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Fox Sports:
Marlins ready to make major noise — The meetings with Buehrle and Reyes will take place in South Florida, one source said. The meeting with Cespedes, which will include Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, will take place in the Dominican Republic. — The Marlins' No. 1 priority is upgrading their rotation.
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Clark Spencer / Fish Bytes:
Marlins Talking to Jose Reyes — The Marlins are so enamored with All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes that they were in contact with the player at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the moment the free agent signing period could begin. A contingent of high-ranking front office executives for the Marlins …
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Miami Marlins among suitors lining up for NY Mets' Jose Reyes — Mets on sidelines as teams race to Jose Reyes — Jose Reyes will run out the process of free agency with Maimi Marlins looking into shortstop. — The Mets planned to allow Jose Reyes to collect offers from other suitors …
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MetsBlog.com, Amazin' Avenue and New Jersey Online
Sports Illustrated:
Cubs, Red Sox have similar lists as they hunt for a new manager
Cubs, Red Sox have similar lists as they hunt for a new manager
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Baseball Nation, JSOnline and Fox Sports
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Fielder, Pujols On Marlins' Radar
Fielder, Pujols On Marlins' Radar
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Riptide 2.0, Baseball Nation and JSOnline
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Marlins talked to Reyes, also seek Pujols, Fielder
Marlins talked to Reyes, also seek Pujols, Fielder
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Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
Giants news and notes on Melky Cabrera's new role, Pablo Sandoval's winter plans and how today's trade sets up the rest of the offseason — Just finished the conference call with Brian Sabean, Bruce Bochy and Melky Cabrera. Here are the main news points, including some offseason news on Pablo Sandoval.
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals get Sanchez from Giants for Cabrera
Royals get Sanchez from Giants for Cabrera
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Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Cespedes' suitors said to include Yanks, Phillies
Cespedes' suitors said to include Yanks, Phillies
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The LoHud Yankees Blog, MetsBlog.com, Bucs Dugout, Yankees Fans Unite, MLB Rumors and River Avenue Blues
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Maddux withdraws from Sox's manager search — BOSTON — One day before he was scheduled to interview at Fenway Park, Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux withdrew his name from consideration for the managerial position of the Boston Red Sox. — Maddux cited family reasons for his decision, putting out a statement through the Rangers.
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T.R. Sullivan / Postcards From Elysian Fields:
Maddux withdraws from Boston; Cubs still in play
Maddux withdraws from Boston; Cubs still in play
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WEEI, MLB Daily Dish, Full Count, HardballTalk, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Baseball Nation and Yahoo! Sports
Fox Sports:
Notebook: Oswalt looking good; Pap, too — The Nationals plan a major push for free-agent right-hander Roy Oswalt, viewing him as the perfect veteran complement to Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, John Lannan and Chien-Ming Wang, major-league sources said.
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HardballTalk
Bill Shaikin / Dodgers Blog:
McCourt might still try selling Dodgers' TV rights — Frank McCourt soon could ask the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to let him sell the Dodgers' television rights along with the team, a strategy that could violate his sale agreement with Major League Baseball and revive his dormant litigation with Fox Sports.
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Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk:
Twins fire general manager Bill Smith, name former GM Terry Ryan as interim replacement — Minnesota gave zero indication that general manager Bill Smith's job was in jeopardy despite a 99-loss season, with ownership publicly issuing a vote of confidence last month, but today the Twins fired Smith …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards hope to have manager by next week — Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said he remains “hopeful” the club will have a new manager hired before the start of next week's general manager meetings but added he didn't want to artificially hasten the process.
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Prospect Gose working on consistency at plate — Centre fielder aiming to live up to expectation of ideal leadoff man — Prized center-field prospect Anthony Gose, fresh off taking part in the Arizona Fall League's esteemed Rising Stars Game, has long been coveted by the Blue Jays.
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Baseball America and Batter's Box Interactive …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Phillies Making Strong Push For Ryan Madson — 9:26pm: The Phillies have also had talks with Jonathan Papelbon and seem determined to sign him or Madson, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). — 8:18pm: Talks are “advancing, but not complete,” a source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick (Twitter links).
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Red Sox Monster and HardballTalk
Globe and Mail:
Obama congratulates Cardinals on World Series win — President Barack Obama says the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals kept him up late during an extra-inning thriller that helped lead the team to victory. — Obama called manager Tony LaRussa Monday and congratulated him on his team's championship season.
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