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1:35 PM ET, February 19, 2017

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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dellin Betances' lost case against the Yankees shows the arbitration system is broken  —  Saves?  Really?  Somewhere in the baseball universe there is a place where saves are still viewed as a primary measure of a reliever's performance?  A place, no less, where it is determined how a reliever gets paid?
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dellin Betances' agent fires back at Yankees president after heated arbitration hearing  —  The arbitration hearing between the New York Yankees and reliever Dellin Betances got contentious Saturday, so much so that Yankees president Randy Levine held a news conference to air his grievances …
Billy Witz / New York Times:
Yankees' Dellin Betances Loses in Arbitration, and a War of Words Begins  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Winning an arbitration case was apparently not enough for Randy Levine, the Yankees' president.  —  So after an arbitration panel ruled on Saturday morning that the right-handed reliever Dellin Betances …
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Billy Witz / New York Times:
Hal Steinbrenner Says He's Deferred Talk of Joe Girardi's Contract  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees' managing general partner, praised the work of Joe Girardi on Wednesday, but he said that any talk of a new contract for his manager — whose four-year, $16 million contract expires this year …
Discussion: FanRag Sports
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dellin Betances, Yankees President Spar Over Betances' Arbitration Filing  —  4:47pm: Rick Shapiro, an executive from the players union who argued on Betances' behalf at his arbitration hearing, has also condemned Levine's comments, Rosenthal reports.
Billy Witz / New York Times:
At Dellin Betances' Arbitration Hearing, Yankees Cite Stolen Bases
Jeff Fletcher / Orange County Register:
Owner Arte Moreno says the Angels are staying at Angel Stadium, and he will have more money to spend on the team  —  TEMPE, Ariz. — Before he spoke to his team on the first day of spring training they were all in the same room, Arte Moreno told reporters on Saturday that he's committed to improvements on two fronts.
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yadier Molina, Cardinals Have Had Preliminary Extension Talks  —  Catcher Yadier Molina and the Cardinals have had preliminary talks about an extension, Fan Rag's Jon Heyman reports.  Cards GM John Mozeliak says that if the two sides can hammer out a deal, they would like to complete …
Discussion: Al's Ramblings
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Jon Heyman / FanRag Sports:
Cardinals and Yadier Molina have preliminary extension talks
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish
Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
The Royals plan to experiment with Alex Gordon in center field during spring training  —  SURPRISE, ARIZ.  —  In the laid back confines of spring training, there exists space for creativity, experimentation and a little fun.  —  With this ethos in mind, the Royals have hatched a plan that might seem a little out there.
Discussion: Call to the Pen
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Rustin Dodd / Kansas City Star:
Cheslor Cuthbert joins crowded field in Royals' second base competition
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Nick Swisher / The Players' Tribune:
If you've ever met me in your life or seen me play, the story I'm about to tell you won't surprise you one bit.  —  So last summer, my brother-in-law and I and some of our friends are on a train back to Chicago from his bachelor weekend — we had hit a round of golf up at Whistling Straits outside …
Randy Miller / New Jersey Online:
Goose Gossage rant: Comparisons to ‘1-inning’ Mo Rivera are ‘insulting’  —  TAMPA — In a wide-ranging, cutting interview, Hall of Fame reliever and Yankees great Goose Gossage on Friday ripped called Mariano Rivera and Aroldis Chapman “one-inning” relievers whose greatness couldn't be compared to his.
Tom Haudricourt / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Brewers by position: Ryan Braun is last man standing in rebuild  —  PHOENIX - When the Milwaukee Brewers came close to sending Ryan Braun to the Los Angeles Dodgers last Aug. 31, there was a general perception that he would be traded over the off-season when no deadline clock was ticking.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and Cubs Insider
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Jose Reyes condemns his ‘unacceptable’ act of domestic violence, wants to become ‘a better husband and father and man’  —  PORT ST. LUCIE — At this time last year, Jose Reyes was in a dark place.  He was back home in New York while major league baseball players were reporting to spring training.
Discussion: metsdaddy.com
James Wagner / New York Times:
Travis d'Arnaud's Problem?  Throwing With ‘Too Much Arm’  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — More than an hour before the bustle of spring training workouts began on Friday, Glenn Sherlock and his No. 1 pupil, Travis d'Arnaud, began yet another day in their reclamation project, alone on a practice field.
 
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