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12:15 AM ET, March 16, 2013

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Associated Press:
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 …
Discussion: Boston Globe
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
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.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Pelfrey Struggles for Twins in Loss to Red Sox
Discussion: Boston Globe and Over the Monster
Associated Press:
Figueroa Helps Puerto Rico Oust US From WBC, 4-3  —  MIAMI (AP) — Once again, the United States could only watch as an opposing pitcher celebrated at the World Baseball Classic.  —  This time it was 38-year-old right-hander Nelson Figueroa, who became the pride of Puerto Rico on Friday night …
Discussion: MLB, AZ Snake Pit and Boston Globe
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Sign Brennan Boesch  —  The Yankees have officially announced the team's signing of Brennan Boesch, tweets Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.  —  The Yankees agreed to terms with the free agent outfielder earlier today, as reported by Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (all Twitter links).
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.
Discussion: HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
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 …
Discussion: HardballTalk
Fox Sports:
Carrillo gets 100-game suspension  —  The first domino in baseball's Biogenesis scandal has fallen.  —  Major League Baseball announced a 100-game suspension Friday for Cesar Carrillo, a right-handed pitcher on the Detroit Tigers' Double A roster.  —  The suspension of Carrillo stemmed …
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
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.
Associated Press:
Baez Hits 2 HRs, Cubs Beat Japan 7-5  —  MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Javier Baez hit homered twice, including a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Chicago Cubs a 7-5 win over Japan on Friday.  —  The shortstop prospect who played in the high Class A Florida State League …
Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue
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.”
New York Post:
POST-CAST: Mets GM Alderson joins Vaccaro, Hale  —  Mets general manager Sandy Alderson joins Post columnist Mike Vaccaro and Mark Hale on this week's Post-Cast.  —  Alderson will talk about why manager Terry Collins has yet to receive an extension, David Wright's WBC heroics …
Discussion: Metsblog, MLB Rumors, HardballTalk and ESPN
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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