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New York Post:
Sabathia agrees to $122M deal with Yankees — It was getting close. But CC Sabathia and the Yankees were able to get his new contract done last night to avoid the ace opting out of his previous deal. — Sabathia tweeted the announcement of his new contract at 7:23 p.m. …
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HardballTalk, Sliding Into Home and Bombers Beat
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CBS New York:
CC Sabathia Willing To Lose Weight, Says Deal With Yankees Not About Money — NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — For CC Sabathia, there's no better place to pitch than Yankee Stadium. — He'll do whatever it takes to stay on the mound as the Bombers' ace — even if it means trimming down.
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HardballTalk
ESPN:
Source: Yanks, CC reach five-year, $122M deal
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Plain Dealer and It's About The Money
D.J. Short / HardballTalk:
Yankees, CC Sabathia agree to contract extension
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Pinstripe Alley, River Avenue Blues, MLB Daily Dish, New Jersey Online, Baseball Nation, MLB Rumors and Boston Globe
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Grady Sizemore may be right fit — Oft-injured free agent could replace Drew — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — The Red Sox [team stats] are looking for a right fielder to replace J.D. Drew [stats]. — Yesterday, Grady Sizemore became an intriguing option that the Sox …
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Over the Monster, MLB Rumors and HardballTalk
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Scott Lauber / Clubhouse Insider:
Pete Mackanin: 'Who wouldn't want to manage the Boston Red Sox?' — Pete Mackanin was drafted by the Washington Senators in 1969. Since then, he has worked in baseball as a player, a minor-league manager, a coach, an interim manager and a scout. He has rubbed elbows with such notable managers …
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Boston Globe, Over the Monster and HardballTalk
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Compensation deadline today
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HardballTalk and The Soxaholix
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Mackanin makes his case to Sox
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HardballTalk, baseballmusings.com and Boston Globe
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox decline options on Wheeler, Atchison
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Surviving Grady
Marc Carig / New Jersey Online:
Brian Cashman signs three-year deal to remain Yankees GM — NEW YORK - Brian Cashman has agreed to a three-year deal to remain the general manager of the Yankees, the team announced today. Cashman is expected to address reporters later this afternoon. — The news comes one day after the …
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Yahoo! Sports
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Cashman, Yankees finalize new 3-year contract … NEW YORK — The New York Yankees and general manager Brian Cashman have agreed upon a new three-year contract, the club announced on Tuesday. — The move has been little more than a formality because both the team's leadership and Cashman …
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Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank blog:
Defensive hit: Infield coach Perry Hill will not return to Marlins in 2012 — After making defensive strides in 2011, the Marlins will need a new infield coach in 2012. — Perry Hill won't be back because of chronic problems with his left knee. — Brandon Hyde, the Marlins' bench coach in 2011, also won't return.
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HardballTalk
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
2012 Top 50 Free Agents With Predictions — The sixth annual MLB Trade Rumors Top 50 Free Agents list is here! The entire list of available free agents can be found here, and you can filter by position and signing team with our free agent tracker here. — This year, I'm excited to introduce …
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River Avenue Blues, Full Count, El Lefty Malo, Bluebird Banter and Red Reporter
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Albert Pujols / Sports Illustrated:
The fate of Pujols, replacement for La Russa top offseason questions
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Baseball Time in Arlington and MLB Rumors
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Jays Exercise Encarnacion's Option, Decline Rauch's
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Full Count
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
GM Sandy Alderson says Mets plan to make low contract offer to free agent SS Jose Reyes — Alderson expects negotiations with star shortstop to move slowly — Mets don't expect contract talks with Jose Reyes to move as fast as the free agent does on the bases. Reyes may be pointing to the door when he sees Mets' first offer.
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Pictures of New Wall and Dimensions at Citi Field
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Fantasy Baseball 365 and Tedquarters
Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Mets Make It Official: Citi Field to Shrink
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Amazin' Avenue, Deadspin, Faith and Fear in Flushing, BBTF's Baseball Primer … and baseballmusings.com
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Frank McCourt appears close to agreeing he'll sell Dodgers — People with knowledge of negotiations say a settlement may be near. An eventual sale would probably include Dodger Stadium and could command a price of $1 billion. — Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig.
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Dodgers Blog, Mike Scioscia's tragic illness, SI Tracking Blog, Baseball Nation, HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Source: Carlos Beltran switches agents — Veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran has left Scott Boras' agency and is now represented by Dan Lozano, a baseball source told ESPN.com. — Beltran, 34, is a .283 hitter with 302 home runs in 14 big league seasons. He is expected to be one of the …
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MLB Rumors and Full Count
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yanks decline righty Brackman's option — Club's first-round pick from 2007 Draft becomes a free agent — NEW YORK — The Yankees have declined their 2012 option on right-hander Andrew Brackman, making the former first-round Draft pick a free agent. — Yankees general manager Brian …
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MLB Daily Dish
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Padres Sign Franmil Reyes For $700,000 — The Padres signed Dominican outfielder Franmil Reyes for $700,000, the Dominican Prospect League announced today. — Reyes, 16, is a 6-foot-4, 190-pound corner outfielder from Palenque who stood out for his size and raw power.
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MLB Rumors
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Official Elias Rankings — MLBTR has obtained the official Elias rankings for this offseason. The list below includes all unsigned ranked free agents. — Once the regular season ended, the Elias Sports Bureau took all players over the 2010-11 period, divided them into five groups for each league …
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Tony La Russa / Associated Press:
Granderson slam leads MLB stars to Taiwan win — XINZHUANG, Taiwan (AP)—Curtis Granderson(notes) hit a grand slam to lead a team of major league stars to a 7-0 win over Taiwan's national team on Tuesday night. — The Yankees slugger went deep off Yao-Hsun Yang in the third inning …
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Tony La Russa ends his career on top — Longtime manager won three World Series titles and is third all-time in wins (2,728) — In life, it very rarely works this way. In sports, it almost never does. — Ride on a parade float, showered in confetti, one day. Stroll off into the setting sun the next day.
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Viva El Birdos, ESPN and MLB
Joe Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Rays pick up option on RHP James Shields — As expected, the Rays have picked up the $7.5 million option for RHP James Shields for next season, according to agent Page Odle. — Shields, 29, is coming off a spectacular bounce-back season in which he racked up a major-league high 11 complete games …
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