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Mets, Yorvit talks break down — The Mets' negotiations with Yorvit Torrealba collapsed on Saturday and the free-agent catcher will not be headed to Shea for next season after all. — The two sides already had agreed on a three-year contract worth $14.4-million and it appeared …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Mets end talks with catcher Torrealba — Club official says deal was never a given, despite agreement — NEW YORK — The Mets' search for a starting catcher, seemingly complete as late as Thursday night, has been renewed because the club no longer is moving toward signing free-agent backstop Yorvit Torrealba as it had planned.
ESPN:
Mets cease talks with free-agent catcher Torrealba — The New York Mets, who have been trying to fill their big hole at catcher, Saturday said they have ended negotiations with free-agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba. — Mets spokesman Jay Horowitz confirmed to Andrew Marchand of ESPN Radio 1050 …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets' deal with Yorvit Torrealba is dead — Hope you didn't buy a Yorvit Torrealba jersey. (And maybe, just maybe, don't retire that Paul Lo Duca jersey just yet.) — After agreeing on the finances of a three-year, $14.4 million deal with the free-agent catcher Torrealba, the Mets abruptly pulled out Saturday.
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New York Post:
MARIANO RIVERA EXPECTED TO TAKE THE YANKEES' 3-YEAR OFFER — Despite not getting the fourth year he desired, closer Mariano Rivera is expected to accept the Yankees' three-year, $45 million offer early next week. — After returning from the Dominican Republic tonight …
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Associated Press:
Report: Buffett advised A-Rod to go around Boras — NEW YORK — Warren Buffett advised Alex Rodriguez to approach the New York Yankees and go around agent Scott Boras, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. — The newspaper cited a person familiar with the matter, whom it did not identify.
NY Daily News:
Joe Girardi's visit with Mariano Rivera good sign for Yankees — There could be a thaw in the contract negotiations between the Yankees and Mariano Rivera. — Sources familiar with both the club's and the closer's thinking said Friday there were increasing signs that Rivera will accept …
Larry Dobrow / CBS SportsLine.com:
A-Rod's new deal all about the little things — Oh, man, they showed him. They showed him but good. — When his new 10-year contract is officially announced in the next few days, Alex Rodriguez will return, gilded hat in hand, to the Yankees of New York. He will have swallowed his pride and deflated his ego.
NY Daily News:
A-Rod, Barry Bonds are faces of Major League Baseball — That was the commissioner's proud announcement as he exited the owners' meetings in Naples, Fla. on Thursday - that his sport, which had $1.2 billion in revenues in 1993, was now over $6 billion and looking to draw over 80 million fans next year.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
A's pull out of running for Bonds — LIKE THIS STORY? — The A's were Barry Bonds' best hope, the team that appeared most interested in signing him. — No more. — The A's, sources say, no longer are considering Bonds, who on Thursday was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Talk, talk, talk — The clock seems to be ticking on the Mike Lowell negotiations with a possible resolution getting closer. Theo Epstein and the Levinson Brothers, Lowell's agents, continued their negotiations Saturday, but as of early evening there had been no conclusion.
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Eduardo A. Encina / St. Petersburg Times:
Maddon rips Young snubs — ST. PETERSBURG - Joe Maddon spent the late part of the season campaigning for Rays RF Delmon Young to receive consideration for Rookie of the Year. — Young held up his end in the "Vote Delmon" campaign, leading AL rookies in RBIs, hits, total bases and outfield assists …
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Wayne Coffey / NY Daily News:
Haunted by collapse, Willie Randolph says Mets lacked 'killer instinct' — As darkness slips over the suburbs, the manager of the New York Mets is driving down a narrow, leafy road in northern Bergen County, the trees thick with golden leaves, his mind cluttered with a much less glorious residue …
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The Mets Are Better Than Sex
Keith Law / ESPN:
Plenty of talent available for a reasonable price … One common theme voiced by big league executives at the GM meetings in Orlando was that the barren free-agent market would generate more trade activity. With that in mind, here are 10 players — currently out of favor or simply out of room …
