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ESPN:
NL East offseason preview: Will Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto be on the move?  —  With free agency underway, the offseason is going to pick up steam.  What are the big questions facing all 30 teams?  Here's a look at the NL East, where a changing of the guard seems to be taking shape.
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Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Sources: Nationals made Bryce Harper ‘aggressive offer’ last month, did not reach agreement  —  CARLSBAD, CALIF. — The Washington Nationals offered Bryce Harper a long-term deal on the last day of the final homestand of the 2018 season.  He did not take it.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Bryce Harper turned down $300 million offer from Nationals  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. — The Washington Nationals' contract offer to All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper was for 10-year, $300 million that he rejected five weeks ago, two persons with direct knowledge of the proposed deal told USA TODAY Sports.
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Daily Record:
Yankees considering Bryce Harper at first base?  Brian Cashman won't say  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. — If the Yankees don't have the space for Bryce Harper in the outfield, perhaps they can find room at first base.  —  Harper's agent, Scott Boras, said on SiriusXM radio that Harper could play first base for whichever team he signs with.
ESPN:
Report: Bryce Harper turned down ‘aggressive offer’ from Nationals  —  Bryce Harper rejected a long-term “aggressive offer” from the Washington Nationals on the last day of the 2018 season, The Washington Post reports.  —  The offer — discussed at length throughout September with Harper and his agent …
Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
MLB Hot Stove: Bryce Harper reportedly received ‘aggressive’ offer from Nationals in September
Discussion: Halos Heaven
Arizona Republic:
MLB free agent predictions: Where will Bryce Harper and Manny Machado end up?
ESPN:
Andrew Friedman: No secret that Manny Machado didn't always hustle  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. — Andrew Friedman knew he was getting a player who didn't hustle all the time when he traded for four-time All-Star Manny Machado.  Still, Friedman, the Los Angeles Dodgers' president of baseball operations …
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Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
MLB Free agency: Phillies unlikely dissuaded by Manny Machado's postseason antics  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. — Gary Kendall was there, in Aberdeen, Md., when Manny Machado played the third game of his pro career on Aug. 30, 2010.  Two years later, Kendall managed Machado as a 19-year-old in double …
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:   Giants hire Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi as head of baseball operations
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Don't expect the Dodgers to change their formula after World Series loss
ESPN:
Source: CC Sabathia, Yankees agree on 1-year, $8 million contract  —  The New York Yankees have reached an agreement to bring back veteran pitcher CC Sabathia on a one-year, $8 million deal, according to ESPN and multiple reports.  —  The 38-year-old lefty has played the past 10 seasons of his 18-season career with the Yankees.
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Pete Caldera / USA Today:
CC Sabathia, New York Yankees agree on one-year contract
Discussion: Daily Record
Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
Report: New York Yankees interested in Cleveland Indians pitchers Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco
Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves want to improve lackluster bench  —  The Braves consider catcher and corner outfield their offseason priorities, but improving a poor bench is also high on the list.  —  General manager Alex Anthopoulos acknowledges the bench as a weak point.  The Braves constantly shuffled through …
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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Anthopoulos talks Braves offseason at GM Meetings
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
How long until the Detroit Tigers are in the high-end free agent market?  —  Taking a look at what the Tigers' starting lineup and pitching rotation could look like to open the 2019 season.  Video by Anthony Fenech and Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press.  —  CONNECT
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:   Detroit Tigers' Nicholas Castellanos will stay in right field in 2019
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds plan to be ‘proactive’ in free agency with a focus on pitching  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. - On the first day of business at the annual General Managers Meetings on Tuesday, the contingent of Reds front office staff and manager David Bell met with executives from opposing teams and met with agents.
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ESPN:
Former Dodgers hitting coach Turner Ward going to Reds
Discussion: Dodgers Way and Bless You Boys
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Reds Hire Turner Ward As Hitting Coach
Discussion: Al's Ramblings
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
As GM meetings open, Cardinals watch which way trade winds blow  —  • With two grand January moves made on the same day late this past offseason, the Milwaukee Brewers acquired the favorite for this year's National League MVP, a cornerstone center fielder, two engines for a division champ …
Discussion: Fish Stripes
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Mariners hire member of Cardinals' pitching brain trust to lead major-league staff
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Ruben Amaro Jr. excited to return as executive with Mets after coaching for three years  —  Even as he settled into his role as a first base coach these past three years, Ruben Amaro Jr. still had the itch to be an executive again one day.  —  When new Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen presented …
Discussion: NorthJersey.com
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Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Brodie Van Wagenen looking to help Mets' lineup, bullpen as he works during GM Meetings
Phil Thompson / Chicago Tribune:
6 things we learned from White Sox prospects Luis Robert and Zach Thompson  —  Chicago Tribune  —  White Sox prospects Luis Robert and Zach Thompson are making the most of their time in the Arizona Fall League.  —  Robert struggled in the minor leagues this season while Thompson excelled …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dipoto Downplays Possibility Of Mariners' Rebuild  —  7:33pm: Dipoto told MLB.com's Greg Johns at the GM Meetings that this morning's reports were “clearly over-dramatized,” adding that the Mariners are “just too talented” to completely tear down the roster.
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