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4:15 PM ET, January 27, 2011

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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
No new Rocks' talk on Rangers' Young  —  With Texas' acquisition of DH-1B candidate Mike Napoli this week, the Rockies have been reconnected to trade rumors involving Rangers' all-star infielder Michael Young.  Colorado, however, has not talked with Texas since the Rangers reached out during the winter meetings.
Discussion: HardballTalk and Texas Rangers
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Evan Drellich / MLB.com:
Beimel narrows decision down to three teams  —  Veteran lefty reliever considering Red Sox, O's and NL club  —  BOSTON — Free-agent lefty reliever Joe Beimel has pared down his choices to the Red Sox, Orioles and a National League team, and could sign as soon as Thursday.
Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rockies sign Amezaga, Moeller to Minors deals
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies sign utilityman Alfredo Amezaga to minor-league deal
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Fox Sports:
Guerrero's best bet could be Orioles  —  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.  —  Vladimir Guerrero could be an Oriole soon, if only because he has no choice.  —  Try to find another suitor.
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Angels Should Sign Vladimir Guerrero  —  If we ran a poll on what team has had the worst off-season to date, I'm certain that the Angels would win in a landslide.  From losing out on Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre - including watching him go to the division rival they're trying to chase down …
Discussion: Angels blog and THE BOOK
Jeff Zrebiec / Orioles Insider:
O's have had recent conversations with Guerrero; sides not close to deal
Discussion: HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
Keith Law / ESPN:
Ranking the top prospects (Nos. 1-25)  —  Trout, Harper lead the way in ESPN's 4th annual rankings of top prospects  —  Welcome to the fourth annual edition of my rankings of the top 100 prospects in baseball.  With a slew of impressive debuts from top prospects in 2010 …
Bob Klapisch / Boston Herald:
Yankees' Brian Cashman is unplugged, but why  —  So what gives with Brian Cashman, the suddenly unfiltered, say-anything GM who must've gone crazy the other day, openly speculating about Derek Jeter's future in centerfield.  Either that, or Cashman, in the final year of his contract …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
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John Harper / NY Daily News:   Brian Cashman explains himself to Derek Jeter's agent Casey Close …
Dave Allen / FanGraphs Baseball:
Chamberlain's Stuff as a Starter
Brian Costello / New York Post:
Yankees GM hints at move to center, not third, for Jeter
Discussion: TYU
TMZ.com:
MLB Star Adam Kennedy — Busted for DUI  —  Seattle Mariners 2nd baseman Adam Kennedy was busted for DUI in Orange County last night .... TMZ has learned.  —  Kennedy — who was a key member of the 2002 World Series winning Anaheim Angels — was driving on the freeway near Newport Beach around 9 PM …
Julieparise / CBS New York:
Ex-Mets Star Valentine At Work In I-95 Traffic Mess  —  STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS 2) — Several stranded trucks turned Interstate 95 into a virtual parking lot in parts of Connecticut Thursday morning.  As CBS 2's Wendy Gillette stood in the thick of it, she ran into former Mets player and manager, Bobby Valentine.
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tampa Bay Rays switching to AstroTurf at Tropicana Field  —  Work is underway to replace the FieldTurf playing surface at Tropicana Field with AstroTurf's GameDay Grass 3D60H product.  —  According to company officials, the new turf will look and play better, and more like natural grass, than any other synthetic surface available.
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Justin Maxwell designated for assignment  —  The Nationals today designated Justin Maxwell for assignment, potentially cutting ties with an Olney native and Maryland alum who could never harness his vast potential.  The Nationals designated Maxwell in order to make room for reliever Todd Coffey …
Discussion: William World News
Aaron Fitt / Baseball America:
2011 Preseason College Top 25  —  About Our Grades  —  We love the 20-80 scouting scale at Baseball America; we use it to assess everything from prospects to our favorite local barbecue restaurants (the Backyard BBQ Pit consistently scores highest).  So we figured it would be fun and instructive …
Discussion: SOX & Dawgs
Kathy Lynn Gray / Boston Herald:
Ruling: Money manager cheated Mo Vaughn  —  An Ohio arbitrator has awarded former major-league baseball player Mo Vaughn $3.5 million in a dispute with his former money manager.  —  The arbitrator ruled that RKM Business Services, owned and operated by Ra Shonda Kay Marshall …
Discussion: Halos Heaven
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Pitcher Spurns $12 Million, to Keep Self-Respect  —  The guaranteed contract is a fundamental principle of Major League Baseball, as much a part of the game as balls, strikes and outs.  No matter how a player performs, or how his body holds up, he must be paid in full.
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Rob Neyer / ESPN:
Will Royals' many phenoms bring me back?
 
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