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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.
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.
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.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Gonzalez passes his physical; clock now ticks on getting a deal done — A team source said that Adrian Gonzalez passed his physical at Mass General today. — Now, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the sides have until 2 p.m. tomorrow (ET) to come to an agreement on a contract.
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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.
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New York Times:
End of Discussion: Jeter's a Yankee — This past month has been by far the most tumultuous period of the Yankees' otherwise cozy 18-year relationship with Derek Jeter, and it left an uneasy feeling across their empire. Even with his eventual return considered a certainty …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox, Padres Agree On Adrian Gonzalez Trade
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox close in on Gonzalez
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Derek Jeter Rumors: Saturday
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox, Padres talk Gonzalez
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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.
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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 …
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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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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.
