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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Sabathia takes home AL Cy Young — Cleveland left-hander beats Boston's Beckett in voting — CLEVELAND — The Cy Young questions sprang up midseason, as C.C. Sabathia consistently put together dominant performances for an Indians team in contention for a division title.
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Sabathia outdistances Beckett to win Cy Young — NEW YORK — C.C. Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award on Tuesday, beating out several worthy contenders by a comfortable margin and becoming the first Cleveland pitcher in 35 years to earn the honor. — The Indians ace received 19 of 28 …
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Indians' Sabathia wins AL Cy Young Award — NEW YORK (AP) — C.C. Sabathia beat Josh Beckett at last — albeit a few weeks later than he hoped. — Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award on Tuesday, topping Boston's ace and two other worthy contenders by a comfortable margin to become …
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Joe / Around the Majors:
Twins trade for Craig Monroe — The Twins and Chicago Cubs have been discussing a trade that would send left fielder Craig Monroe to Minnesota for a player to be named, and an announcement could come as soon as today, the Star Tribune has learned. — UPDATE: It's official.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs send outfielder Monroe to Twins — Prior, Guzman activated from 60-day disabled list — CHICAGO — The Cubs continued to shuffle their roster in preparation for 2008, dealing outfielder Craig Monroe to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday for a player to be named.
Tyler Kepner / Bats:
Rivera Has $45 Million Reasons to Stay — Somewhat lost in the excitement of Monday's news that Jorge Posada will return to the Yankees was the team's improved offer to closer Mariano Rivera: three years, $45 million. That should be plenty of cash for Rivera, like Posada, to return to the only team he's known.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Yankees Persuade Posada to Stay — The Yankees added a fourth year to Jorge Posada's contract offer late last night, and as soon as Posada completes the formality of taking a physical, he will officially return to the team. Posada has agreed to the terms of the deal, which would make him the highest-paid catcher in the majors.
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Rocky Mountain News:
KRIEGER: Writers' top NL rookie vote all hit, no field — On the Web site of the Baseball Writers Association of America, they posted a five-paragraph summary of the National League Rookie of the Year balloting Monday. — It contained a lot of numbers. Describing Ryan Braun's narrow victory …
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Chris Kline / Baseball America:
Philadelphia Phillies — 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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David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Probabilistic Model of Range, Third Basemen, 2007 — The Washington Nationals and Ryan Zimmerman lead the way at third base. — Team Third Basemen PMR, 2007, Visit Smooth Distance Model, 2007 data only — Team In Play Actual Outs Predicted Outs DER Predicted DER Ratio — Nationals — 4591
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NY Daily News:
With Jorge Posada gone, Mets must unmask new plan — Despite huddling for a power lunch with Jorge Posada and his agents in Manhattan Monday, the Mets will be forced to make a contingency plan to fill their catching vacancy due to the five-time All-Star's pending return to the Yankees.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Market open on Lowell — Sox can't beat clock; others now free to bid — The most lucrative/costly time of the year in baseball - free agency - got under way early this morning for 153 players, one of whom was World Series MVP Mike Lowell. — Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein met …
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Who wants to be a sportscaster? — So you think you can be a sportscaster, eh? Well, starting in the new year, you'll have the opportunity to learn if you really have what it takes from some of the top sportscasters in Canada. — Details will be announced next week …
Sports Illustrated:
Tom Verducci: Padres build top bullpen cheaply — The $12 million the Phillies will give setup reliever J.C. Romero over the next three seasons should quell the collusion chatter just a wee bit. J.C. Romero? Isn't he the guy who pitched to a 6.70 ERA for the Angels in 2006 and was released by the Red Sox only five months ago?
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