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John Perrotto / Baseball Prospectus:
Every Given Sunday — Getting Ink Done — On Friday the market for free agents officially opens when teams can begin making offers to players other than those who finished the season with other clubs. The Brewers and Dodgers got the ball rolling at this past week's general managers meetings …
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers would make Barnum proud on so Manny levels — There's a sucker born every minute, and Frank McCourt is counting on that so he can continue to fill Dodger Stadium. — This last week, McCourt played Dodgers fans and the baseball world for fools, ESPN buying into it with a crawl …
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mozeliak says talks on Holliday are dead — The Cardinals won't be celebrating a Holliday before Thanksgiving. — Or for that matter, anytime, according to general manager John Mozeliak. — Mozeliak insisted Sunday that discussions involving Colorado Rockies left fielder Matt Holliday have ceased and that “nothing is imminent.
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Tracy Ringolsby / Rocky Mountain News:
Holliday trade to Cardinals appears dead — Talks between the Rockies and Cardinals about a possible trade of Colorado outfielder Matt Holliday have hit a ‘dead end.’ — Talks between the Rockies and Cardinals about a trade of outfielder Matt Holliday hit a dead end.
Yahoo! Sports:
Phils may have left field solution already on their roster — Countless possible matches in left field have been mentioned for the Philadelphia Phillies since it became apparent that free agent Pat Burrell will be allowed to walk. Matt Holliday is a hot name, although several baseball sources …
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Soto set for rookie prize — Wood was last Cub to win award in 1998 — More than a month after the angry, bitter ending to their season, the healing process might finally be starting for the Cubs. — Well, the prospects for feel-good news at least. — With today's 1 p.m. announcement …
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Pettitte files for free agency — Andy Pettitte filed for free agency today. He is the last eligible Yankee to do so as far as I can tell. The Yankees hold exclusive negotiating rights with him through Thursday. — I think this week is when Mike Mussina will officially retire and maybe …
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers gear up for busy offseason — GM Melvin has several avenues to consider in retooling team — MILWAUKEE — Not even general manager Doug Melvin, the man with the Brewers' master plan, knows exactly what to expect from the free-agency period that begins in earnest on Friday.
Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Padres to seek upgrades via trades — GM Towers unlikely to go after big-ticket free agents this offseason — SAN DIEGO — A year ago, the Padres loaded up on players through free agency — Mark Prior, Randy Wolf, Tadahito Iguchi and Tony Clark, to name a few — during what qualified as a busy offseason for the team.
David Pinto / Baseball Musings:
Probabilistic Model of Range, 2008, Third Basemen Permalink — The Blue Jays and Cardinals made a challenge trade at the start of the season, swapping Scott Rolen and Troy Glaus. Defensively, at least, the Blue Jays came out on top. Here are the Probabilistic Model of Range team rankings for third base:
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
He'd love Sox to catch him — Deal to Boston would thrill Saltalamacchia — Jarrod Saltalamacchia can't hide his excitement when he hears rumors of being traded to Boston. Nothing against Texas, he insists, where he's trying to wade through a catching maze with Gerald Laird and Taylor Teagarden …
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
Prospectus Today — Navigating — Back in 1995, I was underemployed. I'd graduated from USC, was living with my fiancee in Orange County, and doing part-time work for a New Jersey-based marketing company, work which had nothing at all to do with my journalism degree.
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