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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB winter meetings in Vegas: Perfect for the Bryce Harper free agency show  —  LAS VEGAS — You get off the plane, pick up your bags at McCarron Airport, jump in a cab, and it hits you.  —  It's not the bright lights of the Strip.  —  It's those billboards.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Kris Bryant could see Las Vegas buddy Bryce Harper land on the South Side of town  —  Photos of Kris Bryant, the 2016 National League MVP and the Cubs' second overall pick in the 2013 draft.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant can get an up-close and personal view …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Winter (meetings) wonder: The Cubs are watching their wallets while the White Sox suddenly have money to burn  —  Cubs President Theo Epstein, left, and White Sox general manager Rick Hahn will have a busy week ahead at baseball's winter meetings, which begin Sunday in Las Vegas.
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
5 questions for the White Sox at the winter meetings  —  Chicago Tribune  —  After six consecutive fourth and fifth-place finishes, are the White Sox ready to stand up in the American League Central?  —  With a deep farm system and a low financial overhead, the Sox are in a position …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
5 questions for the Cubs entering the winter meetings  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The departure of three coaches, the uncertainty of manager Joe Maddon's future beyond 2019 and two months without significant roster changes have created consternation among Cubs fans.  —  The Cubs hope to ease those concerns soon.
Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
What to watch as the Cincinnati Reds head to the Winter Meetings  —  LAS VEGAS - Front office executives from all 30 Major League teams and agents representing the long list of free agents arrived in Las Vegas on Sunday for the 2018 edition of the Winter Meetings.
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Mark Fischer / New York Daily News:
Manny Machado free agency takes form with Yankees keeping an eye out  —  Manny Machado should transition into teaching public relations once he hangs up the cleats, for it seems the coveted free agent is an expert on damage control.  —  A month after walking back his infamous “Johnny Hustle” …
Aniello Piro / Mile High Sports:
After Arizona dealt Goldschmidt for peanuts, Rockies would be ludicrous to trade Arenado
Discussion: Purple Row and Rox Pile
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Rockies head to winter meetings needing offense, but will they find it?
Discussion: Talking Chop
Sarah Langs / ESPN:
How much money could be spent in Vegas on free agents?
Discussion: Pinstripe Alley
New York Daily News:
Didi Gregorius ‘confident’ he will return to Yankees his normal-self following Tommy John surgery  —  There's no telling when Didi Gregorius will return from the always-tricky Tommy John surgery.  —  That the Yankees shortstop is willing to concede.  —  “I don't have that information yet …
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Erik Boland / Newsday:
Didi Gregorius says elbow feels ‘really good’ but doesn't know when he'll be back
Discussion: New York Daily News
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Why these winter meetings are as much as about 2020 for Rangers as they are next season  —  Texas Rangers relief pitcher Jose Leclerc (62) working during the eighth inning as Seattle beats Texas 9 - 7 at Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX, Saturday, April 21, 2018.  —  MAX FAULKNER
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
As Rangers search for pitching, they must also consider trading likes of Jurickson Profar
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Daily Record:
Weighing the New York Yankees options in the free agent relievers market  —  Brian Cashman on the Yankees' need to add pitching  —  LAS VEGAS - It's been a very cautious free agent market for relievers up to now, as baseball's Winter Meetings begin at Mandalay Bay.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
High Rollers?  Cardinals head to Vegas, putting their chips on 2019  —  As the Cardinals hung Paul Goldschmidt's No. 46 jersey with care, aware of the clatter his four Silver Slugger awards and .532 slugging percentage will bring nestled in their lineup, visions swirled about the zeroes and commas it will take to keep him there.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers pick 5th in MLB Rule 5 draft.  Here are 5 prospects to watch  —  We unearthed thousands of Free Press photo negatives and one sports writer's score book to tell the tale of baseball's greats.  “Bless you, boys.”  —  CONNECT  —  And with the No. 5 pick in Thursday's MLB Rule 5 draft, the Detroit Tigers select ...
Brian Crane / WKYC-TV:
Former Cleveland Indians first baseman and DH Mike Napoli announces his retirement from baseball  —  The Party at Napoli's is finally over.  —  Former Indians first basemen and designated hitter Mike Napoli is hanging up his cleats.  —  Napoli posted a message to his fans on social media Saturday afternoon.
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ESPN:
Mike Napoli, who made three trips to World Series, announces retirement
 
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