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Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Robinson Cano trade success for Mets would be determined by prospects involved in deal — Robinson Cano began his career in New York, and it's possible Brodie Van Wagenen could acquire the slugger and allow him to finish his career in the Big Apple. — The Mets and Mariners are involved …
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Mets on verge of potentially reckless deal. Here's a better Plan B — What distinguishes the newest generation of baseball executives from their peers is their devotion to risk management. This is largely how we've gotten to a place where the sport is getting younger …
Associated Press:
New Mets assistant GM Baird believes team ready to win now — NEW YORK (AP) — Allard Baird believes the New York Mets are ready to win now. — “You need impact starting pitching and they have it here. That was one of the attractive things,” he said Thursday, a day after leaving …
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Former Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce headed to Seattle Mariners in trade — Former Cincinnati Reds fan favorite Jay Bruce is headed to the Seattle Mariners in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets that is expected to be finalized soon, according to multiple reports.
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MLB Daily Dish, The Comeback and The Sports Daily
ESPN:
Reports: Mets closing in on deal for Mariners' Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz — The New York Mets and Seattle Mariners are closing in on a trade that would send All-Star closer Edwin Diaz and former All-Star Robinson Cano to New York, with the Mariners getting top prospects from the Mets, according to multiple reports.
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Halos Heaven
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
The good, the bad and the ugly of this potential Robinson Cano to Mets deal
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Brodie Van Wagenen's first big Mets move is getting skewered
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Amazin' Avenue
Matt Ehalt / USA Today:
Robinson Cano to the Mets? A closer look at pros, cons of possible trade with Mariners
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners, Mets Close To Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz Blockbuster
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Bless You Boys, ESPN, CBSSports.com, Lookout Landing, NBCSports.com, Beyond the Box Score, Bluebird Banter, Amazin' Avenue and Al's Ramblings
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Edwin Diaz, Robinson Cano to the Mets gaining momentum? …
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MLB Baseball News …
Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
Report: Cleveland Indians, L.A. Dodgers in talks for two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber — The Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers reportedly have had talks about a trade for two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber. — CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians …
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MLB Baseball News …, Brew Crew Ball and Let's Go Tribe
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Chandler Rome / Baseball America:
Strom Can't Stop Learning — Fired on the final day of Nationals spring training, and faced with few feasible opportunities to revive his coaching career, Brent Strom cleaned the scruffy dogs for his wife to groom inside her shop. — “You'll laugh,” he says now, “but my job was actually …
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Society for American …
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Cubs trade Tommy La Stella to Angels — CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs traded their best pinch hitter, infielder Tommy La Stella, to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday for a player to be named later or cash considerations. — The trade comes one day after the Cubs acquired versatile infielder Ronald Torreyes from the New York Yankees.
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MLB Baseball News …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Acquire Tommy La Stella, Release Jabari Blash
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NBCSports.com and MLB Daily Dish
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers could move on from catcher James McCann. Here's why — Taking a look at what the Tigers' starting lineup and pitching rotation could look like to open the 2019 season. Video by Anthony Fenech and Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press. — CONNECT
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
MLB's next big thing: What A's plan says about new ballparks — The refrain over much of America this month is that it has been a rough winter, except we haven't yet even gotten to winter. It's actually been a harsh autumn, especially in November. We're only a month removed …
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jesse Winker feeling good after shoulder surgery; Redsfest to begin — Since the end of the 2018 season, Reds outfielder Jesse Winker visited the club's Spring Training complex in Goodyear, Arizona, nearly every day to rehab his surgically repaired right shoulder.
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Red Reporter
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Wallace Matthews / New York Daily News:
Patrick Corbin meeting with Yankees “went very well” according to a source — Patrick Corbin's tour of the Northeast Amtrak Corridor took him to the Bronx on Thursday, where he was given the royal treatment at Yankee Stadium - his head photoshopped into a Yankees hat and pinstriped jersey …
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Elite Sports NY
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Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Patrick Corbin, free-agent lefthander, meets with New York Yankees
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Pinstripe Alley
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Sign Dilson Herrera To Minor League Deal — The Mets announced that they've signed infielder Dilson Herrera to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. — Herrera, 25 in March, was long considered one of the best prospects in the Mets organization …
Discussion:
Fish Stripes, Al's Ramblings and The Seattle Times
Wells Dusenbury / Baltimore Sun:
Plans to rename Miami street in memory of former Marlins star Jose Fernandez ‘indefinitely on hold’ — Plans to rename a street after former Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez are “indefinitely on hold.” The Cuban star died in a boating accident on Sept. 25, 2016.
Associated Press:
Ehire Adrianza agrees to 1-year, $1.3M contract with Twins — MINNEAPOLIS — Infielder Ehire Adrianza and the Minnesota Twins agreed to a $1.3 million, one-year contract, a raise of $300,000. — The deal was announced Thursday, a day before the deadline for teams to offer 2019 contracts to unsigned players on their 40-man rosters.
