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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Yankees might pull out of Santana talks for good … NASHVILLE — With the Yankee's self-imposed deadline approaching, the Twins and Yankees were getting nowhere Monday night in their attempt to complete a deal for Johan Santana. So the Yankees were again making noises that they might pull out of the Santana talks for good.
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Sox, Twins end talks for night ... but deal appears close — The Red Sox and Twins are through negotiating for now. Both Sox GM Theo Epstein and Twins GM Bill Smith have called it a night, but momentous news may await in the morning. As Amalie Benjamin reported an hour ago …
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Boston Globe:
Sox, Twins may be close — NASHVILLE - It was after midnight in the Music City, and the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins were exchanging medical information on pitchers Johan Santana and Jon Lester, indicating that the clubs may be closing in on a deal for the two-time Cy Young Award winner.
Sports Illustrated:
Yanks, Twins at 'impasse' — Minnesota resumes Santana trade talks with BoSox — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With the Yankees and Twins making limited progress as the Yanks' self-imposed midnight deadline came and went, the Twins rekindled talks with the Red Sox early Tuesday and asked Boston …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Sources: Yankees passing on Johan Santana, turning toward Dan Haren — NASHVILLE - Cross Johan Santana off the Yankees' holiday shopping list. — The Yankees' self-imposed deadline came and went Monday night at the winter meetings without a deal being reached with the Twins …
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
After Yanks' deadline passes, Red Sox jump into lead for Santana … NASHVILLE — While Hank Steinbrenner set deadlines and publicly lusted after Johan Santana, the Red Sox just bided their time and stayed in the game. — And what do you know? As Monday night turned into Tuesday morning …
Mark Hale / New York Post:
METS MAKE MOVE TO ADD JAPANESE RIGHTY KURODA — The Mets are very much in the mix for Japanese righty Hiroki Kuroda, to the point they have moved past what was essentially an opening round of bidding, The Post has learned. — The Mets have legitimate interest in Kuroda …
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David Andriesen / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:Mariners' pursuit of Hiroki Kuroda hits snag
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:Buzz: Mets work with O's on Bedard
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Notes: Kearns could be on the move — Outfielder may be traded to deepen Nats' starting rotation — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nationals general manager Jim Bowden said on Monday that there will be four players — Wily Mo Pena, Lastings Milledge, Elijah Dukes and Austin Kearns …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
Nationals Acquire Troubled Dukes — The Washington Nationals began baseball's winter meetings Monday with a dramatic and potentially controversial move, trading for troubled Tampa Bay outfielder Elijah Dukes, a 23-year-old whose skills are undisputed but whose long and varied list of legal issues sent his standing in the game tumbling.
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Enrique Rojas / ESPN:
Source: Royals, Guillen agree to preliminary 3-year, $36M deal … NASHVILLE — Outfielder Jose Guillen and the Kansas City Royals have reached a preliminary agreement for a three year, $36 million deal, a relative of the ballplayer told ESPNdeportes.com. — The agreement will be complete …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Sources: Royals, Guillen closing in on deal — LIKE THIS STORY? — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Royals, plunging into the free-agent market for the second straight year, are working toward an agreement with outfielder Jose Guillen, according to major-league sources.
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
Santana and Yankees are close but not yet joined — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Monday evening bore down on The Steinbrenner Deadline, or the moment the Minnesota Twins supposedly will no longer be allowed to unload the best left-hander in baseball on the New York Yankees, and baseball's winter meetings began to skew even more toward pitching.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs looking at all options — Fukudome on radar, but Reds' Hamilton also a possibility — NASHVILLE — The Cubs are unlikely to walk away from the winter meetings with Kosuke Fukudome under contract, and general manager Jim Hendry gets a little touchy whenever the Japanese outfielder's name comes up in conversation.
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Joe Hamrahi / Baseball Digest Daily:
The New Look Dodgers...An Interview with Ned Colletti — When I spoke with Ned Colletti back in January, he had only been General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers for about 14 months. He had just watched his team finish a season with 88 victories and earn a Wild Card berth in the 2006 playoffs.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Rolen is star of trade talks — NASHVILLE, TENN. — There was a former Cardinals World Series-winning manager elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame here on Monday. It just wasn't the one many expected. — Whitey Herzog, who directed the Cardinals to the 1982, 1985 and 1987 National League pennants …
Associated Press:
Pennsylvania baseball team's mascot gets new name after 'PorkChop' deemed offensive to Latinos — ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Two days after naming its mascot "PorkChop," the Philadelphia Phillies' new Triple-A affiliate abruptly dropped the moniker after receiving complaints from Hispanics that it was offensive.
