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Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
Arbitration roundup: 33 exchange figures — More than 200 arbitration-eligible players — a record-high — entered Friday with the hopes of settling on a contract figure for 2023. The vast majority got their wish, agreeing to a salary for the upcoming season.
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Mercury News, San Diego Union-Tribune, True Blue LA and Camden Chat
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Martin Gallegos / MLB.com:
A's agree with 3 arbitration-eligible players — OAKLAND — The A's reached agreements on one-year deals with all three of their remaining arbitration-eligible players before Friday's deadline, including All-Star right-hander Paul Blackburn. — In his first year of arbitration eligibility …
Discussion:
NBCSports.com, MLB Baseball News … and Phillies Nation
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals commit $30 million to dodge arbitration with 7 players, but 2 head for hearings — The Cardinals avoided any friction that adversarial arbitration hearings may create with both of the starters who can be free agents this fall. But the club was unable to sidestep that possibility …
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors and New Jersey Online
Julian McWilliams / The Boston Globe:
Red Sox agree on contracts with their remaining five arbitration-eligibles — The Red Sox agreed to one-year deals with their final five arbitration-eligible players Friday, the deadline for the sides to exchange salary figures. — Alex Verdugo will make $6.3 million in 2023, up from $3.55 million last season.
Discussion:
NESN.com, South Side Sox and NBCSports.com
New York Post:
Yankees' Frankie Montas to miss first month of season with shoulder inflammation — Frankie Montas' first full season with the Yankees will start much in the same way his ended last year, with him dealing with shoulder inflammation. — The right-hander is expected to miss the first month …
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Pinstripe Alley, MLB Baseball News …, FanSided, Battery Power, MLB Trade Rumors and New York Daily News
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
'I don't understand the Mets': Scott Boras breaks down Carlos Correa saga - Nightengale's Notebook — The American Airlines flight landed at 9:41 Wednesday night and Scott Boras walked off the plane at the Santa Ana (Calif.) Airport, still weary after spending the day in Minneapolis …
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NBCSports.com, FanSided and ESPN
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Tua Tagovailoa expected to be Dolphins' starter next season — ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Miami Dolphins are expected to have quarterback Tua Tagovailoa remain the team's starter in the 2023 season. — The team's commitment to Tagovailoa was reported by ESPN on Sunday morning ahead …
Discussion:
ProFootballTalk, Denver Post and NESN.com
Sahadev Sharma / The Athletic:
Cubs Convention brought the early optimism, but the team knows it has holes to fill — If spring training is a time for optimism, Cubs Convention would best be described as a weekend of delusion. A three-year absence for a gathering of some of the most rabid fans around …
Discussion:
Bleed Cubbie Blue, Bleacher Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Sources: All AAA parks to use electronic strike zone in '23 — The electronic strike zone will be used in all 30 Class AAA parks in 2023, sources told ESPN, seemingly another significant step toward the implementation of the technology at the big league level in the near future.
Discussion:
Athletics Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Bleacher Nation, Camden Chat, baseballmusings.com, Pinstripe Alley and New York Post
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Andrew McCutchen returning to Pirates on 1-year deal — Andrew McCutchen is returning to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team announced Friday. — The 36-year-old, who was named the 2013 NL MVP when he was playing in Pittsburgh, has agreed to a one-year deal worth $5 million with the Pirates …
Meghan Montemurro / Chicago Tribune:
Tom Ricketts talks long-term free-agent contracts and the smaller national reach on Marquee as the Cubs Convention opens — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 85 — Ron Coomer, left, moderates as Cubs manager David Ross, from second left, first base coach Mike Napoli, third base coach Willie Harris …
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Bleed Cubbie Blue, The Athletic, Denver Post, NBCSports.com and Chicago Sun-Times
Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
Recapping the Chicago Bulls: Oklahoma City Thunder torch the defense in 1st half while Zach LaVine's shot is off in 124-110 loss — The Chicago Bulls couldn't pick up the slack in their second straight game without DeMar DeRozan, crumbling under the Oklahoma City Thunder's offensive pressure …
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Denver Post, Bleacher Nation and Chicago Sun-Times
