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Tim Elfrink / Miami New Times:
A Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports Biggest Names — Open the neat spreadsheet and scroll past the listing of local developers, prominent attorneys, and personal trainers. You'll find a lengthy list of nicknames: Mostro, Al Capone, El Cacique, Samurai, Yukon, Mohamad, Felix Cat, and D.R.
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Evan Drellich / MLB.com:
Atchison doesn't foresee a return to Boston — BOSTON — Free-agent reliever Scott Atchison, who was in the Red Sox bullpen from 2010-12, threw his first full-fledged bullpen of the winter on Monday, and this week he expects to announce what team he'll be pitching for in '13.
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Michael Baron / Metsblog:
Mets sign RHP Scott Atchison to minors deal — The Mets announced they have signed RHP Scott Atchison to a Minor League contract with an invite to Major League Spring Training. — Atchison, 36, made 42 relief appearances for the Red Sox in 2012 and went 2-1 with a 1.58 ERA, allowing just two home runs in 51 1/3 innings.
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Angels add Coello on Minor League deal — ANAHEIM — The Angels signed right-hander Robert Coello to a Minor League contract with an invitation to big league Spring Training on Monday. — Coello, 28, appeared in six games in 2010 for the Red Sox and six for the Blue Jays in '12, giving up 12 earned runs in 12 innings.
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Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Despite Mets' secret visit, Bourn deal a long shot — It remains a long shot — a bunch of moons aligning just right — but the Mets have not given up on being Bourn winners. — To that end, general manager Sandy Alderson and assistant GM John Ricco travelled to Houston last week …
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Bob Brookover / Philly.com:
Inside the Phillies: Cole Hamels shrugs off report about sore shoulder — The bad news about Cole Hamels' left shoulder was news to him. — “I don't even know what it was about,” the Phillies' pitcher said Monday night in his first interview since a report surfaced earlier this month …
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Todd Zolecki / The Zo Zone:
Phillies, Durbin Agree to 1-Year Deal
Phillies, Durbin Agree to 1-Year Deal
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Fox Sports:
Will Verlander pitch in the Classic? — Though Andy Pettitte has been known to change his mind, he will not participate in the World Baseball Classic, according to major league sources. The news is not exactly a surprise, considering that Pettitte is 40 and preparing for perhaps his farewell season with the New York Yankees.
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Erik Boland / Newsday:
Derek Jeter on field for first time since breaking ankle — From the start, Derek Jeter maintained he'd be ready for Opening Day 2013. — That steady march continued Monday morning. — For the first time since surgery on his broken left ankle in October, the 38-year-old shortstop worked out on the field.
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Infielder Cedeno, Cards agree to $1.15M deal — ST. LOUIS — Infielder Ronny Cedeno has agreed to a $1.15 million, one-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, giving them insurance in case shortstop Rafael Furcal has problems returning from an elbow injury that sidelined him late last season.
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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
The Art Of The Japanese Bat Flip — This video was put together by some unknown Japanese hero a year ago, but it's making the rounds today (I think it popped up first on Fangraphs last week). And that's 100 percent of the background on the video you're going to get.
John Sickels / Minor League Ball:
2013 Baseball Farm System Rankings — Up until 2012, I had avoided doing farm system rankings. Here is the introduction I wrote about them last year: … That's all still true. Things can change fast of course: the Marlins farm system is now better than the Jays system …
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