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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Torre resigns to explore bid to buy Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers manager Joe Torre has resigned his position as executive vice president for baseball operations of Major League Baseball to pursue a purchase of the club, MLB announced on Wednesday.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Torre resigns, to explore bid to buy Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — Former manager Joe Torre resigned his position as an executive with Major League Baseball on Wednesday to pursue a purchase of the Dodgers. — With Torre's departure, the baseball operations functions of the Commissioner's Office …
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Bill Shaikin / Dodgers Blog:
Dodgers bid deadline delayed to Jan. 23 — The Dodgers have extended the deadline by which prospective buyers must submit their opening bids for the team. — Bids now are due Jan. 23. The deadline was delayed 10 days to accommodate the “substantial interest of potential bidders,” Dodgers spokesman Robert Siegfried said.
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Dejan Kovacevic / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Pirates, starter Maholm talk; return is unlikely — The Pirates and free-agent pitcher Paul Maholm have had discussions, but a team source confirmed Tuesday that his return to Pittsburgh is highly unlikely. — Management continues to seek to add to its rotation, but any additions probably …
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Pirates ink Reyes to Minor League deal — Hurler spent time with Blue Jays and Orioles in 2011 — PITTSBURGH — Lefty Jo-Jo Reyes has agreed to a Minor League deal with the Pirates, a source confirmed to MLB.com. Terms of the deal were not immediately known, though Reyes is expected …
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Fox Sports:
Sources: Ramirez prefers to stay at SS — All is still not settled between Hanley Ramirez and the Miami Marlins — Ramirez seemed to indicate that he was willing to move from shortstop to third base in an interview with the Associated Press last Friday in the Dominican Republic.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Marlins To Sign Greg Dobbs
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Lynn Henning / detroitnews.com:
Tigers' Dombrowski: Jacob Turner not on trading block — Jacob Turner, it appears, is not for sale. — Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers president and general manager, said during an energized Wednesday phone conversation that the Tigers have no plans, nor desire, to trade their 20-year-old …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
LaRoche uncertain about future in Washington — Fielder rumors raise possibility veteran might not return to Nats — WASHINGTON — The rumor mill is heating up, and first baseman Adam LaRoche has heard the reports of the Nationals being in the running for free agent Prince Fielder.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats meet with Boras, in running to sign Prince
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Zachary Levine / Ultimate Astros:
Astros go data-heavy with addition of director of decision sciences — The Astros boosted their commitment to a data-driven existence under new general manager Jeff Luhnow and CEO George Postolos with the hiring of Sig Mejdal as the club's director of decision sciences. — In plain English?
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Phil Mackey / 1500 ESPN SportsWire:
SportsWire Twins Mackey: Twins narrowing down search for free-agent bullpen options — With the team payroll sitting right around $97 million, the Minnesota Twins still have some breathing room underneath their self-imposed $100 million comfort zone. — The team hopes to use that remaining money …
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
On Baseball: Yankees Saving Now to Make Free-Agent Splash Later — The most telling moment of the Yankees' off-season was when they simply said no to C. J. Wilson. Here was the No. 1 starter for the Texas Rangers, the two-time defending American League champions.
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Giants:
Aubrey Huff tells me his body is “ripped” and that Pilates will be a key to his 2012 revival — I just got off the phone with Aubrey Huff, the first newspaper interview he has given since his awful 2011 season ended and the Giants called him out for poor conditioning.
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Cordero could find himself back with Reds — Righty may be team's best fit in shrinking market for closers — CINCINNATI — Hey, what happened to all of those available closers? — What was once a lengthy list has essentially dwindled down to two free agents in Ryan Madson and Francisco Cordero.
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