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2:10 AM ET, November 19, 2010

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Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Felix is King of AL pitchers, taking Cy Young  —  Voters side with Hernandez's dominant stats despite 13 wins  —  SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez didn't get much help from his offensively-challenged teammates this past season, but the young Mariners right-hander found plenty of support among voters …
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Price on Cy Young vote: “They got it right”  —  UPDATE, 4:54: Rays pitcher David Price had no issue with finishing second in the AL Cy Young voting.  “I feel like they got it right,” he said on a conference call.  “I feel Felix deserved it.”  —  Price said he considers ERA the most important stat …
Paul White / USA Today:
Cy Young voters cite Felix Hernandez's overall body of work  —  Felix Hernandez's second-place finish last year gave him hope in this year's American League Cy Young Award voting.  —  So did the legion of Venezuelan journalists waiting for him when he returned to his native country Wednesday from Seattle.
Discussion: The Baseball Zealot
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tampa Bay Rays' David Price finishes second to Felix Hernandez for AL Cy Young Award  —  Tampa Bay Rays lefty David Price finished second in the AL Cy Young Award voting, with Seattle's Felix Hernandez winning.  —  Hernandez received 21 of the 28 first-place votes and finished with 167 points …
Discussion: DRaysBay
Associated Press:
Felix Hernandez wins AL Cy Young
Discussion: MLB and Lookout Landing
Associated Press:
Hernandez easily wins American League Cy Young award
Discussion: Surviving Grady and MLB Rumors
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
With Only 13 Wins, Hernandez Earns Cy Young
ESPN:
It's OK for CC not to be the best
Discussion: It's About The Money
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Willingham harbors no ill will toward Nats  —  WASHINGTON — Agent Matt Sosnick said there aren't any hard feelings toward the Nationals, who have decided not to offer his client, outfielder Josh Willingham, a multiyear deal.  The club still has control of Willingham, who is in his last year of arbitration.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Bernadina leaving Winter League team  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals outfielder Roger Bernadina will leave the Venezuelan Winter League this weekend, according to his agent, Storm Kischenbaum.  Bernadina felt fatigued and decided to shut it down for the season.
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Jaime off Nats' 40-man roster  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals right-hander Juan Jaime was taken off the 40-man roster, according to a baseball source.  He missed all of 2010 because of right elbow reconstruction.  Jaime joined the Nationals in 2006 and has yet to play a Major League game.
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees likely to make Jeter first three-year offer this week  —  Tweet  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — The Yankees are planning to make a contract offer of at least three years to Derek Jeter very soon, perhaps before the end of this week, The Post has learned.  —  The Yankees had hoped Jeter …
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Sean McAdam / Comcast SportsNet:
GM Meetings notes: Red Sox expect more calls on Scutaro  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The GM meetings are traditionally where ideas for future deals germinate and Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, on his way out of the meetings and headed back to Boston Thursday morning …
Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Randy Levine says wearing pinstripes has aided Derek Jeter …
Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
Source: Derek Jeter, Yanks at odds
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports and Subway Squawkers
Sports Illustrated:
Justin Upton is great but it's not likely he'll become greater … Since the most valuable thing in baseball is a young star signed to a cheap contract, I was fairly shocked when I learned the Arizona Diamondbacks are, if not actively shopping outfielder Justin Upton, at least willing to listen to offers for him.
Discussion: Projo Sox Blog and MLB.com
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Diamondbacks return to Arizona pondering Justin Upton offers
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Pelfrey, Ike, etc., if you're thinking Justin Upton
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Fox Sports:
Red Sox talks for Upton on ‘back burner’
Discussion: Full Count
Juan C. Rodriguez / Florida Marlins:
Florida Marlins: RHP Javier Vazquez would love to play for the Marlins  —  Free agent starter Javier Vazquez has told associates he would love a return engagement in the National League, particularly with the Florida Marlins due in part to the proximity to his native Puerto Rico.
Dan Szymborski / ESPN:
Braves, Turner Field good fits for Uggla  —  Atlanta gets some power at second base with a great track record at its ballpark  —  The Atlanta Braves made the first big strike of the offseason Tuesday, acquiring (some would say stealing) second baseman Dan Uggla from the Florida Marlins …
Discussion: Talking Chop
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Florida Marlins to spend Dan Uggla dollars on a starter
Discussion: MLB Rumors
AdamMcCalvy / Brew Beat:
Weeks ‘open to listening’  —  It doesn't necessarily mean that the sides will find common ground, but Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks says he is at least open to listening to what the team has to say about a multiyear contract extension.  —  Brewers general manager Doug Melvin told reporters …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Scott Allen For Juan Miranda  —  It's no blockbuster, but Kevin Towers and Brian Cashman made a deal today.  The Yankees acquired right-hander Scott Allen from the Diamondbacks for first baseman Juan Miranda, according to a team press release.
Tangotiger / insidethebook.com:
To BBWAA:  —  BBWAA has graduated from Sabre High!  Congratulations guys, it was a one hundred year journey, but you made it, and have now accepted everything we've learned through 1985.  It was a tough journey especially at the end, when you took your first baby steps, voting for Greinke and Lincecum.
Discussion: HardballTalk
 
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Philly.com:
ABOUT MATT GELB  —  Matt Gelb is in his first season covering the Phillies.
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Yankees Send Miranda To D-backs For Teenage Arm
Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Walker ready to work with White Sox hitters
Jeff Zrebiec / Orioles Insider:
Orioles' search for shortstop turns to Rays' Bartlett, Twins' Hardy
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Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
The market should open for Soriano
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Phillies ink local southpaw to Minor League deal
Discussion: Phillies Nation and MetsBlog.com
Sabernomics:
Albert Pujols: The First $40-Million Man
Discussion: Sports Illustrated
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Results of today's Manager Poll on MetsBlog
 

 
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