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Brian Cashman, Yanks balk at millions and Phil Hughes for Johan Santana — NASHVILLE - Even though George Steinbrenner is no longer the one to say it, Brian Cashman had better be right about Phil Hughes. — The Yankee GM, who is staking his job on his young-gun pitchers …
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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 …
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The Baseball Desert
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Buzz: Twins Reach out to Mets and Others — ...on monday night i wrote that the word from Nashville, from a few different corners, suggested that the Twins are once again contacting teams, other than the Yankees and Red Sox, to discuss offers for Johan Santana...
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
For now, prospects are murky — NASHVILLE - Justin Masterson has been married barely a month - since Nov. 3 - and already his life might be up in the air. That's because, like Jon Lester and Coco Crisp and Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and Michael Bowden and Ryan Kalish …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Mixed emotions — If the Sox do not trade for Johan Santana, an outcome last night as plausible as a deal going down, it may stem in part from some ambivalence on the part of club officials on whether they really want to do it. Theo Epstein and Co. enjoy watching the kids develop and win …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:Yankees say they're out on Santana bid
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Peter's Red Sox Forever
Mark Hale / New York Post:
METS ARE ALL TALK — MEETINGS YIELDING NO AMAZIN' ACTION SO FAR — For the Mets, things haven't exactly been too noisy at the Winter Meetings. — On Day 2, they were more focused on having conversations with agents. It was a day less about trades and more about free-agent possibilities.
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The Zo Zone, ESPN, MLB Trade Rumors, MetsBlog.com, Hot Foot, Hot Stove New York, MLB.com and Fox Sports
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets might pursue Livan Hernandez, Bartolo Colon — NASHVILLE - The Mets don't expect to come away from the winter meetings with Erik Bedard or Dan Haren, although team officials have not resigned themselves to striking out in those pursuits just yet. — According to a Mets insider …
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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ESPN:
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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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Tigers-Marlins pull off blockbuster trade — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Baseball's winter meetings often produce a great amount of smoke and little fire. But the Tigers and Marlins yesterday pulled off a trade that blew away everyone in the industry. — The Marlins, in yet another round of cost-cutting …
Jack Curry / New York Times:Cabrera and Willis May Join Tigers in Eight-Player Trade
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Archie Bunker's Army
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.
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Fox Sports, MLB.com, El Lefty Malo, MetsBlog.com, McCovey Chronicles and MLB Trade Rumors
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:Cards turn to Dodgers in Rolen talks
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Brewers Blog, MetsBlog.com, MLB Trade Rumors, NASHVILLE CONFIDENTIAL, Cardinals Diaspora and Newsday
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers' Blalock not on block for current offers — GM Daniels says clubs want third baseman on the cheap — egrant@dallasnews.com — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - For a guy who missed more than three months last year because of a serious circulatory issue, Hank Blalock sure is popular.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Hank Blalock / Dallas Morning News:Texas Rangers shouldn't ship Blalock, Laird
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Lone Star Ball
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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Tom Haudricourt / Brewers Blog:
Riske signs three-year, $13 million deal — Nashville - I know some folks were beginning to question whether the Brewers' deal with free agent reliever David Riske actually was going to happen but it became official this morning when the sides agreed to a three-year deal that guarantees him $13 million.
Sean McAdam / Providence Journal:
Team interested in extending Varitek's deal — NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sometime between the end of these winter meetings and the start of spring training, the Red Sox would like to talk to Jason Varitek about a contract extension. — Varitek's four-year, $40 million deal …
