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Vince Lara-Cinisomo / Baseball America:
Maddon, Banister Named Managers Of The Year By BBWAA — First-year manager Jeff Banister is the BBWAA AL Manager of the Year, the first rookie manager to win the AL award. — The other four first-year winners were in the National League: Hal Lanier with the Astros in 1986 …
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Associated Press:
Cubs' Maddon, Texas' Banister Selected Managers of the Year — NEW YORK — Joe Maddon won his third Manager of the Year award Tuesday and Jeff Banister his first after each guided his team on a surprising run to the playoffs. — In his initial season with the Cubs, Maddon took …
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Kyle Thele / Chicago:
Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez out of the running for Dodgers job
Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez out of the running for Dodgers job
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Mets express interest in Ben Zobrist and Gerardo Parra, sources say … VOTE — Swing or take: Mets and potential free agents — VOTE — Mets 2016 keep 'em or dump 'em? — INTERACTIVE — Will these MLB free agency predictions happen?
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Free agent Ben Zobrist likely too costly for Mets — The Mets are looking for a second chance at second base, but it looks like Ben Zobrist is out of their price range. — Attempting to get back to the playoffs and this time win a World Series, the Mets are making another run at Zobrist …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Athletics To Sign Rich Hill — The Athletics have agreed to terms with free agent left-hander Rich Hill, reports Robert Murray of Baseball Essential. The deal is pending a physical. Yahoo's Jeff Passan tweets that it's a one-year deal with a $6MM guarantee.
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Source: Rich Hill will likely make decision this week; Red Sox not in mix — Rich Hill is about to get the best contract of his career. — According to a major league source, the free agent lefty is expected to sign with a team this week. It is not expected the Red Sox will be a candidate for Hill's services.
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Matt Eisenberg / Metsblog:
Syndergaard finishes fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting — Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard finished fourth in the National League Rookie of the Year voting, the league announced Monday. — Syndergaard made his debut in May and finished the regular season with 9-7 with a 3.24 ERA and 166 strikeouts in 150 innings.
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Associated Press:
Cubs' Bryant, Astros' Correa Voted Top MLB Rookies
Cubs' Bryant, Astros' Correa Voted Top MLB Rookies
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago:
Cubs' Kris Bryant named NL Rookie of the Year
Cubs' Kris Bryant named NL Rookie of the Year
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Lone Star Ball
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
David Ortiz To Retire After 2016 Season — TODAY: Ortiz announced via Twitter that he'll call it quits after the coming year. — YESTERDAY: Red Sox slugger David Ortiz plans to retire at the end of the 2016 campaign, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports on Twitter.
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Associated Press:
THE LATEST: AMBASSADOR SAYS 15 VICTIMS YET TO BE IDENTIFIED — PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): — France's ambassador to the United States says authorities have yet to identify 15 victims of the Paris attacks. — Gerard Araud tweeted the information Monday evening.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Sign Cliff Pennington To Two-Year Deal — The Angels announced today that they've signed infielder Cliff Pennington to a two-year contract. Pennington, a client of Sosnick, Cobbe and Karon, will receive $1.5MM in 2016 and $2.25MM in 2017 for a $3.75MM guarantee, ESPN's Jerry Crasnick reports (via Twitter).
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Braves remain steadfast as critics grow: ‘We are not tanking’ — DALLAS - Atlanta Braves general manager John Coppolella is on the other end of the telephone, seething, offended by all of the accusations. — “I know it's hard for our fans, but I'm not running for office.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Sign Brandon Crawford To Six-Year Extension — 6:11pm: Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News reports the breakdown of Crawford's contract (via Twitter). He'll receive a $1.2MM signing bonus $5.8MM in 2016 and $8MM in 2017 before earning $15MM per season from 2018 through 2021 — his would-be free-agent years.
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The Charlotte Observer:
A Tennessee mom to Cam Newton: Here's what my 9-year-old saw … Dear Mr. Newton, — Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization. — That game happened to be my nine year old daughter's first live NFL experience.
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