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Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Blake Snell signing two-year contract with Giants as renewed Yankees interest falls apart — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Reigning National League Cy Young winner Blake Snell has agreed to a $62 million, two-year deal with the San Francisco Giants after some late talks with the Yankees didn't result in a deal, The Post has learned.
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Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Source: Blake Snell agrees to 2-year, $62M deal with Giants — Blake Snell's prolonged free agency has ended. — The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner agreed to a two-year, $62 million deal with the San Francisco Giants on Monday, 10 days before his new team opens its regular season …
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Frustrated players ask for removal of MLBPA's Bruce Meyer — Player leaders expressed frustration at Major League Baseball Players Association executives during a videoconference call Monday night, the culmination of a week in which players advocated for the ouster of the union's chief labor negotiator, sources told ESPN.
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Kim Hyun-soo / Yonhap News Agency:
Police tracking down email bomb threat at Gocheok Sky Dome during MLB opener — Police are tracking down the sender of an email threatening a bomb terror attack at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome, where a U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) opening game is scheduled to take place Wednesday.
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
Who gives a rat's ass: Blue Jays' Joey Votto says mother's disappointment hit home — It didn't take long for Joey Votto to realize the error of his ways back in 2018 when he very publicly savaged his own hard-earned reputation in his homeland by rather shockingly suggesting he didn't give “a rat's ass” about Canadian baseball.
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Associated Press:
Joey Votto homers on 1st pitch of Jays spring training debut — Joey Votto sure knows how to make an instant impression, going deep on the first pitch he faced as a member of his hometown Toronto Blue Jays. — The veteran first baseman lined a 392-foot homer to left-center off Philadelphia …
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Andy Martinez / Marquee Sports Network:
Spring Training Notebook: Injuries could mean Cubs are without pair of infielders on Opening Day — MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs could be without a power bat to start the season. — Patrick Wisdom had been out of the lineup for a few days with back discomfort and was scheduled to play Tuesday against the Diamondbacks.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A New Chapter for Sports Illustrated, With Plans to Keep Print — Minute Media, owner of The Players' Tribune, has struck a deal to operate Sports Illustrated for at least 10 years. — The owner of Sports Illustrated said it had chosen a new company to publish the magazine …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
For ESPN announcers on MLB's Korea series, pandemic memories come flooding back — It was just four years ago, but it feels like a lifetime ago. — It was the time of the coronavirus pandemic, a period that changed our lives forever. — We were introduced to Zoom.
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ESPN:
Reds lose CF TJ Friedl indefinitely due to broken wrist — The Cincinnati Reds have no timeline for the return of center fielder TJ Friedl, who fractured his right wrist while trying to make a diving catch in a game on Saturday in Goodyear, Arizona. — Friedl, who established himself …
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Anthony Rieber / Newsday:
New York's catcher cousins: Omar and Carlos Narvaez have each other's backs — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — This is a tale of two catchers, both with the last name of Narvaez, one who probably would be better off if he left New York and one who can't wait to get there.