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4:15 PM ET, March 7, 2013

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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Source: Chris Sale agrees to deal  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Chicago White Sox and left-handed pitcher Chris Sale have agreed in principle on a five-year contract extension worth as much as $60 million, according to a league source.  —  Sale will receive $35 million guaranteed …
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MLB.com:
White Sox and Chris Sale agree to terms on five-year contract with two club options  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a five-year, $32.5-million contract with left-handed pitcher Chris Sale, which includes club options for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and South Side Sox
Tracy Ringolsby / MLB.com:
Williams misses being GM, but not toll it took on him
Discussion: Halos Heaven and MLB Rumors
Zach Links / MLB Rumors:
Rivera To Retire After 2013 Season  —  12:03pm: The Yankees have a 10am EDT press conference scheduled Saturday at which Rivera is set to announce that he'll retire following the 2013 season, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports (Twitter links).  —  11:03am: Yankees closer Mariano Rivera …
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
Mariano Rivera to retire after season  —  JUPITER, Fla. — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is expected to announce Saturday that he will retire after the coming season, according to sources.  —  The announcement will come at 10 a.m. ET from the Yankees' spring training camp in Tampa.
Discussion: FanSided
Associated Press:
Cards SS Furcal to have Tommy John surgery  —  JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal will have major surgery on his right elbow next week.  —  The team did not say in its statement Thursday how long the three-time All-Star will be out.
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Furcal elects to have elbow surgery  —  • By Derrick Goold dgoold@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8285  —  JUPITER, Fla.  • After being resistant to the idea when the injury first occurred, Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal has decided to have ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow …
Discussion: Viva El Birdos
Ken Davidoff / New York Post:
This patchwork Bombers squad may get bad reviews  —  TAMPA — Here is all you need to know about the state of these 2013 Yankees:  —  Remember the team captain?  The guy who turns 39 in June and faces over a century of data that players his age shouldn't be patrolling shortstop anymore?
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
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Fox Sports:
Age finally catching up to Yankees?
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:   Teixeira out eight to 10 weeks with wrist strain
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees To Consider Corner Infielders
Danny Knobler / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Happy Crawford says of Boston: 'They love it when you're miserable'  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers are telling Carl Crawford to be patient.  He's saying that playing on opening day remains his goal.  —  “I want to be there bad,” Crawford said Thursday morning, after a workday that was limited to 50 swings off a tee.
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Leyland clarifies statement on Porcello  —  LAKELAND, Fla. — From the moment Jim Leyland said Monday that Rick Porcello as a closer was not necessarily a “wild thought,” one figured the Tigers manager would clarify his remarks to slow the speculation.  That clarification came Wednesday.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and MLB Rumors
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
In any inning, or weather, Coke focuses on own game
Discussion: HardballTalk
David Murphy / Philly.com:
Roy Halladay's velocity  —  Lost in the hoopla about Roy Halladay's pitch that got away against the Nationals yesterday was his actual performance.  The veteran righty struck out two, walked one and allowed two hits in four scoreless innings against the Phillies' National League East Rivals.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and HardballTalk
MLB.com:
DAVID WRIGHT  —  Mets and Team USA star David Wright is stepping into the Chatting Cage to answer your questions.  —  Want to know what Team USA's chances are in the World Baseball Classic?  Or how David thinks the Mets will fare in 2013?  Join the Chatting Cage, presented by Edward Jones, Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Discussion: Metsblog
T.R. Sullivan / Postcards From Elysian Fields:
Last Call from the Desert...Kyle Lohse, Derek Lowe, Lance Berkman  —  Wrapping up after the Rangers 3-2 win over the Cubs: … David Murphy on the uncertainty surrounding CEO Nolan Ryan.  —  A Rangers source on free agent pitcher Kyle Lohse: “We are not going to sign Kyle Lohse.
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Evan Grant / Texas Rangers Blog:
Source: Texas Rangers close to deal with Derek Lowe
Discussion: Lone Star Ball
Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Scorpion sting sends Brewers GM Doug Melvin to hospital  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  Phoenix - Brewers general manager Doug Melvin got a scare Wednesday night when he was stung by a small scorpion in his condominium and spent three hours in a local hospital.
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
NY Mets could have moved Jon Niese instead of R.A. Dickey; Yankees' Hal Steinbrenner speaks  —  Here's a good New York baseball debate for you: Would you have rather traded Jon Niese, instead of R.A. Dickey, to Toronto for Travis d'Arnaud and Noah Syndergaard?  —  Turns out that the Mets had that choice.
Discussion: MLB Rumors and Metsblog
Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Prospect Westmoreland announces retirement  —  Ryan Westmoreland works out with other Minor Leaguers in 2011 about a year after undergoing brain surgery.  (AP)  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Ryan Westmoreland, a former top prospect for the Red Sox, announced his retirement from baseball on Wednesday …
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Brian MacPherson / blogs.providencejournal.com:
Ryan Westmoreland announces retirement from baseball
 
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