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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Source: Mets pick Terry Collins — NEW YORK — Eleven years after he last served as a major league manager, Terry Collins again holds that title. — The New York Mets have selected the 61-year-old Collins as the 20th manager in franchise history, according to a team source.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Mets hire Collins as manager — A person with knowledge of the situation says the New York Mets have hired Terry Collins as their manager. — The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because the two sides were still working on terms of the contract.
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BBTF's Baseball Primer … and baseballmusings.com
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Mets to name Collins next manager — Former Astros skipper edges out three other candidates — NEW YORK — In searching for a manager, new Mets general manager Sandy Alderson valued two qualities, experience and temperament, more than any others. They proved rare.
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Britt's Bird Watch
New York Post:
Rivera's pact shouldn't take backseat to Jeter's — Tweet — The legendary Yankee needs to be paid. — The team would not have won championships without him. The team does not build into a global empire without him. The team is diminished if he is not part of the roster moving forward.
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Mets Hire Terry Collins to be Manager — According to multiple reports, Terry Collins has been named Mets manager. — SI.com's Jon Heyman says Collins will sign a two-year deal. — The Daily News agrees with what was said earlier, which is that Mookie Wilson and Dave Wallace are being considered for the team's bench.
Mike Puma / New York Post:
Davey Johnson: Collins should be Mets manager — Mets on Twitter — Tweet — Davey Johnson's heart says Wally Backman, but his head says Terry Collins. — Johnson told The Post yesterday that GM Sandy Alderson, if viewing the facts objectively, probably should select the 61-year-old Collins as the team's new manager.
Discussion:
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Fox Sports:
Melvin can be Mets' drama-free man
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Sandy Alderson still evaluating Bob Melvin, Terry Collins …
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MLB Rumors, Yahoo! Sports and MetsBlog.com
NY Daily News:
Lupica: Jeter's agent baffled by Yanks' tact — Casey Close is Derek Jeter's agent and he has never said very much, and maybe it is one of the reasons why he and Jeter have been together a long time. Close has said very little about his client's negotiation with the Yankees so far and thought the Yankees would do the same.
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Pinstriped Bible …, Subway Squawkers, NESN.com and Fanhouse MLB Blog
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Christian Red / NY Daily News:
Yankees stay quiet amid rumblings of 3-year, $45 million contract …
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BBTF's Baseball Primer …
Dallas Morning News:
AL MVP awarded Tuesday: Should Rangers' Josh Hamilton win? — The contenders: — Robinson Cano, Yankees, 2B — It's easy to overlook Cano because he hits in the middle of arguably the best offensive lineup in baseball. But Cano did some of his best work when one of the Yankees' top weapons …
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Many ways to play it on Upton and Gonzalez — A National League scout was asked a simple question: If you had only so many trade chips to use in the pursuit of a hitter, would you use them for Justin Upton or Adrian Gonzalez? — Without hesitation, the scout said, “Gonzo. He's a much better hitter.”
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tampa Bay Rays may be considering trades of several prominent players — The Rays have a lot of pending decisions, such as whether to offer arbitration to free-agent reliever Dan Wheeler to get the draft picks if he signs elsewhere and whether to offer a contract to arbitration-eligible Dan Johnson to keep him part of the 1B/DH mix.
Discussion:
Projo Sox Blog
Susan Slusser / SFGate:
Iwakuma talks have broken off — Talks between the A's and Japanese starter Hisashi Iwakuma have broken off, industry and major-league sources told The Chronicle today. A major-league source said that Iwakuma is looking for a Barry-Zito-type deal - a Giants-style, $18 million per year deal, not an A's style Zito deal.
Discussion:
NPB Tracker and MLB Rumors
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
10 greatest living baseball players — There are five dozen living Hall of Famers, a handful of recently retired players like Randy Johnson awaiting enshrinement, and one Hit King marooned outside. From that group of baseball greats, all titans of their industry, culling a top 10 …
