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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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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — ROCKIES WILL LISTEN TO TRADE OFFERS FOR TROY TULOWITZKI, CARLOS GONZALEZ — The Denver Post — Colorado batter Troy Tulowitzki watched his home run ball head for the fence in the second inning. The Colorado Rockies hosted the Philadelphia Phillies Friday night, April 18, 2014 at Coors Field.
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Jim Callis / MLB.com:
Prospect seeking reliable option to accompany cutting fastball, curve — 2014 MLB.com Top Prospects: C.J. Edwards possesses a pair of hard breaking balls in his curveball and his slider — MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs' best hope for a front-line starter from their farm system is right-hander C.J. Edwards …
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Bless You Boys
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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Dodgers Digest, HardballTalk and True Blue LA
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Mike Petriello / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Dodgers Still Have Too Many Outfielders
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Royals Review and baseballmusings.com
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Phillies keeping Asche at third base for now — 9/27/14: Cody Asche dives to his left to make a fantastic stop before firing to first for the out — PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies' front office is planning and hoping for significant changes to its roster, but until those changes happen, other players must remain in place.
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Padres poised to begin renovation plan at Petco — The new video board at Petco Park will be the third largest in baseball. — SAN DIEGO — Starting next week, you'll need a different kind of helmet if you're wandering the field at Petco Park — a construction helmet. — Wrecking ball, meet left-field bleachers.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Livan interested in working for Nationals full-time — Right-hander Livan Hernandez made the first start in Nationals history in 2005. — WASHINGTON — Livan Hernandez said recently he would like to become a full-time employee for the Nationals. He is known as an ambassador for the club and was last seen at Nationals Park in July.
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
What Rays might be looking for in a manager — The Rays today are expected to name the 12 or so candidates to replace Joe Maddon. They haven't said exactly what they're looking for, beyond someone to maintain the current clubhouse culture, but it's safe to assume their next manager needs …
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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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Philly.com, HardballTalk, Bleed Cubbie Blue and CBSSports.com
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Dave Cameron / Fox Sports:
MAKING THE CASE FOR A YOENIS CESPEDES-JOHNNY CUETO TRADE
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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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CBSSports.com, Athletics Nation, MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Daily Dish and HardballTalk
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Right fielder gets overall honor; Simmons tabbed for shortstops — Braves outfielder Jason Heyward wins the overall award for the Defensive Player of the Year — ATLANTA — Braves fans were not happy when Andrelton Simmons was not named the 2013 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year.
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Talking Chop
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
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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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Associated Press, Sporting News Feed RSS and baseballmusings.com
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Yankees early rotation targets: McCarthy, Hammel and Capuano — The Yankees are targeting Brandon McCarthy, Jason Hammel and others in that mid-rotation category for their staff. — They also have interest in bringing back left-hander Chris Capuano, who pitched decently as a spot starter …
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Pinstripe Alley
