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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Why baseball's new CBA could ultimately hurt the players — Baseball has labor peace, but at what cost? — An instant analysis of a new collective-bargaining agreement is as risky as an instant analysis of a trade involving prospects. In both cases, the outcomes are not always clear …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Royals Review and True Blue LA
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Associated Press:
MLB players, owners reach tentative labor deal — IRVING, Texas (AP) — Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport's industrial peace to 26 years since the ruinous fights in the first two decades of free agency.
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True Blue LA, River Avenue Blues, ThinkBluePC, Viva El Birdos, KNBR-AM and Kansas City
ESPN:
Baseball comes to its senses, making peace and avoiding chaos
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Lookout Landing, Philly.com and McCovey Chronicles
ESPN:
MLB owners, players' union agree to 5-year labor contract
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SI.com, FanGraphs Baseball, Fox Sports, Brew Crew Ball, Associated Press, Bleed Cubbie Blue, South Side Sox and baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
CBA ending All-Star link to World Series' home-field advantage
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Major League Baseball, union agree on new collective bargaining agreement
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NESN.com, Lookout Landing, Purple Row, Over the Monster and Full Count
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Acquire Jaime Garcia — 6:04pm: Both teams have announced the trade via press release. — 5:20pm: The Braves have been one of the most active teams of the offseason thus far, and that continued on Thursday as the team reportedly struck a deal to acquire veteran lefty Jaime Garcia …
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Talking Chop, Yahoo Sports, Bleacher Nation and ESPN
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals trade lefty Garcia to Atlanta for prospects — The trade the Cardinals entered the winter expecting to make didn't take long to pull off, not with the Atlanta Braves collecting starting pitching. — The Cardinals sent lefty Jaime Garcia to Atlanta on Thursday afternoon in exchange …
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baseballmusings.com, Viva El Birdos, MLB Daily Dish and Federal Baseball
ESPN:
The Pirates and Nationals have ramped up discussions about a trade that would send Andrew McCutchen to Washington, according to sources who have spoken with both teams. The Nationals, according to one exec, would like to make this deal today, because the ripple effect of trading for McCutchen …
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John Perrotto / FanRag Sports:
Three possible trade destinations for Andrew McCutchen
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Pinstripe Alley, Sports Talk Philly, Phillies Nation and Fox Sports
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers Avoid Arbitration With Van Slyke, Hatcher — 6:14pm: FanRag's Jon Heyman tweets that Hatcher receives a $1.25MM salary next season (Twitter link). — 4:25pm: SB Nation's Chris Cotillo tweets that Van Slyke and the Dodgers agreed to a $1.325MM salary for 2017.
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Associated Press, True Blue LA, Federal Baseball and Yahoo Sports
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Acquire Brooks Pounders From Royals — The Royals announced that they've traded right-hander Brooks Pounders to the Angels in exchange for minor league righty Jared Ruxer. The move opens a spot on the Royals' 40-man roster to make a selection in next week's Rule 5 Draft, as MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan points out (on Twitter).
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Royals Review and Halos Heaven
Jeff Zacuto / Check Point Blog:
More Than 1 Million Google Accounts Breached by Gooligan — As a result of a lot of hard work done by our security research teams, we revealed today a new and alarming malware campaign. The attack campaign, named Gooligan, breached the security of over one million Google accounts.
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Forbes, WSLS-TV and CBS Pittsburgh
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs GM Jed Hoyer: Proximity, scrutiny complicate any trade with White Sox — Photos of the White Sox ace. — Chicago Tribune — Chicago Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer wasn't heartbroken over a report that stated the White Sox wouldn't engage in trade talks with them involving left-handed ace Chris Sale.
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Chicago Sun Times, Bleacher Nation, Beyond the Box Score and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Indianapolis Star:
Sources: IU to dismiss football coach Kevin Wilson — More details to come.
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Dallas Morning News, CollegeFootballTalk, FanRag Sports, Al's Ramblings and The Big Lead
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Sign Michael Martinez, Erik Kratz To Minors Deals — The Indians announced on Thursday that they've signed re-signed infielder/outfielder Michael Martinez to a minor league deal and also added veteran backstop Erik Kratz on a minor league pact. Both players will be invited to Major League Spring Training.
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Let's Go Tribe
Jonathan Bullington / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Joe McKnight, former NFL player, killed in Terrytown shooting — The scene of a fatal shooting in Terrytown Thursday afternoon (Dec. 1). (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) — A shooting in Terrytown Thursday afternoon (Dec. 1) left a man dead after an argument …
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