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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
What a Canó trade might look like; D-Backs stars on the block together?; bullpen market intrigue — Dealing a potential ace such as James Paxton was not all that difficult for Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto. Neither, in a market starved for catching, was moving Mike Zunino.
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
As Mariners rebuild, two stars might be untouchable — for now — Jerry Dipoto took over as the Mariners' general manager on Sept. 28, 2015, and since that day, he's been The Human Transaction Machine, leaving his fellow executives in the dust in volume of deals: — Mariners: 79 — Rays: 64
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners “Actively” Trying To Move Robinson Cano
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Associated Press:
Donaldson agrees to one-year, $23 million deal with Braves — NEW YORK • The Atlanta Braves added a pair of free agents following their first division title in five years, agreeing to one-year contracts with third baseman Josh Donaldson and catcher Brian McCann.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Sign Brian McCann — 2:07pm: The Braves announced that they've signed McCann to a one-year deal worth $2MM. As agent B.B. Abbott explained to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (Twitter links), McCann's priority this winter was to return to Atlanta. — 1:08pm: It's a one-year deal for McCann, tweets MLB.com's Jon Morosi.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves To Sign Josh Donaldson
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Craig Calcaterra / NBCSports.com:
Report: Braves sign Brian McCann
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Evaluating risk factor for top 10 free-agent relievers — Relief pitchers threw 17,422 innings in 2018 — that's up from 14,977 just five years ago. That's an average of 81.5 innings per team, so on just a pure volume level relief pitchers are more important than ever.
Jerry Crasnick / Baseball America:
Dombrowski Does It Again — While Larry King and Mary Hart were rooting for the Dodgers from their front-row seats at Chavez Ravine and a big swath of the American sports public was either ambivalent or asleep, dozens of major league scouts joined millions of sports fans in New England …
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Mike Rosenstein / New Jersey Online:
MLB rumors: Red Sox's Nathan Eovaldi to the bullpen for ‘Aroldis Chapman money’?
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Southpaw Shopping: How Cardinals will find the lefty reliever who's just right — bST. LOUIS • An area the Cardinals must address this winter is the left side of their bullpen, and in public comments made all offseason executives have not been hiding that.
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Bill Plunkett / Orange County Register:
Angels' Dino Ebel expected to be among Dodgers' coaching hires — The Dodgers plan to begin filling the vacancies on their major league coaching staff in the next few days and Angels coach Dino Ebel is expected to be among the new hires. — The 52-year-old Ebel has spent the past 14 seasons …
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Jay Jaffe / ESPN:
Baseball's front-office execs with the most to prove this winter — As the director of baseball operations and assistant general manager for the Oakland Athletics and then as the general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Farhan Zaidi has been a major figure in assembling the rosters …
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Joe Maddon on big 2019 change with Cubs, Rays' need for a stadium and more — Former Rays and current Cubs manager Joe Maddon took time during a charitable Thanksmas appearance today for his Respect 90 Foundation at the St. Vincent de Paul center in St. Petersburg to talk a little baseball …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Claim Parker Bridwell, Designate Ronald Torreyes For Assignment — The Yankees announced Monday that they've claimed right-hander Parker Bridwell off waivers from the Angels and designated utility infielder Ronald Torreyes for assignment. — Bridwell, 27, could potentially give the Yanks some rotation depth.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox Hall of Famers Frank Thomas and Jim Thome and former Cubs GM Jim Hendry to be honored by scouts foundation — Chicago Tribune — White Sox Hall of Fame sluggers Frank Thomas and Jim Thome and former Cubs general manager Jim Hendry will be honored Jan. 12 at the Professional …
ESPN:
Slugger C.J. Cron claimed off waivers by Twins — The Minnesota Twins claimed slugger C.J. Cron off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. — Cron had been designated for assignment by the Rays despite hitting 30 home runs and posting an .816 OPS last season.
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Ashley Varela / NBCSports.com:
Report: Braves, Twins, Rangers, and Padres are in on Sonny Gray — Yankees right-hander Sonny Gray is reportedly up for grabs this season after a disappointing performance in the Bronx, and there appears to be no shortage of suitors vying for the starter's services.
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Mike Rosenstein / New Jersey Online:
MLB trade rumors: Market for Yankees' Sonny Gray is heating up
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