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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees To Offer Jeter $45MM For Three Years — The Yankees are about to offer Derek Jeter a three-year deal worth $45MM, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported yesterday that the Yankees would likely make such an offer to their captain.
Discussion:
Bronx Baseball Daily, The Sommer Frieze and Al's Ramblings
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees will offer Jeter three years, about $45M — The Yankees are making their initial offer to Derek Jeter very soon, and it will be for three years and about $45 million. — Jeter has yet to name his asking price, but he's believed to seek more than that. It's hard to imagine the sides not coming together eventually.
Discussion:
Fanhouse MLB Blog and New York Post
NY Daily News:
Derek Jeter learns harsh reality of negotiating with Brian Cashman …
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com
Ron Fritz / The Toy Department:
Orioles need to sign Derek Jeter
Discussion:
Bronx Baseball Daily, TYU and Mike Silva's …
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tampa Bay Rays' David Price is AL Cy Young runnerup behind Seattle Mariners' Felix Hernandez — ORLANDO — The idea of voting the award for the American League's best pitcher to Seattle's Felix Hernandez, who won only 13 games, is difficult for some people to understand.
Discussion:
Rays Index
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Paul White / USA Today:
Cy Young voters cite Felix Hernandez's body of work
Discussion:
The Baseball Zealot
Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Price on Cy Young vote: “They got it right”
Discussion:
BronxBanterBlog.com, Baseball-Reference Blog and baseballmusings.com
Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
With Only 13 Wins, Hernandez Earns Cy Young
Discussion:
Subway Squawkers, Seattle Times and The Mighty Quinn Media Machine
New York Post:
Rangers losing their edge in Lee sweepstakes — Tweet — ORLANDO, Fla. — In the two-plus weeks since the World Series ended, you can already feel some of the momentum seeping away from the Rangers' confidence when it comes to keeping Cliff Lee. — Suddenly, like the rest of the sport …
Discussion:
Pinstriped Bible …, MetsBlog.com, MLB Rumors, The Goessling Game and Bronx Baseball Daily
Chad Jennings / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Yankees release Jonathan Albaladejo — The Yankees have released reliever Jonathan Albaladejo so that he can sign a contract to play in Japan. — Last season, the Yankees made it pretty clear that they didn't see a spot for Albaladejo in the big leagues.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports, lenNY's Yankees and Sliding Into Home
Peter Jensen / Hardball Times:
2010 DIRVA_PLUS pitching runs — Last year I introduced DIRVA_PLUS, a pitching metric specifically designed to look at the actual past performance of pitchers. Unlike pitching metrics that are designed to measure a pitcher's true talent to be used in projecting future performance …
Discussion:
THE BOOK
Associated Press:
Uggla Gladly Changes Numbers After Trade to Braves — ATLANTA (AP) — Dan Uggla will have to make one minor adjustment now that he's with the Atlanta Braves. — No. 6 is out. — That uniform number belonged to longtime manager Bobby Cox, who retired after the season, and it isn't likely to be donned by anyone else.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports and ESPN
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.
Discussion:
FanGraphs Baseball, Federal Baseball, The Nationals Enquirer and NATIONALS NEWS NETWORK
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David Murphy / Philly.com:
Amaro: Ibanez is a subject Werth talking about — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Walking by a gaggle of reporters on his way out of the posh Waldorf Astoria here at Disney World, Ruben Amaro Jr. held up his hand and formed a circle with his finger and thumb. — The message? No news to report.
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Drayton McLane Enlists New York Banking Firm to Sell Houston Astros — UPDATE: McLane has called a 2:30pm CT press conference at Minute Maid Park to discuss the sale. — Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane has passively trying to sell club for more than two years, but has now reportedly retained …
Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Choo one step closer to gold at Asian Games — CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo and his teammates on South Korea's national team are one step closer to winning gold at this year's Asian Games. A medal, however, is hardly the only thing at stake.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports, USA Today and MLB Rumors
ESPN:
One end zone for offense at Wrigley — Only one end zone will be used for offense Saturday at Wrigley Field for the Illinois-Northwestern game because of safety concerns, the Big Ten announced Friday. — The east end zone is just feet away from the right-field wall, and although there is padding …
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HardballTalk and JSOnline
St. Petersburg Times:
Rays maintain/lower most ticket prices, move up some game times — The Rays are slightly reducing or maintaining prices on more than 60 percent of their tickets for next season, and moving weeknight game times up a half-hour to 6:40 p.m. during April and May. — Those were the two biggest items in the information released today.
Discussion:
baseballmusings.com
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:
ESPN, Projo Sox Blog, Nationals Daily News and Sports Illustrated
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Diamondbacks return to Arizona pondering Justin Upton offers
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Athletics Nation
