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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Scherzer part of Rizzo's grand plan, or Lerner's all-in play for 2015?  —  FOX Sports  —  Knowing whether it was Nats GM Mike Rizzo (left) or owner Ted Lerner who ultimately made the call on acquiring Max Scherzer could be the biggest barometer for the club's true intentions for the roster this season.
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Associated Press:
Baseball Notes: Scherzer contract makes history  —  Max Scherzer will become the highest-paid righthanded pitcher in major-league history after agreeing to a $210 million, seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals that includes a record $50 million signing bonus.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Washington Post:
Nationals complete deal with free agent pitcher Max Scherzer  —  The Washington Nationals radically altered the baseball landscape Sunday night, ending a winter of relative inactivity by agreeing to a seven-year contract with free agent pitcher Max Scherzer, according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks.
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
Signing Max Scherzer makes Washington Nationals better — right now and beyond  —  When a baseball team signs one of the best pitchers in baseball to a long-term free agent contract, then it just got significantly better.  There's risk.  It might have overpaid.  In a few years, today's jewel could be tomorrow's fool's gold.
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
(USATSI)  —  Top right-handed starter Max Scherzer and the Nationals are in agreement on a seven-year deal, CBSSports.com has learned.  —  Details of the deal beyond the seven years are not known.  —  Scherzer was reported by the Washington Post to have been “very close” …
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Max Scherzer in talks with Nationals and others on 7-year deal; deal soon  —  Top free agent pitcher Max Scherzer is talking to the Nationals and at least one other club about potential seven-year scenarios, sources said.  —  The Nats have a chance to win the services of the top free-agent pitcher after coming out of nowhere.
ESPN.com:
Reports: Scherzer, Nats agree on $210M deal
Fox Sports:
BREWERS COMMITTED TO JIMMY NELSON, SO SCRATCH JORDAN ZIMMERMANN  —  JP Morosi  —  Since I previously made the case here for the Milwaukee Brewers to trade for Jordan Zimmermann, I should share with you something Brewers general manager Doug Melvin said on the subject Monday.
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Fox Sports:
JP Morosi  —  Despair not, Wisconsin sports fans.  Your favorite team remains involved in a competition certain to grip the nation's attention over the next two weeks.  —  Which team will trade for Jordan Zimmermann?  —  See?  Sunday's fourth-quarter collapse in Seattle actually was for the best.
Discussion: Bleacher Report
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cubs Acquire Dexter Fowler For Valbuena, Straily  —  The Astros and Cubs have officially announced that the Astros have traded outfielder Dexter Fowler to Chicago for infielder Luis Valbuena and righty Dan Straily.  It's a win-now move for both teams, with the Cubs trading from depth to upgrade …
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs acquire Dexter Fowler from Astros
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs acquire Fowler from Astros for Valbuena, Straily
Discussion: Purple Row and Cubs 101
Jamie Samuelsen / Detroit Free Press:
Jamie: Cabrera needs patience, discipline with ankle injury  —  Jamie Samuelsen, co-host of the “Jamie and Wojo” show at 6 p.m. weekdays on WXYT-FM (97.1), blogs for freep.com.  His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.
Discussion: Bless You Boys and Bleacher Report
William Boor / MLB.com:
Righty appeared in 20 games for Angels in '14  —  9/21/14: Yoslan Herrera induces a grounder from Adam Rosales, starting the inning-ending double play and escaping a bases-loaded jam  —  The Angels have released Yoslan Herrera in order for the right-hander to play for Yokohama …
Edward Creech / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Yovani Gallardo  —  The Rangers have acquired right-hander Yovani Gallardo from the Brewers.  Going in return are a group of young players: infielder Luis Sardinas and righties Corey Knebel and Marcos Diplan.  Milwaukee will pick up $4MM of Gallardo's salary …
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
Rangers close to landing Gallardo
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wacha says he's ‘extremely healthy’  —  Before he grabbed a pen to sign autographs at the Cardinals' Winter Warm-Up, pitcher Michael Wacha spent an hour or so of his offseason where he spent so much of the season.  —  Wacha had another MRI scan Sunday morning so that team physicians could pry …
Discussion: HardballTalk
 
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