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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 its young assets in that deal was the right or wrong call. But it's laughable that the Yankees are taking flak …
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees' roster suits Girardi just fine — Skipper thinks loss of Damon will be countered by additions — NEW YORK — The roster that Joe Girardi is considering right now should be, in all likelihood, the group that he takes to Spring Training in two weeks to begin the Yankees' defense of the World Series title.
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:New York Yankees teammates are sad to see free agent Johnny Damon go
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Fox Sports:
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.
Tony Jackson / ESPN:
Los Angeles Dodgers are eyeing four players for fourth outfield spot — With almost every item on their offseason to-do list having been crossed off, the Dodgers appear to have little else on their agenda except finding a fourth outfielder to replace Juan Pierre, whom they traded to the Chicago White Sox last month.
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 …
Dylan Hernandez / LA Times Sports Blog:Dodgers in talks with Garret Anderson
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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.
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.
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds agree to contract with Cabrera — Shortstop receives one-year deal with option for 2011 — CINCINNATI — A Major League source told MLB.com late Saturday that the Reds agreed to terms with free-agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera on a one-year, $3 million contract.
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Active leader in minor-league home runs, Mike Hessman, signs with New York Mets farm system — The active leader in minor-league home runs has heard all the Crash Davis comparisons. He's been asked repeatedly if it's a sore point that he's knocked 311 balls over fences from Macon to Myrtle Beach …
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