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10:00 PM ET, December 9, 2009

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Toronto Sun:
Angels make a play for Halladay  —  INDIANAPOLIS - Alex Anthopoulos has spoke all week about having multiple balls in the air.  —  Now there is an offer on the table for Blue Jays right-hander Roy Halladay at the winter meetings.  —  The Angels took the lead amongst interested teams in the hunt for Halladay by offering:
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees remain in hunt for Halladay  —  INDIANAPOLIS — If you think Curtis Granderson is going to be the only big move of this offseason for the Yankees, then you don't know the Yankees.  —  Even while finalizing a deal in which they gave up three prospects to complete a trade in principle for Granderson …
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Stronger American League likely to stay Halladay's home
Discussion: Full Count
New York Post:
Yankees re-sign Pettitte to one-year deal  —  The Yankees have re-signed Andy Pettitte for one-year at $11.75 million, the Post has learned.  —  The two sides quickly hammered out an agreement once Pettitte signaled he did want to play again in 2010 — and only for the Yankees.
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Associated Press:
MLB winter meetings: New York Yankees agree to deal with Andy Pettitte  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Andy Pettitte is staying with the New York Yankees, agreeing to an $11.75 million, one-year contract.  —  The deal Wednesday represents a raise for the 37-year-old left-hander, who made $10.5 million …
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Pettitte returns to Yankees
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Source: Andy Pettitte gets 1-year, $11.75M deal to return …
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
O's close to deal for Millwood  —  Sources: Team nearing agreement to acquire starter from Rangers for Ray, cash  —  The Orioles are nearing an agreement on a trade that would send reliever Chris Ray to the Texas Rangers for veteran starter Kevin Millwood and some cash, according to multiple team sources.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Orioles, Rangers Agree On Millwood-Ray Swap  —  5:26pm: The trade is official, according to Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN.com.  —  3:36pm: Evan Grant hears that only the medical report approvals remain before this deal is done.  He believes the Rangers would use some of the money saved to sign a free agent starter.
Evan Grant / Texas Rangers:
If Millwood is gone, would Rangers play Harden fast?
Matthew Pouliot / Circling The Bases:
Source: Harden to join Rangers on one-year, $7.5 million deal  —  Update 2: Craig has confirmed that the deal is with the Rangers.  One year, $7.5 million with the option for 2011.  —  Update: Craig's source is hearing one-year, $7.5 million with an $11.5 million option for 2011.  Possibly with the Mariners.
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ESPN:
Sources: Texas Rangers close to a deal with Rich Harden  —  The Texas Rangers are closing in on a deal with right-handed pitcher Rich Harden, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Wednesday.  —  To create financial flexibility that could make signing Harden easier …
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Bradley one (explosive) possibility
NY Daily News:
Mike Pelfrey's in question, Mets need to hunt for No. 2 pitcher like Angels' John Lackey  —  INDIANAPOLIS - It was no surprise that one of the first significant rumors to sweep through the hotel lobby at the winter meetings Monday had the Mets on the verge of completing a trade for the Tigers' Edwin Jackson.
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New York Post:
Mound market puzzles Mets
New York Post:
Mets likely to make Molina offer today
Joe Capozzi / Florida Marlins news, analysis …:
It's official: Florida Marlins send Matt Lindstrom to Astros for 3 minor leaguers  —  UPDATE: Marlins baseball ops prez Larry Beinfest said it's done — Matt Lindstrom to Houston for two single-A players and a player to be named.  Florida gets RHP Robert Bono and SS Luis Bryan.
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Dylan Hernandez / LA Times Sports Blog:
Dodgers: Colletti has no regrets about Wolf  —  Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti said today that he had no regrets about not offering arbitration to Randy Wolf, who has agreed to a three-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.  —  Wolf was a Type A free agent, meaning that had the Dodgers offered …
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John Tomase / Clubhouse Insider:
Sources: Red Sox interest in Beltre significant  —  According to multiple baseball and industry sources, the Red Sox' interest in free agent third baseman Adrian Beltre is believed to be signficant, with his age (31 in April), premium defense and bat fitting neatly into their stated needs …
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Mike Salk / MyNorthwest.com:   Rumors! Byrd, Beltre, Lopez and Zduriencik
John Shea / SFGate:
Sabean focused on first basemen, not Beltre  —  John Shea from the winter meetings in Indianapolis. . .  Despite agent Scott Boras campaigning for Adrian Beltre to become a Giant, general manager Brian Sabean said there's no interest now.  “Not at this time,” Sabean said.
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Extra Baggs
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Larry Granillo / Wezen Ball:
The History of the Highest Paid Player in Baseball  —  The Winter Meetings are going on right now, and, despite that Twitter seems to have exploded with hot stove rumors, the chances of anything really huge happening are pretty slim.  A three-way trade here or a too-high contract offer …
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Megadeal boasts formidable talent  —  Granderson tops list of budding stars involved in blockbuster  —  INDIANAPOLIS — High in the downtown Marriott's tower on Tuesday evening, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman had a keen sense of what he referred to as “noise.”
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Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:   Dodgers still short on starting pitching
Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Crosby terms: $1 million, $500K bonus  —  INDIANAPOLIS — The Pirates' signing of free-agent shortstop Bobby Crosby, which will be made official as early as tomorrow pending the physical, will be for one year at a guaranteed $1 million plus as much as $500,000 in bonuses based on plate appearances.
Weei / Full Count:
Olney impressed with Red Sox' approach  —  ESPN's Buster Olney made an appearance on the Dale & Holley show Wednesday morning to discuss the latest baseball rumors.  Olney warned that the Red Sox very well may sit back and pass on the big-name free agents this offseason.
Discussion: Over the Monster and Boston Globe
 
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