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New York Post:
Pettitte turns down Yanks' 1-year deal — INDIANAPOLIS — The Yankees claimed Andy Pettitte was their No. 1 offseason priority. And they have put their money where that statement is at while continuing to monitor the Roy Halladay market. — Pettitte was the first and only player the Yankees …
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ESPN.com:
MLB winter meetings: Veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte to return in 2010, sources say — INDIANAPOLIS — The first step is complete for free agent left-hander Andy Pettitte's return to the world champion New York Yankees next season as they seek to repeat. — Pettitte
New York Post:
Mets shopping for players that Meche — INDIANAPOLIS — The Mets intend to check in on the three top free agents — Jason Bay, Matt Holliday and John Lackey — during the Winter Meetings, with the strongest hope that Lackey's price falls into a range to make him their No. 2 starter behind Johan Santana.
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Mets GM Omar Minaya needs to focus on real issues at winter meetings, like dumping Luis Castillo — Oh, Omar. The Mets re-signed Alex Cora for $2 million, but now the GM has big issues to handle at the winter meetings. — Backup infielder? Check. The Mets have re-signed Alex Cora for $2 million, with a vesting option for 2011.
Adam Rubin / Surfing The Mets:
Omar hits Indy — Omar Minaya arrived at the Winter Meetings at 9 p.m. on Sunday night and gave a brief interview on his way to his hotel room. Here's what he said ... What's your feeling coming into the meetings? Do you have the expectation of getting a lot of things done?
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Experts say free agents are aware that Citi Field will hurt slugger statistics — The Mets had so many things going against them last season that they often seemed mocked by the baseball gods. Now, as they try to rebuild their team after a disastrous season, they may face another challenge coming …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Nationals Acquire Brian Bruney — The Nationals acquired reliever Brian Bruney from the Yankees for a player to be named later, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Bruney, who is arbitration-eligible, is due a small raise on this year's $1.25MM salary. He's under team control through 2011.
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Bruney may go to Atlanta — INDIANAPOLIS — According to a team that talked to the Yankees about acquiring Brian Bruney, the right-handed reliever could be headed to Atlanta. — “We asked about him but hear he is going to the Braves,” the source said. — Because the Yankees asked …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Brian Bruney Braves Rumor — George A. King III of the New York Post talked to an official from a team interested in Yankees reliever Brian Bruney, and was told, “We asked about him but hear he is going to the Braves.” The Braves would seem an odd match for Bruney, who is arbitration-eligible …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Breaking Sports:
Milton Bradley trade talks underway in Indy — INDIANAPOLIS — Milton Bradley is not a free agent, but he's being treated like such at the winter meetings. — The Cubs are so eager to find a team for the disgruntled outfielder that they're letting his agents talk to other teams …
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Matthew Pouliot / Circling The Bases:
Another sign Dodgers are broke: Sherrill up for grabs — A large-market team should be able to pay a top-notch setup man $4 million-$4.5 million. That's what the Royals gave Kyle Farnsworth, and at last check, Kansas City wasn't a large market and Farnsworth wasn't top notch.
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Mark J. Miller / Yahoo! Sports:Los Angeles Dodgers getting rid of ace reliever George Sherrill?
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Fox Sports:
LIVE: Follow the winter meetings in Indy — The winter meetings are under way. Who's going where? Follow along as our team breaks the latest news from Indy. — Monday's latest news and notes — Sources: M's negotiating with Branyan — 8:15 a.m. — The Mariners are still engaged …
Sports Illustrated:
Mariners posing serious threat to Angels in Hot Stove season … INDIANAPOLIS — There's something wild happening out West, where the Mariners are establishing themselves a threat to the preeminent Angels — at least in wintertime. Seattle stole the Angels' igniter Chone Figgins by outbidding …
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Frankie Piliere / Fanhouse MLB Blog:
Yankees Could Be Perfect Fit for Halladay, but Toronto Must Get Hughes — Making up for years of lackluster player development isn't something that a team can do in one fell swoop. That is unless you are the owner of arguably the best pitcher in the game and are looking to unload him.
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JSOnline:
Suppan for Pierre would make sense — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — I haven't even made it to the winter meetings in Indianapolis yet but I thought I'd throw out this trade proposal for the Brewers. — I was reading this “tweet” from Steve Henson at yahoo.com that indicated …
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals awaiting a meeting with Boras — INDIANAPOLIS — The closest casino to downtown is 20 minutes southeast. But the best poker game in town may play out in the Cardinals suite of the Marriott, headquarters for baseball's winter meetings. — With free agent Matt Holliday the week's centerpiece …
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Herzog, Harvey elected to Hall of Fame — No one from execs/pioneers ballot makes it to Cooperstown — INDIANAPOLIS — Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey were elected by a Hall of Fame Veterans Committee on managers and umpires, but a separate committee for executives and pioneers did not select anyone …
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates made less than $11 million past two years — Part 1: Management divulgues a profit level well below most estimates, insists it can show that all of it went back into baseball, not to owners — INDIANAPOLIS — The Pirates have made less than $11 million in profit over the past two years …
Ed Price / Fanhouse MLB Blog:
Phillies Exploring Interest in Joe Blanton — Joe Blanton, who stands to make in the neighborhood of $7 million next season, has joined the increasing list of pitchers available by trade. — The Phillies are checking on interest in Blanton, two major-league sources said.
