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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
McCarthy faces hitters for first time since injury — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — For the first time since being struck in the head by a line drive on Sept. 5, D-backs right-hander Brandon McCarthy faced a batter Monday in a live batting-practice session. — As with most of his teammates …
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MLB.com:
Cubs acquire pair of pitching prospects from Arizona for outfielder Tony Campana — The Chicago Cubs today acquired minor league right-handed pitchers Erick Leal and Jesus Castillo from the Arizona Diamondbacks for outfielder Tony Campana. — Leal, 17, went 6-2 with a 2.44 ERA (19 ER/70.0 IP) …
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Diamondbacks Acquire Tony Campana's Base Stealing
Diamondbacks Acquire Tony Campana's Base Stealing
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Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Diamondbacks Acquire Tony Campana
Diamondbacks Acquire Tony Campana
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Alfonso Soriano open to trade … MESA, AZ. — Alfonso Soriano says he wants to win with the Chicago Cubs, but if the team falls out of contention — and the Cubs are expected to struggle again after 101 losses last season — Soriano would be interested in being traded.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Alfonso Soriano: No trade as long as Cubs are contending — MESA, Ariz. — Monday afternoon, in a grassy spot between a baseball field and the Cubs' row of spring bullpen mounds, a few young Cubs players set up a series of platforms ranging from a foot high to about 3 feet high.
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Adam McCalvy / Brew Beat:
Brewers have checked on Carp — Mariners general manager Jack Zdurencik told me tonight that he was engaged with a “good number” of teams about Mike Carp, the outfielder-first baseman designated for assignment last week, and was closing on a trade. — “I would say there's a good chance …
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Zduriencik says team close to trading Carp — PHOENIX — Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said Monday he was engaged with a “good number” of teams about Mike Carp, the outfielder-first baseman designated for assignment last week, and was closing in on a trade.
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Twinkie Town
Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Cornerstone at the hot corner? — Budding third baseman Middlebrooks sees himself with Red Sox for long term — FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks was sitting at his locker and putting his uniform on when teammate Dustin Pedroia leaned in close. — “You see my guy?”
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Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Still testing the limits?
Still testing the limits?
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Dan Shaughnessy / The Boston Globe:
No chance Jacoby Ellsbury is staying with Red Sox
No chance Jacoby Ellsbury is staying with Red Sox
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Fox Sports:
Can Bucs finally end The Streak? — BRADENTON, FLA. — Another spring at Pirate City, and we're still talking about The Streak. — The Pirates have finished with a losing record 20 years in a row. It is the longest slog of ineptitude in major U.S. professional sports.
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Bucs Dugout
Fox Sports:
Pirates' Martin to try shortstop in WBC — BRADENTON, FLA. — Russell Martin is a catcher. He's a good one, too, beginning his first season as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. — Martin, 30, has played nearly 1,000 games in the major leagues — not one as a shortstop.
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John Harper / NY Daily News:
Yankees will have to sign Robinson Cano, and hope he turns out more like Derek Jeter than Alex Rodriguez — Cano is the only Yankees player in his prime at the age of 30, if the Bombers plan is to stay competitive rather than rebuild, their only choice is to re-sign him
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Adam Rubin / ESPN:
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Garza to get MRI, may miss start of season — MESA, Ariz. — Whether Matt Garza will start the season in the rotation is now in question because of his left lat strain. — “We're not going to rush this guy, that's for sure,” general manager Jed Hoyer said.
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