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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Scherzer part of Rizzo's grand plan, or Lerner's all-in play for 2015? — FOX Sports — Knowing whether it was Nats GM Mike Rizzo (left) or owner Ted Lerner who ultimately made the call on acquiring Max Scherzer could be the biggest barometer for the club's true intentions for the roster this season.
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Baseball Notes: Scherzer contract makes history — Max Scherzer will become the highest-paid righthanded pitcher in major-league history after agreeing to a $210 million, seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals that includes a record $50 million signing bonus.
Washington Post:
Nationals complete deal with free agent pitcher Max Scherzer — The Washington Nationals radically altered the baseball landscape Sunday night, ending a winter of relative inactivity by agreeing to a seven-year contract with free agent pitcher Max Scherzer, according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks.
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Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Signing Max Scherzer makes Washington Nationals better — right now and beyond — When a baseball team signs one of the best pitchers in baseball to a long-term free agent contract, then it just got significantly better. There's risk. It might have overpaid. In a few years, today's jewel could be tomorrow's fool's gold.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
(USATSI) — Top right-handed starter Max Scherzer and the Nationals …
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Jeff Sullivan / FanGraphs Baseball:
Nationals Build Potential Super-Team, Add Max Scherzer
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Fox Sports:
BREWERS COMMITTED TO JIMMY NELSON, SO SCRATCH JORDAN ZIMMERMANN — JP Morosi — Since I previously made the case here for the Milwaukee Brewers to trade for Jordan Zimmermann, I should share with you something Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said on the subject Monday.
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JP Morosi — Despair not, Wisconsin sports fans. Your favorite team remains involved in a competition certain to grip the nation's attention over the next two weeks. — Which team will trade for Jordan Zimmermann? — See? Sunday's fourth-quarter collapse in Seattle actually was for the best.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs acquire Dexter Fowler from Astros — The Chicago Cubs intensified their push toward 2015 playoff status by acquiring switch-hitting leadoff center fielder Dexter Fowler from the Houston Astros in exchange for infielder Luis Valbuena and pitcher Dan Straily.
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cubs Acquire Dexter Fowler For Valbuena, Straily — The Astros and Cubs have officially announced that the Astros have traded outfielder Dexter Fowler to Chicago for infielder Luis Valbuena and righty Dan Straily. It's a win-now move for both teams, with the Cubs trading from depth to upgrade …
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs acquire Fowler from Astros for Valbuena, Straily
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Jeff Burnside / KOMO News:
Seahawks fan rejects $20K, will give famed football back to Kearse — SEATTLE — It is the pass that put the Seattle Seahawks into the Super Bowl — again. In overtime, Russell Wilson threw it to Jermaine Kearse, who threw it to... Scott Shelton? — The fan sitting in end zone seats caught …
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William Boor / MLB.com:
Righty appeared in 20 games for Angels in '14 — 9/21/14: Yoslan Herrera induces a grounder from Adam Rosales, starting the inning-ending double play and escaping a bases-loaded jam — The Angels have released Yoslan Herrera in order for the right-hander to play for Yokohama …
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Associated Press:
Inventor of TV instant replay dies — PALM DESERT, Calif. — Tony Verna, a television director and producer who invented instant replay for live sports 51 years ago, has died. He was 81. — Verna died Sunday at his Palm Desert home after battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia, daughter Tracy Soiseth said.
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Jamie Samuelsen / Detroit Free Press:
Jamie: Cabrera needs patience, discipline with ankle injury — Jamie Samuelsen, co-host of the “Jamie and Wojo” show at 6 p.m. weekdays on WXYT-FM (97.1), blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.
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Edward Creech / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Yovani Gallardo — The Rangers have acquired right-hander Yovani Gallardo from the Brewers. Going in return are a group of young players: infielder Luis Sardinas and righties Corey Knebel and Marcos Diplan. Milwaukee will pick up $4MM of Gallardo's salary …
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Rangers close to landing Gallardo
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