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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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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Cards' Carpenter unlikely to pitch this season — Right-hander continues to experience weakness, numbness in pitching shoulder — ST. LOUIS — General manager John Mozeliak took the phone call last Friday, shortly after Chris Carpenter finished throwing off a mound at Busch Stadium.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Chris Carpenter Likely To Miss 2013 Season — Cardinals GM John Mozeliak announced that Chris Carpenter can't continue to throw and will likely miss the 2013 season (Twitter links via Danny Knobler of CBS Sports and B.J. Rains of FOX Sports Midwest). The 2005 NL Cy Young Award winner …
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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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Brian McTaggart / MLB.com:
Luhnow confident in process despite critics — HOUSTON — Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow has heard the critics who have chastised the club for dealing away most of its established Major League players in the last year, while slashing payroll and stockpiling talent for what suddenly has become a very good Minor League system.
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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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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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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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Drew Silva / HardballTalk:
Ryan Braun's name discovered in the Biogenesis records — From Jeff Passan and Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports: … Braun was cleared of that 2011 positive test due to what was perceived to be an error in the handling of his urine sample. His name is not listed next to any specific PED transactions …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Rays Designate Brignac, Johnson For Assignment — 4:31pm: The Rays also designated Elliot Johnson for assignment, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports (Twitter links). Johnson, 28, appeared in 123 games for the Rays in 2012. He posted a .242/.304/.350 batting line with six home runs in 331 plate appearances.
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Troy Renck / On the Rox:
Nolan Arenado, Kyle Parker, Tyler Anderson, Yorvit Torrealba among Rockies' non-roster invitees — The Rockies continue to show interest in pitcher Derek Lowe on a minor-league deal. He's understandably willing to wait. So for now, the veteran right-hander is not on the list …
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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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