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Bryant gets $10.85M, record for 1st arbitration eligible — CHICAGO (AP) Kris Bryant has agreed to a $10.85 million, one-year deal with the Chicago Cubs, a record for a player eligible for arbitration for the first time. — The previous mark was held by Ryan Howard, who was awarded $10 million …
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Cubs agree to terms with Kyle Hendricks, Justin Wilson, Tommy La Stella — Chicago Tribune — The Chicago Cubs agreed to terms Friday with pitchers Kyle Hendricks and Justin Wilson. — The agreements were reached hours before teams and arbitration eligible players face a noon deadline …
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Comics take swings at ‘skinny’ Kyle Schwarber, Kris Bryant at Anthony Rizzo's benefit — Chicago Tribune — “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor and Cubs fan Jeff Garlin was a last-minute scratch as host of Anthony Rizzo's Laugh Off for Cancer on Thursday night at Studio Paris …
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Source: Cubs' Kris Bryant gets $11M, most for first-time arbitration-eligible player
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Are the Cubs one pitcher short as they play free-agent waiting game?
Are the Cubs one pitcher short as they play free-agent waiting game?
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers avoid arbitration with 3, but no deal yet with Iglesias — The Tigers' 16-year streak of avoiding salary arbitration hearings is in jeopardy. — The team agreed to contracts with three of their four remaining arbitration-eligible players on Friday but are $1.2 million apart with shortstop Jose Iglesias.
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Detroit Tigers agree to deals with relievers Shane Greene, Alex Wilson — The Detroit Tigers have agreed to contracts with two of their four remaining arbitration-eligible players this afternoon. — According to multiple people with knowledge of the situation, right-handed relievers Shane Greene …
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Jays sign Josh Donaldson to one-year, $23-million contract — Third baseman Josh Donaldson and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $23 million (U.S.), one-year contact, the largest one-year deal for an arbitration-eligible player. — The new deal gives the 2015 AL MVP a $6 million raise.
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Source: Manny Machado avoids arbitration with $16M deal — Manny Machado agreed to a one-year, $16 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles on Friday to avoid a salary arbitration hearing in February, a source told ESPN. — Machado, 25, is a three-time All-Star with two Gold Gloves over parts of six seasons with the Orioles.
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Orioles Avoid Arbitration With Zach Britton, Brad Brach
Orioles Avoid Arbitration With Zach Britton, Brad Brach
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John Harper / New York Daily News:
Eduardo Nunez would give the Mets the speed and athleticism they need — During many an off-the-record chat at his locker, Alex Rodriguez loved to play fantasy GM and tell me what he'd do if he were in charge. And the one guy he was always insisting should play more was Eduardo Nunez.
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals, Ozuna avoid arbitration with $9 million deal for 2018 — ST. LOUIS • With the Cardinals relatively new hard-line stance when it comes to arbitration-eligible players, Friday afternoon's deadline had greater resonance because it wasn't just a pause in negotiations any more.
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Yankees settle with six players, on track to get under tax line — NEW YORK — The Yankees reached one-year contracts with their remaining six players eligible for arbitration on Friday, leaving their projected luxury-tax payroll at $177 million — $20 million below the threshold.
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Buster Olney's top 10 teams: Are the Astros and Dodgers still baseball's best? — Postseason performances have outsize value in Major League Baseball, and this is why David Freese shares emotional space with Bob Gibson in St. Louis, why several generations of New Englanders …
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Peter Botte / New York Daily News:
Yu Darvish refutes report that Yankees offered him long-term contract — Yu says it's not true. — After revealing earlier in the week that the Yankees were on his list of six teams he's considering in free agency, Yu Darvish took to Twitter again on Friday to refute a report that the Bombers recently made him a long-term offer.
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Yu Darvish a pitcher of interest to Brian Cashman and Yankees
Yu Darvish a pitcher of interest to Brian Cashman and Yankees
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Mets and Matt Harvey avoid arbitration with one-year, $5.625 million deal: report — The Mets and Matt Harvey reportedly avoided arbitration on Friday with an agreement on a one-year, $5.625 contract. — After a 2017 season marred by injury, a team-mandated suspension and poor pitching …
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump derides protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries — President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they discussed protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to several people briefed on the meeting.
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