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Jorge Castillo / Washington Post:
Angry Danny Espinosa skips Nationals Winterfest after club trades for Adam Eaton — Nationals infielder Danny Espinosa, unhappy after the team acquired Adam Eaton on Wednesday, decided to skip the club's annual Winterfest at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this weekend.
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Not Specified / Fox Sports:
Angels acquire infielder Espinosa in trade with Nationals — WASHINGTON (AP) The Los Angeles Angels acquired Danny Espinosa from the Washington Nationals on Saturday night, picking up their new starting second baseman in a trade for two minor league pitchers.
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Danny Espinosa Unhappy With Nationals — On the heels of the Nationals' acquisition of center fielder Adam Eaton, shortstop Danny Espinosa skipped the team's annual Winterfest this weekend because he's unhappy with his likely relegation to a bench role, a source told Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post.
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Erik Boland / Newsday:
Yankees won't lose sight of the plan: Cost-controlled youth — For the first time in quite a few offseasons, the Yankees and Red Sox were overwhelmingly responsible for the biggest headlines during the annual winter meetings. — The difference? — The Red Sox clearly are going all-in for 2017 …
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
5 Key Stories: 12/3/16 - 12/9/16 — Here are the top stories from a week dominated by the Winter Meetings: — White Sox land huge bounties in Sale, Eaton trades. Usually, it's the teams acquiring veterans who receive the most attention and praise in the offseason, but that wasn't the case this week.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves prospect on a tear Down Under — Baseball in Australia suits Braves outfield prospect Ronald Acuna just fine. — Acuna, who played last summer at Single-A Rome, is spending his offseason playing for the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League and is hitting .351 in 15 games.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals go ‘over the top’ to catch Fowler — When outfielder Dexter Fowler stepped off his flight at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on Thursday night, set to become the Cardinals' next center fielder, a Southwest Airlines employee greeted with him a bag of peanuts.
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Tegna / KSDK-TV:
Dexter Fowler signs with the Cardinals
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Kerouac Smith / Fox Sports:
Report: Dexter Fowler agrees to join St. Louis Cardinals
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Tampa Bay Times:
What to expect next as Rays still look to deal — The Rays came away from the winter meetings with a new star catcher*, a long shot bullpen candidate and an impressive spin rate for the pitches exchanged in extensive and excessive talks on what they might do next. — Here are our four takeaways on their week:
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Not Specified / Fox Sports:
Twins minor league pitcher Yorman Landa dies in Venezuela — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Twins say minor league pitcher Yorman Landa has died in Venezuela. He was 22. — The club did not say how he died, but local media reports say it was in a car accident in the state of Miranda.
Dan Connolly / BaltimoreBaseball.com:
Welington Castillo emerges as the top catcher target for O's — Welington Castillo, a seven-year, major-league veteran who recently was non-tendered a contract by the Arizona Diamondbacks, has emerged as the Orioles' primary target at catcher. — According to industry sources …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phil Bickford Receives 50-Game Suspension For Drug Of Abuse — Brewers righty Phil Bickford has been hit with a 50-game suspension after testing positive for a drug of abuse for the second time, as Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times tweets. Bickford reportedly tested positive for marijuana before being drafted in 2015.
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Minor League Ball, NBCSports.com, Brew Crew Ball and Al's Ramblings
Mary Kay Cabot / Plain Dealer:
Browns' Joe Haden: 'We're the laughingstock of every joke; it's super tough' — Joe Haden hasn't been showing his face much during this 0-12 season. (Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com) — BEREA, Ohio - Joe Haden, Cleveland's man about town, has mostly been holing up inside his house during this 0-12 skid.
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Stefan Stevenson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers acquire two pitching prospects from Braves in exchange for one — The Rangers traded right-handed reliever Luke Jackson to the Atlanta Braves for two pitching prospects, right-hander Tyrell Jenkins and left-hander Brady Feigl. — Jenkins, 24, has replaced Jackson on the Rangers' 40-man roster.
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Sources: Former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine being considered for United States Ambassador to Japan — Five years ago, Bobby Valentine was just about a week into his career as Red Sox manager. Now he may be on the verge of becoming a United States ambassador.
