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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 …
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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:
Halladay trade talk likely to top winter meetings bill; more notes … Star Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, who hopes his current residence in trade limbo will be resolved within the next couple of months, will be pleased to hear that the Jays have engaged the Yankees in at least initial trade talks.
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.
Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:Sifting through the post-arbitration rubble: Damon, Dye, Tejada …
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River Avenue Blues
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Source: Phils pursue Polanco — The Philadelphia Phillies are targeting Placido Polanco as their next third baseman, according to a source familiar with their thinking. And they were making a “very serious” effort to sign the 34-year-old free agent Wednesday, the source told ESPN.com.
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Fox Sports:
Latest buzz from the MLB offseason — The World Series may still be fresh in your mind, but MLB GMs are already focusing on next season. Thankfully, Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi have all the latest gossip and buzz. Note: All times listed are ET. — Wednesday's latest news and notes
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MLB Rumors
MLB.com:
Braves offer salary arbitration to two free agents — The Atlanta Braves announced today that they have offered salary arbitration to two free agents before tonight's (December 1) midnight deadline. The players offered arbitration include right-handed pitcher Rafael Soriano and left-handed pitcher Mike Gonzalez.
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Braves get a new closer in Wagner — Left-handed reliever agrees to join Atlanta on one-year deal — ATLANTA — Throughout his career, Billy Wagner has occasionally reminded manager Bobby Cox that he would like the opportunity to be a part of the Braves' bullpen.
JSOnline:
Wolf “open” to staying in LA — I thought I would pass along this link to a Los Angeles Times interview with left-hander Randy Wolf in which he says he'd be open to staying in LA despite the Dodgers not offering the Class A free agent salary arbitration by the deadline Tuesday night.
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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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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Tom Hicks' plan to retain Texas Rangers hits a snag — Rangers owner Tom Hicks' last, best attempt to retain control of the team may have hit an insurmountable obstacle. — Since announcing two weeks ago that he was forming his own group to try and hold on to the team …
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Lone Star Ball
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Enberg to be hired as Padres TV voice — Legendary broadcaster to call about 120 games in 2010 — SAN DIEGO — “Oh my!” The Padres have landed a legend for their television broadcast team — Dick Enberg, who is considered not only one of the most versatile broadcasters in sports, but also one of the most recognized.
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Fanhouse MLB Blog
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Jeter: ‘Everybody makes mistakes’ — Yankees' captain admits he's far from perfect in interview — NEW YORK — Derek Jeter may seem like he has mastered how to maneuver in the bright lights of the big city, but the Yankees' shortstop is ready to admit that even he slips up from time to time.
Baseball America:
Arizona Fall League Top 10 Prospects — Scouting reports on the top 10 prospects from the Arizona Fall League, plus a look at whose prospect stock rose and whose stock fell in the league.
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Mets Minor League Blog
Dave / U.S.S. Mariner:
I Have A Complaint — For most of USSM's existence, we served as the voice of why everything the Mariners were doing was wrong. Not that we wanted to, but the organization made so many bad decisions that we wrote millions of words explaining why they just screwed up.
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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TedQuarters.net
Baseball America:
Early Rule 5 Draft Preview — Some names to keep an eye as the Dec. 7 Rule 5 draft nears.

