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Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Nationals Sign Jayson Werth — Scott Boras landed Jayson Werth a nine-figure contract with a surprise suitor this afternoon. The Nationals signed the free agent outfielder to a seven-year, $126MM deal. In case any doubt remained, this deal shows that it's a good time to be a free agent.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Willingham on the block — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — While Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo talked about Josh Willingham as one of the team's middle of the order hitters in 2011, a second source told MLB.com that Willingham will most likely be traded before the start of the '11 season.
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Boras gets insane contract for Werth — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — A rival general manager, upon hearing that the contract was for seven years, offered this reaction to Jayson Werth's signing with the Nationals:
Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Werth Signs with Nationals — Jayson Werth has signed a seven-year, $126 million contract with the Washington Nationals. — Sources told MLB.com this afternoon Werth's agent Scott Boras was close to a deal with the Nationals. The Nationals figure to have money to spend after losing free agent Adam Dunn to the Chicago White Sox.
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Fun has just begun at winter meetings — Jayson Werth's monster deal with the Nationals could change market for others — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Theoretically, the winter meetings haven't even started yet. Yeah, sure they haven't. — Before half the luminaries in baseball …
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Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Nationals sign Jayson Werth [UPDATED]
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
A Jayson Werth Article Without a Pun in the Headline
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Acquire Adrian Gonzalez — After being the subject of trade rumors for close to two years, Adrian Gonzalez is finally on his way out of San Diego. The Padres will send their star slugger to the Red Sox in exchange for Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Reymond Fuentes, and a player to be named later.
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Red Sox complete Gonzalez deal — Report: Slugger will receive eight-year, $167m extension — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It was a day of “it's on, it's off.” A day of fan frustration ended on a high note last night when, according to a major league source, the Red Sox acquired slugging …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Red Sox, Padres complete Adrian Gonzalez deal ... finally
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Gonzalez-to-Red Sox deal off for now
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Is A-Gon gone? — One minute progress, next minute talks are off?
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Brewers trade for Marcum (updated) — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — UPDATE: A SOURCE IN CANADA JUST TOLD ME THAT MINOR LEAGUE 2B BRETT LAWRIE IS IN THE DEAL FOR MARCUM. HE IS LISTED BY BASEBALL AMERICA AS THE BREWERS' TOP MINOR LEAGUE PROSPECT.
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Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Brewers Acquire Shaun Marcum — The Brewers and Blue Jays have agreed to a trade that will send two players a little closer to home. The Blue Jays will send Kansas City native Shaun Marcum to Milwaukee in exchange for Canadian prospect Brett Lawrie. It's the second deal the teams …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers nearing deal with Jays for Marcum — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Brewers sure hit the Florida ground running. — Baseball's Winter Meetings don't formally begin until Monday morning, but on Sunday night the Brewers were putting the finishing touches on a trade …
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Pat Gillick Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by Expansion Era Committee — Longtime Baseball Executive to Be Inducted in Cooperstown, July 24, 2011 — ORLANDO, FL: Pat Gillick, who built three World Series champions and has served baseball for nearly 50 years …
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Pat Gillick Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Pat Gillick, whose teams won three World Series titles in 27 years as a major league general manager, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday by the Veterans Committee. — In his fifth time on the ballot …
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Evan Grant / Texas Rangers:
Pre-winter meetings Rangers-related rumors on Cliff Lee and Zack Greinke — ORLANDO - Some potentially irresponsible, totally intriguing Rangers-related rumors from the lobby/bar area of the winter meetings on the eve of the start of this thing: — • Cliff Lee is telling teammates …
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