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Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays To Acquire Johnson, Reyes, Buehrle From Marlins — 5:58pm: The Marlins will get Marisnick or Anthony Gose, as well as a catcher in J.P. Arencibia, Bobby Wilson or Jeff Mathis, Morosi tweets. The trade will leave the Marlins with a payroll of roughly $16MM in non-arbitration commitments headed into 2013, tweets Morosi.
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Michael Baron / Metsblog:
Marlins trade Reyes, Buehrle, JJ, etc. to the Blue Jays — According to FOX Sports, the Marlins will trade Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, John Buck, Emilio Bonifacio, and Josh Johnson to the Marlins in exchange for Henderson Alvarez, Justin Nicolino, Yunel Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarria.
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Fox Sports:
Sources: Torii Hunter visiting Tigers — Free-agent outfielder Torii Hunter was in Detroit on Tuesday to meet with Tigers officials, major league sources told FOXSports.com. The team — like Hunter — is desperately trying to win the World Series. — The Tigers won the American League …
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees are unlikely suitors for outfielder Torii Hunter who is looking for a multi-year deal — A source said the Detroit Tigers appear to be the front-runners to sign Hunter, though the Texas Rangers are also making a strong push for the outfielder. — Torii Hunter is looking …
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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Napoli willing to play spots other than catcher
Napoli willing to play spots other than catcher
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards release McClellan; Garcia throws off mound — • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285 — The Cardinals released relief pitcher Kyle McClellan today. The Florissant native and Hazelwood West High product pitched for the Cardinals from 2008-2011 and won 12 games …
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Cardinals Release Kyle McClellan, Sign Rob Johnson
Jon Paul Morosi / mlbbuzz:
Youkilis drawing interest from Dodgers, Phils, others — In one respect, Kevin Youkilis hit free agency at the wrong time: He had a .745 OPS during the 2012 season, the lowest mark of his career. — Then again, he's entering the market at a time when a number of general managers are unsatisfied …
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Cubs Agree To Sign Scott Baker — The Cubs have agreed to terms with Scott Baker on a one-year contract, the team announced. The deal includes a $5.5MM base salary with $1.5MM in incentives, reports Paul Sullivan of The Chicago Tribune and MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith (Twitter links).
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Ben Lindbergh / Baseball Prospectus:
The 50-Run Receiver — The Tampa Bay Rays were eliminated from playoff contention on October 1st, falling short of their fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, but it wasn't because of their pitching. The staff's walk rate fell from 3.1 per nine innings in 2011 to 2.9 in 2012 …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Lefty star Affeldt, Giants appear to have agreement on new 3-year deal — October hero Jeremy Affeldt appears headed back to the World Champion San Francisco Giants on a three-year deal. — Affeldt and the Giants have agreement on terms of a new deal, sources say.
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Fox Sports:
Choo to miss World Baseball Classic — Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, the biggest South Korean baseball star, isn't expected to play for his home country during the upcoming World Baseball Classic. — Choo's agent, Scott Boras, said in a recent interview that the 30-year-old instead will focus …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Big win for Bay: Mets payments will be deferred over only two years — Bay batted just .165 with eight home runs and 20 RBI in his third season in New York. (US Presswire) — Jason Bay may have gotten a better deal for himself by leaving the Mets than he did when he initially signed with them.
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Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Jason Giambi felt timing wasn't right for Rockies' hitting position — Respect for new manager Walt Weiss and a desire to avoid any potential distractions led Jason Giambi to pull his name from consideration for the hitting instructor's job before Dante Bichette accepted the position Tuesday.
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