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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Peavy throws a curveball into Padres' trade talks with Braves — Politics makes strange bedfellows and so does Jake Peavy's no-trade clause, which is why the Padres ace and his agent Thursday were discussing Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar and their preference that he remain with the Braves if Peavy is sent to Atlanta.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis Cardinals in the hunt for Holliday — DANA POINT, CALIF. — The Cardinals left a meeting of Major League Baseball general managers Thursday apparently willing to reorder their offseason checklist. — After already discussing parlaying an outfield surplus for middle infield help …
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:Cubs make bold move in Peavy sweepstakes
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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:Cardinals poised to take run at Rockies' Holliday
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:Padres say Peavy is headed to Cubs, Braves or Dodgers
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
MARKET LOOKS SET TO DELIVER RELIEF TO 'PEN — DANA POINT, Calif. - Now is one time the Mets are happy the Yankees have Mariano Rivera. — And that the Red Sox have Jonathan Papelbon and the White Sox Bobby Jenks and pretty much every other big-market team has an in-house closing option.
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Ken Davidoff / Newsday:
Mets trying to revamp the bullpen — DANA POINT, Calif. - The Mets, their 2008 playoff hopes destroyed by a profoundly inept bullpen, want to completely remake their relief corps. So much so that they spent some of their time at the general managers' meetings gauging the value of their own veteran relievers.
Jon Paul Morosi / Detroit Free Press:
Jason Varitek available, but there's a catch — Bringing back Pudge called ‘longshot’ — DANA POINT, Calif. — The question is inevitable, given the circumstances. — The Tigers have moved Brandon Inge to third base but are not convinced Dusty Ryan is ready to become their No. 1 catcher in 2009.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Like others, Sox are biding time — DANA POINT, Calif. - Unlike last season, when Brad Lidge was dealt from Houston to Philadelphia, nothing concrete happened at the general managers' meetings - with the exception of Manny Ramírez receiving a two- or three-year offer from the Dodgers worth about $25 million per season.
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Yankees chances at getting Mike Cameron slim — The Yankees have held talks with the Brewers about acquiring centerfielder Mike Cameron, but as the general managers' meetings wrapped up Thursday in Dana Point, Calif., they were not optimistic about landing him.
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Free Agents — A total of 561 minor league players were declared free agents on Nov. 6. Major League Baseball and the players' union negotiated a later minor league free agency declaration date as part of the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Bidder pill for fans: No Cuban for Cubs — DANA POINT, Calif. — Throw out Sam Zell's idea of selling the Cubs by the end of the year because he still hasn't reached his goal of narrowing the field from five bidders to two. And sources close to commissioner Bud Selig sounded an alarm …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Closer Cordero drawing interest — Right-hander rumored to be targeted by handful of clubs — WASHINGTON — A week after becoming a free agent, former Nationals closer Chad Cordero is drawing interest from several Major League clubs. According to a baseball source, the Angels, Mets …
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals display new uniforms — Club will have total of four different jerseys in 2009 campaign — WASHINGTON — The Nationals unveiled their new jerseys on Thursday afternoon at the ESPN Zone, as manager Manny Acta, outfielder Lastings Milledge and women from the “Nat Pack” helped display the new uniforms.
Robert Falkoff / MLB.com:
Hunter, Ichiro among AL Gold Glovers — Defensive stars in outfield earn Award for eighth straight year — Torii Hunter and Ichiro Suzuki began collecting Gold Gloves in 2001 and they're still going strong. — Some of the names and faces change, but Hunter and Suzuki remain constants among American League Gold Glovers.
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