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Associated Press:
Report: Yankees call Cliff Lee's agent — NEW YORK — The Yankees called Cliff Lee's agent Sunday on the first day of the free-agent negotiating period to say they will be back in touch with an offer for the top pitcher on the market, a baseball official familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press.
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Christian Red / NY Daily News:
Jorge Posada plans to be starting catcher, says Yankees should wrap up Derek Jeter contract talks — He is entering the last year of his four-year, $52.4 million contract, and he's logged a lot of miles on his 39-year-old body. — But when blue-chip Yankee catching prospect Jesus Montero's name …
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees touch base with Cliff Lee, face competition from Brewers, Rangers, Cubs, Phillies and Angels — The Cliff Lee Sweepstakes is officially underway and not surprisingly, the Yanks haven't wasted any time to get in. — Now that baseball's most attractive free agent is allowed …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Yankees Start the Wooing of Lee Immediately — The Yankees called the agent for pitcher Cliff Lee shortly after free agency began at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, telling the agent that signing Lee was one of their top priorities this off-season, an official in baseball briefed on the matter said.
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NY Daily News:
If the Yankees can't lure free agent Cliff Lee to the Bronx …
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals to receive audience with Lee
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George / Fox Sports:
Why would Uggla reject Marlins' offer? — Dan Uggla will have some options now that he turned down Florida's latest offer. — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter.
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Sabernomics:
Why Would Dan Uggla Reject a Four-Year, $48 Million Contract? — That's the question Ken Rosenthal tries to answer. The Florida Marlins supposedly offered Dan Uggla a four-year, $48 million extension that he turned down. Like the team, I am a bit surprised that Uggla didn't accept.
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Clint Hurdle, Don Wakamatsu, Tim Teufel and Ken Oberkfell on Sandy Alderson's interview list — The Mets' managerial search returns to New York Tuesday, when GM Sandy Alderson will begin another series of meetings with candidates. The team has not yet made a schedule public …
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Maureen Mullen / Comcast SportsNet:
Source: Mets to interview Red Sox coach DeMarlo Hale for manager's job — BOSTON - Red Sox bench coach DeMarlo Hale is among the candidates to be the next manager of the New York Mets, according to a source. — Hale, 50, also interviewed for the Blue Jays manager position earlier …
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Peter Botte / NY Daily News:
Wally Backman feels good about Sandy Alderson meeting, who will …
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Andy / Baseball-Reference Blog:
Hit By Pitch vs Home Runs — It turns out that there is a fairly strong correlation between HBP rates and HR rates. — I guess this isn't entirely surprising. A fair fraction of hit-by-pitches occur after one or more home runs, so when there are more homers, there are more batters getting hit by pitches.
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Dan Connolly / Orioles Insider:
Connor agrees to be Orioles' pitching coach — It's official, well, official without being announced by the team. Mark Connor will be the Orioles' new pitching coach, replacing Rick Kranitz, whose contract expired and has moved on to the Houston Astros as their minor league pitching coordinator.
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