Check out Mini-Ballbug for simple mobiles or Ballbug Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:15 PM ET, December 9, 2011

Ballbug

 Top News: 
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Source: Matt Moore, Rays agree  —  The Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with rookie pitcher Matt Moore on a guaranteed five-year, $14 million contract, according to a baseball source.  —  The deal includes multiple club options and could extend to eight years for a guaranteed $37.5 million …
RELATED:
Fred Goodall / Globe and Mail:
Matt Moore agrees eight-year deal with Rays  —  Two months after becoming the youngest starting pitcher to win a team's opening playoff game, Tampa Bay left-hander Matt Moore has agreed to an eight-year contract that could be worth up to US$39.75 million.  —  The 22-year-old made his major league debut …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
DALLAS  • On his morning flight home from the winter meetings on Thursday, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak surveyed the new landscape of his team and saw an opportunity where most will only see a vacancy.  —  Life without Albert Pujols is not up in the air.
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Viva El Birdos
RELATED:
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Interpreting Scott Boras' Comments On Prince Fielder  —  There's more finesse to Scott Boras' sales pitch than there is to Prince Fielder's swing, but neither man holds back.  In Dallas this week Boras argued that the free agent first baseman can invigorate a fan base and strengthen a lineup …
Discussion: JSOnline and Bats
Los Angeles Times:
Albert Pujols, C.J. Wilson deals enabled by TV revenue  —  The Angels' new deal with Fox Sports, said to be worth at least $3 billion and expected to cover 20 years, serves the team and the network.  Deal has yet to be officially announced.  —  The Angels signed free-agent first baseman Albert Pujols …
RELATED:
Bill Shaikin / Dodgers Blog:
Dodgers can hold early sale of TV rights, judge rules [UPDATED]
Discussion: Baseball Nation and MLB Rumors
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
D'Backs Close To Acquiring Cahill, Breslow  —  5:41pm: Neither Miley nor Borchering is involved in the trade, tweets Piecoro.  —  5:22pm: Arizona may also send left-hander Wade Miley to Oakland along with Parker and Cowgill, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Phillies Sign Bush, Lerud, Purcey To Minors Deals  —  The Phillies have signed Dave Bush, Steven Lerud and David Purcey to minor league contracts, the team announced.  All three players will be invited to Major League spring training camp as non-roster players.
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Brewers turn to Gonzalez for better defense at shortstop  —  Offensive numbers are similar to Betancourt  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  Dallas - Before leaving baseball's winter meetings at the Hilton Anatole Hotel on Thursday afternoon, Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin …
Discussion: FanGraphs Baseball and Full Count
RELATED:
Adam McCalvy / Brew Beat:
Brewers pick Gonzalez over Yuni for shortstop
Discussion: Brew Crew Ball and Yahoo! Sports
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Marlins Designate Clay Hensley For Assignment  —  The Marlins have designated right-hander Clay Hensley for assignment, reports Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com (via Twitter).  Hensley was considered to be a non-tender candidate by MLBTR's Tim Dierkes, given how the righty was going through arbitration …
Globe and Mail:
Tigers reach deal with Octavio Dotel  —  The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Octavio Dotel, with a team option for 2013.  —  Dotel, who has pitched for 12 big league teams already, had a 3.50 ERA in 54 innings and went 5-4 last season for Toronto and St. Louis.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Joey Matschulat / Baseball Time in Arlington:
It's The End Of C.J. Wilson As We Know It, And ... I Don't Feel Fine  —  “I feel like I just want the [Rangers] fans to know that if things were a lot closer, it would have been a more difficult decision to go to Anaheim and I possibly might not have gone.  But there was really no comparison between …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Ballbug at 7:15 PM ET, December 9, 2011.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Ballbug: site main
Ballbug River: reverse chronological Ballbug
Ballbug Mobile: for phones
Ballbug Leaderboard: Ballbug's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Ballbug RSS feed
 
 
 More News: 
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Pujols' agent touched base with Yankees
Discussion: HardballTalk
Matthew Hathaway / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Store gives away jerseys while Metro East man hawks anti-Pujols shirts
Associated Press:
Marlins' Leo Nunez won't face charges
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Miami Marlins
Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Cubs trade Tyler Colvin to Rockies
 Earlier Picks: 
MLB:
Rhiner Cruz top pick in Rule 5 draft
Discussion: The Crawfish Boxes
Andrew Blankstein / Los Angeles Times:
Dodger James Loney arrested after collision on 101 in his Maserati
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Excited Torres believes he can help Mets
Discussion: MetsBlog.com
 

 
From WeSmirch:

Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Justin Baldoni Files $250 Million Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Blake Lively Story: It Relied on Her ‘Self-Serving Narrative’ (EXCLUSIVE)

People:
Angelina Jolie Hopes Brad Pitt Will ‘Stop Attacking Her’ After Divorce as Pitt Source Blasts ‘Distortion of Facts’ (Exclusive)

Hanna Park / CNN:
Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor and influential newsman, dies at 76

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page