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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Wally Backman feels good about Sandy Alderson meeting, who will also see Terry Collins, Chip Hale — Sandy Alderson already has said he doesn't expect the Mets to make a huge splash in the free-agent market that opened at 12:01 Sunday morning. — Instead, the recently hired GM continues …
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HardballTalk, Mets Merized Online and The Mets Police
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Free Agency Begins Today — This morning at 12:01 am, the exclusive window for teams to negotiate with their free agents ended, and all players who were eligible for free agency are now available for other teams to sign. — Ten days ago at his introductory press conference …
Discussion:
New York Post and Bless You Boys
Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Hisanori Takahashi and New York Mets can't agree on new deal …
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MLB Daily Dish
Keith Law / ESPN:
Keith Law's top free agents, Nos. 1-10 — Carl Crawford, Cliff Lee and Adrian Beltre are among the best on the market … Welcome, again, to MLB free agency. It's a good class, although the 2009-10 group — with Jason Bay, Matt Holliday, John Lackey et al — might have been better.
Discussion:
Phillies Nation and River Avenue Blues
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Keith Law / ESPN:
Keith Law's top free agents, Nos. 11-30 — Hiroki Kuroda, Derek Jeter and Paul Konerko reside on this list — Welcome, again, to MLB free agency. It's a good class, although the 2009-10 group — with Jason Bay, Matt Holliday, John Lackey et al — might have been better.
Discussion:
Baseball Time in Arlington
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Game on: Free-agent Madness commences — While a Facebook campaign for Brian Wilson to host Saturday Night Live gains steam — the San Francisco reliever's beard had 24,000 votes by midday Saturday — perhaps another headlining pitcher should be on the third-floor stage at 30 Rock.
Discussion:
Sabernomics
Bailey Stephens / MLB.com:
Chiba Lotte captures Japan Series title — Another professional baseball championship series went in the books on Sunday, this time in the Far East, as the Chiba Lotte Marines topped the Chunichi Dragons, 8-7, to win the Japan Series. — Chiba Lotte, which finished the regular season …
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HardballTalk
Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Busy offseason is ahead for Cardinals — Full contact free agency officially opens today. Any team may now contact any representative for any free agent. The Cardinals accordingly have prepared their shopping list. — A talented but thin club that just left an unfulfilling 86-win season behind believes …
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MLB Rumors
New York Post:
Yankees' options limited if they can't land Lee — Tweet — The Yankees' fallback position from Cliff Lee just might be 2008. — After the 2007 season, the Yankees desperately needed a top-of-the-rotation starter, but rejected Minnesota's request for Johan Santana.
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Pinstripe Alley
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Michael Baron / MetsBlog.com:
Heyman: Mets Spending Big On Executives — As Andrew Vazzano of The 'Ropolitans pointed out via Twitter, perhaps a heavy investment in front office talent will lead to a better investment strategy in player personnel... eDaPS — This is so moronic. “big money on execs rather than players”?
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baseballmusings.com
Evan Drellich / MLB.com:
Anderson's homer wins Rising Stars Game — After a frenetic first three innings gave way to a nail-biter, Leslie Anderson ended the 2010 Arizona Fall League Rising Stars Game with a walk-off solo homer in the ninth Saturday night in Surprise, Ariz. — The tie-breaking homer …
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TigerBlog
Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
Jamie Moyer Facing Retirement After Elbow Injury? — Jamie Moyer has pitched in the majors since 1986, but it may be an injury sustained outside of MLB that forces him to hang up his cleats. Dionisio Soldevila of Tiempo de Juego reports that Moyer left a game in the Dominican winter league today …
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HardballTalk and Phillies Nation
