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George King III / New York Post:
NO ‘OPTION’ FOR MARTE — Add Damaso Marte to Jason Giambi and Carl Pavano as players the Yankees aren't likely to exercise options on - which will make them free agents. — Giambi has a $22 million option with a $5 million buyout and Pavano has a $15 million option with a $1.95 million buyout.
David Murphy / Philly.com:
Phillies select Amaro as new GM — This just in. . . Ruben Amaro Jr. is the new Phillies general manager. — Sources close to the situation confirmed to the Daily News' Paul Hagen that club president Dave Montgomery met with assistant general manager, scouting and player development …
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David Lennon / On the Mets beat:
Wright to Rollins: We don't like you either — Kudos to David Wright for not backing down when asked on Saturday about the Phillies' obsession with the Mets during this postseason. — With Jimmy Rollins and Phillies GM Pat Gillick both saying the Mets were the most hated team in the NL East, Wright seemed fine with it.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
The place might be the thing — Why not trade for a change of scenery? — I never really understood why there aren't more “swap meet” type deals in baseball. As in, “You take what I can't use and I'll take what you can't use.” — There was a consensus among the general managers I spoke …
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers' seek catcher-for-pitcher deal — egrant@dallasnews.com — The Rangers on Monday will invade the St. Regis Monarch Hotel in Dana Point, Calif. - site of AIG's infamous post-government bailout executive retreat - but they won't be indulging in spa treatments or ringing up the surf butler.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Let the offseason races begin — Most of baseball's 30 general managers will arrive in Dana Point, Calif., Sunday and Monday for the annual GM meetings, the unofficial beginning of baseball's offseason. — It's going to be a busy winter, with huge names out there for the taking.
Katie Thomas / New York Times:
After a Steep Fall, Leyritz Tries to Rebuild Life — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Autumn had always been good to Jim Leyritz. — Most of the time, Leyritz was just a workaday Yankee on a team of stars, but the postseason seemed to be his stage, as he twirled his bat at the plate and hit home runs when it mattered most.
David Lennon / Newsday:
Mets' Wright issues challenge to NL East — David Wright has a message for Jimmy Rollins: I don't like you guys either. — Wright, the star attraction at yesterday's Topps baseball camp inside the Hofstra bubble, was aware of the Phillies' latest volley of verbal attacks …
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John Perrotto / Baseball Prospectus:
Every Given Sunday — Off-season Moves — Baseball is officially into the offseason now that the Phillies sit atop the sport after beating the Rays in a five-game World Series this past week, but everyone knows that there is really no such thing as an offseason.
Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
O'Dowd: Rockies will be ‘aggressive’ shaking up team in offseason — Dealin' Dan is back in town. — After relatively little roster revamping the past couple of seasons, Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd is ready to shake things up, looking to revamp a team that went from National League champion …
JSOnline:
A new role for Sveum — He will take over hitting coach spot — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Dale Sveum will be back on the Milwaukee Brewers' coaching staff in 2009 but not as third base coach. Or bench coach. — Looking for a different challenge …
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