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Bryce Miller / Sacramento Bee:
If Padres can get Jean Segura, time is right to trade Wil Myers — SAN DIEGO — The reasons to deal Wil Myers, the one-time face of the Padres, continue to pile up as the team eyes a possible rebuild finish line in, say, 2020. — There's a pay package that spikes from $11.5 million this season …
Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Here you go baseball fans, your 2018 turkeys — It's that time of year again, the reckoning for those baseball people whose transgressions against the game and others in the game have warranted them a place on the Daily News Top Ten Turkeys List. Like always, there will be no pardoning these turkeys …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Royals hire former Cardinals manager Matheny as adviser — The route back to the dugout for former Cardinals manager Mike Matheny could stay in Missouri and remain close to home, but it first will include a swing through player development. — The Kansas City Royals and general manager …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Hire Mike Matheny As Special Advisor
Royals Hire Mike Matheny As Special Advisor
Discussion:
Sporting News and MLB Baseball News …
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Diamondbacks seriously considering dealing Paul Goldschmidt — The Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt finished sixth in the National League MVP voting this year, the fourth top-10 MVP placement of his career — he was second in 2013 and 2015 and third in 2016.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers in free agency: Four under-the-radar options at pitcher — 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
Mike Rosenstein / New Jersey Online:
MLB rumors: Yankees face new suitor for Nathan Eovaldi, Patrick Corbin, J.A. Happ, Dallas Keuchel — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman began to overhaul his starting rotation on Monday, when he traded for Seattle Mariners left-hander James Paxton. — But Cashman wants at least one more arm for the rotation.
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley, AZ Snake Pit, Elite Sports NY, Brew Crew Ball and Bleacher Report
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Mike Rosenstein / New Jersey Online:
MLB trade rumors: Yankees-Mets Noah Syndergaard deal ‘not expected’
MLB trade rumors: Yankees-Mets Noah Syndergaard deal ‘not expected’
Discussion:
Amazin' Avenue
Mike Rosenstein / New Jersey Online:
MLB trade rumors: Yankees' James Paxton deal sets market for Giants' Madison Bumgarner
MLB trade rumors: Yankees' James Paxton deal sets market for Giants' Madison Bumgarner
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays Tales: Was moving on from C.J. Cron the right move? — ST. PETERSBURG - Did the Rays make the right decision in designating for assignment 30-homer hitting DH/1B C.J. Cron? — Check back March 28, and see what their opening day lineup looks like, and if they have a bigger bat.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Tim Healey / Newsday:
Hall of Fame 2019: The case for Billy Wagner — Analysis: Former Mets reliever Wagner is deserving of greater Hall of Fame consideration than the 11.1 percent of votes he got last year. — It's Hall of Fame season — the ballot released this past Monday, results released in late January …
Kyle Goon / Orange County Register:
Lakers pushing Lonzo Ball to be more aggressive — LOS ANGELES — As the Jazz corralled the rebound off his missed layup, Lonzo Ball didn't skip a beat. — He hung a quick turnaround, then raced back to the other end of the floor, recovering quickly enough to block Jae Crowder, cruising toward the rim, on the other end.
Discussion:
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and Whittier Daily News
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
10 years after blockbuster trade, Matt Holliday weighs in on future of Rockies' Nolan Arenado — Star third baseman finds himself in a strikingly similar situation to what Holliday was in before Rockies' swap with the Oakland A's. — Nolan Arenado and the Rockies are approaching a critical crossroads.
Discussion:
Purple Row, MLB Trade Rumors and Rox Pile
Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
If Phillies strike out on Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, they see more options ahead — Rick Hahn is the architect of a team that has averaged 92 losses over six years, including 100 last season. Yet there he was, standing in a ballroom at the general managers' meetings earlier this month …
Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
It's time for Cleveland Indians' catcher Yan Gomes to feel the heat of baseball's Hot Stove season — CLEVELAND, Ohio — This is the time of year when baseball executives spend a lot of hours texting and talking to each other. Sometimes it leads to trades, but almost always it leads to rumors that add heat to the hot stove season.
Discussion:
Let's Go Tribe
Jeff Sanders / Sacramento Bee:
Padres release former first-rounder Cory Spangenberg — Cory Spangenberg's time with the Padres has come to an end. — The former first-rounder was released Friday, three days after the organization designated him for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for up-and-coming prospects.