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Source: Red Sox to sign Bobby Jenks — Bobby Jenks is changing his Sox from white to red. — The former Chicago White Sox closer agreed to a two-year, $12 million with the Boston Red Sox, pending a physical, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.
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Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
Source: Yankees “exploring” Rafael Soriano — Brian Cashman said last week he wouldn't pay “closer money” for Kerry Wood to return to the Yankees as a setup man. — Rafael Soriano, on the other hand, may be a different story. — According to a source with knowledge of the Yankees' thinking …
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David Kaplan / Kap's Corner:
Cubs Moving Towards to Signing Kerry Wood — The Cubs, who have a major need for a veteran right handed reliever are moving towards finalizing a deal with free agent Kerry Wood. Wood, who spent the first 10 years of his major league career with the Cubs spent 2010 with the Cleveland Indians …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox To Sign Bobby Jenks — The Red Sox have agreed to a two-year, $12MM deal with Bobby Jenks, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney (on Twitter). Jon Heyman of SI.com first reported (on Twitter) that the sides were closing in on a deal. — The White Sox non-tendered the reliever earlier …
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Mo says Red Sox made pitch for his services — NEW YORK — The idea of Mariano Rivera closing out games at Fenway Park in a Red Sox uniform is about as blasphemous as it gets in the Big Apple. — But that was actually a possibility, according to the iconic closer himself.
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Cubs Close To Finalizing A Deal With Kerry Wood
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
mixed word now on Bobby Jenks and the Rays
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Alex Speier / Full Count:
Sources: Red Sox in ‘ongoing discussions’ with reliever Dan Wheeler
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Kuiperfan / Joe Posnanski:
RIP Bob Feller — Bob Feller threw three no-hitters and 12 one-hitters during his 18-year career — all with the Indians. (Walter Iooss Jr./SI) — One of my earliest memories was seeing Bob Feller in a jacket and tie. My father took me to some sort of morning meeting in Cleveland …
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Associated Press:
Bob Feller, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies at 92 — CLEVELAND (AP) — Bob Feller, the Iowa farm boy whose powerful right arm earned him the nickname “Rapid Robert” and made him one of baseball's greatest pitchers during a Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Indians, has died. He was 92.
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Bob Dolgan / Plain Dealer:
Bob Feller, The Greatest Cleveland Indian, dies at age 92 — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Bob Feller, the brilliant pitcher who is the only Cleveland pro athlete to be immortalized with a statue, died Wednesday night of complications from leukemia at age 92. — The Hall of Famer hurled 266 victories …
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Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Bob Feller lived a proud life
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Mel Antonen / USA Today:
Hall of Fame pitcher, Indians great Bob Feller dies at age 92
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Fox Sports:
A's in talks with Nats for Willingham — 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. — The A's, continuing their quest to upgrade their offense, are in serious discussions …
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Espn Com / MLB:
Sources: Oakland Athletics deal for Washington Nationals outfielder Josh Willingham
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Red Sox bring back Lenny DiNardo — The Red Sox are bringing back a familiar face. — The team has agreed to terms with left-handed pitcher Lenny DiNardo on a minor-league, split contract. DiNardo confirmed the agreement by phone from Fort Myers, where he is working out.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox interested in reliever Wheeler — The Red Sox are discussing a possible deal with righthanded reliever Dan Wheeler, a Rhode Island native who has pitched effectively for Tampa Bay the last four seasons. — Wheeler, 33, has a 3.84 ERA in parts of 11 seasons with four teams.
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Joe Capozzi / Fish Tank:
After rival Phillies add Cliff Lee, Florida Marlins sign lefty reliever Randy Choate
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Agent: New York Yankees, Pedro Feliciano make progress on deal — NEW YORK — The agent for lefty reliever Pedro Feliciano says that he and the Yankees are making “a little progress” in contract negotiations. — “We are having ongoing conversations,” Feliciano's agent, Melvin Roman said.
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Mike Axisa / River Avenue Blues:
Yankees getting close to deal with Feliciano
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
No, Felix Hernandez is not coming to New York
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays Sign Edwin Encarnacion — The Blue Jays announced that they signed Edwin Encarnacion to a one-year, $2.5MM contract that includes a club option for $3.5MM in 2012. The team says Encarnacion will play first base/DH, instead of third base, where he spent last season.
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN.com:
Source: Detroit Tigers, Magglio Ordonez OK 1-year, $10M deal — Veteran outfielder Magglio Ordonez has reached agreement with the Detroit Tigers on a one-year, $10 million contract, a baseball source confirmed to ESPN.com. — Ordonez, 36, hit .303 with 12 home runs and 59 RBIs in 84 games …
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Bell recovering from typhoid fever — SAN DIEGO — It's been a dizzying few weeks for Padres closer Heath Bell and his wife, Nicole, and not just because they've covered a good section of the Pacific Ocean on trips to the Fijian island of Tavarua followed by a vacation to Hawaii, where the couple renewed their wedding vows last week.
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