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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs and White Sox brace for losses in today's Rule 5 draft — Chicago Tribune — The White Sox seemed more concerned than the Cubs about the possibility of losing a player in Thursday's Rule 5 draft. — “I think we'll probably lose at least one guy,” Sox General Manager Rick Hahn said.
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Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Phillies could replace Nationals as the new ‘Team Boras’ | Extra Innings — What happens in Vegas ... well, so much for that. For the past three days, the winter meetings raged in Las Vegas, and as always, rumors were rampant. The Phillies, as expected, were in the middle of everything.
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: The White Sox are making progress just by being in the Bryce Harper sweepstakes
George A. King III / New York Post:
What's holding up a Sonny Gray trade from the Yankees
What's holding up a Sonny Gray trade from the Yankees
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NESN.com, Pinstripe Alley, Sporting News, Beyond the Box Score and MLB Trade Rumors
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Relief-pitching market starts to thaw for White Sox
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Boras talks, we listen, Cardinals don't entertain individual meeting with Harper
Boras talks, we listen, Cardinals don't entertain individual meeting with Harper
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MLB Trade Rumors
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Carlos Santana returns to Cleveland as Indians, Mariners, Rays pull off huge three-team deal — LAS VEGAS - Baseball's winter meetings closed with a moderate bang on Thursday, as the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Rays pulled off a three-team deal that had all the trappings of the modern game.
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Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
Three-team trade gives Indians flexibility for future — Thursday's three-team trade with the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays has given the Cleveland Indians flexibility, both financially and athletically, in 2019. — CLEVELAND — CLEVELAND — After many reports about starting pitching …
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB teams close winter meetings with Christmas lists, but who will get the presents? — LAS VEGAS — Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto pulled off a three-way trade while lying in his hospital bed with a blood clot in his lung, but still managed to fist-bump his assistant, and even the nurses, while hooked up to monitors.
Jon Tayler / Sports Illustrated:
Edwin Encarnacion, Carlos Santana Move in Three-Team Trade Between Indians, Mariners and Rays — Carlos Santana is headed back to Cleveland and Edwin Encarnacion may never play a game for the Mariners. Regardless, a major three-team deal is final. — It took until the last day of the …
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Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians trade Edwin Encarnacion and Yandy Diaz, reacquiring Carlos Santana
Cleveland Indians trade Edwin Encarnacion and Yandy Diaz, reacquiring Carlos Santana
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MLB Trade Rumors and Lookout Landing
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
After a quiet week at the winter meetings, the Cubs still have some work to do this offseason — Chicago Tribune — The Cubs won't conduct their first spring-training workout for two months, and the season opener is 3½ months away. — Those dates provide temporary relief …
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Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Mets depart Winter Meetings with one reliever and a larger sense of the market
Keith Law / ESPN:
Bullpen overpays and the Rule 5 draft
USA Today:
MLB rumors: Joe Kelly, Jeurys Familia spark relief market as winter meetings wind down
MLB rumors: Joe Kelly, Jeurys Familia spark relief market as winter meetings wind down
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MLB Trade Rumors, NESN.com and South Side Sox
Tim Keown / ESPN:
What went wrong at the 2018 winter meetings? — LAS VEGAS — Late Wednesday morning, as baseball's winter meetings slogged to their grim and quiet conclusion, Scott Boras stood on a raised platform in front of a 25-foot fake Christmas tree steps away from a casino in the middle of the desert.
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
How to spice up the winter meetings after a dull week in Vegas — LAS VEGAS — Here's one problem with baseball's winter meetings: It's not even winter. — Besides that, every year there is much anticipation heading into the annual gathering, as the media assembles in numbers that dwarf the World Series.
Pete Caldera / Daily Record:
Yankees exit Winter Meetings still seeking bullpen help, as are the Red Sox — LAS VEGAS - Whenever it occurs, the Manny Machado meeting should be the highlight event on the Yankees' winter calendar. — Until then, and possibly for weeks after, the Yankees will be seeking to upgrade their relief corps.
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Cincinnati Reds pick utility player Connor Joe in Rule 5 Draft from Los Angeles Dodgers — LAS VEGAS - On the final day of the Winter Meetings at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, the Reds made one more addition to their roster Thursday through the Rule 5 Draft.
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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
Why Detroit Tigers took Reed Garrett in Rule 5 draft — LAS VEGAS — After last season's struggle to find Victor Reyes playing time in the outfield, the Detroit Tigers went a different direction in Thursday's Rule 5 draft. — With the No. 5 pick, the team selected Reed Garrett …
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
AP source: Righty Lance Lynn, Rangers reach three-year deal — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Free agent right-hander Lance Lynn and the Texas Rangers reached agreement on a $30 million, three-year contract during the winter meetings, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement said.
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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs receive left-hander Conor Lillis-White from the Angels to complete the Tommy La Stella trade — Chicago Tribune — The Cubs added left-handed relief depth Thursday by acquiring Conor Lillis-White from the Angels as the player to be named in the Nov. 29 trade of infielder Tommy La Stella.