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Chicagosports / Hardball:
UPDATE: Garland to Angels — In the first of what could be several moves this off-season, the White Sox dealt dependable starting pitcher Jon Garland to the Los Angeles Angels for Gold Glove shortstop Orlando Cabrera and cash. — The trade signals the end of Juan Uribe's days at starting shortstop for the White Sox.
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MLB.com:
White Sox acquire shortstop Orlando Cabrera and cash considerations from Los Angeles Angels for pitcher Jon Garland — CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have acquired Gold Glove Award-winning shortstop Orlando Cabrera and cash considerations from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for right-handed pitcher Jon Garland.
ESPN:
ChiSox deal righty Garland for Angels SS Cabrera — CHICAGO — The White Sox traded right-hander Jon Garland to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday for shortstop Orlando Cabrera. — The 28-year-old Garland, an 18-game winner in 2005 and 2006, was 10-13 with a 4.23 ERA in 32 starts last season.
Joe Hamrahi / Baseball Digest Daily:
White Sox and Angels Complete Big Swap — The first big deal of the off-season! — The Chicago White Sox have acquired Gold Glove Award-winning shortstop Orlando Cabrera and cash considerations from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for right-handed pitcher Jon Garland.
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Hot Foot
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
News: White Sox trade Jon Garland to Angels — The White Sox have traded RHP Jon Garland to the Angels for SS Orlando Cabrera and cash. — For more, check out Baseball Digest Daily. — The 28-year-old Garland won 18 games in each of 2005 and 2006, but has posted an ERA lower than 4.00 only once in the last five seasons.
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Cardinals Diaspora
Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Mets, Castillo agree on 4 years, $25M — The Mets and second baseman Luis Castillo have reached a preliminary agreement on a four-year, $25-million contract. (Newsday / Paul J. Bereswill) — The Mets want to save their trading chips to acquire a pitcher, not a second baseman or catcher, and they are moving toward that goal.
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MLB Trade Rumors
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Glavine agrees to one-year deal with Braves — It's a done deal: Tom Glavine is coming home to the Braves. — The 41-year-old former Braves ace agreed to terms late Sunday on a one-year, $8 million free-agent contract to return to the team, a person familiar with negotiations told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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George King / New York Post:
MVP BEFORE — A-ROD WILL COLLECT AWARD, THEN FINALIZE PACT — Alex Rodriguez isn't going to hit the mother load of daily doubles today because the details of the richest deal in baseball history won't be ironed out by the time Rodriguez is announced as the AL MVP this afternoon.
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My Pinstripes
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
A-Rod might win American League MVP with unanimous vote — Whether Alex Rodriguez captures his third American League MVP award on Monday isn't really the question. Whether A-Rod becomes the AL's first unanimous winner in a decade is the only drama surrounding the announcement.
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Mariano Rivera attempting to squeeze option year as Yankee deal nears — Mariano Rivera eventually may accept the three-year, $45 million deal the Yankees have offered him, but the closer isn't quite ready to do so just yet. — It appears as though Rivera has given up on the idea of getting …
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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
How Hank Impacts The Yanks — The rise and fall of the Yankees' fortunes over the years has had a direct relationship to how involved the owner was. The less anyone heard from George Steinbrenner, the more games the team won. The most consequential development of the Yankees' absurdly …
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MY BASEBALL BIAS
Richard Durrett / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers to entertain Hunter — Daniels, Washington will join owner for dinner with free agent — rdurrett@dallasnews.com — Free-agent center fielder Torii Hunter is scheduled to have dinner at Rangers owner Tom Hicks' house tonight. General manager Jon Daniels, manager Ron Washington …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Japanese righty may provide relief — Sox among the finalists for Chiba Lotte's Yabuta — The White Sox are among five teams in the running for Japanese reliever Yasuhiko Yabuta. — The Sox are looking for bullpen help, and Yabuta has told Japanese media the Sox, Royals, Indians …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Olney: Lowell Close To Deal With Red Sox — Buster Olney is reporting in his blog this morning that Mike Lowell is close to a three-year deal with the Red Sox. That has to mean he's leaving a significant amount of money on the table to re-sign. Can't see the Sox going past 3/45 on him.
Toronto Sun:
Jays acquire super-sub to give bench a boost — The Blue Jays have spent the past couple of off-seasons in search of a super-sub type of player and J.P. Ricciardi thinks that in Marco Scutaro, he's found his jack of all trades. — The Jays announced yesterday they have given up a pair …
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My Pinstripes
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