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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
A's to acquire Holliday from Rockies — The A's are closing in on a deal that would send star outfielder Matt Holiday from Colorado to Oakland, SI.com has learned. It isn't known yet which players will be sent to Oakland in the surprise deal. — The A's have pulled off some shocking trades …
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Holliday appears headed to A's in trade from Colorado — Matt Holliday appears headed to the Oakland Athletics in a deal with the Colorado Rockies, baseball sources have told ESPN's Jerry Crasnick and Buster Olney. — Final details are being finalized, though the teams have agreed to terms, a baseball source told Olney.
Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
A's are close to acquiring Holliday — The Oakland A's are close to acquiring Colorado Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday, according to a source familiar with those discussions, having agreed in principle to a deal the source believed would send outfielder Carlos Gonzalez …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
A's Acquire Matt Holliday — By Tim Dierkes [November 10 at 5:01pm CST] — 5:01pm: Scott Miller of CBSSports.com says the Rockies are prepared to turn around and trade Street to another team. — 4:08pm: Gonzalez confirmed his inclusion in the trade in a phone call to Jorge L. Ortiz of USA Today.
Janie McCauley / Associated Press:Sources: Rockies to deal Holliday to A's
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Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Longoria, Soto are Rookies of the Year — Rays third baseman, Cubs catcher take home 2008 honors — Evan Longoria, the third baseman whose powerful bat keyed the Rays' remarkable turnaround season, and Cubs catcher Geovany Soto were named winners of their respective leagues' 2008 Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Awards.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Soto wins NL Rookie of the Year Award — First catcher to win league honor since '93; first Cub so honored since '98 — CHICAGO — Cubs catcher Geovany Soto, who batted .285 with 23 homers and 86 RBIs in his freshman season, was named National League Rookie of the Year on Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:Longoria, Soto named rookies of the year
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Agent: Nationals make deal for Marlins' Willingham, Olsen — The Washington Nationals began their rebuilding process Monday, agreeing to a trade for outfielder Josh Willingham and lefty starter Scott Olsen of the Florida Marlins for a package of players. — Agent Matt Sosnick …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Source: Nats get Willingham, Olsen — Washington to send Bonifacio, two others to Florida — WASHINGTON — The Nationals continue to stay busy this offseason, as they have reached an agreement to trade second baseman Emilio Bonifacio, right-hander P.J. Dean and infielder Jake Smolinski …
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John Hickey / seattlepi.com Mariners blog:
Mariners going young with their managerial candidates — The Seattle Mariners have announced the candidates they'll be talking to in the first round as they look for a new manager, and the key word appears to be new. — Starting with Boston bench coach Brad Mills, who is in Seattle today …
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Hoffman done in San Diego as Padres pull offer … Trevor Hoffman, the all-time leaders in saves and the face of the San Diego franchise, will not return to the Padres for 2009. The team has withdrawn its contract offer for 2009 to Hoffman, who is eligible for free agency this fall.
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Tom Krasovic / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Organization pulls Hoffman contract offer from the table — Trevor Time may be over in San Diego. — Four days after reliever Trevor Hoffman's agent said he is disappointed that the club hasn't set up a meeting with Padres owner John Moores, the Padres Monday withdrew the $4 million offer to the all-time saves leader.
Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
The Arizona Fall League — Less than 18 hours after the last pitch of the World Series, I was sitting in the sunny, warm stands of Scottsdale Stadium watching baseball. The contrast was striking in just about every way—temperature, intensity, caliber of play, size of crowd, my alertness level …
Steve Silva / Boston Globe:
Youk ties the knot;will work out at API — Two World Series rings are nice, but nothing beats a wedding band. Just ask Kevin Youkilis, who got married yesterday in Mexico. Engaged for more than a year, the Sox first baseman and his fiancee, Enza Sambataro, finally made it official in front …
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