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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Rockies' qualifying offer to Michael Cuddyer decreases Mets' interest in outfielder … Baseball — Ranking MLB's free agent position players
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — MICHAEL CUDDYER RECEIVES $15.3M QUALIFYING OFFER FROM COLORADO ROCKIES — The Denver Post — Let the chess game begin. — In a surprising move, the Rockies extended a qualifying offer to veteran outfielder-first baseman Michael Cuddyer on Monday.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Make Qualifying Offers To Martin, Liriano
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
David Robertson may decline Yankees' qualifying offer and test free agency
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Tom Jones / Tampa Bay Times:
Maddon's departure from Rays to Cubs feels shady — This whole thing stinks to high heaven. — It smells rotten and it looks shady and it feels dirty. — No matter how you slice it, it all just feels wrong. — Joe Maddon is gone. It's official now. The Cubs introduced him as their manager Monday.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
New skipper plans to reach out to former manager Renteria — Joe Maddon discusses taking over the reins in Chicago after leaving the Rays — CHICAGO — Joe Maddon still has to call some of the Rays players to say goodbye, and he has a long list of new players on the Cubs whom he needs to connect with as well.
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs president of baseball operations turning to man he bypassed in Boston in 2003
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Jeff Blair / Sportsnet.ca:
Jays look set to hit off-season ground running
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MLB Daily Dish, Bucs Dugout, MLB Trade Rumors and Bluebird Banter
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Joe Maddon's agent: Rays' tampering accusations ‘really sad’
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Yankees have no plans to pursue free agents Pablo Sandoval, Jon Lester or Max Scherzer — Instead, the Yankees are interested in bringing back two of their own, free agents Brandon McCarthy and Chase Headley, neither of whom was eligible to receive a qualifying offer after being traded to the Bronx this past July.
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Will Red Sox stick to game plan? … BOSTON — Two winters have passed since the Red Sox in one bold stroke shed more than $260 million in salary, unloading what they had come to view as the untenable contracts of Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez and Josh Beckett to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Michael O'Keeffe / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez paid cousin Yuri Sucart nearly $1 million to keep quiet about his PED use — Rodriguez, who just finished serving a season-long ban for his role in the Biogenesis scandal, entered into a confidential settlement with Sucart on June 5, 2013 …
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Jordan Bastian / MLB.com:
Deal includes club options for 2019 and '20 — Indians manager Terry Francona shares his excitement over signing a contract extension that will keep him in Cleveland until at least 2018 — CLEVELAND — The Indians brought Terry Francona to Cleveland to help reshape the culture both on the field and in the clubhouse.
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Let's Go Tribe, baseballmusings.com and MLB Daily Dish
Darren Wolfson / 1500 ESPN SportsWire:
SportsWire Twins Twins have expressed interest in free agent Torii Hunter — Tuesday isn't just Election Day. It's also the first official day of free agency in Major League Baseball and one player the Twins have already expressed interest in is outfielder Torii Hunter, per a source.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
A.J. Burnett Declines Player Option — Phillies starter A.J. Burnett has declined his player option, the Phillies announced. By turning down his $12.75MM option, Burnett will become a free agent. — Burnett's decision was one of the more closely-watched option situations around the game …
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Phillies Nation and MLB Daily Dish
Mike Digiovanna / Los Angeles Times:
Angels' Garrett Richards on track in knee surgery recovery — Ten weeks into his recovery from surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon in his left knee, Angels pitcher Garrett Richards remains on track to return to the field during spring training next February or March.
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Joey Nowak / MLB.com:
Aramis opts for another season with Brewers — 9/17/14: Aramis Ramirez chases a ball off Jon Jay's bat into foul ground and makes the great basket catch — Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez on Monday exercised his part of the mutual option in his contract for the 2015 season, solidifying his place with the club for next year.
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Aramis to address future after season concludes
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