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Scott Merkin / MLB.com:
Source: Melky, White Sox have 3-year deal — White Sox manager Robin Ventura talks about the expected position battles and how Chicago's recent additions will help them compete — CHICAGO — The 2014-15 offseason has become the holiday gift that keeps on giving for the White Sox fan base.
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Shi Davidi / Sportsnet.ca:
Blue Jays to receive compensatory pick for Cabrera
Blue Jays to receive compensatory pick for Cabrera
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Jays have interest in Mike Rizzo
Jays have interest in Mike Rizzo
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Sox's stealth pursuit of Melky Cabrera pays off
Sox's stealth pursuit of Melky Cabrera pays off
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Royals Review and SBNation.com
Ccolton / CBS New York:
Heyman: Yankees, Chase Headley Agree To 4-Year, $52 Million Deal — NEW YORK (WFAN) — Chase Headley is returning to the Yankees on a four-year, $52 million deal, according to CBSSports.com/WFAN baseball insider Jon Heyman. — The deal is pending a physical.
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Chase Headley / New Jersey Online:
MLB hot stove: Chase Headley wants Yankees, Brian Cashman says
MLB hot stove: Chase Headley wants Yankees, Brian Cashman says
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Nick CafardoGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
MLB teams always wonder if they did enough in offseason — At some point there will be that awkward discussion: Did we do enough? — Every organization has it. You do X and Y, but you run out of money for Z. So, you start the season vulnerable in an area or two.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
DON'T NATIONALS WANT TO PAY TO PLAY? — Nationals right-hander Jordan Zimmermann and shortstop Ian Desmond will combine to earn $27.5 million next season. That is probably about the average annual value it will take to land free-agent right-hander Max Scherzer.
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
With no progress made on an extension, Ian Desmond says he's focused on 2015
With no progress made on an extension, Ian Desmond says he's focused on 2015
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Richard Goldstein / New York Times:
Sy Berger, Who Turned Boyhood Heroes Into Brilliant Rectangles, Dies at 91 — Sy Berger, who transformed a boys' hobby into a high-stakes pop culture niche as the father of the modern-day baseball trading card, died on Sunday at his home in Rockville Centre, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 91.
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Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Bryce Harper, Nationals avoid grievance hearing after settling on 2015 salary [UPDATED] — Outfielder Bryce Harper and the Washington Nationals will avoid a grievance hearing over his 2015 salary after the sides reached a settlement Sunday evening with a two-year, $7.5 million contract …
Josh Norris / Baseball America:
2015 Philadelphia Phillies 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 writing was on the wall from the beginning for the 2014 Phillies.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Notes: Wood, Utley, Gonzalez
Phillies Notes: Wood, Utley, Gonzalez
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HardballTalk, Philly.com and The Good Phight
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Met brass debates taking swing for Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang — The Mets have scouted the 27-year-old and internally seem split on the shortstop. — With reports that Korean shortstop Jung-Ho Kang will be posted for bidding by major league teams on Monday, the Mets are still “undecided” …
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
COLORADO ROCKIES / MLB — ROCKIES MANAGER WALT WEISS ASSUMES MORE SAY IN TEAM'S OPERATIONS — The Denver Post — Rockies manager Walt Weiss no longer will have an assistant general manager's office in the team clubhouse, next to his own. (Lenny Ignelzi, The Associated Press)
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Richard Justice / MLB.com:
Outfielder/first baseman can be as productive as he was with Cardinals — 8/26/14: Allen Craig sends a home run to right-center field in the 11th, scoring Daniel Nava with his first homer in a Red Sox uniform — So your favorite baseball team didn't land Melky Cabrera …
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Bob Goldsborough / Chicago Tribune:
Former White Sox player becomes U.S. ambassador to New Zealand — A former White Sox outfielder is on his way to the southwest Pacific. — Mark Gilbert, who played in seven games for the Sox in 1985 and since has gone on to a successful career as a wealth manager, is headed to New Zealand …
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