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8:05 PM ET, December 4, 2010

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ESPN:
Sources: Adrian Gonzalez to Red Sox … The Boston Red Sox have agreed to a deal in principle to acquire slugging first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney on Saturday morning.  —  The Red Sox have received permission from Major League Baseball to negotiate …
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Jeter, Yankees agree: three years, up to $51M, tricky option  —  Tweet  —  The Yankees and Derek Jeter will finalize a three-year deal today after hammering out the final details on a contract that will pay the captain between $15 million and $17 million a year, according to a person briefed on the situation.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Some details on the Gonzalez deal  —  It appears the Red Sox will obtain Adrian Gonzalez from the Padres for RHP Casey Kelly, 1B Anthony Rizzo and CF Rey Fuentes.  —  If that proves to be the case — and nothing is final quite yet — the Red Sox will have done quite well to retain Jose Iglesias and Ryan Kalish.
Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Party's over for Padres: A-Gone is just that after trade to Boston  —  Multiple sources are reporting on Saturday morning that the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox have agreed on a trade that will finally send first baseman Adrian Gonzalez  —  to Fenway Park for a package of minor leaguers.
Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Yankees, Derek Jeter Finalize Contract  —  The Yankees and Derek Jeter have dotted the Is and crossed the Ts on a three-year deal, reports Jack Curry of the YES Network (via Twitter).  —  Under the deal, Jeter will make $51MM across the first three seasons with a $8MM player option for the fourth year, Curry tweets.
NBCSports.com:
Padres, Red Sox agree on Adrian Gonzalez trade  —  UPDATE: According to Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com, Adrian Gonzalez has already completed a physical with the Red Sox.  McAdam was told that Gonzalez's surgically-repaired right shoulder “should be just fine,” but that there are “minor tests” that still need to be completed.
NY Daily News:
Deal imminent: Derek Jeter, New York Yankees making ‘substantial progress’ in contract negotiations  —  Day-long negotiations between the Yankees and star shortstop Derek Jeter have yielded “substantial progress,” according to someone familiar with the talks.
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox close in on Gonzalez  —  The Red Sox and Padres have apparently agreed on a trade for Adrian Gonzalez.  The All-Star first baseman is either already Boston or on the way according to Nick Cafardo and other reports.  —  The next step in the process would be for Gonzalez to have a physical and agree on a contract extension.
myyesnetwork.com:
Curry: Jeter, Yanks to agree on deal
Discussion: Sliding Into Home
Tim Sullivan / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Moorad says Gonzalez on trade block at meetings
Discussion: SBNation.com
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees, Jeter agree on guaranteed $51M deal
Discussion: NESN.com and Associated Press
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox, Padres talk Gonzalez
Discussion: HardballTalk and MLB Rumors
Newsday:
Mo agrees to two-year deal; Jeter talks progress
Fox Sports:
Gonzalez sweepstakes heating up again
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Adrian Gonzalez to Red Sox?
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees, Rivera agree on 2-year deal
Discussion: Boston Globe and Angels blog
Bob Elliott / Toronto Sun:
Blue Jays still after Greinke  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Blue Jays' push for right-hander Zack Greinke continues.  —  And the Jays talk surrounding Greinke — even if the Kansas City Royals' former Cy Young award never ever puts on a Toronto uniform — is news.
Discussion: MLB Rumors and SBNation.com
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Fox Sports:
Rangers looking at Greinke as well
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Fox Sports:
Berkman agrees to deal with Cardinals  —  ST. LOUIS (AP)  —  The St. Louis Cardinals and free agent Lance Berkman have agreed to an $8 million, one-year contract.  —  The 34-year-old first baseman-outfielder is a five-time NL All-Star with the Astros and last year batted .248 with Houston …
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Select few from '09 Rule 5 draft made it to bigs  —  There were 17 selections in the Major League phase of last year's Rule 5 Draft.  Only a select few saw any big league action, with just three selections sticking on the 25-man roster of the team that initially acquired them.
Arizona Republic:
Pre-winter meetings notes  —  I'm off to Orlando tomorrow morning, where I'll be knee-deep in the circus that is baseball's winter meetings.  Unlike in previous years, when we've often been cautioned not to expect a whole lot of action from the Diamondbacks, we're hearing the opposite this year.
 
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