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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Experts split on Carl Crawford vs. Jayson Werth — Carl Crawford or Jayson Werth? — It's a question several general managers, including perhaps the Red Sox [team stats]' Theo Epstein, will ask this winter. Crawford and Werth are at the top of the free agent pecking order …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Boras: Great interest in Beltre — Free agency is officially underway. Scott Boras has arrived. — Boras was on MLB Network Radio today and told the hosts that in his career as an agent, he has never seen more interest in a player than Adrian Beltre has this year. — Of course.
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HardballTalk and FenwayNationWorld
Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
Tigers set sights on free agent Martinez — Victor Martinez is not known for his strong arm behind the plate. — PRINT RSS — Updated Nov 11, 2010 6:07 PM ET — The Detroit Tigers have made clear their intent to acquire a middle-of-the-order hitter. — And right now, they are focused on Victor Martinez.
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Bless You Boys and MLB Rumors
George / Fox Sports:
Free agent Dye wants to play in 2011 — 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. — Free-agent outfielder Jermaine Dye, who sat out the 2010 season, intends to play again in '11.
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Purple Row, Fanhouse MLB Blog and MLB Rumors
Scott Lauber / Clubhouse Insider:
Source: Red Sox looking for “bigger fish” than DeJesus
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NESN.com
George / Fox Sports:
A's strike first in MLB offseason
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Royals Review, Purple Row, HardballTalk and Chicago Breaking Sports
Sunil Joshi / MLB.com:
Silver Slugger winners not your usual suspects — CarGo, Bautista, Uggla, Tulo among first-timers to earn award — There was a changing of the guard among the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award winners. — While some of the usual names appeared among the victors when the results …
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Viva El Birdos, Lone Star Ball, Yahoo! Sports and BBTF's Baseball Primer …
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Dave Sheinin / Nationals Journal:
Zimmerman wins Silver Slugger — Awarded his second consecutive Silver Slugger Award on Thursday as the best-hitting third baseman in the Nationals League, Ryan Zimmerman used that platform to lobby once again for the Washington Nationals to retain first baseman Adam Dunn …
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NATS INSIDER, Washington Post and The Nationals Enquirer
Jim Armstrong / Denver Post:
Rockies Gonzalez, Tulowitzki win Silver Slugger awards
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MLB.com and Talking Chop
Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs near deal to bolster bench with Blum — PHOENIX — The D-backs are on the verge of taking their first step toward strengthening their bench. — Arizona is closing in on a deal with veteran free agent Geoff Blum on a one-year contract, a baseball source confirmed Thursday.
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Inside the D-backs:
D-backs close to signing Geoff Blum — PHOENIX — The D-backs are on the verge of taking their first step towards strengthening their bench. — Arizona is closing in on a deal with veteran free agent Geoff Blum on a two-year contract a baseball source confirmed Thursday.
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baseballmusings.com, FanGraphs Baseball, AZ Snakepit and HardballTalk
NY Daily News:
Yankees show interest in lefthanded pitcher Jorge de la Rosa, who played with Rockies last season — The Yankees have targeted Cliff Lee as their top pitching priority on this winter's free-agent market, but that doesn't mean they're not looking at backup plans.
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MLB Rumors
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Associated Press:
Carlos Beltran: Waiving no-trade possible if New York Mets want — NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran would consider waiving his no-trade clause if the New York Mets approach him with a deal. — The 33-year-old was limited to 64 games this year and 81 the previous season because of right knee injuries.
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HardballTalk, The Mets Police and ESPN
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Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Beltran willing to waive no-trade clause if asked
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MetsBlog.com and Mets Fever
Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank:
Dan Uggla, at impasse with Florida Marlins, still hopes to sign multi-year deal — Dan Uggla just spoke with reporters about winning the Silver Slugger Award, but our talk with him focused on negotiations with the Florida Marlins for a multi-year contract. — Here's what Dan …
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FishStripes, MLB Rumors and Yahoo! Sports
