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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Mets still looking to fill holes in rotation — Jorge Sosa. Ramon Ortiz. Aaron Sele. — Those are the types of free-agent pitchers the Mets are considering as they continue their search for additional help for their starting rotation, with Sosa perhaps the leading option.
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Blogging Baseball, Can't Stop The Bleeding, MLB Trade Rumors, Brew Crew Ball and Philliesflow
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Michael Morrissey / New York Post:
METS & SOSA NEAR DEAL; PEREZ RE-UPS — Righty Jorge Sosa is close to signing a short-term deal with the Mets, a baseball source confirmed last night. — Sosa was 3-11 with a 5.42 ERA with Atlanta and St. Louis last season, when he made 13 starts in 45 appearances. The 29-year-old earned $2.2 million last season.
NY Daily News:
Mets target righty Sosa — PORT ST. LUCIE - After striking out on Barry Zito, the Mets have turned to a far cheaper alternative to potentially fill a slot in the starting rotation. — They intend to sign Jorge Sosa, a 29-year-old righthander who split last season between the Braves and Cardinals.
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Todd Jacobson / Free Lance-Star:
Nationals sign pitching prospects — They're young, eager, and like most of the candidates to make the Washington Nationals' wide-open starting rotation, intent on proving they can pitch in the big leagues again. — For the two newest Nationals, that's what team officials are hoping happens.
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Baseball America:
Washington Nationals — Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects lists are based on projections of a player's long-term worth after discussions with scouting and player-development personnel. All players who haven't exceeded the major league rookie standards of 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched …
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Harry Stein / New York Times:
Writers Scrutinize Big Mac and Themselves — In an article that ran Wednesday — the day after he and his fellow baseball writers emphatically rejected Mark McGwire's candidacy for the Hall of Fame — the Toronto Globe and Mail columnist Stephen Brunt recalled a news conference …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Letter from Robert Nutting to Pirates fans — Dear Pirates Fans: — Today, Kevin McClatchy and I announced that we have mutually requested Major League Baseball approve a change of control within the ownership group of the Pirates from Kevin to myself. This change will provide absolute …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Nutting, McClatchy stress development, accountability — By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Bob Nutting and Kevin McClatchy read the newspapers, hear the talk shows, click on the Web. They know that the general perception is that the Pirates' ownership makes a priority …
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Bucs Dugout
Dallas Star-Telegram:
Pitcher Lopez dealt by Orioles — The Colorado Rockies obtained right-hander Rodrigo Lopez from the Baltimore Orioles on Friday for minor league right-handers Jim Miller and Jason Burch. — Lopez was 9-18 with a 5.90 ERA last season in 29 starts and seven relief appearances.
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Lone Star Ball
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Pat Graham / Associated Press:
Orioles send Rodrigo Lopez to Rockies for 2 minor leaguers — DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies obtained right-hander Rodrigo Lopez from the Baltimore Orioles on Friday for minor league right-handers Jim Miller and Jason Burch. — Lopez was 9-18 with a 5.90 ERA last season in 29 starts and seven relief appearances.
Sean McAdam / ESPN:
Jays no longer playing second fiddle to Yanks, Sox — For the last five seasons, the Toronto Blue Jays have been fighting what sometimes feels like a losing battle. — Locked into a division with baseball's two biggest super powers, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, the Blue Jays have felt overwhelmed and undermanned.
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Sweeney eager to get past Bonds incident — SAN FRANCISCO —Mark Sweeney wasn't about to sit back and ignore a situation dealing with his name in the same sentence as amphetamines and Barry Bonds. He wanted his message out: There were never any amphetamines in his locker for Bonds to take.
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Baseball Musings
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Jim Street / MLB.com:
More than 100 file for arbitration — Cubs' Zambrano, Marlins' Willis among group — Chicago Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano highlights a list of 106 players who filed for salary arbitration prior to Friday night's deadline. — The next step in the salary arbitration process comes Wednesday …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wainwright prepares to start again — ROLE CHANGE The closer on the Cards' 2006 World Series champs will compete for a spot in the rotation. — STILL MOTIVATED: Despite his success last season, Wainwright is taking nothing for granted. — Mark Mulder was, naturally …
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Purple Row
