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Keith Law / ESPN:
Top 100 prospects of 2013 — With Harper and Trout gone, we have some new names at the top — Welcome to the 2013 ESPN Insider ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. — This is the sixth year I have done these rankings for ESPN, with Mike Trout topping the list the previous two years.
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Keith Law / ESPN:
Ranking the top prospects (76-100) — A mix of 2012 fallers and players ready for blast off in 2013 — Welcome to ESPN Insider's 2013 ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. — This is my sixth such ranking for Insider, and there has been quite a bit of turnover from last year's list.
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Rich Calder / New York Post:
Mets eye casino at Citi to help offset losses suffered in Bernie Madoff scandal — It's an Amazin' gamble! — The Mets' owners want to roll the dice on building a Las Vegas-style casino next to Citi Field to recoup some of the $162 million for which team brass are still on the hook following …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Carpenter out for 2013; future uncertain — The Cardinals do not expect Chris Carpenter to pitch for the team in 2013 because of medical issues related to last year's shoulder trouble, and general manager John Mozeliak said he doubts that Carpenter will pitch for the team again.
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Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
Wright makes Mets' best pitch to free-agent CF Bourn — PORT ST. LUCIE — David Wright is all-in on the Mets. That includes being a front-line recruiter for Sandy Alderson & Co. — Wright told The Post yesterday he has spoken with and exchanged texts with free-agent center fielder Michael Bourn …
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Jorge Castillo / New Jersey Online:
Sandy Alderson says Mets engaged in ‘ongoing discussion’ with Michael Bourn
Sandy Alderson says Mets engaged in ‘ongoing discussion’ with Michael Bourn
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Michael Baron / Metsblog:
Mets are done with the bullpen, still negotiating with Michael Bourn
Mets are done with the bullpen, still negotiating with Michael Bourn
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NY Daily News:
Yankees' Alex Rodriguez thinks his team and Major League Baseball are out to get him after recent PED scandal: sources — A-Rod's concerns intensified as agents from MLB's Department of Investigations met in Miami Monday with editors of Miami New Times. The source added that Rodriguez …
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Tom Verducci / Sports Illustrated:
Turning Up The Heat — Alex Rodriguez was implicated in a report …
Turning Up The Heat — Alex Rodriguez was implicated in a report …
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Fox Sports:
How will Astros survive AL West? — The trade makes sense. All of the trades do, more or less. But then you look at the Houston Astros' roster, and you look at their payroll, and you say, “Holy smokes, how are they going to survive in the American League?” — Easy answer: They won't, at least not in 2013.
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Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Honeycutt excited by pitchers at Dodgers minicamp — LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers kept last week's Young Guns pitching minicamp under wraps. So, nobody outside the organization saw Clayton Kershaw throw a bullpen session with no pain in his right hip, or Javy Guerra throw pain-free coming …
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True Blue LA
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees weighing options in center field — NEW YORK — The Yankees are waiting until they arrive in camp to decide if Brett Gardner or Curtis Granderson will be their best option in center field. — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said the team needs to talk about the idea …
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Marie Torto / Boston Globe:
Truck Day signals unofficial start of Red Sox spring training — Truck Day, the unofficial start of spring training, is here for the Red Sox and their fans. — A large moving truck with the slogan “Big Things Ahead” is parked next to Fenway Park and workers are busy loading it with the gear …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins monitoring LoMo's health as camp nears — No return timetable for converted outfielder; club otherwise in good condition — MIAMI — Aside from Logan Morrison, the Marlins should be relatively healthy when Spring Training gets under way. — In terms of injuries …
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Jerry Crasnick / MLB:
Ex-Cy Young winner Webb retires at age 33 — Brandon Webb, the 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner and one of the most dominant starters in the game during a five-year stretch with the Arizona Diamondbacks, is officially retiring from baseball, according to his agents at Millennium Sports.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Brandon Webb To Retire
Brandon Webb To Retire
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