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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Santana/Reyes/Haren Blockbuster In The Works? — Santana/Reyes/Haren Blockbuster Quashed — UPDATE, 12-5-07 at 5:45pm: Billy Beane, who rarely comments on trade rumors, actually went out of his way to call mine below a "total fabrication." I guess I should be proud, right?
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Sports Illustrated:
Mets back in Santana race — Twins talk to others while negotiating with Red Sox — NASHVILLE, Tenn — With the Red Sox still trying to match names with the Twins, other teams — including the Mets — are trying to jump into the Johan Santana sweepstakes, SI.com has learned.
NY Daily News:
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 …
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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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...
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:Yankees say they're out on Santana bid
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Sports Illustrated:
Obstacles to Bedard trade — Clubs line up to bid on Baltimore's stud left-hander — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Teams are starting to salivate over the prospect of trading for Orioles ace Erik Bedard, who has wisely refused to sign Baltimore's three-year offer to remain with baseball's messiest organization.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Winter Meetings: The latest from Day 3 — FOXSports.com, Updated 52 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — NASHVILLE - The proposed trade of outfielder Alex Rios for either San Francisco's Matt Cain or Tim Lincecum rests with the Giants' decision-makers, according to major-league sources.
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Baltimore Sun:
O's, Cubs talk Roberts deal — Source: Discussed deal would bring starting pitcher to Orioles; MacPhail reportedly inquires about free agent 2B Iguchi — For the second consecutive winter meetings, the Orioles are involved in serious trade talks involving second baseman Brian Roberts.
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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 …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:Stark: A tale of two franchises in big deal
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Mark Hale / New York Post:METS ARE ALL TALK — MEETINGS YIELDING NO AMAZIN' ACTION SO FAR
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Baseball Prospectus:
Winter Meetings, Day Three — 3:30 p.m. ET: A Minnesota official said Wednesday that he is "99 percent sure" that left-hander Johan Santana will still be a Twin when the meetings end Thursday. The Twins still figure to deal Santana sometime before spring training, though it now seems …
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:Winter Meetings: Pirates, Indians discuss five-player deal involving Bay
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:Pirates' Bay deal appears off; Yankees looking at Marte
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Hot Foot
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Schilling rule? — NASHVILLE - The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted this morning to approve a resolution in which, starting in 2013, all contracts that have financial terms attached to major awards will not be eligible for consideration for that award.
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ESPN.com:
No reward for awards: BBWAA out of bonus biz — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baseball players no longer would receive bonuses for winning the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young or rookie awards bestowed by the Baseball Writers' Association of America under a rule passed Wednesday.
ESPN:
Sources: HGH suspension in works for Jose Guillen — The Major League Baseball Players Association is negotiating with MLB officials on a possible 10- to 15-day suspension for outfielder Jose Guillen for his reported involvement in the purchase of steroids and human growth hormone …
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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.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers Inquire On Bill Hall — According to Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times, the Dodgers asked the Brewers about Bill Hall. Hall, who turns 28 soon, is owed $4.8MM in '08, $6.8MM in '09, and $8.4MM in '10. He could play third base for the Dodgers. — You may also recall …
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:No deals, but Colletti is happy to be asked
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