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Jeff PassanESPN / ESPN:
Manny Machado has offer from White Sox for 8-year contract — As the sweepstakes for baseball's best free agents heat up, Manny Machado is sitting on an eight-year offer from the Chicago White Sox and still engaged with the Philadelphia Phillies while their pursuit of Bryce Harper grew stronger …
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Philadelphia Phillies emerge as clear-cut favorite to land Bryce Harper after meeting — LOS ANGELES - The Philadelphia Phillies, and not the Washington Nationals, have emerged as the clear-cut favorite to sign free-agent outfielder Bryce Harper after meeting with him for five hours Saturday in Las Vegas …
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Is White Sox's pursuit of Manny Machado driven by a Netflix strategy? — Photos of Manny Machado, one of the top free agents this season. — Chicago Tribune — The White Sox's pursuit of Manny Machado is guided in part by what might be called a Netflix strategy.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: White Sox's long shot pursuit of Manny Machado could be paying off — Photos of Manny Machado, one of the top free agents this season. — Chicago Tribune — As unlikely as it seemed entering the offseason, the White Sox could wind up one of the biggest winners of free agency.
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South Side Sox and MLB Trade Rumors
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
How Bryce Harper and Manny Machado measure up among baseball's best — The largest total-value contract in MLB is Giancarlo Stanton's 13-year, $325 million extension that he signed with the Miami Marlins in 2015, now carried by the New York Yankees. — You know Scott Boras would love to break that record.
Andy Schwartz / Baltimore Sun:
Report: Phillies may favor Bryce Harper over Manny Machado
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Yankees betting Miguel Andujar's work ethic will help fix defense
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NESN.com and MLB Trade Rumors
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies' meeting with Bryce Harper might not end in an immediate deal, but optimism builds about free agency prospects
Mark Fischer / New York Daily News:
Bryce Harper, Manny Machado sweepstakes nearing end with Yanks nowhere to be found
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NBCSports.com and Phillies Nation
Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Mel Stottlemyre, New York baseball legend, dead at 77 — He was a New York baseball legend - on both sides of the Triborough Bridge. — Mel Stottlemyre, the lonely ace of the Yankee pitching staffs in the 1965-71 pre-George Steinbrenner lean years who then went on to an equally distinguished career …
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MLB Baseball News …, baseballmusings.com and Pinstripe Alley
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs add former major-league pitcher Craig Breslow to front office — Chicago Tribune — The Cubs will put Craig Breslow's 12 years as a major-league pitcher and his degrees in molecular biophysics and biochemistry to good use. — Breslow, 38, was hired Monday to become the team's director …
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Re-Sign Derek Holland — The Giants have made the first addition to their rotation under new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, announcing on Monday that they've re-signed left-hander Derek Holland to a one-year deal with a club option for the 2020 season.
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McCovey Chronicles, MLB Daily Dish and Lone Star Ball
John Perrotto / Forbes:
MLB's Five Most Interesting Salary Arbitration Cases — Mookie Betts and Jacob deGrom hit the jackpot through Major League Baseball's salary arbitration process Friday. However, some other players will have wait a little longer to see what their financial reward with be.
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MLB Daily Dish
Anthony Fenech / USA Today:
Ex-Tigers analyst Rod Allen: Fight with partner Mario Impemba more like ‘baseball brawl’ — Former Fox Sports Detroit analyst and Detroit Tigers announcer Rod Allen spoke with Free Press business columnist Carol Cain on the “Michigan Matters” program on Sunday morning on WWJ-TV.
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Why next 30 days will be busiest of MLB offseason — Roger Bannister had the benefit of peer pressure when he became the first human to run a mile in less than four minutes. Two other runners, Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher, chopped up the track as pacesetters for him, running laps to push Bannister …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
5 hot topics heading into this weekend's Cubs Convention — Photos of the Cubs' annual fan fest through the years. — Chicago Tribune — Spring training starts in less than a month, and the anticipation will swell leading up to this weekend's Cubs Convention.
Kevin Acee / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Moving Myers again means Padres loaded in outfield, lacking at third — Wil Myers confirmed on Saturday that he is once again an outfielder. — “What we think is best for the team is for me to go back to the outfield,” said Myers, who began his career as an outfielder …
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Bleacher Nation, Cubs Insider, Redleg Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
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