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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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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, HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Compensation deadline today
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, HardballTalk and The Soxaholix
Scott Lauber / Clubhouse Insider:
Pete Mackanin: 'Who wouldn't want to manage the Boston Red Sox?'
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Boston Globe, Over the Monster and HardballTalk
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Mackanin makes his case to Sox
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HardballTalk and baseballmusings.com
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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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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Dan Steinberg / Washington Post:
Rob Dibble: Time with Nats was worst two years of his life — Hey, you know who hasn't said anything outlandish about the Nats lately? Rob Dibble, that's who! — During his new Fox Sports Radio show on Monday night, he rectified that. After first suggesting that Jim Riggleman …
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HardballTalk and SI Tracking Blog
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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Al's Ramblings, 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
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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Extra Baggs, baseballmusings.com, MLB Rumors and Full Count
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Projected Arbitration Salaries — As explained in these three posts, Matt Swartz has developed a very accurate model for MLBTR to project arbitration salaries. By my count there are 196 remaining arbitration eligible players. Click here to download an Excel spreadsheet with our projected salaries, or click below to see everything.
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MetsBlog.com and DRaysBay
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
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
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 …
