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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.
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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 …
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
New York Yankees teammates are sad to see free agent Johnny Damon go — While the Yankees are excited to get started on trying to repeat as World Series champions, a few teammates acknowledged they are sad that Johnny Damon won't be joining them in that quest.
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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 …
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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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.
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.
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.
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 …
Peter Gammons / MLB.com:
Races look great on paper — Statistics project a fascinating year in AL East, NL West — This is Part 1 of a two-part look previewing the season ahead of Spring Training. — In New York, Yankees fans called talk shows and claimed they were canceling season-ticket plans in protest …
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Joe McDonald / Providence Journal:Rocco Baldelli hopes to find a new baseball home soon
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