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Greinke wraps up Dodgers' spending spree — Joe McDonnell is an award-winning journalist/talk show host. He joined FoxSportsWest.com in February 2011 as a writer/podcaster. Named LA Daily News Sports Talk Host of the Decade, he won the yearly award 7 times. He's also won 2 Golden Mics.
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Rival executive says Texas Rangers in the market for NY Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey — The Mets remained willing to pay the 38-year-old Dickey $25 million over three years, but team insiders continued to indicate an irreversible aversion to meeting the Cy Young Award winner's asking price …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Rangers, Hamilton in touch, upping chances he stays with Texas — Josh Hamilton and the Rangers have continued to stay in touch, and while the Mariners and others are showing interest, rivals suggest they believe the chances of Hamilton staying with Texas have increased in recent days.
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T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
Rangers still in the hunt to re-sign Hamilton — Outfielder lone remaining target for impact move; contract length biggest obstacle — ARLINGTON — Now there is outfielder Josh Hamilton. With many of the Rangers' other preferred options starting to slip away, the best hope …
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Anthony McCarron / NY Daily News:
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera says he'll be ready for Opening Day of 2013 season — The 43-year-old closer suffered a torn ACL while shagging fly balls in the outfield last May, but he's ‘feeling good’ now as he progresses through rehab. — Mariano Rivera proclaims he will be back on the Yankee Stadium hill on 2013 Opening Day.
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George A. King III / New York Post:
Damon thinks Youkilis will be ‘fine’ with Yankees
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Yonhap News Agency:
S. Korean pitcher Lim Chang-yong agrees to terms with Chicago Cubs — South Korean relief pitcher Lim Chang-yong said Thursday he has agreed to terms with the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball (MLB). — Lim, 36, left for the U.S. Thursday to sign the two-year contract.
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36-year-old Korean closer says he's headed to Cubs — South Korean closer Lim Chang-Yong is set to sign a deal with the Cubs, though the sidearm pitcher is unlikely to be able to take the mound again until late next season. — The 36-year-old right-hander, who had elbow surgery earlier this year …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Sign Andres Torres — Andres Torres is heading back to San Francisco, the Giants confirmed on Twitter. The Giants have agreed to sign the free agent outfielder to a one-year, $2MM contract, Andrew Baggarly of CSN Bay Area reports (Twitter links). The deal between the Giants and the ACES client is pending a physical.
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MLB.com:
Outfielder Shane Victorino Agrees To Three-Year Pact With Red Sox — The Boston Red Sox today signed two-time All-Star and three-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner Shane Victorino to a three-year contract through the 2015 season. The outfielder has been in postseason play five times …
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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Brewers not talking with Marcum — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin just told me that he has not talked with free-agent pitcher Shaun Marcum about a possible return to Milwaukee. — I touched base with Melvin because Marcum said during …
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Adam Berry / MLB.com:
Olmedo among eight players signed by Twins — The Twins signed eight players to Minor League contracts on Wednesday, with three of them receiving Major League invitations. — Outfielder Brandon Boggs, shortstop Ray Olmedo and right-hander Bryan Augenstein will compete in Spring Training for spots on Minnesota's big league roster.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers eyeing Segura's heavy winter workload — MILWAUKEE — Jean Segura logged a hit and an RBI on Tuesday as a Dominican All-Star team topped its Venezuelan rivals, continuing a long season for the 22-year-old Brewers shortstop that began in February and is still going strong.
Baseball Prospectus:
11 Potential Trades — 1. Gordon Beckham for Ramon Hernandez and Eric Young Jr. — Who doesn't love a good, old-fashioned challenge trade? Gordon Beckham has struggled to adjust since his solid major-league debut back in 2009. A change of scenery isn't always the answer; sometimes there is no answer to turning a player around.
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