examples of pitchers who had interesting changes in their release points or were especially consistent …
Discussion:
THE BOOK
Tom Mahon / Philly.com:
Dykstra bounces check to porn star / escort — LENNY DYKSTRA IS back in the news, and once again it has nothing to do with baseball. — The former Phillies outfielder has been accused of giving a porn star/escort a $1,000 check that bounced, according to a report.
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The 2010 Seattle Seahawks: Worst. Playoff. Team. Ever? — By defeating the St. Louis Rams Sunday night, the Seattle Seahawks qualified for the N.F.L. playoffs in spite of having lost nine games and won only seven. — They are not, technically speaking, the first N.F.L. team …
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