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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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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.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Philadelphia Phillies emerge as clear-cut favorite to land Bryce Harper after meeting
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: White Sox's long shot pursuit of Manny Machado could be paying off
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Yankees betting Miguel Andujar's work ethic will help fix defense
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Andy Schwartz / Baltimore Sun:
Report: Phillies may favor Bryce Harper over Manny Machado
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Mark Fischer / New York Daily News:
Bryce Harper, Manny Machado sweepstakes nearing end with Yanks nowhere to be found
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Giant keep lefty Derek Holland with $7M, 1-year deal — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Left-hander Derek Holland is staying with the San Francisco Giants, agreeing to a one-year contract that guarantees $7 million. — With all the injuries to the rotation last season, keeping the versatile Holland provides a big boost to the pitching staff.
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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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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Still looking at starters, did Rangers pursue Holland before he re-signed with Giants? — Derek Holland will return to the Giants in 2019 after resurrecting his career in San Francisco in 2018. The Rangers showed some interest in him. — Pitchers and catchers report to Texas Rangers spring training …
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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Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Johnny Bench, Hall of Fame Cincinnati Reds great, pays tribute to Mel Stottlemyre — Hall of Famer and former Cincinnati Reds great Johnny Bench offered a tribute via Twitter on Monday evening to former New York Yankees pitcher and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, who died at 77 after a long battle with cancer.
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Associated Press:
Brewers finalize 1-year, $18.25 million deal with Yasmani Grandal — Catcher Yasmani Grandal and the Milwaukee Brewers have finalized an $18.25 million, one-year contract. — The deal, agreed to last week subject to a successful physical, was announced by the Brewers on Monday.
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.
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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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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:
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 …
