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Nick Cafardo / BostonGlobe.com:
Will the Red Sox meet the asking Price for David? — The Red Sox are prohibitive favorites, at least in the eyes of the media and a few baseball executives, to land free agent David Price for two reasons: president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski's relationship with the lefthander …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox, Chris Young Agree To Multi-Year Deal — The Red Sox and outfielder Chris Young are in agreement on a multi-year contract, pending a physical, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (Twitter link). Young is represented by CAA Sports. — The 32-year-old Young has significantly rebuilt …
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Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Free-agent righty a model of durability over past 4 seasons — MLB.com Tigers reporter Jason Beck discusses the Tigers reportedly agreeing to a five-year deal with Jordan Zimmermann — DETROIT — Al Avila's first offseason as Tigers general manager is about to feature baseball's …
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Zach Links / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers To Sign Jordan Zimmermann — 12:12pm: Zimmermann's deal is a straight-up five year contract and includes no options at the end, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com tweets. — 11:20am: Zimmermann's deal is expected to be a five-year pact worth roughly $110MM, according to sources who spoke with Jon Morosi of FOX Sports (on Twitter).
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Brad Johnson / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers In Talks With Jordan Zimmermann — The Tigers are in talks with free agent starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann, tweets Jon Morosi of FOX Sports. Sources tell Morosi and Ken Rosenthal that talks have become serious. The Dodgers and Cubs have also been tied to Zimmermann.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Tony LaCava, Ross Atkins are finalists for Blue Jays GM job — Indians executive Ross Atkins and Blue Jays interim general manager Tony LaCava are finalists for Toronto's GM job, sources familiar with the situation said. — It isn't known for certain that they are the only two finalists for the job …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / Sportsnet.ca:
With rotation set, Blue Jays must find a way to augment bullpen
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Sign J.A. Happ
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Hunt for starter has Diamondbacks chasing Johnny Cueto — Though they've been saying all offseason they wouldn't be able to afford the top tier of free-agent pitchers, that hasn't stopped the Diamondbacks from pursuing one of them. — General Manager Dave Stewart said he met …
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Roch Kubatko / School of Roch:
Is Denard Span a fit in right field? — In exactly one week, I'll be boarding a flight to Nashville for the Winter Meetings and complaining loudly every step of the way. — That's a lot of complaining when you factor in the number of steps from the front desk to the elevators and media workroom …
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Chris Davis and the ‘hometown discount’
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Yonhap News Agency:
Nearing deal with Minnesota Twins, S. Korean slugger Park Byung-ho departs for U.S. — Nearing his first big league deal with the Minnesota Twins, South Korean slugger Park Byung-ho departed for the United States on Sunday, saying he's hoping for “a positive result.”
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Amy Oviatt / YouCaring:
Officer Garrett Swasey Memorial Fund … THE STORY — Officer Garrett Swasey, a police officer at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, was killed in the line of duty, leaving behind a family including wife Rachel Swasey (nee' Aguilar), and 2 young children. Daughter Faith is 6, and his son Elijah is 10.
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Larry Fine / Reuters:
Royals Players Get $370,000 Bonus for World Series Win — (Reuters) - The World Series champion Kansas City Royals generously split up their Fall Classic players' pool haul of more than $25 million into 55 full shares worth $370,069 apiece, Major League baseball said on Monday.
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Travis Sawchik / Baseball America:
Organization Of The Year: Pirates Prove Building A Team Takes Blending — The Pittsburgh Pirates were not the most successful major league team in 2015. — The Kansas City Royals of course won the World Series. For a second consecutive season, the Pirates failed to advance beyond the NL wild card game.
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