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11:55 AM ET, December 7, 2012

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John Manuel / Baseball America:
Braulio Lara, Jose Dominguez Lead Rule 5 Buzz  —  NASHVILLE—A relatively placid day during the Winter Meetings on Wednesday gives way to what should be a much more active Thursday.  —  Most fans are hoping for a free-agent signing by their team or to be involved in a trade involving Justin Upton.
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2012 Rule 5 Draft results
Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com:
Rule 5 Draft offers final chance at fruitful Meetings
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox could lose players in Rule 5 Draft
Matthew Cerrone / Metsblog:
Mets select LHP Kyle Lobstein in Rule 5 Draft, traded to Tigers for cash
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue and ESPN
Gerry Fraley / Texas Rangers Blog:
More Rangers headed to Boston: Koji Uehara agrees to one-year deal with Red Sox  —  Free agent right-hander Koji Uehara spurned the Texas Rangers on Thursday and agreed to a one-year deal with Boston on Thursday.  The contract is contingent on a Uehara passing a physical.
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Sam Miller / Baseball Prospectus:
Koji Uehara Has Done Some Things  —  These aim to be spectacular factoids about Koji Uehara, who is spectacular.  They feature a moderate amount of cherry-picking and sample size cheats, but not that much!  All statistics except where noted are since 2010, when Uehara converted from starting to relief.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox To Sign Koji Uehara
Discussion: Over the Monster and Boston Globe
Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Phillies Acquire Revere, Worley and May To Twins  —  The Phillies will not leave the Winter Meetings empty handed.  —  Multiple sources confirmed to MLB.com this morning the Phillies have acquired outfielder Ben Revere in a trade with the Minnesota Twins.  Right-hander Vance Worley …
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Phillies Pay Premium For Ben Revere  —  Bad news for Michael Bourn - the Phillies just emphatically closed the door on bringing back the free agent center fielder, giving up Vance Worley and top prospect Trevor May to acquire Revere from the Twins.  Given the price that we just saw Denard Span …
Mark Saxon / ESPN:
Dodgers pessimistic about landing Greinke  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Speculation when the winter began was that the two Los Angeles-area teams would engage in a bidding war for prized free-agent pitcher Zack Greinke.  It hasn't quite worked out that way so far.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Dodgers in talks with free-agent hurler Greinke
Discussion: Metsblog
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Angels add Joe Blanton, Sean Burnett
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards end meetings with more work to do  —  • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn.   • If the Cardinals had not signed catcher Yadier Molina to a five-year extension last spring, it is possible they would have spent these winter meetings …
Discussion: MLB Rumors and HardballTalk
Geoff Baker / Mariners blog:
Mariners said to still be very much in the running for Josh Hamilton  —  The Mariners and Josh Hamilton are said to be “very close” to a deal, depending on what happens first between free agent pitcher Zack Greinke and the Texas Rangers.  Photo Credit: AP  —  It once seemed like Josh Hamilton …
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Fox Sports:
Pursuit of Upton driving blockbuster talks
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and Metsblog
Associated Press:
Twins sign reliever Burton for 2 years, $5.5M  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have agreed to terms with right-handed reliever Jared Burton on a two-year, $5.5 million contract that includes a club option for the 2015 season.  —  The deal was worked out Thursday at baseball's winter meetings in Nashville, Tenn.
Discussion: Twinkie Town and MLB Daily Dish
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Stewart re-signs with Cubs  —  Phil Rogers and Mark Gonzales talk about the Cubs and White Sox Rule 5 draft picks.  —  Third baseman Ian Stewart agreed to a one-year deal Thursday to return to the Cubs.  —  Stewart will earn $2 million with $500,000 in incentives.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals' payroll pinch tighter than previously believed  —  NASHVILLE, TENN. — Royals owner David Glass created a stir recently in revealing $70 million to be the budgeted break-even point for the club's 2013 payroll.  —  Well, the financial pinch is a lot tighter than initially believed.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
Chicago Tribune:
White Sox dangling Viciedo and De Aza  —  By Mark Gonzales, Tribune report  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Baseball's winter meetings ended Thursday, but the White Sox are continuing their pursuit of a left-handed hitter with some daring scenarios.  —  Two sources confirmed the Sox and Mariners …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Fox Sports:
Yankees uncharacteristically thrifty  —  Where the hell are the Yankees?  —  Not at the winter meetings.  At least, not in any place where there is news other than a 37-year-old third baseman breaking down.  —  Oh, the Yankees will tell you they have their pitching in order …
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
 
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