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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Pirates, reliever Donnelly reach deal — Veteran righty expected to receive one-year, $1.5M pact — The Pirates agreed to terms on a one-year Major League contract with free-agent right-handed reliever Brendan Donnelly on Saturday, a Major League source confirmed to MLB.com.
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Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Pirates, Donnelly agree to terms — The Pirates and free-agent reliever Brendan Donnelly have agreed to terms on a contract, pending a physical, according to a source directly involved in the negotiations. — More to come. — UPDATE 2:05 p.m.: A few more things: This will be for one year, but I do not have financial terms.
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN.com:
Source: Pittsburgh Pirates reach agreement with Brendan Donnelly — The Pittsburgh Pirates, adding another piece to an offseason bullpen revamp, reached a preliminary agreement with veteran reliever Brendan Donnelly on a one-year contract for about $1.5 million, a baseball source told ESPN.com.
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Sox avoid arbitration with Jenks, Quentin — Only remaining eligible players now include Danks, Pena — The White Sox avoided arbitration with two of their eligible players on Saturday, agreeing to one-year contracts with closer Bobby Jenks and outfielder Carlos Quentin.
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Chicago White Sox agree to terms with closer Bobby Jenks and outfielder Carlos Quentin — CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox on Saturday announced they have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with closer Bobby Jenks and outfielder Carlos Quentin. — According to a news release from the team …
David Waldstein / New York Times:
Admission Doesn't Guarantee Entry — If one of Mark McGwire's objectives for confessing his use of performance-enhancing drugs was to help his Hall of Fame candidacy, he may need to find another approach. — Far removed from the number of votes necessary to gain enshrinement …
Michael O'Keeffe / NY Daily News:
Howie Spira, the Bronx gambler who dug up dirt on Dave Winfield, is down on his luck — Derek Jeter got parades up the Canyon of Heroes for helping the Yankees win five World Series titles since 1996. Howie Spira may have played a bigger role in the Yankees' success, and what did he get? — Bupkis.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Ricketts in it with Cubs for ‘long run’ — Team's new owners show commitment in Q&A with fans — CHICAGO — The Ricketts family did not tip their hand Saturday as to where they're leaning toward relocating the Cubs' new Spring Training home, but did vow to preserve Wrigley Field …
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
A's land Kouzmanoff in deal with Padres — Along with Cunningham, Hairston returns to San Diego — Kevin Kouzmanoff admitted Saturday he's been a long-time admirer of Eric Chavez. — Now, he's headed to Oakland to possibly serve as his replacement. — The Athletics and Padres completed …
Marksheldon / Mark My Word:
Masset gets two-year deal — Nick Masset avoided arbitration on Saturday by agreeing to a new two-year contract with the Reds through 2011. — The deal is worth $2.58 million in guaranteed money. The reliever will get $1.035 million in 2010 and $1.545 million in 2011. The are performance-based incentives as well.
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Fox Sports:
With rivals reeling, Giants whiffed — Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.
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Mike Scioscia's tragic illness
Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Baldelli to Yankees: “That would be false” — There is a Facebook page attributed to Rocco Baldelli that says the outfielder, “just came to a mutual agreement with the New York Yankees.” — “That would be false,” Brian Cashman said. — Such is the world of the Internet.
