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Richard Walker / The Gaston Gazette:
Millwood to sign with Seattle Mariners — GASTONIA - Bessemer City's Kevin Millwood apparently will become a county record-holder with a 16th major league season this spring. — According to a weekend Facebook posting by his sister Erika, Millwood has agreed to a contract with the Seattle Mariners.
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Lookout Landing
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Dave / U.S.S. Mariner:
Mariners Sign Kevin Millwood — The Mariners have been rumored to have interest in Kevin Millwood for a month or so now, and today, news has come out that he has agreed to terms with the team on a minor league contract with an invite to spring training. It's not at all uncommon for teams …
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HardballTalk and Full Count
Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Mariners To Sign Kevin Millwood — The Mariners have agreed to sign Kevin Millwood, according to a report by Richard Walker of Millwood's hometown newspaper, the Gaston Gazette. Walker credits Millwood's sister for breaking the news on her Facebook page over the weekend.
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Rotoworld.com, Baseball Nation and SI Tracking Blog
Murray Chass / Murray Chass On Baseball:
COUNTING SELIG'S ERRANT WAYS — How did Commissioner Bud Selig allow the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs to create the baseball farce of the year, and the year hadn't even started? Let me count the ways. — The commissioner allowed the Cubs' pursuit of Theo Epstein …
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The Soxaholix, baseballmusings.com and HardballTalk
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Mark Townsend / Yahoo! Sports:
Rockies acquire Marco Scutaro, Red Sox free up money to add a free agent pitcher
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Friar Forecast and Surviving Grady
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Marco Scutaro traded to Rockies
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Baseball Prospectus, River Avenue Blues, MLB Rumors and Yahoo! Sports
Jason Tuohey / Boston Globe:
Reports: Red Sox, Rockies reach deal for Scutaro
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joy of sox
Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Rockies, Red Sox Close To Completing Scutaro Deal
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Fire Brand of the …, BoSox Injection, Seedlings to Stars, Over the Monster, Boston Globe and Yahoo! Sports
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Deal revived, Rockies acquire 2B Marco Scutaro from Red Sox
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MLB Rumors, Deadspin and Mike Silva's …
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers sale: Who's who in the bidding process — With opening bids due Monday, here is a look at the 15 individuals, groups or corporate entities publicly identified as prospective buyers. — Joe Torre is looking to go from the Dodgers' dugout to the owners' suite with the banker Warren Buffet trusts most.
Dan Martin / New York Post:
Sabathia says new Yankees help title chase — TAMPA, Fla. — Michael Pineda has pitched one season in the majors and Hiroki Kuroda never has been out of the NL West, but CC Sabathia said he is convinced the pair make the Yankees the favorites in the AL East again.
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Bleeding Yankee Blue
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Baseball Insider:
SF offers Tim $100M-plus but more able on Cain — The Giants are talking to franchise pitchers Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain about multiyear deals, but while there are early indications they'll have a decent or better chance to lock up Cain into his free-agent years, the team seems to be focusing …
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Call to the Pen, MLB Daily Dish, MLB Rumors, Baseball Nation and McCovey Chronicles
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Prospect Watch: Top 10 second basemen — MLB.com's Top 50 Prospects list has been expanded to 100. The 2012 version will be unveiled Wednesday on MLB.com, as well as on a one-hour show on MLB Network, airing at 10 p.m. ET. Leading up to that, MLB.com takes a look at baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.
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MetsBlog.com
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Red Sox could get help from unexpected sources — Ben Cherington and Bobby Valentine were pretty convincing at Thursday's Baseball Writers Dinner when talking about their happiness with the Red Sox roster. Are we suckers for buying this? — Not at all.
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MLB Daily Dish, DRaysBay, Viva El Birdos, HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
Jeff Bradley / New Jersey Online:
Yankees hope to find A.J. Burnett a new home — When we last saw A.J. Burnett, he was at the podium at Comerica Park in Detroit, basking in the glow of a performance in the American League Division Series that was as shocking as it was solid. Seriously, who even thought Burnett would get the ball …
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Sliding Into Home and Yankees Fans Unite
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Braun delivers speech at BBWAA dinner — NL MVP meets media for first time since news of positive test — NEW YORK — Ryan Braun broke his silence on Saturday, issuing his first public remarks since the revelation that the National League Most Valuable Player Award winner faces …
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HardballTalk and Eye on Baseball
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Wallace Matthews / MLB:
Braun accepts MVP, talks respect for baseball
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JSOnline and Yahoo! Sports
Dwishinsky / Athletics Nation:
Defense Independent Perfect Games — I love defense-independent pitching staffs. I love them because a poorly positioned outfielder lets a hit drop him and then the pitcher gets blamed. I love them because a third basemen cant react fast enough when playing in on the line and a ball gets by him into left field.
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THE BOOK
Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Mike Piazza wants to go into HOF as a Met — Last night, Mike Piazza was in attendance at the Knicks 119-114 loss to the Nuggets at Madison Square Garden, and appeared on Celebrity Row with Jill Martin during halftime. — When asked what hat he wants to wear if elected to the Hall of Fame, he responded:
