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Associated Press:
Fed up Pirates fans want Bob Nutting to sell team after trades — PITTSBURGH — Some Pittsburgh Pirates fans are signing a petition to express their frustration following the team's decision to trade star outfielder Andrew McCutchen to the San Francisco Giants. — EDITOR'S PICKS
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Nationals' year of reckoning includes overlooked free agent: GM Mike Rizzo — WASHINGTON — It's almost spring training, and while the most powerful man in this city has doctors attesting he's in fine health, folks around here can't help but fear this could be the Washington Nationals' last stand.
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MLB Trade Rumors, Federal Baseball and Nationals Pastime
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Are the Cubs gearing up for a run at Bryce Harper? — CHICAGO — He was there, though only in spirit. — Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper was omnipresent at the recently completed Chicago Cubs fan convention simply because there's growing sentiment that he could be on the team after he hits free agency in November.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
Marlowe Alter / Detroit Free Press:
Are the Detroit Tigers the worst team in MLB? Bleacher Report says yes — We're about a month away from a new era of Detroit Tigers baseball. — That's right, pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Lakeland, Fla. on Feb. 13, and the team's first full-squad workout is Feb. 19.
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Bless You Boys
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Reliever Jeremy Jeffress pleads guilty to 2016 DWI charge — Milwaukee Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress pleaded guilty to a DWI charge on Tuesday stemming from a 2016 arrest. — Jeffress, then with the Texas Rangers, was arrested on Aug. 26, 2016, by Dallas police.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Hawaii false alarm isn't what woke up Hamels for 2018 — DALLAS — Cole Hamels is usually up before the sun to get in an off-season workout during his family's annual sojourn to Hawaii, but on Saturday, after a night out with friends, the left-hander actually allowed himself to sleep in.
Associated Press:
Twins hire retired Justin Morneau as special assistant — MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have hired the recently retired Justin Morneau as a special assistant. — The team said Wednesday that Morneau will become the fourth former Twins player from his generation to get the job …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Acquire Shane Carle — The Braves announced that they've acquired right-hander Shane Carle from the Pirates in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Pittsburgh had designated the 26-year-old Carle for assignment over the weekend in order to clear space …
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Talking Chop
Associated Press:
Gerrit Cole welcomes chance to pitch alongside Justin Verlander — HOUSTON — Gerrit Cole is joining a rotation filled with aces. — “I was just tremendously excited,” Cole said Wednesday, four days after the Houston Astros acquired him from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Marc Edelman / Forbes:
Jenrry Mejia Is Likely To Pitch For Mets In 2018, Despite ‘Lifetime Ban’ — On February 12, 2016, New York Mets relief pitcher Jennry Mejia was given what many describe as a “lifetime ban” for testing positive, on a third separate occasion, for the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
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Mets Merized Online
Jeff Passan / Yahoo Sports:
Here's why baseball's economic system might be broken — Never did Tony Clark utter the word. He didn't have to. Every question he asked, every implication he made, dripped with its presence. Early last week, as top officials from Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association met …
Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phillies' Jerad Eickhoff, healthy and smarter, resets after disappointing 2017 season — After Jerad Eickhoff was humbled last summer, he would stand in front of a locker in Georgia or California and proclaim he could handle it because of his mental toughness.
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The Good Phight
