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John Ourand / Puck:
The Orioles Prepare for Private Equity Control — The Angelos family is selling the team to two P.E. billionaires, David Rubenstein and Mike Arougheti, for $1.725 billion. — It looks like the Orioles sale is finally going to happen. I've had several plugged-in sources tell me that the team's owner …
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Reports: Orioles to be sold to group led by David Rubenstein — John Angelos has agreed to sell the Baltimore Orioles to a group led by Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein, according to multiple reports on Tuesday. — The transaction reportedly values the Orioles at $1.725 billion.
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Top 100 MLB prospects for 2024, ranked by Kiley McDaniel — It's that time of year again when we rank the top prospects in Major League Baseball, some of whom will be in the majors in 2024 and others who will rise through the minors during the upcoming season.
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Twins trade 2B Jorge Polanco to Mariners in 5-player deal — MLB, Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners — The Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins swung a five-player trade Monday, with second baseman Jorge Polanco going to Seattle for outfield prospect Gabriel Gonzalez, reliever Justin Topa …
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Acquire Jorge Polanco — The Mariners and Twins have lined up on one of the bigger trades of the offseason. Seattle announced the acquisition of second baseman Jorge Polanco for four players: reliever Justin Topa, starter Anthony DeSclafani and prospects Gabriel Gonzalez and Darren Bowen, as well as cash considerations.
ESPN:
Justin Turner agrees to 1-year deal with Blue Jays, source confirms — The Toronto Blue Jays and Justin Turner have agreed to a one-year deal worth $13 million, a source confirmed to ESPN. — Turner can make an additional $1.5 million in bonuses, according to multiple reports.
Associated Press:
Rangers' Corey Seager to miss most of spring training after surgery — World Series MVP Corey Seager had surgery Tuesday for a left sports hernia repair, and the Texas Rangers All-Star shortstop will miss most of spring training. — General manager Chris Young said Seager had surgery in Arizona …
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Ex-Red Sox, Blue Jays, Astros manager Jimy Williams dies at 80 — MLB, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros — BOSTON — Jimy Williams, the 1999 American League Manager of the Year for the Boston Red Sox who won 910 games over a dozen seasons that included stints with the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros, has died.
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DJourn / Battery Power:
Former Braves coach Jimy Williams has passed — A former manager of the Blue Jays, Red Sox and Astros, Jimy Williams spent six years as the Braves third base coach during the 1990s. — Jimy Williams, who coached third base for the Atlanta Braves from 1991 through 1996, has passed away.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
MLB free agency: How the crowded DH market could begin to thin — The working theory among some agents in December was that once Shohei Ohtani picked a team, the market for corner guys — corner outfielders, corner infielders, designated hitter types — would loosen, with clubs that lost …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Shohei Ohtani joining Dodgers ‘made too much sense’ says Stan Kasten | Nightengale's Notebook — Los Angeles Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten was strolling into the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto on New Year's Day to watch the inaugural game of a new women's professional hockey league - when someone yelled at him.
Mark Daniels / masslive.com:
Inside the fall of Mac Jones: How a once-promising Patriots QB unraveled — FOXBOROUGH - The frustration was at a boiling point for Mac Jones. — Heading into the final game of the 2023 NFL season, the Patriots quarterback was on an island. According to team sources …
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