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Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Sources say Schill stays — Righty 'very confident' about 1-year deal … Sources indicated last night that Curt Schilling [stats] and the Red Sox [team stats] were close to striking a deal that would bring the pitcher back for one more season. — Schilling, when reached via phone …
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Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
It's looking good. — Talks with the Red Sox are moving. Theo and I have spoken multiple times daily over the past week and given the current situation I am feeling very confident that we will be able to finalize a 1 year contract to allow us a chance to finish our career as members of the Red Sox organization.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Schilling, Sox close — Righthander could re-sign with team as early as today — ORLANDO, Fla. - A few of the general managers licking their chops at the opportunity to have Curt Schilling in the open market were wondering why the Red Sox wouldn't re-sign him.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Jorge Posada wants 4-year deal; waits on Yanks, Mets — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Brian Cashman's top priority of getting Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera re-signed remains the same, but at least one of those Yankee stalwarts isn't inclined to make it that easy on the Bombers.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Yankees eyeing replacements for third base — Names like Mike Lowell, Adrian Beltre, Miguel Cabrera and Scott Rolen have come up in talks of who will replace Alex Rodriguez. — ORLANDO, Fla. - The Yankees, maintaining their resolve to move on without Alex Rodriguez, have begun …
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ESPN.com:
Pettitte declines $16 million option with Yankees — ORLANDO, Fla. — Andy Pettitte declined his $16 million option with the New York Yankees, still uncertain whether he wants to pitch next season. — "I have spoken with Brian Cashman, who has reiterated what Hank Steinbrenner …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets, Omar Minaya will meet with A-Rod and Scott Boras — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Omar Minaya arrived at the general managers' meetings shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, with the Alex Rodriguez Watch trailing him. — While A-Rod's representative wasn't among the agents Minaya had scheduled …
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Cabrera, Willis put on the market — Team will consider trading one or both of its stars — Queries regarding Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis once answered with a "not available" will receive a different response this week. — During the general managers' meetings in Orlando …
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Joe Capozzi / Palm Beach Post:
Limited form of replay supported by several GMs — ORLANDO — When general managers today debate whether instant replay has a place in baseball, they need only to look back to a Marlins game eight years ago for proof that it works. — On May 31, 1999, Marlins left fielder Cliff Floyd hit …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Glavine and Hernandez show interest — Club says it could only sign one of two veteran pitchers for '08 — WASHINGTON — While Jim Bowden is looking to improve the Nationals at the GM meetings in Orlando, MLB.com has learned that left-hander Tom Glavine and right-hander Livan Hernandez …
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Washington Post:
Nationals' President Meets With A. Jones — Though Washington Nationals President Stan Kasten has spent much of his time with the club explaining why he believes signing expensive free agents should be the last step in a rebuilding process, Kasten himself met with former Atlanta Braves center …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Baseball's Jose Guillen, Matt Williams bought steroids from clinic — Veteran major-league outfielder Jose Guillen, who played part of the 2003 season for the division-champion A's, bought thousands of dollars of steroids and human growth hormone from a troubled Florida anti-aging clinic …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Lowell, A-Rod may interest BoSox — LIKE THIS STORY? — ORLANDO, Fla. - The Red Sox won two World Series in four years after failing to trade for Alex Rodriguez. Yet, few at the general managers' meetings would be shocked if the Sox signed Rodriguez as a free agent.
Sports Illustrated:
What's next, Dodgers? — Torre's hiring hardly solves all of team's problems — Whether your regard for new Dodger manager Joe Torre elevates him to sainthood or renders him a commoner, know that his arrival in Los Angeles doesn't end the tug-o-war fundamental to the Dodger organization in 2007.
