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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Josh Harrison wants to be traded if Pirates not serious about contending — Josh Harrison wants to play for a winner. — In a statement released Tuesday to The Athletic, the Pittsburgh Pirates' All-Star, super-utility man responded to the team's trades of pitcher Gerrit Cole …
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Toronto Sun:
Pirates trade former MVP Andrew McCutchen to Giants — SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants found the outfielder they were looking for this winter, acquiring Andrew McCutchen from Pittsburgh on Monday to fill a key void. — San Francisco parted with right-hander Kyle Crick, minor league outfielder Bryan Reynolds …
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Des Bieler / Chicago Tribune:
Giants acquire former MVP Andrew McCutchen in trade with Pirates — The Washington Post — The Pittsburgh Pirates used the three-day weekend to unload two big names, as the team continues to rebuild. After trading ace pitcher Gerrit Cole to the Astros on Saturday, Pittsburgh sent …
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' trades looking better in hindsight — Now, perhaps, some further perspective can be added to the Detroit Tigers' trades last summer. — Over the past few days, the Pirates have unofficially joined the Tigers as one of baseball's rebuilding teams, going the way general manager Al Avila …
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NBC Sports BayArea / MLB on Yahoo! Sports:
SAN FRANCISCO - Whenever a marquee free agent signs in the offseason …
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Maddux has ‘road map,’ Matheny says — Cardinals manager Mike Matheny will have three new coaches this year and while all of them will have major roles in trying to bring the club back to postseason relevance after a two-season dry spell, Matheny thinks new pitching coach Mike Maddux also can have an effect on the postseason awards.
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Ben Frederickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Carpenter is flexible about where he bats, where he plays — Matt Carpenter was approaching the halfway point of Monday's Winter Warm-Up media session when his cell phone started to sing. — “Thank God for my old stomping ground,” crooned country legend and fellow Texas native George Strait from Carpenter's pocket.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards take stock as fans seem unsettled — At the 60th annual writers' dinner Sunday night, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny arrived at the podium to talk about the season ahead in front of a room filled mostly with true believers or media, and, in his closing remark, he invited the doubters …
ESPN:
Howie Kendrick agrees to two-year, $7 million deal with Nationals — Veteran utility man Howie Kendrick reached an agreement with the Washington Nationals on a two-year, $7 million contract, two baseball sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The deal is pending completion of a physical exam.
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Chris Kuc / Chicago Tribune:
Luis Robert, Eloy Jimenez impress at White Sox hitters camp — Chicago Tribune — Baseballs are flying in Arizona. — Many of those soaring balls came off the bats of two of the White Sox's top prospects, Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert, as the team held its annual hitters minicamp in Glendale.
Associated Press:
Royals' Danny Duffy pleads guilty to DUI, gets probation — OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Royals pitcher Danny Duffy has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in a Kansas City suburb and has been placed on a year's probation. — Sean Reilly, a spokesman for the city of Overland Park …
Tom FitzGerald / San Francisco Chronicle:
Great news for Stanford: Love will return for senior year — Heisman Trophy runner-up Bryce Love has decided to return to Stanford for his final season of eligibility, putting the Cardinal in position to land at least a top-15 preseason ranking next fall. — His father, Chris …
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Rick Stroud / Tampa Bay Times:
Jason Licht addresses what went wrong for the Bucs in 2017 and how they plan to fix it — It was a “brutal year.” That's how general manager Jason Licht views the Bucs 2017 season. — Expectations, many of them he said he “cringed at,” nonetheless went unfulfilled due to injuries …
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Mike Puma / New York Post:
Why Adrian Gonzalez can bother the Mets' clubhouse — Adrian Gonzalez will bring a big résumé and personality to the Mets' clubhouse, but also the potential for controversy. — The 35-year-old first baseman, who agreed to terms with the club on a one-year contract over the weekend …
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