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Philly.com:
Dick Allen makes it onto Hall of Fame ballot — Dick Allen could finally be headed to Cooperstown. — The BBWAA's Historical Overview Committee selected 10 Golden Era finalists for entry, with “Golden Era” referring to those who made significant impact during their careers in Major League Baseball between 1947 and 1972.
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The Good Phight
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Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
GM Amaro unveils ‘Phillies Way’ handbook — While two teams that did not win 90 regular-season games in 2014 played to the conclusion of the World Series, the Phillies huddled at their facility in Clearwater, Fla. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. unveiled The Phillies Way …
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HardballTalk
Josh Norris / Baseball America:
2015 New York Yankees Top 10 Prospects With Scouting Reports [VIDEO] — Want More?: Complete 2015 Top 10 Prospects Rankings — Get it all: Subscribe to Baseball America — Go 30 deep: Order the 2015 Prospect Handbook! — The 2014 season represented the closing of two eras in Yankees history …
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Pinstripe Alley and The LoHud Yankees Blog
T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com:
GM Daniels emphasizes club will keep ‘resources free’ for starting pitching — 9/25/14: Colby Lewis pitches seven innings of one-run ball, allowing six hits and striking out seven in a tough no-decision — ARLINGTON — The Rangers, having set starting pitching as their top priority for the offseason …
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Lone Star Ball, Texas Rangers Blog and ESPN
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T.R. Sullivan / Postcards From Elysian Fields:
Rangers make offer to free agent pitcher Colby Lewis
Rangers make offer to free agent pitcher Colby Lewis
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CBSSports.com and Lone Star Ball
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Athletics Claim Andrew Brown From Mets — The A's announced that they've claimed outfielder Andrew Brown off waivers from the Mets. Additionally, minor league shortstop Tyler Ladendorf has been added to the club's 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft in December.
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Athletics Nation and Amazin' Avenue
ESPN:
MLB Future Power Rankings — A detailed breakdown of the future of every major league franchise — The FPR “forecast” how well each team is set up for sustained success over the next five years. — Free agency is right around the corner, and we at ESPN Insider decided we'd steal a page …
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Metsblog
Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Tribe picks up 2015 option on Aviles — 9/26/14: Mike Aviles runs and dives to make a great stop on a ground ball and fires to first to record an impressive out — CLEVELAND — After Terry Francona became manager two offseasons ago, one of the Indians' first targets was utility man Mike Aviles.
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MLB Daily Dish
Justin Perline / Beyond the Box Score:
Free Agency Contract Calculator — How to predict the contracts free agents will receive this offseason based on previous seasons' data. — Free Agency is almost upon us yet again. The hectic time of the year often features dozens of multi-million dollar contracts being handed out within a span of only a few days.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and MLB.com
Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Kansas City Royals will need to make tough choices — and tough trades — to stay on top; Could Alex Gordon ever be a Met? — People of Kansas City and America: Did you enjoy that Royals run? Did you feel galvanized by the team's first march through October since 1985?
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Metsblog, Amazin' Avenue and MLB Trade Rumors
Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins expected to exercise option on Mathis — 9/15/14: Jeff Mathis hits a soft single into right, scoring Ed Lucas to give the Marlins a 6-5 lead in the 8th — MIAMI — Before focusing on free-agent signings, the Marlins have decided to retain one of their own.
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Fish Stripes
Andrew Simon / MLB.com:
deGrom, Lagares and Duda among those cited on the ballot — Celebrate greatness in baseball with MLB.com's 2014 GIBBY Awards — the ultimate honors of the industry's awards season — A 79-83 season still featured several bright spots for the Mets, whether it was Jacob deGrom's sparkling debut …
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Metsblog
Baseball America:
Prospect Flashback: Kevin Youkilis — With the announcement of his retirement, BA looks back at Kevin Youkilis in his prospect days. John Tomase had the story of Youkilis on March 31, 2003. Youkilis was drafted in the eighth round in 2001 and got to the majors in 2004.
Discussion:
Over the Monster
Jeff Sullivan / FanGraphs Baseball:
Alex Gordon Barely Had a Chance — Imagine if, for some reason, you completely missed Game 7. Not only did you miss it — you didn't hear anything about it, from friends or from family or from the Internet. You get home, and this is the first thing you see: — What on earth has to be going through your mind?
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NESN.com, Yahoo! Finance, Royals Review, Associated Press and New York Times
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Send Alex Gordon!
Send Alex Gordon!
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McCovey Chronicles, MLB.com, NBC SportsWorld, ESPN, baseballmusings.com, USA Today and Al's Ramblings