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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dellin Betances, Yankees President Spar Over Betances' Arbitration Filing
Dellin Betances, Yankees President Spar Over Betances' Arbitration Filing
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Billy Witz / New York Times:
At Dellin Betances' Arbitration Hearing, Yankees Cite Stolen Bases
At Dellin Betances' Arbitration Hearing, Yankees Cite Stolen Bases
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Billy Witz / New York Times:
Hal Steinbrenner Says He's Deferred Talk of Joe Girardi's Contract
Hal Steinbrenner Says He's Deferred Talk of Joe Girardi's Contract
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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.”
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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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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.
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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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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.
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