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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Free agent Jason Bay has no timetable for signing a contract — Jason Bay's agent was making no predictions on when the free-agent left fielder will sign after the Red Sox offered him salary arbitration Tuesday, assuring them of receiving two draft picks if he signs elsewhere.
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Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
There's a lot of interest in Dye, just not from South Side — Jermaine Dye ditched the idea of extending his stay with the White Sox in late September, so it was no shock that the paperwork for the breakup continued when the team announced Tuesday it wouldn't offer salary arbitration to Dye …
Sports Illustrated:
Jon Heyman>DAILY SCOOP — More ColumnsEmail JonFollow Jon Heyman on — Halladay talk likely to top winter meetings bill; more notes (cont.) — Around the majors — • The Red Sox remain interested in Marco Scutaro at shortstop. Scutaro told his hometown Venezuelan paper Diario Panorama …
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Gilbert the frontrunner to buy Rangers … Former baseball superagent Dennis Gilbert and his ownership group have emerged in recent days as the surprise frontrunner to buy the Texas Rangers, SI has learned. — The deal is not believed finalized yet, but the winning bid is expected to be …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Braves Sign Billy Wagner — 11:36am: The Braves officially announced the Wagner signing, tweets MLB.com's Mark Bowman. That implies he passed his physical. — 1:28am: The Braves have agreed to sign Billy Wagner, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.
David O'Brien / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Report: Braves land closer Billy Wagner — The Braves didn't even bother waiting until they lost their free-agent closers before reportedly reeling in a highly accomplished replacement - veteran fireballer Billy Wagner. — Wagner, who ranks sixth in major league history with 385 saves …
New York Post:
3UP: Burrell, Molina and Halladay — 1. I hear that a trade of Tampa Bay's Pat Burrell for the Cubs' Milton Bradley is still a strong possibility. Burrell is due $9 million next year while Bradley has two years at $21 million left. Bradley also makes $9 million next year …
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Halladay for a year could be Bombers' best option — Yankees officials have spoken to their Toronto counterparts enough to know they have prospects capable of landing Roy Halladay and that the Blue Jays will not trade their ace without giving them a chance to make the best offer.
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers don't offer arbitration to any free agents — However, GM Ned Colletti says the team remains interested in re-signing Randy Wolf — The decision by the Dodgers not to offer arbitration to pitcher Randy Wolf or any of their other free agents Tuesday should not be viewed as a sign …
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Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:Sifting through the post-arbitration rubble: Damon, Dye, Tejada …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Fehr, now enjoying a slice of the retired life, discusses career — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League players association the last 26 years, spent his first day of retirement Tuesday in the emergency room. He sliced his left thumb cutting a grapefruit …
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Derek Jeter gave Brian Cashman input on New York Yankees' player moves — Derek Jeter won't need to work when his playing days are over, but if he is interested in a future as a general manager, he's getting some good on-the-job training. — Jeter danced around questions …
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Roberto Alomar's brilliance still on display — You say you are young, and didn't see Roberto Alomar play? — No problem. You get a chance to witness the brilliance of Roberto Alomar just about every night on a major league baseball field, when infielders make plays that Alomar all but invented and popularized.
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Bill Livingston / Plain Dealer:This writer won't hustle for Roberto Alomar as a first-ballot Hall …
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Marty Noble / MLB.com:
Inbox: Ranking Mets teams of yesteryear — Beat reporter Marty Noble answers fans' questions — In what order would you rank the Mets teams of 1969, '73, '86, '88 and 2000? And why? — The 1986 Mets and '88 Mets are not one in the same, but they are close.
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Friars seek righty OF at Winter Meetings — New GM Hoyer expecting to be busy in Indianapolis — SAN DIEGO — Like every general manager, new Padres GM Jed Hoyer will arrive in Indianapolis for the start of the Winter Meetings next week with a wish list of players, needs and areas of improvement he could like to address.
Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com:
Girardi teaches Jets QB how to slide — Yanks skipper happy to help Sanchez during practice — Yankees manager Joe Girardi lent a helping hand to the Jets on Tuesday, when he helped teach quarterback Mark Sanchez how to properly slide during a team meeting.
Baseball America:
Early Rule 5 Draft Preview — Some names to keep an eye as the Dec. 7 Rule 5 draft nears.
