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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas learned value of quick outs in Japan — The return to the majors from Japan, where the league's schedule has a built-in day off each week, will mean less time away from the ballpark for new Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas. But the change in culture could be something more at the ballpark.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' Voit works toward adding outfielder to his resume — ST. LOUIS • If you happened upon a recent Maryville baseball practice and thought, hey, that outfielder sure looks like Luke Voit, you are not losing it. — The Cardinals' backup first baseman told the Post-Dispatch …
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards catcher Carson Kelly aims for more power, consistency — Young Cardinals catcher Carson Kelly is only 23 but, presumably, could be the starting catcher for several major league teams. Just not this one. — To that end, Kelly, who backs up eight-time All-Star Yadier Molina, has remained in St. Louis this off-season.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals Winter Warm-Up: Traveling path from good to great — St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak greets pitcher Alex Reyes during St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warm-Up on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency in St. Louis. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
Kurt Voigt / Associated Press:
St. Louis Cardinals not ruling out more free agent signings — John Mozeliak did his best to keep any emotional reaction to last season's disappointment at bay. — That was no easy task at times for the president of the St. Louis Cardinals, particularly following a season …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Wong woke up to false missile warning in Hawaii and family ‘freaking out’ — ST. LOUIS • One of the first calls Cardinals infielder Kolten Wong made from St. Louis when he saw word of an inbound missile alert back home in Hawaii was to his brother, Kean.
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Astros Acquire Gerrit Cole — The Astros have acquired right-hander Gerrit Cole from the Pirates for righties Joe Musgrove and Michael Feliz, third baseman Colin Moran and outfielder Jason Martin, according to announcements from both teams. — Houston and Pittsburgh nearly reached …
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Nicholas Parco / New York Daily News:
Pirates trade Yankees' target Gerrit Cole to Astros: report — The Yankees have once again missed out on acquiring Gerrit Cole. — Pittsburgh traded the pitcher to the Astros on Saturday in return for a package centered around Joe Musgrove and Colin Moran, according to Yahoo Sports.
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ESPN:
Mets bringing on Adrian Gonzalez, sources say — Adrian Gonzalez has agreed to a deal with the New York Mets pending a physical, according to ESPN and other multiple reports. — It's the second significant move for New York this week. The team brought back free-agent outfielder Jay Bruce …
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Christian Red / New York Daily News:
Yankees prospect Justus Sheffield on trade rumors, his health and expectations for 2018 — Will there be Justus for fall, or even spring 2018? — The Yankees' offseason started off with a George Steinbrenner-era blockbuster trade — slugger Giancarlo Stanton switching Marlins teal for Bronx pinstripes …
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Twins To Sign Addison Reed — 12:41pm: The pact is worth $16.75MM, Jon Heyman of FanRag tweets. — 12:11pm: The Twins have agreed to a two-year contract worth slightly less than $17MM with free agent reliever Addison Reed, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports (Twitter link). The deal is pending a physical.
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Cubs owner wants Sammy Sosa to ‘put everything on the table’ — CHICAGO — Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said franchise all-time home run leader Sammy Sosa needs to “put everything on the table” in regards to PED use during his playing days if he is to be ever welcomed back by the team.
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Matt Ehalt / NorthJersey.com:
Suspended Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia is expected to apply for reinstatement — MLB awards season is here. Take a look at all the 2017 winners. USA TODAY Sports — CONNECT — The annual reminder that Jenrry Mejia is still a Met comes around this time each year when the suspended reliever agrees …
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