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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Sign Bronson Arroyo To Minor League Deal — 9:41pm: Sheldon tweets that Arroyo will receive a $2MM base salary if he makes the Major League roster. Arroyo's contract is heavily incentive-laden, as one would expect, and he can earn $6MM worth of incentives (topping out at 32 starts made) …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees, Carlos Corporan Agree To Minor League Deal — The Yankees and catcher Carlos Corporan are in agreement on a minor league contract, reports SB Nation's Chris Cotillo (on Twitter). The 32-year-old MDR Sports Management client figures to compete with Gary Sanchez and Austin Romine to serve as the backup to Brian McCann in 2016.
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MLB Daily Dish, River Avenue Blues and Pinstriped Prospects
Jen French / WZTV:
Teens who died were possibly drinking racing fuel and Mountain Dew — UPDATE (1-26) - Vanderbilt University Medical Center has now confirmed the second teen who is believed to have ingested a mixture of racing fuel and Mountain Dew has died. — Officials say the boy passed Monday afternoon …
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CW33 NewsFix, fox8.com, KTLA and CBS 4
Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after shooting near Burns — BURNS - Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after the FBI …
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Associated Press and WATE-TV
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KOIN-TV:
Bundy brothers among 8 arrested, 1 dead near Malheur — BURNS, Ore. (KOIN) — One person died and 8 were arrested — including militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy — after the FBI and the Oregon State Police intercepted the group along Highway 395. — The militants were heading …
ESPN:
Rob Manfred: No foreseeable change to DH rule coming — MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has a message for fans who think the designated hitter is on its way to the National League: Not so fast. — “The most likely result on the designated hitter for the foreseeable future is the status quo …
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NBCSports.com, Red Sox Monster, The Good Phight, The Athletic, Amazin' Avenue, Talking Chop and FanGraphs Baseball
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WISH-TV:
Bus driver: Principal pushed students to safety before dying in crash — INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A beloved school principal died and two children were seriously injured when a school bus jumped a curb at Amy Beverland Elementary School on the far northeast side of Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon.
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WBAY-TV
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Three Teams That Will Break Their International Bonus Pools In 2016 — Last June, I explained why certain teams would be wise to blow out their international bonus pools in 2016. There are 10 teams already on the sideline already for 2016—including typical big international players such as the Yankees …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Talking Chop and Gaslamp Ball
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Acquire Efren Navarro, Designate L.J. Hoes For Assignment — The Orioles have acquired first baseman/outfielder Efren Navarro from the Angels in exchange for cash considerations, the teams announced today. In order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Navarro …
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Camden Chat
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Agree To Two-Year Deal With Josh Tomlin — The Indians have reached a two-year contract extension with righty Josh Tomlin, Paul Hoynes of the Plain Dealer reports (Twitter links). The SSG Baseball client will receive a $5.5MM guarantee in the deal, which includes a club option for a third campaign.
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MLB Daily Dish and Yahoo Sports
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Texas Rangers Top 10 Prospects — Want More? Complete Top 10 Prospects Rankings — Get it all: Subscribe to Baseball America — Go 30 deep: Order the 2016 Prospect Handbook! — Coming off a disastrous 2014 season with the third-worst record in baseball, the Rangers at least had hope …
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Lone Star Ball and Dallas Morning News
Jeff Sullivan / FanGraphs Baseball:
The Beginning of the End for Pitch-Framing? — Pitch-framing as an idea has existed for almost as long as the game, but it wasn't until we started getting numbers for it that people really started to think about it in depth. At that point we were introduced to the idea of a catcher potentially …
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baseballmusings.com
ESPN:
MLB asks USADA to help investigation of Al Jazeera doping claims — Major League Baseball has asked the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to help its investigation into whether several players named in an Al Jazeera documentary received banned drugs. — The two groups have shared information …
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ProFootballTalk, Halos Heaven and SBNation.com
