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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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George A. King III / New York Post:
Dellin Betances doesn't back down — More On: — TAMPA — No retreat.
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Dellin Betances' agent fires back at Yankees president after heated arbitration hearing
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Billy Witz / New York Times:
Yankees' Dellin Betances Loses in Arbitration, and a War of Words Begins
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dellin Betances, Yankees President Spar Over Betances' Arbitration Filing
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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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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Neil Walker contract talks with Mets hit a snag, sources say — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Despite recent meetings between Mets general manager Sandy Alderson and representatives for second baseman Neil Walker — talks that stoked optimism for getting a deal done — sources said on Monday morning …
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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.
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Central Notes: Thames, Turner, Tigers — After three years in Korea, Eric Thames is back in the big leagues with the Brewers on a three-year, $16MM deal the team hopes will make him a better deal than former first baseman Chris Carter, Tyler Kepner of the New York Times writes.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
Brewers Hope Eric Thames, Ruthian in South Korea, Has Crossover Power — PHOENIX — A package arrived recently for Eric Thames at Maryvale Baseball Park, the spring training home of the Milwaukee Brewers. It was a fungo bat, thin-handled and light, a tool to help make his hands quicker.
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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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.
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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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Associated Press:
Feliz in Brewers camp, ready to challenge for closer's role — PHOENIX (AP) — After sorting out work visa issues in his native Dominican Republic, the Brewers' Neftali Feliz arrived at Monday morning, ready to get to work with his new team. — Feliz enters camp as Milwaukee's leading candidate …
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USA Today:
Cardinals' Dexter Fowler - whose wife is from Iran - weighs in on Trump's travel ban — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Dexter Fowler said President Trump's travel ban will dissuade he and his wife from visiting her family in Iran. — Fowler, who signed a five-year, $82.5 million contract …
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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.
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