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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Possible Non-Tenders To Watch — Baseball's non-tender deadline is tomorrow at 11pm CST, and MLBTR will of course have full coverage. Arbitration-eligible players, who typically have at least three but fewer than six years of big league service time, are sometimes cut loose to become free agents before reaching six years.
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One of many — A boy waits for the rumbling sound of an old blue car to climb through the maple trees, and right after he hears it he can see through the barn window...
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Source: New York Yankees could turn to Hideki Matsui, minors to fill DH slot if Johnny Damon balks — INDIANAPOLIS - Brian Cashman left the winter meetings Thursday having filled two big holes on his 2010 roster, yet there is still work left for him to do before the Yankees report to Tampa 10 weeks from now.
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Sox see Yankees outfielder as leadoff man — INDIANAPOLIS — White Sox general manager Ken Williams has said it before, and he said it again. — “We don't have any money,” Williams said Wednesday during his meeting with the media. “We're close to our budget right now …
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Jason Kendall / Associated Press:
Kendall to Royals, Putz to White Sox as teams makes moves after winter meetings — Buzz up! — got a US$6-million, two-year contract from the Kansas City Royals and J.J. Putz — agreed to a $3-million, one-year deal with the Chicago White Sox on Friday as players and teams kept making moves following the winter meetings.
Bruce Levine / ESPN.com:
Chicago White Sox sign reliever J.J. Putz to 1-year deal — The White Sox signed relief pitcher J.J. Putz to a one-year, $3 million contract on Friday. — Putz can make another $3.25 million in incentives, but that figure is based on him closing games all season.
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Carrasco could be non-tendered — Versatile White Sox hurler …
Carrasco could be non-tendered — Versatile White Sox hurler …
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Jeff Zachowski / Hot Stove New York:
Bay Over Holliday? Not So Fast. — I've come out of the woodwork for a brand new blog, because I've come across some interesting data, and I think it'd be just plain selfish of me not to share it with my Mets brethren. — While the media is busy debating whether or not the Mets less …
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Cardinals make Offer to Matt Holliday — Cardinals GM John John Mozeliak told ESPN St. Louis today that he has made an official offer to free-agent OF Matt Holliday, and expects to hear back from Scott Boras this weekend. — ...well, it's official, things are happening... Updated at 2:36 pm:
Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals sign Kendall to two-year deal — The Royals reached an agreement Friday afternoon with free-agent catcher Jason Kendall on a two-year deal. — Financial terms were not announced, but the value is believed to be roughly $4 million with incentives. — Kendall, 35, is a 14-year veteran …
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Associated Press:
Pudge Rodriguez joins Nationals with two-year deal — WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivan Rodriguez (FSY) has signed a $6 million, two-year deal with the Washington Nationals after passing a physical. — The 38-year-old catcher said on Friday that he wants to be an everyday player.
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Alex Speier / Full Count:
Sox Will Tender a Contract to Kotchman — While there had been some speculation that the Red Sox might choose not to tender a contract to Casey Kotchman by Saturday's deadline to do so, multiple major-league sources say that the Red Sox have absolutely no plans to part ways with the first baseman.
Peter Gammons / ESPN:
My 20 years at ESPN — So many wonderful memories, so many wonderful, hardworking people to thank — John Walsh is one of the rare people who see what most of us never imagined. “The future of television is information,” he told me, a Boston Globe-trained Sports Illustrated guy.
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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Torrealba, Rockies now $400,000 apart in talks — DENVER — Pudge Rodriguez has never played an inning for the Rockies. Neither has Ramon Hernandez. But in many ways, they hold the key to Yorvit Torrealba's return to the Rockies. — According to information obtained this morning …
David Biderman / Wall Street Journal:
Baseball's War Against Hamburgers — As Players Get Health Conscious, Teams Banish Clubhouse Junk Food; Edamame Anyone? — Printer — Friendly — Step aside, Babe Ruth. Major League Baseball is going on a health-food kick. — The doughnuts, fried chicken and candy bars …