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Philly.com:
David Murphy: Blanton, Oswalt give Phillies security — CLEARWATER, Fla. - The second week of March is no time to make definitive judgments about a baseball team. It also isn't a time to trade away pitching depth. So, as rumors continue to circulate about the Phillies' interest in trading Joe Blanton …
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Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Source: Mets lefty Byrdak has torn meniscus — LAKELAND, Fla. — New York Mets reliever Tim Byrdak will undergo surgery Tuesday to repair torn meniscus cartilage in his left knee and will open the season on the disabled list, a team official told ESPNNewYork.com.
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Yahoo! Sports and Amazin' Avenue
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Tim Byrdak will have knee surgery tomorrow — According to SNY's Kevin Burkhardt, Tim Byrdak will have surgery tomorrow to repair a torn meniscus in his knee. — The Mets currently have left-handed relievers Chuck James, Daniel Herrera, Garrett Olson and Robert Carson all in camp this Spring.
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Baseball Nation and Newsday
Kevin Goldstein / Baseball Prospectus:
2012 Organizational Rankings — System At a Glance: They might lack that one marquee name, but no system in baseball can boast of having as many players at the upper levels who project as average or better big leaguers. — System At a Glance: A ridiculous number of high-ceiling teenage arms …
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Gaslamp Ball, Drunk Jays Fans and River Avenue Blues
Associated Press:
Worley Strikes Out 8 in Phils' Win Over Pirates — BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Even though it was just a spring training outing, Vance Worley pitched as if it were Game 7 of the World Series. — Worley struck out eight in four perfect innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 Monday.
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baseballmusings.com
JonPaulMorosi / mlbbuzz:
Sources: Blue Jays still pursuing Gavin Floyd — The Toronto Blue Jays have not given up their pursuit of Chicago White Sox right-hander Gavin Floyd, major-league sources told FOXSports.com. — The Blue Jays are interested in upgrading their starting rotation before Opening Day.
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MLB Rumors, HardballTalk, Drunk Jays Fans and MLB Daily Dish
Fox Sports:
Jeter, Rivera inseparable? Only seems so — On June 12, 1995, local dailies plopped down on driveways across the United States, carrying a bulletin that would astonish today's readers. It was there in the Associated Press transactions rundown, that small-print touchstone of newspaper sports sections.
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Carl Crawford begins throwing — FORT MYERS, Fla. - Manager Bobby Valentine said Sox outfielder Carl Crawford is ready to progress from a sore left wrist which has kept him sidelined for a week. — “Crawford will throw 90 feet with the trainer and ready to progress midweek with monitored swings,” Valentine said.
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Baseball Nation, Over the Monster and HardballTalk
Marc Hulet / FanGraphs Baseball:
Top 100 Prospects for 2012 — All 30 Top 15 prospects lists are done and I'm wrapping up my off-season prospect coverage with the Top 100 Prospects for 2012, as well as a chat. I'll let the list speak for itself. I'll be back at noon eastern to discuss anything and everything prospect related.
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Drunk Jays Fans
Andrew Stoeten / Drunk Jays Fans:
Cafardo: Escobar Won't Move from Short Easily — The last time I checked, JP Ricciardi is no longer running the Blue Jays, so it seems a little odd- if not a bit nostalgic- that a new tidbit of information about the club could be coming out of Boston. But that could be what we've got, by way of Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe.
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baseballmusings.com, THE BOOK and Boston Globe
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Inbox: Who's off to the best start in center field? — Beat reporter T.R. Sullivan answers Rangers fans' questions — So far, how has Leonys Martin looked? Does Craig Gentry have a leg up on the center-field race? I really haven't got to see Martin play, but I'm pulling for him to be the Opening Day starter.
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Lone Star Ball
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Rain delay irks Matheny — NOTEBOOK • CARDINALS MANAGER UPSET OVER TIMING AND LENGTH IN LOSS TO MARLINS. — Image (2) — JUPITER, FLA. • The Cardinals lost to the Miami Marlins, 3-1, Saturday in what the box score will suggest was a crisply played 2-hour, 19-minute affair.
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Baseball Prospectus