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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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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.
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.
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 …
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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Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians trade Edwin Encarnacion and Yandy Diaz, reacquiring Carlos Santana — According to Jon Heyman of Fancred, the Indians are nearing a 3-team deal involving Edwin Encarnacion, which will bring back Carlos Santana back to Cleveland. — CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians …
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MLB Trade Rumors and Lookout Landing
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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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals lose pitcher Chris Ellis in Rule 5 draft, but nab reliever, shortstop — LAS VEGAS • The type of pitcher Chris Ellis could be for the Kansas City Royals in the coming season is what the Cardinals found in a low-risk pick from the Rangers' system — without all the tricky Rule 5 requirements.
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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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
White Sox's bid for Bryce Harper could come down to details — Chicago Tribune — As the Bryce Harper sweepstakes move into the homestretch, the White Sox's chances to sign the prized free agent may come down to details and determination. — “There's only so much we can control in the end …
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Scott Lauber / Philly.com:
Phillies could replace Nationals as the new ‘Team Boras’ | Extra Innings
Phillies could replace Nationals as the new ‘Team Boras’ | Extra Innings
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: The White Sox are making progress just by being in the Bryce Harper sweepstakes
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Relief-pitching market starts to thaw for White 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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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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MLB Baseball News … and Redleg Nation
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Keith Law / ESPN:
Bullpen overpays and the Rule 5 draft — The New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers both just spent dearly to upgrade their bullpens, overpaying two competent but hardly elite relievers with three-year deals that don't seem to reflect those relievers' performances or the current imbalance …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs and White Sox brace for losses in today's Rule 5 draft
Cubs and White Sox brace for losses in today's Rule 5 draft
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South Side Sox and Bluebird Banter
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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Associated Press:
MLB notebook: Lance Lynn agrees to 3-year, $30 million deal with Rangers
MLB notebook: Lance Lynn agrees to 3-year, $30 million deal with Rangers
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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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Tim Dillard / MLB Trade Rumors:
The Inner Monologue of @DimTillard: The Winter Meetings — It's 10:02am in Nashville, Tennessee. Thursday December 13th, 2018. My name is Tim Dillard, and if you're reading this looking for the latest up-to-the-minute coverage of the 2018 Major League Baseball Winter Meetings... then I apologize, this isn't one of those articles.
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's in no rush after slow winter meetings, despite all their roster needs — LAS VEGAS - The winter meetings often lead right into some major moves for the A's, who tend to be at their most active at the end of baseball's annual confab or in the following days. — Not this time around.
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