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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Sources: Rangers are surveying catching market and Lucroy may not be top target — SURPRISE, Ariz. - With less than three weeks to go, the Rangers are surveying the market for a possible catching addition, according to three sources. — And it's not Jonathan Lucroy.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Exploring Catching Market, Showing Interest In Derek Norris — The Rangers are “surveying the market for a possible catching addition,” three sources tell Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. While the Rangers have had interest in Jonathan Lucroy all offseason …
Jared Fogle / TMZ.com:
in Prison Yard Ambush — Jared Fogle got a surprise beatdown in federal prison from an inmate who has major issues with child molesters ... TMZ has learned. — According to docs, Fogle got jumped in the rec yard at Englewood prison in Colorado back on January 29, and it was not much of a fight.
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Matt Adams / Fox 59:
Disgraced Subway spokesman Jared Fogle suffers bloody nose during prison yard beating — JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (March 16, 2016) - Disgraced Subway spokesman Jared Fogle suffered a bloody nose and other injuries after an inmate attacked him in January. — According to TMZ, inmate Steven Nigg …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets place shortstop Ruben Tejada on waivers — JUPITER, Fla. — Ruben Tejada's time with the Mets is likely “nearing an end,” a team source said Tuesday. Confirming reports that the embattled shortstop was placed on waivers, the source said that Tejada would probably be off the roster “in a few days.”
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Adam RubinESPN / ESPN:
Sources: Mets to place IF Ruben Tejada on waivers — JUPITER, Fla. — Ruben Tejada's days with the New York Mets appear numbered. — Tejada has been placed on waivers, paving the way for the Mets to free themselves from paying a large portion of the infielder's salary, multiple baseball officials told ESPN.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Adam LaRoche Likely To Retire — White Sox DH Adam LaRoche says he will “step away from baseball,” Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune reports (Twitter links). He indicated that he would wait a few days before addressing the matter further, out of respect for his teammates' request that he think it over …
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Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
Polar bear ‘contained’ after escaping area at Cincinnati Zoo … CINCINNATI, Ohio — A polar bear has been contained after breaching its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo. — No animals or people were harmed. … The incident happened Wednesday at around 11:30 a.m.
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Travis Sawchik / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Figueroa using analytics, physics for edge in making Pirates' roster — BRADENTON, Fla. — With a former club, during a spring training not long ago, Cole Figueroa stood behind the cage while one of the more prominent players in the organization took batting practice.
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Los Angeles Times:
Angels' Jered Weaver won't get any help from doctors — Angels pitcher Jered Weaver works out during spring training in Tempe, Ariz., on March 4. — The frustration is evident in Jered Weaver's voice. His fastball is slipping away, his neck is creaky and doctors have told him there is not much they can do.
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Tom Haudricourt / Baseball America:
Rebuilding Brewers Shift Focus To Farm — PHOENIX—When the Brewers gathered for the start of their 2016 spring training camp at Maryvale Baseball Park, players were not required to wear identification tags saying, “Hello, my name is . . .” — But it might have helped.
Ben Strauss / New York Times:
New Work Rules Reshape M.L.B.'s Relationship With Cuban Prospects — The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it would allow Cuban citizens to work in the United States and receive salaries from American companies, a decision that could have a profound effect on the way major league teams sign Cuban baseball players.
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