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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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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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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, and Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports …
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Jennifer Floyd Engel / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
No time to go stupid: Rangers have staff options
No time to go stupid: Rangers have staff options
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Red Sox bring back Lenny DiNardo
Red Sox bring back Lenny DiNardo
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
mixed word now on Bobby Jenks and the Rays
mixed word now on Bobby Jenks and the Rays
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Kerry Wood returns to Cubs for 1 year, $1.5 million — In a move that surprised even the Cubs, former staff ace and closer Kerry Wood agreed to return to his baseball roots and sign with his original team for one year, $1.5 million, according to a source. — In taking the below-market deal …
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Mark Feinsand / Blogging The Bombers:
Source: Yankees “exploring” Rafael Soriano — UPDATE, 4:45 p.m.: A Yankees official just downplayed the idea that they will go after Rafael Soriano. “The price is going to be too high,” the official said. — Brian Cashman said last week he wouldn't pay “closer money” for Kerry Wood to return to the Yankees as a setup man.
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Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Expect Sox to sign Crain on Wednesday
Expect Sox to sign Crain on Wednesday
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David Kaplan / Kap's Corner:
Cubs Moving Towards to Signing Kerry Wood
Cubs Moving Towards to Signing Kerry Wood
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Cubs Close To Finalizing A Deal With Kerry Wood
Cubs Close To Finalizing A Deal With Kerry Wood
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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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Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
UPDATED: Nationals agree to trade Josh Willingham to Athletics — The Nationals have agreed to trade left fielder Josh Willingham to the Oakland A's for two young minor league players, a source familiar with the trade confirmed. In return for Willingham, the Nationals received reliever Henry Rodriguez …
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MLB:
A's trade for Josh Willingham — The Oakland Athletics acquired outfielder Josh Willingham from the Washington Nationals on Thursday for two players. — The Nationals received pitcher Henry Rodriguez and minor league outfielder Corey Brown. Rodriguez, 23, went 1-0 with a 4.55 ERA in 29 relief appearances with Oakland last season.
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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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Bob Dolgan / Plain Dealer:
Bob Feller, The Greatest Cleveland Indian, dies at age 92
Bob Feller, The Greatest Cleveland Indian, dies at age 92
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Associated Press:
Bob Feller, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies at 92
Bob Feller, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dies at 92
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Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Bob Feller lived a proud life
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
Hall of Fame pitcher, Indians great Bob Feller dies at age 92
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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
Yankees getting close to deal with Feliciano
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
No, Felix Hernandez is not coming to New York
No, Felix Hernandez is not coming to New York
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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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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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Troy Renck / All Things Rockies:
Rockies acquire Morales, in mix for backup catcher's job — The owner said it. The general manager confirmed it. The Rockies are entering spring with Chris Ianentta as their starter. That was the tentative plan in November, and crystallized this month after Yorvit Torrealba rebuffed a two-year …
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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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