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Flaherty's HR Gives Orioles 3-3 Tie With Red Sox — SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Flaherty's two-run home run in the 10th inning earned the Baltimore Orioles a 3-3 tie with a Boston Red Sox split squad on Friday. — The Red Sox scored two runs in the top of the 10th on a home run …
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Jose Iglesias no longer a lock — FORT MYERS, Fla. — Jose Iglesias was home in Miami getting ready to celebrate the holidays with his family when he learned the Red Sox had signed Stephen Drew to play shortstop. — There would be no competition for a position Iglesias thought he would be given a chance to earn.
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Pelfrey Struggles for Twins in Loss to Red Sox — FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Mike Pelfrey gave up five runs in two innings as he tries to accelerate his return from Tommy John surgery, and the Minnesota Twins lost to the Boston Red Sox 7-3 Thursday. — Pelfrey had the elbow-reconstruction operation …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees To Sign Brennan Boesch — The Yankees have agreed to sign free agent outfielder Brennan Boesch, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (all Twitter links). The Scott Boras client obtained a Major League deal worth $1.5MM plus incentives, Heyman reports.
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Bill Madden / NY Daily News:
NY Mets great and Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver feeling better, winning his battle with Lyme disease — It's been a living hell of uncertainty, confusion, depression and downright fear. The Mets' ‘Franchise,’ author of 311 career victories was not himself after his diagnosis …
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Matt Carpenter focuses on hitting — • By Rick Hummel rhummel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8196 — JUPITER, Fla. • Sometimes, when a baseball player is asked to change positions he places so much emphasis on his defense that his offense suffers.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers have twice tried to lock up All-Star shortstop Elvis Andrus to a long-term contract and are expected to make one more run at it this year, but people familiar with their thinking suggest that if the Rangers can't secure him to a multiyear deal they will likely trade him in “10 to 12 months.”
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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Jose Santiago Signs With Mariners For $205,000 — Remember the unnamed converted catcher profiled in Baseball America last month from a recent private workout in the Dominican Republic? His name is Jose Santiago, and he has signed with the Mariners for $205,000.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
After pitching BP, Hughes expresses optimism — TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees right-hander Phil Hughes threw 26 pitches in a batting-practice session on Thursday and said that he believes it is still possible to be ready for the beginning of the regular season. — Hughes was sidelined last month …
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Roch Kubatko / School of Roch:
Spring training leftovers for breakfast — SARASOTA, Fla. - Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro is one of the many connections made by executive vice president Dan Duquette that may pay off for the Orioles. — Niekro is working for the Orioles as a consultant of sorts, as he mentors knuckleballer …
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Matt Eddy / Baseball America:
Minor League Transactions: Feb. 26-March 8 — Official minor league transactions, conveyed to us by Major League Baseball, for the period Feb. 26-March 8. — Arizona Diamondbacks — Signed: RHP Josh Booty — It's official: The Diamondbacks actually signed 37-year-old Josh Booty …
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Orr's Homer Leads Phillies Over Pirates — CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Pete Orr hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. — Orr, a veteran utilityman, connected off former Phillies left-hander Mike Zagurski, hitting a long drive to right.
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David Lennon / Newsday:
USA (with David Wright) to play Dominican Republic (and Robinson Cano) Thursday night — MIAMI — The Subway Series won't start for another two months. In the meantime, pick your superhero. — Is it David Wright, the aptly named Captain America of the World Baseball Classic?
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Herrmann out for the year after elbow surgery
Herrmann out for the year after elbow surgery
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