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Fox Sports:
Boras overrating Beltre and Crawford? — Adam Dunn will be available for any team looking for power at first base. — 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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MetsBlog.com, Mets Merized Online, NESN.com, Al's Ramblings, JSOnline, Federal Baseball and Projo Sox Blog
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Inbox: What will Wakefield's role be in 2011? — Beat reporter Ian Browne answers Red Sox fans' questions — What do you think is going to happen with Tim Wakefield? He kind of disappeared in late August and early September, and not much was mentioned about him. — It all depends on how the winter shakes out.
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Yahoo! Sports, MLB Rumors and Over the Monster
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Red Sox claim reliever Taylor Buchholz on waivers — The Red Sox claimed right-hander Taylor Buchholz off of waivers on Monday. (AP) — The Red Sox claimed right-hander Taylor Buchholz on waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays. His acquisition represents a buy-low move in the Red Sox' efforts to overhaul their bullpen.
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SoxProspects News and FenwayNationWorld
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Ken Macha, and the rest of the coaching staff
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Mets Fever and NY Daily News
Tony Lee / NESN.com:
Pat Burrell, Magglio Ordonez Could Serve as Backup Plans If Red Sox …
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Boston Globe and FenwayNationWorld
Associated Press:
Buster Posey, Neftali Feliz win awards — NEW YORK — San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey and Texas Rangers closer Neftali Feliz have been voted the Rookies of the Year. — Posey won the National League award in voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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McCovey Chronicles, ESPN and Batter's Box Interactive …
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Will Carroll / The Biz of Baseball:
Voting Buster — EDITORS NOTE: The BBWAA has announced that Buster Posey wins the NL ROY award, while Neftali Feliz wisn the AL ROY — Since being invited to join the BBWAA in 2008, I've been given the honor of voting for three awards. I think that while the BBWAA awards aren't perfect …
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BBWAA.com
Ebenezer Samuel / NY Daily News:
Texas Rangers closer Neftali Feliz, San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey named MLB Rookies of the Year — Plenty of veteran talent was on display when the Giants faced off against the Rangers in last month's World Series. And there were a few young stars on the field, too.
Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Close calls to come during awards season — Tight races include NL Rookie of the Year, AL Cy Young — There will be no shortage of close calls and no-brainers this week as baseball's award season rolls on. — On tap are the Baseball Writers' Association of America awards …
Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Phillies, Contreras Agree to Two-Year Contract — The Phillies have reached an agreement with Jose Contreras on a two-year, $5.5 million contract, according to a source. The contract includes a club option for 2013. — ESPNDeportes.com first reported last night the parties were close to a deal.
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The Fightins and Phillies Nation
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Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Phillies reach two-year deal with Contreras — One of manager Manuel's favorites, righty returns to bullpen — PHILADELPHIA — The Big Truck will be back in 2011. — The Phillies and Jose Contreras agreed on Monday to a two-year, $5.5 million contract. The contract also includes a club option for 2013.
Enrique Rojas / MLB:
Source: Jose Contreras, Philadelphia Phillies nearing 2-year contract
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Yahoo! Sports, The Good Phight, Fanhouse MLB Blog, HardballTalk, The700Level.com, MLB Rumors and Chicago Breaking Sports
JSOnline:
Kranitz, Narron join coaching staff — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Rick Kranitz replaces Rick Peterson as pitching coach and Jerry Narron takes over as bench coach as the Brewers just announced their coaching staff under new manager Ron Roenicke.
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Yahoo! Sports and Brew Crew Ball
Larry Granillo / Wezen Ball:
Constructing a Periodic Table — Click the image to see the full chart. — There are few charts in the world as well-known and recognizable as the Periodic Table of the Elements. On charts and folders and schoolbooks everywhere, the periodic table has been around for almost 150 years.
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Patrick Flood and baseballmusings.com
ESPN.com:
Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg hired by Philadelphia Phillies to manage Triple-A team — Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, a former candidate for the Chicago Cubs' manager job, has joined the Philadelphia Phillies organization as manager of their top minor league club, the Phillies announced Monday.
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Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Yanks Raise Some Ticket Prices for Next Year — The New York Yankees are raising the prices of some of their most expensive tickets for next year after making big cuts in 2010, and are hiking the cost of bleacher seats for only the third time in 13 years. — The price of the best field-level seats …
Jorge Ebro / MiamiHerald.com:
Cuban baseball player defects to Nicaragua; has his eye on the majors — Yasiel Balaguer, 17, is the latest Cuban baseball player to defect with hopes of someday playing professionally in the United States. — EL NUEVO HERALD — One of the biggest promising stars of Cuban baseball …
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Baseball America
Sabernomics:
On $-per-Win Estimates of Baseball Players' Worth — Frequently, I receive a comment or e-mail that brings up the dollar-value estimates at Fangraphs.com. Fangraphs is a fine site with lots of interesting numbers, but I don't think the dollar-value estimates listed on the site …
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THE BOOK
