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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Notes: Seattle shops for bat, Philly scouts Boston's system, more — Notes from around baseball, according to information gathered from major-league sources: — *As the Mariners continue their search for a right-handed hitter, they are more interested in signing free agent Nelson Cruz …
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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Red Sox offer on table for Jon Lester — BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox made a contract offer to pitcher Jon Lester when he met with the team's owners earlier this week, according to a major league source. — The terms of the offer were not disclosed, and the source said he did not expect Lester to make a quick decision.
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Left-hander is one of the top starting pitchers on the free-agent market — 9/24/14: Jon Lester pitches seven innings, allowing three earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out seven — ATLANTA — Braves president of baseball operations John Hart has repeatedly said his club does …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Pablo Sandoval tour hits Boston Pablo Sandoval tour hits Boston
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
(USATSI) — So far this offseason, there hasn't been much that's …
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Sources: Blue Jays continue to show interest in Jon Lester
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Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
Sources: Stanton's $325M deal backloaded — If Giancarlo Stanton opts out of his new 13-year, $325 million contract with the Miami Marlins after the first six seasons, he'll be walking away from a staggering $218 million over the final seven seasons, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN.com Tuesday.
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Stanton's record deal just isn't right
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Dan Jenkins / Golf Digest:
My (Fake) Interview With Tiger* — When Tiger Woods returned to golf from his back surgery, the national media saw it as the greatest news flash since D-Day. This energized me so much I immediately tracked down Tiger and asked if we could do the interview we should have done years ago.
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The Players' Tribune:
Not True, Not Funny … Did you read Dan Jenkins' interview with me in the latest Golf Digest? I hope not. Because it wasn't me. It was some jerk he created to pretend he was talking to me. That's right, Jenkins faked an interview, which fails as parody, and is really more like a grudge-fueled piece of character assassination.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Sign Zach Duke — 12:36pm: The White Sox have announced the signing of Duke to a three-year, $15MM contract. Duke will earn $4.5MM in 2015, $5MM in 2016 and $5.5MM in 2017, according to the team's release. — 11:45am: Duke's contract is a multi-year deal, tweets Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.
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Matthew Cerrone / Metsblog:
Do the Mets and White Sox match up for Alexei Ramirez?
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
JAMES SHIELDS INTERESTS ARIZONA — BUT CAN IT AFFORD HIM? — So far, we've heard very little about the market for free-agent right-hander James Shields. — Well, here is one interested team: — The Arizona Diamondbacks. — The D-Backs tried to trade for Shields and Wade Davis …
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ESPN.com:
Billy Butler, A's agree to 3-year deal — Free agent Billy Butler has agreed to a three-year, $30 million deal with the Oakland Athletics, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney. — The Kansas City Royals previously paid Butler a $1 million buyout rather than exercise …
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Blair Kerkhoffthe / Kansas City Star:
KCK native Ray Sadecki, standout major-league left-hander, dies at 73 — Ray Sadecki, the Kansas City, Kan., native who won 135 games in his 18-year major-league pitching career — and the 1964 World Series opener — died Monday afternoon in Mesa, Ariz., from complications of blood cancer, according to his family.
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Meghan Montemurro / delawareonline:
Ex-UD star, respected baseball scout dies at 58 — The essence and character of Jeff Taylor, a man beloved by family, friends and the baseball community, can be traced to a baseball field at Newark High School more than 40 years ago. — Taylor, a longtime scout working for the Cincinnati Reds …
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tigers may be weighing ‘Scherzer or Price?’ — President and GM Dave Dombrowski discusses the Tigers' offseason agenda including the latest on Max Scherzer, Joel Hanrahan and Torii Hunter — We can all agree (I think) that Max Scherzer is the top arm available in free agency.
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