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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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Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
News & Notes: Yankees contact De la Rosa — The Yankees are hoping to land Cliff Lee this winter, but they're looking at all options in case the former Cy Young winner signs elsewhere. — “There's a number of free agents out there that would interest me,” Cashman said.
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Executives chime in on offseason topics — Which team will sign Cliff Lee, and for how much? Will K.C. trade Zack Greinke? Plus ... ESPN.com — Major League Baseball's general managers will gather in Orlando, Fla., beginning late Monday for their annual meetings.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nationals show interest in lefty De La Rosa — WASHINGTON — Add the Nationals to the list of teams interested in free-agent left-hander Jorge De La Rosa, according to a baseball source. — Last season, De La Rosa missed most of the first half because of a finger injury …
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Getting Cliff Lee not do-or-die
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Sports Illustrated:
Red Sox obtain Miller from Marlins for Richardson — BOSTON (AP) -Andrew Miller has been acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Florida Marlins for Dustin Richardson in a trade of left-handed pitchers. — The 25-year-old Miller, taken by Detroit with the sixth overall pick in the 2006 amateur draft …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Acquire Andrew Miller — The Red Sox acquired Andrew Miller from the Marlins in exchange for Dustin Richardson, according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports (on Twitter). — Miller, 25, was picked sixth overall by Detroit in the 2006 amateur draft and was dealt to Florida as part …
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets managerial search continues — Terry Collins, Clint Hurdle and Bob Melvin have emerged as leading candidates in the New York Mets' search for a manager, according to sources familiar with the process. — Each has previous major league managerial experience and is expected to be invited back for a second-round interview.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Epstein: Sox want Beltre, V-Mart back — Theo Epstein just did a conference call with the beat writers. The transcript will follow but here are a few of the highlights: — • In strong terms, he said the Red Sox want Adrian Beltre and Victor Martinez back and are pursuing them.
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Experts split on Carl Crawford vs. Jayson Werth
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Scott Lauber / Clubhouse Insider:
Source: Red Sox looking for “bigger fish” than DeJesus
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Boras: Great interest in Beltre
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Fox Sports:
Rangers could make offseason splash — FOX Sports — It is a new world for the Rangers, all right. — The defending American League champions, major-league sources say, are in strong enough financial position to add not one but two top free agents — left-hander Cliff Lee and catcher Victor Martinez.
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Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
Tigers set sights on free agent Martinez
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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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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Morneau blasts homer-unfriendly dimensions at Target Field — The Twins slugger said he wished the club would adjust the outfield fences. ‘Right-center to left-center is ridiculous,’ Morneau said in an e-mail to the Star Tribune. — When the Twins announced this week that they were making enhancements …
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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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Dave Sheinin / Washington Post:
Putting a number on a theory
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Dave Sheinin / Nationals Journal:
Zimmerman wins Silver Slugger
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Bill Chastain / MLB.com:
Jaso not taking anything for granted — Catcher working hard this offseason in preparation for 2011 — ST. PETERSBURG — John Jaso goes through life to a little different beat. — Take his iPod for starters. Rather than filling his ears with rap music that's so popular with most of his teammates …
Roger Rubin / NY Daily News:
Yankees' Mark Teixeira walks without limp, defends Derek Jeter's selection as a Gold Glove winner — Mark Teixeira Thursday night showed no ill effects from the hamstring strain that ended his season in the fifth inning of Game 4 of the AL Championship Series against the Rangers.
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