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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
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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Dan Patrick: Braun ‘may be innocent’ — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Citing information from “somebody involved in the process,” sports commentator Dan Patrick said on his radio show Monday morning that “Ryan Braun may be an innocent man” and “may be exonerated.”
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baseballmusings.com, Baseball Nation and SI Tracking Blog
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Braun delivers speech at BBWAA dinner
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Wallace Matthews / MLB:
Braun accepts MVP, talks respect for baseball
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Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Prospect Watch: Top 10 outfielders — 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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Pirates Prospects
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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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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Orioles Release Kyle Hudson — The Orioles released Kyle Hudson, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports. Baltimore had designated the outfielder for assignment on January 10th to create 40-man roster space for Wei-Ying Chen. — Hudson, 25, posted a .296/.375/.336 line with 41 stolen bases …
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School of Roch
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.
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, Federal Baseball, DRaysBay, HardballTalk, Avenging Jack Murphy, Viva El Birdos and MLB Rumors
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
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
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:
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Baseball America:
Scouting reports for the Top 10 Prospects (How to subscribe) … One game, one strike, is all that separated the Rangers from winning their first World Series and completing the organization's transformation. — Texas twice squandered a two-run lead to the Cardinals in Game Six of the World Series …
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Lone Star Ball
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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baseballmusings.com, The Soxaholix and HardballTalk
Mark Townsend / Yahoo! Sports:
Rockies acquire Marco Scutaro, Red Sox free up money to add a free agent pitcher — The trade was on. — Then it was off. — Now it's complete. — As Troy Renck of the Denver Post first reported in all three phases of the deal that took a little over 24 hours to complete …
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Friar Forecast and Surviving Grady
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Marco Scutaro traded to Rockies
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