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2:31 AM ET, December 17, 2017

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Associated Press:
Kemp back in LA, Gonzalez out in 5-player deal with Braves  —  Matt Kemp is returning to the place where he began his major league career, reacquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday as part of a five-player trade with the Atlanta Braves.  —  The Dodgers sent first baseman Adrian Gonzalez …
Discussion: True Blue LA
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Kyle Downing / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers Acquire Matt Kemp For Adrian Gonzalez, Kazmir, McCarthy, Culberson  —  In a stunning swap of big contracts, the Dodgers have traded first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, left-hander Scott Kazmir, right-hander Brandon McCarthy and infielder Charlie Culberson to the Braves in exchange for outfielder Matt Kemp.
Zach Dillard / Fox Sports:
Braves trade Matt Kemp to Dodgers in five-player blockbuster  —  ATLANTA — Matt Kemp is heading back to Los Angeles and the path is officially cleared for superstar prospect Ronald Acuña after the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers completed an expensive five-player blockbuster.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
John Harper / New York Daily News:
Savvy Brian Cashman is new rock star of GMs & 9 other takeaways from Winter Meetings  —  So unless you had some type of pool going on the order in which set-up relievers would be signed, I'm guessing you didn't find the Winter Meetings particularly compelling.  —  Since nothing else really happened.
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Philly.com:
Phillies sign first baseman Carlos Santana to 3-year deal; Rhys Hoskins could shift to outfield
Discussion: Sportsnet.ca
Associated Press:   MLB: Santana agrees to 3-year deal with Phillies
Fox Sports:
Column: Smooth on the field, Jeter struggles in front office  —  Derek Jeter, The Player, glided through two decades in the Big Apple.  His charisma made it all look so effortless, a beloved figure who could seemingly do no wrong, even in the media cauldron that is New York City.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Baseball's hot stove league off to slow start this offseason
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Ozuna and Fowler consider Barry Bonds their mentor
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
CC Sabathia, Yankees agree to one-year, $10 million deal  —  CC Sabathia is back.  —  Sabathia and the Yankees reached a one-year, $10 million agreement, the News confirmed on Saturday.  The deal is pending a physical.  —  Sabathia, who made $25 million last season in the final year of his deal …
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Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
CC Sabathia deal is right move at right price for Yankees  —  Even as CC Sabathia talked with the Angels and Blue Jays about potentially leaving the Bronx in free agency, two things always seemed abundantly clear: 1.  The Yankees wanted Sabathia back for 2018 and 2.  Sabathia wanted to be back for 2018.
CBS Chicago:
Levine: Yu Darvish Is On Cubs' Radar  —  By Bruce Levine-  —  CHICAGO (670 The Score) — The Cubs aren't letting a holiday malaise or slow-moving market stop their pursuit of pitching.  —  After signing four pitchers in the past nine days, the Cubs have eyes on landing a bigger catch: free-agent right-hander Yu Darvish.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Urgent to reclaim a place in October, Cardinals open a window this winter  —  As the busiest club at the winter meetings and one of the last to leave the Walt Disney Dolphin resort late Thursday afternoon, the Cardinals appeared to have done something unusual for a club that seeks perennial contention as more than goal, but its brand.
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers move the right way — forward — in trading Ian Kinsler  —  The Detroit Tigers could have stood pat.  —  When Ian Kinsler told Tigers general manager Al Avila he wasn't going to waive his no-trade clause for any team but the Angels on Wednesday afternoon …
Associated Press:
Daniel Murphy not offering timetable on return from knee surgery  —  WASHINGTON — Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy ambled around the team's annual fan festival with the aid of a pair of crutches and declined to offer any sort of estimate about the length of his recovery from right knee surgery.
Discussion: Federal Baseball
Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Why the Cubs should make Addison Russell-for-Manny Machado blockbuster trade  —  CHICAGO — If the Chicago White Sox are willing to trade for Baltimore Orioles star Manny Machado and then take the next few months trying to persuade him to sign an extension, why can't their crosstown rivals do the same?
UPI:
San Francisco Giants reportedly ship LHP Matt Moore to Texas Rangers  —  The San Francisco Giants traded left-handed pitcher Matt Moore to the Texas Rangers in exchange for several prospects, multiple media outlets reported Friday.  —  The deal is pending a physical, and neither team confirmed the trade.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
What trading for pitcher Matt Moore means for the rest of the Rangers' offseason
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers, Yovani Gallardo Agree To Deal  —  5:23pm: Gallardo received a major league deal, Jon Heyman of FanRag tweets.  It's pending a physical, Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel adds (via Twitter).  —  4:53pm: The Brewers and free agent right-hander Yovani Gallardo have agreed …
UPI:
Houston Astros agree with pitcher Hector Rondon on two-year deal  —  The Houston Astros agreed to terms on a two-year contract with free agent right-handed reliever Hector Rondon, the team announced Friday.  —  Though terms of the deal were not announced, the 29-year-old Rondon was expected …
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Associated Press:   Reliever Hector Rondon agrees to 2-year deal with Astros f
Bob Raissman / New York Daily News:
Giancarlo Stanton brings added media dimension for Aaron Boone to manage  —  When Brian Cashman hired Aaron Boone to manage the Yankees, he may as well have handed him a learner's permit and said: “Now you can drive my Maserati, don't wreck it.”  When the GM acquired Giancarlo Stanton …
Tom Schuba / Chicago Sun Times:
Ballplayer sues White Sox over injury at Guaranteed Rate Field  —  Dustin Fowler of the New York Yankees sits on the ground as the trainer looks at his leg after trying to catch a foul ball hit by Jose Abreu.  Fowler was taken off the field on a cart.  David Banks/Getty Images  —  Sign-Up for our Newsletter
 
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