Ballbug: Dodgers and Ace Kershaw Reach Two-Year Deal (Frank Pingue/Reuters)

Frank Pingue / Reuters:

Dodgers and Ace Kershaw Reach Two-Year Deal — (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers have avoided arbitration with National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw by agreeing to a two-year, $19 million contract with the pitcher, the team said on Tuesday.

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Kershaw, Dodgers agree on two-year deal — Avert arbitration hearing with NL Cy Young Award winner — LOS ANGELES — Before handing over the Dodgers in a court-supervised sale by April 30, owner Frank McCourt on Tuesday handed over a two-year, $19 million contract to National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw.

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Tony Jackson / ESPN:

Kershaw agrees to two-year deal with Dodgers — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander and reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw agreed to terms on a $19 million, two-year contract Tuesday, avoiding an arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for Feb. 14.

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Bloomberg:

Beane to Be Athletics' G.M. Through 2019, Wolff Says — General Manager Billy Beane and President Michael Crowley will remain with the Oakland Athletics through the 2019 season, club owner Lew Wolff said today in an interview with Bloomberg Television's “Bloomberg West.”

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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:

Gordon, Royals appear close on one-year deal — The Royals appear close to an agreement with left fielder Alex Gordon on a one-year contract that would eliminate the need for a Feb. 16 arbitration hearing in Tampa, Fla. — Gordon, who turns 28 on Friday, filed an arbitration request for $5.45 million …

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Scott / Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum:

BALL HALL TO ENSRINE STAUB, MELVIN, CORMIER AND TEAM CANADA — “La Grand Orange” was the original face of the Montreal Expos — St. Marys - The original face of the Montreal Expos, the current mastermind of the uprising Milwaukee Brewers, the legendary lefthander from Moncton, New Brunswick …

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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:

Teen's research brings Negro Leagues to life — Boston-area 17-year-old becomes valued friend to former players — The first check arrived in the mailbox at Paul Jones' Hamilton, Ohio, address in June of 2010. — There it was, in permanent ink: “$833.33.” — Proof, finally, of a Negro League past of which few were aware.

MLB.com:

Dodgers announce 2012 Spring Training broadcast schedule — Regular season on-air talent will call all spring broadcasts — The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced their 2012 Spring Training broadcast schedule. Eighteen of the Dodgers' spring games will be televised in high definition …

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Associated Press:

Lawsuit: George Brett made false claims — IOWA CITY, Iowa — Lawyers are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit that claims Hall of Fame slugger George Brett has been falsely advertising necklaces and bracelets as being able to help improve health and sports performance.

Aaron Gleeman / Baseball Prospectus:

Lose-Lose Situation: Revisiting the Johan Santana Trade — Believe it or not, most of our writers didn't enter the world sporting an @baseballprospectus.com address; with a few exceptions, they started out somewhere else. In an effort to up your reading pleasure while tipping our caps …

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ESPN.com:

Source: Yoenis Cespedes granted visa — Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes has been granted a visitor's visa to travel from the Dominican Republic to the United States and is likely to meet with the Miami Marlins on Wednesday, a source told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark.

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Jfay / Cincinnati Reds:

Thoughts on Roy O. — Update at 1:23: I just talked to Walt Jocketty. He insists that the Reds have had no recent talks to with Oswalt. — ""It's all rumors," he said. “ I'm sick and tired of it. We've had no serious talks. We've had no contact with the player.

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