Top News:
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Mets get Bay for 4 years, $66M — The Mets have reached agreement on a four-year, $66 million agreement with Jason Bay pending a physical, The Post has learned. — Mets officials refused to confirm the agreement, largely because the results of a physical are not complete and the Mets …
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ESPN:
Sources: Cards optimistic about talks — There is increased optimism within the St. Louis Cardinals organization that the team is going to reach a deal with free-agent outfielder Matt Holliday, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Tuesday. — Holliday
Fox Sports:
Source: Mets agree to deal with Jason Bay — The Mets have reached an agreement with free-agent outfielder Jason Bay, according to a major-league source. — The four-year deal is worth $66 million, with a vesting option for a fifth year, according to the source.
Jerry Crasnick / MLB:
Source: Jason Bay, New York Mets agree on multiyear deal — Free-agent outfielder Jason Bay has reached an agreement on a multiyear contract with the New York Mets, a baseball source confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. — The agreement will become official once Bay passes a physical exam, the source said.
Discussion:
Baseball Rumor Mill, Mondesi's House, Let's Go Tribe!, The 'Ropolitans, Yankeeist, My Summer Family and Jorge Says No!
Mike Leach / Yahoo! Sports:
Bumbling Mets toss money into the Bay — Here the New York Mets go again, throwing money at a big-name free agent whom they misguidedly convince themselves will solve their troubles. The Mets' issues aren't skin deep. They penetrate the dermis, plunge deep into the organizational body …
Jack Moore / FanGraphs Baseball:
Mets Add Bay — The inevitable finally happened today, as the New York Mets added LF Jason Bay on a four-year deal with a vesting option for a fifth. Bay will, of course, be the next starting left fielder for the Mets and will likely push Fernando Martinez to either the bench or the minor leagues.
Lyle Spencer / MLB.com:
Cards intensify Holliday hunt — St. Louis reportedly offering outfielder $16M per year — In the afterglow of Jason Bay's agreement with the Mets, which could stretch to five years and about $80 million, the Cardinals reportedly have intensified their pursuit of their left fielder, Matt Holliday.
Discussion:
Circling The Bases
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:Mets will sign Jason Bay, per WFAN
Discussion:
The Musings and Prophecies …, MVN, We're the Team to Beat, Where Have You Gone … and Circling The Bases
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:DeRosa signs two-year deal with Giants
Discussion:
C70 At The Bat
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Source: Boston Red Sox quietly engaged in Adrian Beltre talks — The Boston Red Sox remain quietly engaged in discussions for free-agent third baseman Adrian Beltre, according to an industry source. — The Beltre talks, expected to resume after the new year, have been complicated by the voiding of the Mike Lowell trade to Texas.
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Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:Red Sox Remain Interested In Adrian Beltre
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Respect Jeter's Gangster
ESPN:
Yanks fine without superstar LF — Someone recently asked me — and for the life of me, I can't remember who, or where — if the Yankees can win with Brett Gardner in left field. You can imagine my answer, considering that they've already won quite a lot with Brett Gardner in center field.
Discussion:
The Sommer Frieze
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:The Yankees' Win Curve
Discussion:
River Avenue Blues, Pinstripe Alley, The Yankee Universe, yankeesdaily.com, The iYankees Blog and SportSpyder.com
Fox Sports:
McGwire doesn't make the cut, but nine others do — Nine. I can't believe I checked off nine players on my Hall of Fame ballot — and if I had voted for Mark McGwire, I would have reached the maximum 10 allowed. — Before I had a ballot, my definition of a Hall of Famer was strict …
Discussion:
Circling The Bases
Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
Giants news and notes from the Mark DeRosa conference call — Just finished a conference call with Giants GM Brian Sabean, manager Bruce Bochy and new addition Mark DeRosa. Here are the main news points: —Sabean and Bochy promised no set position or place in the lineup to DeRosa …
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Mike Florio / NBC Sports:
Keep an eye on Redskins and Sam Bradford — For those of you who think that new (eventually) Redskins coach Mike Shanahan will keep quarterback Jason Campbell, think again. — If Shanahan thought that Campbell was the “guy,” the Redskins wouldn't have chased Jay Cutler in the offseason …
Discussion:
DC Pro Sports Report
KCTV:
Chiefs' Coach Haley Gives Man At Bus Stop Stack Of Money — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Although Kansas City Chiefs Coach Todd Haley has been seen getting angry plenty of times on the sidelines this season, the coach showed his softer side the day after Christmas when he handed a man standing at a bus stop a stack of $20 bills.
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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs near one-year deal with Johnson — Former Brave could be Arizona's second baseman in 2010 — PHOENIX — There are still some final details to be worked out, and a physical to be taken, but the D-backs are on the verge of signing free agent Kelly Johnson.
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Two surgeries down, one to go for Moyer — Phils lefty spending much of offseason in hospital — PHILADELPHIA — Jamie Moyer has had a long and trying offseason, and he still has another surgery to go before Spring Training. — Moyer, 47, has been in the hospital three times since …
Discussion:
Circling The Bases
DJ Bean / Full Count:
Youkilis sheds light on Bay, offseason, corner spots — LOWELL — On the same day that news broke of Jason Bay's departure to New York, reporters caught up with an unsurprised Kevin Youkilis prior to him receiving the Dick Berardino Distinguished Alumni Award at the Lowell Spinners Alumni Dinner.
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SOX & Dawgs
