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Murray Chass / New York Times:
Bidding War for Rodriguez Needs 2 Teams — Alex Rodriguez is not attending the general managers meetings, so no general managers have been throwing thousand dollar bills or offers at him. But his agent, Scott Boras, isn't ready to entertain any offers yet.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
HE MIGHT BE STAY-ROD — LONG SHOT ARBITRATION SCHEME COULD KEEP ALEX IN BRONX — The last tiny, but real, lifeline between the Yankees and Alex Rodriguez still exists - arbitration. — When asked last weekend if the Yanks would offer arbitration to Rodriguez, GM Brian Cashman said, "of course."
Discussion:
River Ave. Blues
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Angels join Mets in chase for A-Rod — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Scott Boras is scheduled to meet with the Mets this week concerning you-know-who, and Tuesday the new GM of the Angels certainly made it known his team will be in the A-Rod sweepstakes. — But other than the Giants and Dodgers …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees want Miguel Cabrera, won't trade big three pitchers — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - If the Yankees want Miguel Cabrera to succeed Alex Rodriguez as their third baseman, it's going to cost them. — Brian Cashman met with the Marlins at about 6 p.m. last night at the GM meetings.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Earning his keep — Schilling stays, with incentives; Sox still pitching with Lowell — ORLANDO, Fla. - A telltale sign that Mike Lowell is returning to the Red Sox? Yankees manager Joe Girardi and general manager Brian Cashman both commented yesterday that they will have to make a deal …
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Mets covet pitching most, not A-Rod — The Mets have their sites set on improving their pitching, and Red Sox reliever Eric Gagne is among those they could sign this offseason. (Getty Images Photo) — ORLANDO, Fla. - As of dinnertime last night, the Mets had yet to meet with Scott Boras …
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Mark Hale / New York Post:
LO DUCA, METS FAR FROM A DEAL — The Mets met with Paul Lo Duca's agent on Monday afternoon, but the free-agent catcher is far from a deal with the team. — Andrew Mongelluzzi, Lo Duca's agent, confirmed the meeting to The Post yesterday and said that he was led to believe …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
A-Rod who? David Wright wins Gold Glove — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - David Wright deserves all kinds of praise for his 2007 season, but winning a Gold Glove Award at third base? That apparently even surprised the Mets. — Wright and Carlos Beltran both were awarded Gold Gloves Tuesday …
Discussion:
Riding with Rickey
Paul Hagen / philly.com:
Phillies looking at Japanese pitching star — ORLANDO, Fla. - Curt Schilling may not have been the Phillies' No. 1 choice to address their desperate need to add a starting pitcher, but the news that he opted to remain with the Boston Red Sox hit the team harder than they probably wanted to let on.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Notebook: Baseball GMs approve replay for home runs — ORLANDO, Fla. - Baseball's general managers sent their strongest message yet to Bud Selig that they want instant replay. But developments in the game progress at "glacier-like movement," Major League Baseball executive vice president Jimmie Lee Solomon …
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Will Carroll / Unfiltered:Replay, Fire, and More ... While BP's not at the GM meetings …
Discussion:
El Guapo's Ghost Rambles …
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Indians exercise Byrd option, not good judgment — By now, it is obvious that the folks who own and operate Major League Baseball franchises could not give a fat rat's behind about past use of performance-enhancing drugs. No matter what George Mitchell and his band of merry barristers uncover …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rocks' focus: contracts — ORLANDO, FLA. — As trade talk began to percolate at the general managers meetings, the Rockies' focus shifted Tuesday to contracts. — Colorado has made two-year offers to second baseman Kazuo Matsui and catcher Yorvit Torrealba and settled on the multiyear proposal …
Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nats' Zimmerman Breaks Bone in Wrist — Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman broke a minor bone in his left wrist while swinging a bat over the weekend, an injury that will almost certainly require surgery but which club officials don't believe will hinder his preparation for the 2008 season.
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Alex Beam / Boston Globe:
The sorrow and the pity: a Bronx tale — Admit it, now that the World Series trophy has paraded through every Middlesex village and farm. You are starting to feel a little sorry for them. The New York Yankees, I mean. — Truth be told, they are pathetic.
Discussion:
MY BASEBALL BIAS
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Johnny D arrives — ORLANDO - Johnny Damon just pulled up to the hotel here at the GM Meetings in his brand new Ferrari. He said he met with new Yankees' manager Joe Girardi and general manager Brian Cashman and received assurances that he would be the Yankee left fielder next season.
Discussion:
MY BASEBALL BIAS
