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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 Sign Jordan Zimmermann — Having already bolstered their bullpen with the acquisition of Francisco Rodriguez, the Tigers made a move to fortify their rotation on Monday, officially announcing the signing of Jordan Zimmermann to a five-year contract. The Relativity Sports client …
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Brad Johnson / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers In Talks With Jordan Zimmermann
Tigers In Talks With Jordan Zimmermann
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Sign Brayan Pena To Two-Year Deal — 3:37pm: Pena's $5MM guarantee will be spread out evenly, paying him $2.5MM in each season of the contract, MLBTR has learned. — 3:35pm: Pena's contract guarantees him a total of $5MM, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Twitter link).
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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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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
With rotation set, Blue Jays must find a way to augment bullpen
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Chicago Tribune:
Man charged in threat at University of Chicago linked to Laquan McDonald shooting — University of Chicago security officers patrol the Hyde Park campus quad on Nov. 30, 2015. … Federal officials charged a University of Illinois at Chicago engineering student with making the threat …
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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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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’
Chris Davis and the ‘hometown discount’
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Young righthander Shelby Miller is creating quite a feeding frenzy on the trade market, and it's to the point it's got to be record interest for a pitcher who went 6-17. — Of course, by now we know pitchers' won-loss records aren't a very useful tool in deciphering a pitcher's value.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Non-Tender Candidates — More than 200 players are arbitration eligible and unsigned for 2016. Around 50 of those can be considered non-tender candidates. Players who are not tendered contracts become free agents. The deadline for teams to decide is Wednesday, December 2nd at 11pm central time.
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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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