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3:50 PM ET, January 26, 2011

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New York Post:
Hank: ‘We just have to (bleeping) win’  —  TAMPA — For Hank's Yanks, with spring training just around the corner, this is the bottom line: Whatever it takes to win championship No. 28.  —  Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees co-chairman, is fired up for the 2011 season — even without Cliff Lee in pinstripes.
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New York Post:
Hank: Yankees ‘just have to (bleeping) win’  —  “I think A.J. [Burnett] is going to come back and have at least the kind of year like he had two years ago.  CC Sabathia is going to be great as usual.  Phil Hughes, we're expecting more big things.  —  “I say we have one of the top four teams in baseball …
NY Daily News:
Harper: Yankees GM is cold, hard Cash  —  It is not as if Brian Cashman said anything outrageous Tuesday, speculating that Derek Jeter might have to move to the outfield before the shortstop reached the end of his new contract.  It's just that the topic had been considered every bit as off-limits …
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Breaking down the Top 50 Prospects list  —  With MLB.com's Top 50 Prospect list now fully revealed, it's time to let the debate start.  That is, after all, why prospect rankings are done in the first place.  —  Was Mike Trout the correct top prospect or should phenom Bryce Harper hold the No. 1 position?
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Trio of Yankees among Top 50 prospects  —  MLB.com tabs catchers Montero, Sanchez, southpaw Banuelos  —  NEW YORK — The Yankees' player development pipeline continues to pump out promising talent, as three Bombers youngsters have earned spots on MLB.com's Top 50 Prospects list for the 2011 season.
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Angels' Trout named MLB.com's top prospect
Discussion: HardballTalk
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Top pick Harper No. 3 on Top 50 Prospects
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Illness forces Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli to retire  —  Rocco Baldelli looked to be a future star, but injuries and a mysterious illness kept him from reaching his potential.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Rocco Baldelli would have reason to spend hours, if not days …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Sign Bartolo Colon  —  Nine years ago, Bartolo Colon was a stud pitcher on his way to a 20-win season.  As talk of relocation continued, the Montreal Expos went all in, shipping prospects Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips and Grady Sizemore to Cleveland for Colon.
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ESPN:
Yankees sign Bartolo Colon
Discussion: BronxBanterBlog.com
Rob Neyer / ESPN:
Will Royals' many phenoms bring me back?  —  This is a good time to be a Royals fan.  —  Well, a patient Royals fan, anyway.  The Royals might lose 100 games this year.  Might lose 105.  Fans who don't believe in crystal balls might not suffer 100 losses gladly.  —  Me, though?  I'm patient.
Discussion: ESPN
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Keith Law / ESPN:
2011 MLB organizational rankings
Discussion: Royals Authority and ESPN
Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Duchscherer at full strength, in body and mind  —  Righty has thrown for five teams; O's are next, Yanks possible  —  BALTIMORE — Free-agent right-hander Justin Duchscherer, considered one of the best starting pitchers still on the market, said on Tuesday evening that physically he feels …
Discussion: Tedquarters and HardballTalk
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Duke on the Os, handling NY & why he won't be a relief option
Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Ackley ranks fifth in MLB.com's top prospects  —  Pineda, Franklin join up-and-coming second baseman on list  —  SEATTLE — When it comes to the future of the Mariners, it's easy to say the prospects are good because, well, their top Minor League prospects are indeed among the best in baseball.
Discussion: Lookout Landing
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Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Mariners beef up 'pen with Minors deal for Ray
Discussion: Lookout Landing and Yahoo! Sports
Larry Stone / Seattle Times:
Zduriencik on Milton Bradley: “We're planning on him coming …
Discussion: HardballTalk and Fanhouse MLB Blog
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Darryl Strawberry believes Mets should have chosen Wally Backman as manager instead of Terry Collins  —  Wally Backman skipped the media availability for Tuesday night's BAT Dinner, but one former teammate on the '86 Mets admitted that he preferred the fiery former second baseman …
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Darryl Strawberry can't see Jeter move
Discussion: NESN.com
Fox Sports:
Young no longer a fit for Rangers  —  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.  —  The Texas Rangers still want to trade Michael Young.  —  That's an opinion, not a fact — or, at least, not a fact I can prove.
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Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk:
Blue Jays trade just-acquired Mike Napoli to the Rangers for Frank Francisco
Sarah Trotto / Arizona Daily Star:
Tucson Padres display their look  —  The Tucson Padres' logo was unveiled on a website, on white T-shirts and on a placard.  It was even scrawled across a white-frosted cake served to attendees of a news conference.  —  The Triple-A baseball organization revealed its new logo and website …
Associated Press:
Reds, Johnny Cueto finalize contract  —  CINCINNATI — Johnny Cueto finalized a $27 million, four-year contract on Wednesday that allows the Cincinnati Reds to avoid arbitration with the right-handed starter and locks up another young player.  —  The deal includes an option for 2015 …
Michael Miller / Riptide 2.0:
Yasiel Balaguer, 18-Year-Old Cuban Baseball Defector, Trying Out for Seattle Mariners  —  According to his agents, 18-year-old Cuban baseball prodigy Yasiel Balaguer will have his second tryout with a Major League Team this week when scouts for the Seattle Mariners watch the right-handed pelotero in action here in Miami.
Discussion: HardballTalk
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Pujols talks meet reality  —  Romantics long ago began sculpting Albert Pujols as the next Stan Musial, a modern-day perfect knight who would forgo the marketplace to commit his entire career to his original franchise.  —  When Pujols made passing reference 12 months ago to an unspecified …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Steve Slowinski / FanGraphs Baseball:
What Is The FanGraphs Library?  —  After Dave Cameron's introduction yesterday, I wanted to take a brief minute to explain the purpose and goal of the Library for those that haven't seen it before.  And before I begin, thanks to everyone for the kind words yesterday about the Library.
Discussion: U.S.S. Mariner
 
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