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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.
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Scherzer part of Rizzo's grand plan, or Lerner's all-in play for 2015?
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Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Signing Max Scherzer makes Washington Nationals better — right now and beyond
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Nationals complete deal with free agent pitcher Max Scherzer
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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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Reports: Scherzer, Nats agree on $210M deal
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Max Scherzer in talks with Nationals and others on 7-year deal; deal soon
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Yankees Held Private Workout For Yoan Moncada — Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada can't sign just yet, but he's in the process of conducting private workouts for teams. The Yankees, Baseball America has learned, are one team that has already held a private workout for Moncada.
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Touted Cuban infielder Moncada works out for Yanks — Jesse Sanchez joins MLB Network's Hot Stove to give an update on possible landing spots for Yasmany Tomas and Yoan Moncada — Yoan Moncada, the 19-year-old Cuban sensation, reportedly has had a private workout for the Yankees.
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Yoan Moncada Works Out For Giants
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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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Darren Rovell / ESPN:
Mets cash owed to Strawberry won at auction — The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday auctioned off the money owed to Darryl Strawberry from the New York Mets contract he signed in 1985. — A man, who did not want to be identified, agreed to pay $1.3 million to receive a check from the Mets …
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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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Cubs acquire Fowler from Astros for Valbuena, Straily
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Kang can earn $750,000 annually in bonuses from Pirates — PITTSBURGH (AP) — South Korean infielder Jung Ho Kang can earn $750,000 annually in performance bonuses based on plate appearances as part of his $11 million, four-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Sources: MLB looks to trim inning breaks — Under a new proposal by Major League Baseball, pitchers would be required to finish their warm-up pitches and be ready to make their first pitch of an inning 30 seconds before the end of all between-inning commercial breaks, sources told ESPN.com.
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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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Ann Killion / San Francisco Chronicle:
Curry looks to avoid paying for his mistakes — A mom's got to have nice shoes and a great handbag, right? Especially if she's going to Manhattan to see her son play in the All-Star Game. — Sonya Curry's accessories collection is on the line every time her son takes the floor.
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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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