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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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Ben Badler / Baseball America:
2017 Texas Rangers Top 10 Insider — Get it all: Subscribe to Baseball America — Go 30 deep: Order the 2017 Prospect Handbook! — SEASON IN A SENTENCE: The Rangers continued the best stretch in franchise history, winning their fourth division series since 2010 and making their fifth playoff trip in that stretch.
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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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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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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:
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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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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