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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Exit Sandman? New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera may retire following 2012 season — Could this be “Enter Sandman” for Mariano Rivera's career? At the end of the two-year, $30-million contract he recently agreed to with the Yankees, the answer is “maybe,” the closer said.
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Yanks, Jeter both gain with new deal — Derek Jeter may not make as much coin as he wanted, but his new deal is a win-win. — Bob Klapisch covers baseball for The Record in New Jersey and worked at the New York Post and New York Daily News. The author of five books …
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.
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 …
Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Derek Jeter Rumors: Saturday
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Alex Speier / Full Count:
Extension can wait? Why Adrian Gonzalez extension might not make sense right now — The Sox will want Adrian Gonzalez for years to come...but might want to wait on an extension. (AP) — The big fish is on the hook, and now needs only to be reeled in. Or does he?
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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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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
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NBCSports.com:
Padres, Red Sox agree on Adrian Gonzalez trade
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ESPN:
Sources: Adrian Gonzalez to Red Sox
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox close in on Gonzalez
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox, Padres talk Gonzalez
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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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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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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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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Mozeliak expects busy winter meetings — At this time last year, the Cardinals had not yet secured the fourth member of their starting rotation and were anticipating their first round of face-to-face meetings with the agents for free-agent outfielder Matt Holliday.
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers bring back Barajas on one-year deal — Catcher signs after team doesn't tender contract to Martin — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers on Friday completed the signing of free-agent catcher Rod Barajas, who passed his physical exam and will again replace Russell Martin.
