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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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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.
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Sports Illustrated:
Mets reach big deal with All-Star Bay — The Mets have reached a deal to bring All-Star outfielder Jason Bay to New York pending a physical, SI.com confirmed. — The news was first repoprted by Mike Francesa of WFAN, who added that the announcement will come early next week.
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Mets will sign Jason Bay, per WFAN — ...earlier today, i said the Mets and Jason Bay likely agreed to a four-year deal, worth around $16.5 million per season... According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the deal is for four-years, $66 million, but also contains an easily-attainable option for a fifth season.
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Anthony McCarron / Surfing The Mets:
WFAN: Jason Bay headed to Mets — Jason Bay has decided to join the Mets, according to a report on WFAN, pending the results of a physical exam. — WFAN's Mike Francesca just reported that the Mets will have an announcement early next week that they've agreed to a contract with Bay, one of the top free agent hitters on the market.
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.
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
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Mets Reach Agreement With Jason Bay — 1:42pm: Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes that Bay has a four-year, $66MM agreement with an easy fifth-year vesting option. The 2014 vesting option appears to be worth more than $14MM, as ESPN's Jerry Crasnick writes that Bay's deal could be worth …
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Buzz: The Mets are Up to Something — During the opening monologue of his show, which you can listen to at WFAN.com, Mike Francesa said, “I promised you some Mets news, and I will deliver,” later in the show. — Original Post: — I still have no idea what Mike Francesa is talking …
Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Yankees' Win Curve — A while ago, we talked about the marginal value of a win, and how it differs from team to team, changing the calculation on what a team should pay for a given player given what they already have on the roster. The wins that have the largest impact on playoff odds …
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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.
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:Mark DeRosa signs with San Francisco Giants, spurns New York Yankees
Associated Press:Mark DeRosa signs with San Francisco Giants for two years, $12 million
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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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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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Jorge Arangure Jr / ESPN:
Aroldis Chapman and the taxman — With less than a week remaining in 2009, it seems unlikely that Cuban free agent pitcher Aroldis Chapman will agree to a deal with a team and be able to receive his bonus prior to the end of the year, which would have unfortunate tax implications for the phenom.
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.
