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Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Report: Giancarlo Stanton won't OK trade to Giants or Cardinals — MLB awards season is here. Take a look at all the 2017 winners. USA TODAY Sports — CONNECT — Reigning National League MVP Giancarlo Stanton is not willing to accept a trade to the San Francisco Giants or St. Louis Cardinals …
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Tim Healey / Orlando Sentinel:
Marlins trade Dee Gordon to Mariners for prospects — Miami Marlins star Giancarlo Stanton was named NL MVP on Thursday, the first Marlin to win that award in franchise history. The honor comes after Stanton tallied 59 home runs and 132 RBI in 2017 and amid daily rumors that the Marlins will trade him.
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Nicholas Parco / New York Daily News:
Giancarlo Stanton will only approve trade to Yankees, Cubs, Dodgers or Astros: report — Yankees fan dreaming of a Giancarlo Stanton-Aaron Judge 1-2 punch, don't give up hope just yet. — According to a report, the Marlins slugger named the Yankees among three other teams he'd be willing to accept a trade.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Dee Gordon trade begins Marlins firesale, Mariners playoff aspirations — MLB awards season is here. Take a look at all the 2017 winners. USA TODAY Sports — CONNECT — The Seattle Mariners and Miami Marlins, separated by 2,732 miles and going in complete opposite directions …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Acquire Dee Gordon
Mariners Acquire Dee Gordon
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Barry Jackson / miamiherald:
Former Marlins regime confused by Jeter's approach, regrets Stanton no-trade clause
Former Marlins regime confused by Jeter's approach, regrets Stanton no-trade clause
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ESPN:
The challenge for Ohtani's new team: What comes next — Baseball agents have gone to progressively greater lengths to pitch their free-agent clients in recent years. Scott Boras has received lots of attention for his binders, and other big agencies have ramped up their presentations …
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Five trades we'd love to see at the winter meetings — Let's make a deal! The real general managers certainly haven't been, that's for sure. It has been the slowest offseason in memory, as teams wait for free agents to bring down their prices and Shohei Ohtani and Giancarlo Stanton to make their decisions.
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Chris Kuc / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox assets Jose Abreu and Avisail Garcia could be up for bid at winter meetings — Photos of White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu. — Chicago Tribune — Rick Hahn has a plan in place for the White Sox during baseball's winter meetings that begin Sunday in Orlando, Fla. …
Gabe Zaldivar / Forbes:
Latest Rumors On Giancarlo Stanton, Shohei Ohtani And More Ahead Of MLB Winter Meetings
Latest Rumors On Giancarlo Stanton, Shohei Ohtani And More Ahead Of MLB Winter Meetings
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Orioles pitcher Gausman changes number to honor Halladay — BALTIMORE (AP) Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman will wear No. 34 next season as a tribute to Roy Halladay, who was killed in a plane crash last month. — Gausman announced the switch Thursday on his Twitter account. The right-hander wore No. 39 last year.
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Eduardo A. Encina / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman plans to honor Roy Halladay by wearing his No. 34
Kevin Spain / USA Today:
Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman will wear No. 34 to honor Roy Halladay
Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman will wear No. 34 to honor Roy Halladay
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cubs Sign Tyler Chatwood — 6:35pm: Jon Heyman of FanRag passes along further details on Chatwood's deal (Twitter links). He'll earn $12.5MM apiece in each of the first two years and $13MM in the third. — By operation of an escalator provision, that $13MM salary for 2020 will climb …
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers close to signing starting pitcher Mike Fiers to one-year deal — The Detroit Tigers will head to the winter meetings with a starting pitcher in tow. — The team is close to signing free agent right-hander Mike Fiers to a one-year deal, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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Evan Woodbery / MLive.com:
Tigers reportedly sign veteran pitcher Mike Fiers to 1-year deal — The Detroit Tigers have reached a one-year deal with veteran right-handed starter Mike Fiers, ESPN reported late Thursday. — Fiers has pitched seven years in the big leagues with the Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros.
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John Harper / New York Daily News:
Joe Girardi wasn't hard enough on Gary Sanchez, Yankees sources say — The perception coming out of the Aaron Boone press conference is that the Yankees want the new manager to shower players with love as a way of getting the most out of them, none more so than Gary Sanchez.
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Ken Davidoff / New York Post:
Ex-teammate has shot for spot on Aaron Boone's coaching staff
Ex-teammate has shot for spot on Aaron Boone's coaching staff
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David Haugh / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Remember Brooks Kieschnick, the Cubs power hitter who also could pitch? — Chicago Cubs' Brooks Kieschnick and Montreal Expos catcher Darrin Fletcher watch as Kieschnick hits his second home run of the game during the third inning of a game on April 29, 1997, at Wrigley Field.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals World Series star Reyes fighting California wildfires — ST. LOUIS • Back in 2007, in the bright afterglow of his role in the Cardinals' shocking 2006 World Series victory, Anthony Reyes sat in the team's spring training clubhouse and told me all about the man who shaped him, and the bucket he needed to sit on.
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Jerry Blevins excited to have Mickey Callaway, a former pitching coach, as the Mets manager — Jerry Blevins is excited to have a new manager and pitching coach. The Mets lefthanded reliever, who appeared in a career-high 75 games last season, said Thursday that it will be a new experience …
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Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies remove two from 40-man roster — The Phillies cleared two spots on their 40-man roster to provide some flexibility ahead of next week's Winter Meetings. The team, according to a source, placed outfielder Cameron Perkins and infielder Engelb Vielma on waivers.