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Votto agrees to three-year deal — This just in — the Reds and Joey Votto have agreed to terms Sunday on a three-year, $38 million contract with 1B Joey Votto, baseball sources told MLB.com. This is pending a physical, which is scheduled for Monday. — This would cover all three …
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Sources: Joey Votto gets $38M deal — The Cincinnati Reds have agreed to a three-year, $38 million deal with first baseman Joey Votto, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Sunday. — The deal is pending a physical, which is scheduled for Monday, the sources said.
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds reward MVP Votto with three-year deal — CINCINNATI — The Reds on Sunday agreed to terms on a three-year, $38 million contract with first baseman and National League Most Valuable Player Joey Votto, baseball sources told MLB.com. — The contract, which would avoid arbitration …
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
AP Source: A's, Fuentes agree on 2-year deal — OAKLAND, Calif.—The Oakland Athletics have made another move to boost their bullpen, agreeing to terms with free-agent lefty reliever Brian Fuentes on a two-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday night.
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Jane Lee / MLB.com:
Oakland close to finalizing deal with Fuentes — OAKLAND — Just two days after coming to terms with right-hander Grant Balfour, the A's showed no signs of slowing down in their offseason attempts to solidify bullpen depth. — Several reports indicated Sunday that Oakland is close …
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Madden: Yanks could be Sori about new reliever — As a mostly unremarkable baseball winter (at least in New York) winds down to the one-dimensional DH market, last week was a transient one for premier closers with Trevor Hoffman, the all-time saves leader, moving out, and Rafael Soriano …
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Yanks suddenly AL East favorites again
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Under fire from fans, Rickettses rosy about Hendry, Ryno, more — The second year for the Ricketts family at the Cubs Convention wasn't any easier, with fans wanting answers about the team's fifth-place finish in 2010 and the 97-year-old ballpark. One fan brought the two most loaded questions of an hourlong session Saturday:
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Zachary Levine / Houston Chronicle:
Astros' first-round pick arrested in Georgia — DeShields Jr. released on $2,500 bail for the three misdemeanors — Astros first-round draft pick Delino DeShields Jr. was arrested in Athens-Clarke County, Ga., and charged with DUI, underage possession of alcohol and a traffic violation early Sunday morning.
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Pujols tight-lipped on contract talks … ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols repeatedly has said he wants to spend his entire career with the St. Louis Cardinals. The odds of that happening are anyone's guess at this point. — Pujols declined Sunday to provide any kind of update on negotiations …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals set to sign infielder Ramon Vazquez
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Franklin says he wants to pitch beyond 2011 — ST. LOUIS — Cardinals closer Ryan Franklin does not see 2011 like he once did — as a farewell tour before ending his career at the end of his current contract. — He sees no reason to walk away that soon. — “I've done a lot of that …
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