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Rangers have hands full this offseason — Every offseason, I get a headache trying to figure out what the Texas Rangers are doing. This offseason, that headache is approaching a migraine — one that probably is afflicting club officials, too. — On one hand, the Rangers are trying …
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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Source: Geovany Soto, Rangers agree — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Texas Rangers and catcher Geovany Soto have agreed to terms on a one-year contract for 2013 pending a physical. The source said that physical should take place in the next few days. — Soto, 29, batted .196 with five homers …
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Don't doubt. Hamilton to get huge deal — Poor Josh Hamilton. No one wants him. — There are questions about his durability, questions about his past drug abuse, questions about how he would handle the pressures of a major market. The big teams on the East Coast intimate he's too expensive or too risky for their tastes.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
A few notes from the Winter Meetings — NASHVILLE — R.A. Dickey, who lives in Tennessee, was spotted at the sprawling Opryland Hotel on Sunday. — The National League Cy Young winner was meeting with Mets trainers to discuss some minor surgery he had. — There has been talk that the Mets …
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Lohse plays waiting game as winter meetings arrive
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Grand ole winter meetings preview
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Mets must find outfielders, catcher
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Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Close To Deal With Mike Napoli — 9:59am: While no financial details have been reported on the deal Napoli and the Sox are working toward, Abraham tweets that it sounds as if Boston paid a larger annual salary to get a three-year contract done, rather than a four-year pact.
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Rob Bradford / WEEI:
SOURCE: SOX CLOSE TO DEAL WITH NAPOLI
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
No long-term relationships for Sox
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Geoff Baker / Mariners blog:
Here's a trade possibility for the Mariners you haven't heard about yet: Pirates slugger Garrett Jones — The lobby at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville was filled with reporters and team executives by late this afternoon. — Things are bustling in the hallways of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel …
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Daryl Van Schouwen / Chicago Sun Times:
White Sox GM Rick Hahn taking cool approach to winter meetings — Rick Hahn won't play the eager-beaver general manager trying to make a good first impression when he runs the White Sox' winter meetings show for the first time. While admitting his job is the last thing he thinks …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Expect low-key winter meetings from Hahn
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Associated Press:
John Kruk joining ESPN Sunday booth — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Kruk is following Bobby Valentine and Terry Francona into ESPN's “Sunday Night Baseball” booth. — Is he going to emulate them and wind up managing a major league team in 2014? — “I think that is why they are putting me in the booth …
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees, Rodriguez concerned right hip is damaged — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Yankees and Alex Rodriguez are concerned the third baseman's surgically repaired right hip is damaged. — According to a person with knowledge of the situation, Rodriguez recently visited Dr. Marc Phillippon …
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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Dempster wants three years — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Nashville - Let the meetings begin! — Baseball's annual winter meetings begin Monday at the sprawling Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, where player personnel moves will grab the headlines.
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Source: Padres, Jason Marquis close — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The San Diego Padres were closing in Monday on a one-year contract with free-agent starter Jason Marquis, according to a baseball official with knowledge of the negotiations. — Marquis — The 34-year-old right-hander finished …
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Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
A-Rod Likely To Undergo Surgery, Miss Part Of 2013 — 9:44am: Rodriguez's surgery will be on his left hip, not his previously-repaired right hip, according to Sherman. Recovery time is expected to be three to six months, so A-Rod figures to be healthy enough to return to the lineup by June, says Sherman (Twitter links).
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Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Rays Close To Signing James Loney — The Rays appear close to signing free agent first baseman James Loney, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter). It would be a one-year deal for Loney, according to Jim Bowden of ESPN.com (via Twitter). — Loney, a client of CAA Sports …
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