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Steve Dilbeck / Los Angeles Times:
Geeks inherit the Earth, or at least the Dodgers front office — The nerds have officially taken over the world. Just give into it. All those guys who used to sit in the back of the classroom with their black horn-rimmed classes, pocket calculators and clothes their mommies picked out?
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Mike Petriello / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Dodgers Still Have Too Many Outfielders
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers To Hire Farhan Zaidi As GM, Add Josh Byrnes To Front Office
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Dodgers Digest, True Blue LA and Athletics Nation
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Rockies willing to listen to offers for Carlos Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki — For the first time, the Colorado Rockies sound willing to trade shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and/or outfielder Carlos Gonzalez. — The Rockies are telling clubs they are keeping their “eyes and ears open” …
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Jay / Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.com:
Alex Rodriguez's DEA confession: Yes, I used steroids from fake Miami doctor — › — ‹ — For 21 tumultuous months, New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez has defiantly maintained he never used banned substances from a Coral Gables anti-aging clinic …
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Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Federal prosecutors say Alex Rodriguez paid Yuri Sucart nearly $1M to keep quiet
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Surviving Grady
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Sources: A's adamant about keeping Donaldson, will listen on pitchers — First things first: The Oakland Athletics do not plan to trade third baseman Josh Donaldson, according to major-league sources. — The A's would listen if teams inquired on pitchers such as right-hander Jeff Samardzija and lefty Scott Kazmir.
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Source: Mets leaning toward trade for outfield bat rather than free agents … Baseball — Ranking MLB's free agent position players … Mets — 5 questions facing the Mets this offseason
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Giants slugger Michael Morse on Mets' radar — After eliminating Michael Cuddyer from their list of potential free-agent pursuits, the Mets still have other outfield targets they may consider. — Michael Morse is one such name who fits the Mets' criteria, according to a person with knowledge of the club's internal discussions.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Cubs looking again at Cole Hamels, plus top free-agent pitchers — The Cubs, already connected heavily in speculative reports about top free-agent pitchers Jon Lester and Max Scherzer, are also interested in Cole Hamels, according to sources, and are expecting to talk to the Phillies about him.
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Dave Cameron / Fox Sports:
MAKING THE CASE FOR A YOENIS CESPEDES-JOHNNY CUETO TRADE — The Boston Red Sox goal this offseason is pretty simple: upgrade the rotation. After trading away every member of their Opening Day rotation besides Clay Buchholz, Boston is in need of several quality starting pitchers.
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Redleg Nation and Red Reporter
Bob Nightengale / Associated Press:
Former pitcher Brad Halsey, 33, dies in climbing accident — Former major league pitcher Brad Halsey died Friday in a recreational climbing accident near his New Braunfels, Texas home, according to a person close to Halsey's family. — The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on condition …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Astros Acquire Hank Conger — The Astros announced that they have acquired catcher Hank Conger from the Angels in exchange for fellow catcher Carlos Perez and right-hander Nick Tropeano. — Conger, 26, split time with Chris Iannetta in Anaheim this past season but wasn't a traditional backup catcher …
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Clint Longenecker / Baseball America:
2015 Toronto Blue Jays Top 10 Prospects — Want More? Complete 2015 Top 10 Prospects Rankings — Get it all: Subscribe to Baseball America — Go 30 deep: Order the 2015 Prospect Handbook! — The Blue Jays entered this season with playoff aspirations after struggling in 2013 …
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Ken Arneson:
10 Things I Believe About Baseball Without Evidence — Well, here we are. The Giants won another World Series, while the A's flopped in the playoffs yet again. I'm not one of those A's fans who hate the Giants, but it's starting to annoy the crap out of even me to see the Giants always succeed …
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