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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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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.
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.
Chuck Schilken / Los Angeles Times:
Bryce Harper turned down a 10-year, $300-million offer from the Nationals  —  Bryce Harper turned down a contract offer from the Washington Nationals before becoming a free agent this offseason, The Times confirmed on Wednesday.  —  That offer, for 10 years and approximately $300 million with no opt out …
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:   Bryce Harper turned down 10-year, $300M offer from Nats
Matt Snyder / CBSSports.com:
MLB Hot Stove: Bryce Harper reportedly received ‘aggressive’ offer from Nationals in September
Discussion: Halos Heaven and Federal Baseball
Arizona Republic:
MLB free agent predictions: Where will Bryce Harper and Manny Machado end up?
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Wallace Matthews / Baltimore Sun:
Now we'll see if Yankee owner Hal Steinbrenner has some Boss in him, and here's what he can do to prove it  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. - Hal Steinbrenner's DNA test is coming up, and there is only one way he is going to pass it.  —  Before the next big-league umpire shouts “Play ball!,” …
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Wallace Matthews / New York Daily News:
CC Sabathia and Yankees close to finalizing one-year deal to bring veteran lefty back to Bronx
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
ESPN:
Source: CC Sabathia, Yankees agree on 1-year, $8 million contract
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
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:
Expect a shift in ‘mindset’ to increase defensive shifts used by Cardinals  —  CARLSBAD, Calif.  • While the Cardinals canvass the market for possible upgrades at first or third base, the team has already assured there will be one change for their infielders in 2019.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   Mariners hire member of Cardinals' pitching brain trust to lead major-league staff
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
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:   Giants hire Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi as head of baseball operations
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: Bless You Boys and Dodgers Way
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Nicholas Castellanos will stay in right field in 2019  —  Examining Tigers outfielder Nicholas Castellanos' All-Star credentials.  Video by Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press.  —  CONNECT  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. — Nicholas Castellanos is the Detroit Tigers' right fielder.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:   How long until the Detroit Tigers are in the high-end free agent market?
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
Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Brodie Van Wagenen looking to help Mets' lineup, bullpen as he works during GM Meetings  —  Brodie Van Wagenen on the Mets' offseason needs  —  CARLSBAD, Calif. — The challenging part of Brodie Van Wagenen's new job has begun.  —  While Van Wagenen has tweaked his coaching staff and front office …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Matt Ehalt / Daily Record:
Ruben Amaro Jr. excited to return as executive with Mets after coaching for three years
Discussion: NorthJersey.com
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves' Acuna in Japan to play in All-Star series  —  The two leading contenders for 2018 National League Rookie of the Year will patrol the outfield, starting Thursday, for Major League Baseball's squad in the 2018 Japan All-Star Series with Japan's national team.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: After knocking off the Cubs in the NL Central, the Brewers are primed for an encore  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Cubs ended their season with a thud, blowing the division to the Brewers and losing in the wild-card game to the Rockies.  —  President Theo Epstein vowed to fix a …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
Shams Charania / The Athletic:
Inside Pass: A Jimmy Butler update, a Terry Rozier dilemma in Boston, plus notes from around the NBA  —  The Jimmy Butler saga has hovered over the NBA ever since his trade request from the Minnesota Timberwolves became public on the eve of training camp, and there doesn't appear …
 
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