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Tigers send top prospects to Marlins for Cabrera, Willis — The Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers have agreed in principle on a trade that will send Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit for key prospects, sources told ESPN's Peter Gammons. — The Tigers would send outfielder Cameron Maybin …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Tigers set to acquire Cabrera, Willis — Maybin, Miller and four other prospects would go to Florida — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Marlins and Tigers are on the verge of completing a blockbuster deal that will send Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit for a package of six players.
Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press:
Cabrera, Willis traded to Tigers in blockbuster deal — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tigers have acquired third baseman Miguel Cabrera and left-hander Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins in exchange for a package of six prospects including outfielder Cameron Maybin and left-hander Andrew Miller.
Jim Molony / NASHVILLE CONFIDENTIAL:
Tigers set to acquire Cabrera, Willis from Tigers — Detroit and Florida are hammering out the final details on an eight-player trade that would send third baseman Miguel Cabrera and left-handed starter Dontrelle Willis to Detroit for pitcher Andrew Miller, outfielder Cameron Maybin and four other prospects.
External / ESPN:
What's the deal? — The first day of the winter meetings came and went without a blockbuster move. What will the second day in Nashville bring? Stay tuned. — All times ET — • The Tigers have won the Miguel Cabrera sweepstakes. Detroit will get Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis …
Jack Curry / New York Times:
Cabrera and Willis May Join Tigers in Eight-Player Trade
Cabrera and Willis May Join Tigers in Eight-Player Trade
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Rangers talk with Twins about Santana — Right now, team not considered a serious trade contender — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Rangers met with the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday at the Winter Meetings, and one of the subjects brought up was pitcher Johan Santana.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Santana Deal Dead, Say Yankees — The Yankees' pursuit of Johan Santana is over, according to Hank Steinbrenner, the team's senior vice president, after the Yankees and the Minnesota Twins failed to agree on a deal Tuesday. — "The deadline is the deadline," Steinbrenner said in a telephone interview.
Mike DiGiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels not in running for Twins' Santana
Angels not in running for Twins' Santana
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Art Martone / Projo SoxBlog:
Update: Angels jump into Santana trade talks
Update: Angels jump into Santana trade talks
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Cards turn to Dodgers in Rolen talks — FOXSports.com, Updated 17 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — The Dodgers are now the team in hottest pursuit of Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen, according to major-league sources. — The Brewers had been the front-runner …
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John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
Winter Meetings: Cain for Alex Rios? How 'interesting' — (12-04) 19:51 PST Nashville — Would the Giants trade Matt Cain for Alex Rios? — Late Tuesday, it was learned that the "interesting" proposal Brian Sabean had mentioned on Monday involved Rios, the Blue Jays outfielder.
Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Winter Meetings: Pirates, Indians discuss five-player deal involving Bay — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — That Jason Bay deal, all of a sudden, is alive. — In a surprising twist, the Pirates and Cleveland Indians revived talks at the Opryland Hotel late last night and developed a framework for a five-player trade …
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Price of Fukudome keeps going higher — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Cubs made one minor trade and continued to shop Mark Prior on Tuesday, but it was what other teams did that might have a greater impact on the team's offseason plans. — When the Kansas City Royals signed Jose Guillen …
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
No deals, but Colletti is happy to be asked — With his young players in demand, he feels that much better about keeping them. — NASHVILLE — The Dodgers didn't get Miguel Cabrera and they don't expect to land Johan Santana. — But General Manager Ned Colletti said that his inability …
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Hank Blalock / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers shouldn't ship Blalock, Laird — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Since the season ended, Jon Daniels has entertained lots of phone calls from his compatriots that include the phrases: — "What do you want for..." — And "Gerald Laird." — Those phone calls became text messages …
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Kat O'Brien / Newsday:
Yankees drop out of running for Santana trade — NASHVILLE - The Yankees dropped out of the Johan Santana sweepstakes Tuesday, a chase that was ongoing Tuesday night. And they do not plan to go after the Athletics' Dan Haren unless the asking price drops radically, Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said.
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Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:
Want to know what a player thinks about trades like this? — As fans you have your perspective. There are large contingents of fans in both markets, NY and Boston, that lean towards the Bill James approach to players and their teams, and probably an equal amount of 'old schoolers' that believe …
Jack O'Connell / MLB.com:
Nuxhall leads list of Frick finalists — Former Reds announcer among 10 candidates for award — Baseball fans let their feelings be known about Joe Nuxhall, the legendary Cincinnati Reds broadcaster who died last month, by placing him on the Ford C. Frick Award ballot with an overwhelming online vote total.
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Chris Kline / Baseball America Prospects Blog:
Barton Rumors, Part Deux — NASHVILLE-Earlier today, Indians outfielder Brian Barton was the odds-on favorite to go No. 1 in the Rule 5 draft Thursday. But hold the phone. — One source close to the Rays says Tampa Bay will not take Barton, and if they don't sell their pick like they did last year …