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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Rangers, Yu Darvish reach deal … ARLINGTON, Texas — Japanese ace Yu Darvish will be pitching in a Texas Rangers uniform in 2012, agreeing to a six-year deal worth approximately $60 million on Wednesday. — Darvish agreed to the deal, which includes a player option for the sixth year, just before Wednesday's 5 p.m. ET deadline.
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Darvish, Texas agree to six-year deal — The Texas Rangers and Japanese pitching star Yu Darvish have agreed on a six-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. — The deal is worth close to $60 million, one major-league source confirmed to FOXSports.com. It does not include deferred money.
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Matt Snyder / Eye on Baseball:
Darvish, Rangers agree to six-year contract — Starting pitcher Yu Darvish has agreed to terms with the Texas Rangers, sources have told CBSSports.com insider Jon Heyman. Heyman has also learned the contract is for six years and $60 million. The Rangers paid a reported $51.7 million simply for the right to negotiate with Darvish.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
It's time for Rangers to make a deal with Yu Darvish
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T.R. Sullivan / Postcards From Elysian Fields:
Darvish not done and not guaranteed
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MLB Daily Dish, HardballTalk and The Big Lead
Ben Cafardo / ESPN MediaZone:
Star-Studded Schedule for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball — ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Taco Bell - the exclusive, national game of the week - will continue to showcase Major League Baseball's top teams and biggest stars throughout 2012. The Sunday Night Baseball schedule …
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs, Red Sox want Bud Selig to set compensation for Theo Epstein — Theo Epstein, with manager Dale Sveum, has been unable to settle compensation with former Red Sox colleague Ben Cherington. The Red Sox have held the upper hand in negotiations. Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies sign 49-year-old Jamie Moyer to minor-league deal — Left-handers aren't measured in years. Carbon dating is more like it. Lefties believe they can throw forever, and in the case of Jamie Moyer, he's going to try. — In a deal first reported by The Denver Post on Monday …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Rockies To Sign Jamie Moyer
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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:
Rox sign Moyer to Minor League deal
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Orlando Cabrera To Retire — Longtime MLB shortstop Orlando Cabrera said on a Colombian radio station that he will retire from baseball, reports ElHeraldo.co. Cabrera spent 15 seasons in the Major Leagues, winning two Gold Gloves and collecting 2,055 hits along the way.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Orlando Cabrera retires — Orlando Cabrera, who helped the Red Sox to the 2004 World Series, told a radio station in his native Columbia that he was retiring. — Cabrera, 37, played for nine teams over 15 seasons, hitting .272 with 123 home runs and two Gold Gloves.
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The Mighty Quinn Media Machine and Old Time Family Baseball
Evan Grant / Rangers Blog:
Rangers remain interested in Prince Fielder, but only in “creative” deal — Having come far enough that they took a meeting with agent Scott Boras last week, the Rangers are still willing to listen on Prince Fielder, too. — But the bulk of the work will have to be done by the agent and Fielder.
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Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Veteran Perez inks Minors deal with Mariners — SEATTLE — Nine-year Major League veteran pitcher Oliver Perez has signed a Minor League deal with the Mariners and will be a non-roster invitee to big league Spring Training, the club announced Wednesday. — Perez, 30, was a 15-game winner …
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Stuff.co.nz:
Kiwi teen signs seven year Major League deal — New Zealand teenager Pita Rona has penned a seven-year deal with Major League Baseball franchise the Baltimore Orioles. — The Aucklander, 17, a former Black Sox softball player, controversially switched codes late last year to focus on baseball …
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