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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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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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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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Mark Feinsand / New York Daily News:
Why terms of new collective bargaining agreement are ‘very good’ for Yankees — While small-market teams celebrated baseball's new collective bargaining agreement, the Yankees had smiles on their faces as details of the new pact began to leak out Thursday. — According to a source familiar …
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Twin Cities, Pinstripe Alley and CBS New York
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Jung Ho Kang Arrested, Charged With Leaving Scene Of DUI Accident In South Korea — Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang was arrested in South Korea today after a car crash that reportedly occurred under the influence of alcohol, according to Jee-ho Yoo of Korea's Yonhap News Agency.
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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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Anthony Mccarron / New York Daily News:
Mets sticking with Port St. Lucie as spring home, Tradition Field to get $55M in renovations — The Mets have re-upped their agreement to keep Port St. Lucie as their spring training home, St. Lucie County announced Tuesday. Included in the deal are provisions for $55 million in renovations for Tradition Field.
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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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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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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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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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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 …