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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Reyes is quick to move on — PORT ST. LUCIE - Jose Reyes has more steals (202) than anyone in baseball over the past three seasons. Still, the shortstop has a bold prediction for 2008. — “Probably I'm going to be a little faster this year,” Reyes said upon arriving at Mets camp Friday …
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Bart Hubbuch / New York Post:
A BIG LEAD — REYES REPORTS 3 DAYS EARLY — Jose Reyes kept shrugging off his September From Hell at the time, even as he was taking the Mets' playoff hopes down with him. — Just part of baseball, the Mets' All-Star shortstop would say calmly, enraging Mets fans with his nonchalance as the month dragged on.
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Notes: Porcello gets first taste — Leyland hoping Inge situation is resolved to everyone's benefit — LAKELAND, Fla. — Rick Porcello's first Major League drill didn't cut him any slack. As he stood on the practice fields Friday morning readying for pitchers' fielding practice …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
The only Pavano post all spring (promise) — Carl Pavano is in camp. He has to be because he's on the 40-man roster. The Yankees asked him to accept a payoff on the final year of his deal then take a minor-league contract and he refused. — Pavano had surgery last June and almost certainly won't be ready to pitch until 2009.
Associated Press:
Yankees win arbitration case with Wang — TAMPA — Chien-Ming Wang lost his salary arbitration case against the New York Yankees on Friday, dropping players to 0-4 this year. — Wang, a 19-game winner in each of the last two seasons, was awarded $4 million instead of his request …
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Make no mistake, Randolph needs a playoff berth — The cliche “It is what it is” gained national prominence this week, thanks to Brian McNamee's testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Willie Randolph hopped aboard that very crowded bandwagon Friday, and really …
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Rob Bradford / Boston Herald:
Julian: Spring shock — Schilling injury alters Tavarez' 2008 plans … FORT MYERS - Julian Tavarez [stats] was caught off-guard when he heard the Red Sox [team stats] picked up his $3.8 million team option for the 2008 season in November. — “I didn't think they were going to do it,” the right-hander said.
Nate Silver / Unfiltered:
PECOTA Projected Standings are up, and PFM — We've kept this a little under the radar, but the first version of the PECOTA projected standings are fired up and ready to go. — For the most part, these numbers conform pretty well to conventional wisdom. In the American League …
NY Daily News:
Kid arms have daunting task of satisfying a Steinbrenner — TAMPA - You can tell it is eating at Hank Steinbrenner already that he didn't turn a deaf ear to GM Brian Cashman and make the trade for Johan Santana that his gut was telling him to make. — Just mention Santana to Hank and you can practically hear the gnashing of teeth.
David Lennon / Newsday:
El Duque expects to be in rotation — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Orlando Hernandez, as usual, was a man of few words when he arrived Friday at Tradition Field. El Duque said more than enough, however, to get his message across. — With Hernandez's health always a question mark and the Mets sitting …
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Girardi's hands-on approach appreciated — TAMPA - Joe Girardi watched his starting pitchers throw in the bullpen, saw a handful of hitters take batting practice and monitored everything in between during the Yankees' first workout of the spring Friday. — “It was everything I thought it would be …
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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Notes: Ozzie prepared to turn up heat — After difficult '07 season, Guillen fired up for spring — TUCSON, Ariz. — As Ozzie Guillen traveled from Florida to Arizona for his fifth year at the helm of the White Sox, beginning Saturday morning when pitchers and catchers report to the Kino Sports Complex …
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Willits energized after surprise surgery — Gallbladder procedure cures outfielder's ailments — TEMPE, Ariz. — Upon further review, Reggie Willits' rookie season with the Angels was even more amazing than anyone realized. — Bothered all season by persistent pains in the stomach and rib cage, Willits persevered.
MLB.com:
KCAL, FSN Prime Ticket to present 150 Dodgers telecasts in 2008 — Schedule includes Spring Training and regular season telecasts — LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will present more than 150 games on television in 2008, including 50 from KCAL and 100 from FSN PRIME TICKET.
San Francisco Chronicle:
SPRING TRAINING — Molina: Giants don't need HRs — (02-15) 04:00 PST Scottsdale, Ariz. — To the legions of doubters who think the Giants will be too impotent to win games in 2008, catcher Bengie Molina offers a piece of jewelry as his counterargument. It is his 2002 World Series championship ring …
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