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10:50 AM ET, February 20, 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 …
George A. King III / New York Post:
Dellin Betances doesn't back down  —  More On:  —  TAMPA — No retreat.  —  With a day to think about what he said in response to Yankees club president Randy Levine saying Saturday he was used by his agents to change the arbitration market, Dellin Betances didn't take it back.
Discussion: Full Count
Billy Witz / New York Times:
Yankees' Dellin Betances Loses in Arbitration, and a War of Words Begins
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets Insider: Neil Walker, club still talking a new three-year deal  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Neil Walker may be sticking around.  The second baseman had been seeking a three-year deal with the Mets this winter before signing the $17.2 million qualifying offer.  Sandy Alderson said Sunday …
Discussion: NBCSports.com
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Sandy Alderson on Mets' payroll: 'We're all in here' … PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Sandy Alderson deviated from recent history.  He swerved around making any declarations about the Mets' win total this season, and he did not make any pronouncements about how many games David Wright will play.
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue and Newsday
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
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Acquire Vidal Nuno  —  5:03PM: The trade is official, as per a Dodgers press release.  —  4:23PM: The Orioles are close to acquiring left-hander Vidal Nuno from the Dodgers in exchange for minor league right-hander Ryan Moseley, reports Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun.
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Baltimore Sun:
Orioles nearing deal with Dodgers to acquire left-hander Vidal Nuno  —  Peter Schmuck and Eduardo A. Encina report on the Orioles during ppring training.  (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun video)  —  Orioles' pitcher Zach Britton talks about what he's working on during spring training.
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and Camden Depot
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Hosmer talking extension, but prepared for breakup of Royals' core  —  Peter G. Aiken-USA TODAY Sports/Peter Aiken  —  SURPRISE, Az.  — He wants to stay.  All of the Royals' potential free agents want to stay.  But as first baseman Eric Hosmer puts it, “I realize what hand Dayton was dealt.”
Evan Drellich / Boston Herald:
Red Sox-Yankees take more frugal approach to rivalry off the field  —  FORT MYERS — Forget whether the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry can ever be the same on the field.  What about in free agency?  —  For most of this winter, the Sox and Yanks didn't only avoid each other in the market.
Kansas City Star:
Yordano Ventura's final year filled with family turmoil, emotional distress  —  Ascending into the clouds, abruptly spiraling downward and weaving through cratered flood plains, the 30-mile road from San José de Ocoa to Juan Adrián is widely known to be treacherous.
Discussion: Royals Review and Deadspin
Jeff Fletcher / Orange County Register:
Angels owner Arte Moreno says team is staying at Angel Stadium, and he will have more money to spend on team  —  Before he spoke to his team on the first day of spring training they were all in the same room, Angels owner Arte Moreno told reporters on Saturday that he's committed to improvements on two fronts.
 
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