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Sources: Rockies reach deal with Mora — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. — The Rockies, shut out in their attempt to sign free-agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera, have reached an agreement on a one-year …
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Sources: Dodgers near deal OF Johnson — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. — The Dodgers are close to signing free-agent outfielder Reed Johnson, according to major-league sources.
Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Dodgers Close With Reed Johnson — 2:55pm: Rosenthal tweets a confirmation that Dodgers are indeed close to a deal with Johnson. — 2:50pm: Ken Rosenthal tweets that the Dodgers are going hard after Reed Johnson, and that a deal may be close or already done.
Jon Weisman / Dodger Thoughts:
How a Reed Johnson signing in the outfield would seal the verdict against Blake DeWitt at second base — If the Dodgers are about to sign Reed Johnson as their No. 4 outfielder, as Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com says is the case, I think you can firm up what we speculated about earlier this week …
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Chamberlain ready to fight for rotation spot — Joba Chamberlain's eyes are set squarely on the fifth spot in the Yankees' rotation. — The right-handed pitcher told The Post last night that he will arrive in Tampa next week — well before pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report …
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Johnny Damon isn't going to the prom — The merits of the New York Yankees' three-team trade for Curtis Granderson are debatable, and in time we'll know if the choice of trading some of their young assets in that deal was the right or wrong call. But it's laughable that the Yankees …
NY Daily News:
New York Yankees and free agent Johnny Damon still have time to make a deal — There is still time for the Yankees to make a deal with Johnny Damon and for Damon to make a deal with them, just because there is no ticking clock here the way there is no real “budget” for the Yankees. — Damon?
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:New York Yankees teammates are sad to see free agent Johnny Damon go
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AdamMcCalvy / Brew Beat:
Blogging from “On Deck” — Thousands of Brewers fans lined up early this morning at Milwaukee's downtown Midwest Airlines Center for “Brewers On Deck,” a day-long fanfest that features autographs, photo sessions, memorabilia booths and a big corner stage for question and answer sessions and other events.
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Fielder's contract not yet a concern — By Anthony Witrado of the Journal Sentinel — Brewers all-star first baseman Prince Fielder spoke to a few reporters in the players lounge at the Midwest Airlines Center earlier today before his autograph session and seemed laid …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
‘Contract year’ theory provides food for thought — Those who eyeballed David Ortiz a couple of weeks back when he came to Boston to have a cortisone shot in his sore left shoulder were impressed with the way he looked. — “He's easily 15 pounds lighter and he's been hitting the weights pretty hard,” said one Ortiz friend.
Jane Lee / MLB.com:
A's appear to have deal with Gross — Free-agent outfielder reportedly agrees to one-year contract — OAKLAND — A team source confirmed to MLB.com on Sunday that the A's have agreed to a one-year deal with free agent Gabe Gross. — The club has not announced the deal …
Richard Griffin / Toronto Star:
Ash's ideas a solid start to fixing flaws — At various baseball meetings this off-season, one of the priority issues has been how to fix the hit-and-miss, always-overpriced, less-than-satisfying major-league baseball draft as the problems involved in scouting and signing the next generation get worse.
