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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Rockies keep Tulowitzki through 2020, secure De La Rosa's return — Tulo for life. It has a nice ring to it after the Rockies pulled off a bold double play with their franchise shortstop and top free-agent pitcher Monday. — Colorado has signed Troy Tulowitzki to a seven-year …
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Nationals Journal, MLB Rumors, Fanhouse MLB Blog, True Blue LA, Mets Merized Online and Bucs Dugout
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Rockies, Tulowitzki Nearing Extension — The Rockies and Troy Tulowitzki are nearing a six-year extension that will keep the shortstop in Denver through 2020 and pay him $119MM. Tulowitzki will be approaching his 36th birthday by the time the extension expires.
Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Rockies plan to non-tender Delcarmen — What began as an interesting experiment will end unfulfilled. The Rockies plan to non-tender reliever Manny Delcarmen this Thursday. Added for right-handed depth in the bullpen to help Matt Belisle late last season, Delcarmen continued to deal with control problems.
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Purple Row, FenwayNationWorld and Denver Post
Fox Sports:
Source: De La Rosa, Rockies near deal — FOX Sports — For a while, Jorge De La Rosa seemed likely to wait on fellow free-agent lefty Cliff Lee, delaying his decision until the losers of the Lee sweepstakes could bid along with other clubs. — As it turns out, De La Rosa will act sooner rather than later.
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MLB Rumors and The Goessling Game
Troy Tulowitzki / Yahoo! Sports:
Tulowitzki's big-dollar deal is a big mistake
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Yahoo! Sports, Denver Post, The Captain's Blog and ESPN
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Source: Mariano Rivera talks with New York Yankees going smoothly — NEW YORK —The Yankees' negotiations with closer Mariano Rivera are progressing much smoother than the rancor-filled struggle with Derek Jeter. — “Night and day,” said one baseball official with knowledge of both talks.
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Ken Fidlin / Toronto Sun:
Yanks close to signing Rivera — While Derek Jeter and the Yankees remain at an impasse, Mariano Rivera is quietly closing in on a new contract that will pay him $17 million. — Rivera, 41, is seeking a two-year deal but the Yankees have not yet agreed to go beyond one more season …
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Bronx Baseball Daily, MLB Rumors and River Avenue Blues
Wallace Matthews / ESPN:
Source: New York Yankees want Derek Jeter to take ‘reality potion’ — Negotiations between the New York Yankees and Derek Jeter are at a standstill until Jeter and his agent, Casey Close, “drink the reality potion,” according to a source close to the negotiations.
Brian Costa / Wall Street Journal:
Do Teams Believe Jeter Will Leave the Yankees?
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Bronx Baseball Daily, McCovey Chronicles, It's About The Money, USA Today, MLB Rumors and NESN.com
Brian Costa / Wall Street Journal:
Rivera Talks Lack Jeter-Like Drama
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The LoHud Yankees Blog
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Andy Pettitte a Ranger? Texas president Nolan Ryan makes stealthy pitch to Yankees pitcher — Yankees starting pitcher Andy Pettitte is still mulling whether to return to the Yankees or to retire and return to his home in Texas... The Yankees know they'll be fighting with the Rangers for the services of Cliff Lee.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, HardballTalk, The LoHud Yankees Blog and Fanhouse MLB Blog
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Rangers refute report on contacting Pettitte — NEW YORK — In the aftermath of the Yankees' American League Championship Series loss, Andy Pettitte said that he planned to head home and again make the choice between pitching or retiring, his usual winter task.
Discussion:
Bronx Baseball Daily, River Avenue Blues, MLB Rumors and Sliding Into Home
Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Report: Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan trying to recruit Andy Pettitte
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Lone Star Ball
Mark Feinsand / Blogging the Bombers:
Source: Rangers making quiet bid for Pettitte
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Texas Rangers
Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Why not a short stop with Sox for Jeter? — The Globe's intrepid Peter Abraham floated the idea in a blog back on Nov. 18. — What if the Red Sox decided to make Derek Jeter a contract offer? Abraham framed his piece in sheer speculation. He was just having a little fun.
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Associated Press, The House That Dewey Built and Subway Squawkers
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Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Gil McDougald, Ex-Yankee, Dies at 82 — Gil McDougald, the Yankees' versatile All-Star infielder who played on five World Series championship teams but was remembered as well for a single at-bat resulting in one of baseball's most frightening moments, died Sunday at his home in Wall Township, N.J. He was 82.
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TYU, BronxBanterBlog.com and River Avenue Blues
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
Former Yankee great Gil McDougald, 1951 AL rookie of the year, dead at 82
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Associated Press, ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and baseballmusings.com
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers snag free-agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba — ARLINGTON — The list of positions the Texas Rangers need to address this off-season got a bit shorter Monday as they landed their starting catcher for 2011. — The addition of free agent Yorvit Torrealba also gives the Rangers one less thing …
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Dallas Morning News, Lone Star Ball and MLB.com
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Star-Telegram / Foul Territory:
Rangers sign catcher Yorvit Torrealba
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NESN.com and Lone Star Ball
Andy Martino / Surfing The Mets:
Source: Nothing close with Chris Young — Chris Young and the Mets appear to fit one another for several reasons, but a source with knowledge of the situation said tonight that “nothing was close at this time” between the parties. — The 31-year-old righthanded pitcher enjoyed success …
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CBSSports.com Sports News …, Amazin' Avenue, MLB Rumors and Mets Fever
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Mets Nearing Deal for Chris Young, Or Not
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Tedquarters, ESPN, HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
Maury Brown / The Biz of Baseball:
Texas Rangers Made Postseason Money 3-Years Straight While Only Playing in One — Today on FanGraphs (online at 8am ET), I go into how runner-up teams that don't make the postseason get postseason shares. — While fans of the Texas Rangers might be feeling a bit depressed about their team …
Aaron Gleeman / NBCSports.com:
Juan Uribe “closing in on a three-year deal” with the Dodgers — According to Buster Olney of ESPN.com the Dodgers are “closing in on a three-year deal” with Juan Uribe and Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports that the contract is worth $21 million, which is remarkable for someone …
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Memories Of Kevin Malone, MLB Rumors, Yahoo! Sports, El Lefty Malo, HardballTalk and baseballmusings.com
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds like where they stand entering Meetings — CINCINNATI — When general manager Walt Jocketty leads his armada of front-office lieutenants, scouts and other trusted advisors to the Winter Meetings next week, the Reds will be in a position they haven't enjoyed in years.
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Blog Red Machine
