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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez Elected To Hall Of Fame — Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez have been elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, per an announcement from the Baseball Writers Association of America (full balloting available at that link).
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Hall Of Fame Flashback: Jeff Bagwell — Former Astros slugger Jeff Bagwell was voted into the Hall of Fame Wednesday night with an 86.2 percentage vote. — Bagwell earned 55.7 percent of the vote last year. Originally drafted by the Red Sox in 1989, Bagwell was infamously traded by Boston …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tigers Acquire Mikie Mahtook From Rays, Designate Anthony Gose — The Rays announced that they've traded outfielder Mikie Mahtook to the Tigers in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. Detroit, too, has announced the move, adding that fellow outfielder Anthony Gose has been designated …
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Tigers “In Touch” With Peter Bourjos, Gregor Blanco
Tigers “In Touch” With Peter Bourjos, Gregor Blanco
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Diamondbacks, Gregor Blanco Agree To Minors Deal
Diamondbacks, Gregor Blanco Agree To Minors Deal
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Danny Ecker / Chicago Business:
Cubs, Sox games to be live-streamed in Chicago market — CSN Chicago's Cubs and White Sox games will be live-streamed online and on mobile devices this season, free to those who get the network in their cable package. — In a long-awaited deal between Major League Baseball …
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Ckonbcsg / NBC Sports Pressbox:
FOR THE FIRST TIME, NBC SPORTS REGIONAL NETWORKS ADD LIVE, LOCAL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STREAMING — NBC Sports Regional Networks Now Offer Authenticated Subscribers Access to Stream Their MLB Teams, on Multiple Platforms, at No Additional Cost — Deal Includes Games of the Chicago Cubs …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Marlins Acquire Dan Straily — 11:45am: The Reds and Marlins have both announced the trade. Cincinnati has yet to announce a corresponding roster move, though they'll need to make one shortly, as both Castillo and Brice are on the 40-man roster, pushing Cincinnati's total to 41.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers' Choo OK with DH, just not every day — ARLINGTON — The preference of Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister is to not have a full-time designated hitter in an effort to rotate everyday players into the spot for a day off their feet. — Throughout the off-season, thought …
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Michigan Humane Society:
Current Investigation — MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY OFFERING $2,500 REWARD FOR — INFORMATION ON DOG FOUND MUTILATED AND ABANDONED — Abuser viciously removes Rottweiler's nose and ears, lacerates tail and back legs. — Support the Michigan Humane Society's lifesaving work — DONATE NOW
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Designate Severino Gonzalez For Assignment — The Phillies announced on Thursday that they've designated right-hander Severino Gonzalez for assignment to clear space on the 40-man roster for outfielder Michael Saunders, whose one-year deal with the team is now official.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Sign Brandon Guyer To Two-Year Deal — 10:41am: The deal also allows Guyer to earn up to $400K in plate-appearance-based bonuses in both 2018 and 2019, Bastian tweets. And the option value can rise to as much as $3.75MM with escalators. — 9:51am: It's a two-year, $5MM contract for Guyer, tweets MLB.com's Jordan Bastian.
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Pete Grathoff / Kansas City Star:
Brother of former Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez stabbed to death — A brother of former Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez was killed Monday in the Dominican Republic. — According to Quisqueyanos En Los Deportes, Brandy Volquez was stabbed in the city of Santo Domingo Oeste.
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Lindsey Foltin / Fox Sports:
Brother of MLB pitcher Edinson Volquez reportedly stabbed to death
Brother of MLB pitcher Edinson Volquez reportedly stabbed to death
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Dave CameronFanGraphs / ESPN:
Struggling starter or lights-out reliever? The choice is easy — While Terry Francona and Andrew Miller showed that there's a better way to manage a bullpen in October for the Cleveland Indians, baseball has been moving toward expanding roles and values for relievers for a while now.
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Jeff Bagwell came to my bar mitzvah — I had to have a baseball player at my bar mitzvah. — That was my wish to my dad as that day, June 15, 1991, was fast approaching. — Knowing that I was an avid reader of Baseball America and Minor League Baseball Card Monthly, my dad was looking to find some prospects for the celebration.
Travis Sawchik / FanGraphs Baseball:
Jose Bautista and Defying the Curve — So Jose Bautista will not receive the six years or $150 million he was reportedly seeking a year ago. According to Ken Rosenthal, Bautista has reportedly reached an agreement on a one-year deal with a mutual option to return to Toronto.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Re-Sign Jose Bautista
Blue Jays Re-Sign Jose Bautista
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