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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Moustakas, Grandal Decline Mutual Options; Brewers Outright Austin, Spangenberg — The Brewers have announced some early-offseason roster moves. As anticipated, Mike Moustakas and Yasmani Grandal have each declined their side of mutual options and will become free agents.
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MLB Baseball News … and Brew Crew Ball
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Decline Mutual Option On Matt Adams — The Nationals announced today that they have declined their side of a $4MM mutual option on first baseman Matt Adams. He'll instead receive a $1MM buyout and head back onto the open market. — While it's still possible Adams could return again to D.C. …
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MLB Baseball News …
Jenna West / Sports Illustrated:
Juan Soto Had His First Beer With Nationals Teammates After Winning World Series — Juan Soto turned 21 just in time to celebrate winning the World Series with his Nationals teammates. — While the Nationals celebrated winning their first World Series in franchise history on Wednesday night …
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AZ Snake Pit and USA Today
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Rendon Boom — Anthony Rendon puts the Nationals on the board …
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The Good Phight, Halos Heaven and MLB Daily Dish
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
World Series Game 7 ticket prices falling: ‘The whole city is depressed’
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Pinstripe Alley, baseballmusings.com, USA Today and Nationals News
Sports Illustrated:
Nationals-Astros Preview
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The Crawfish Boxes, DRaysBay and South Side Sox
Lynn Worthy / Kansas City Star:
Matheny hired as Royals' manager, says something ‘very special about to happen’ in KC — The Royals hired Mike Matheny as their 17th manager in franchise history Thursday. — Matheny, 49, a former major league manager with the St. Louis Cardinals, takes over for Ned Yost, who retired after the 2019 season.
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Associated Press, baseballmusings.com, MLB Daily Dish and Boston Red Sox News …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Name Mike Matheny Manager — The Royals announced Thursday that they've hired Mike Matheny as the 17th manager in club history. It's not exactly a surprise, given that Matheny has been rumored to be the likely successor to Ned Yost since joining the Royals organization as a special advisor to GM Dayton Moore last offseason.
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Royals Review, Talking Chop and MLB Baseball News …
Tom Steele / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Rangers Hall-of-Famer Josh Hamilton accused of hitting, throwing chair at daughter — Hamilton, 38, was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of injury to a child. — Former Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge after being accused of hitting one of his daughters last month.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Last Word on Baseball, Lone Star Ball, Redleg Nation, The Athletic and WPIX 11 New York
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CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
Former Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton Arrested On Allegation Of Injury To A Child
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New York Daily News, MLB Baseball News …, Crime Online, NBCSports.com, TMZ.com, Halos Heaven and New York Post
Associated Press:
Josh Hamilton, Former M.L.B. Star, Charged With Injuring His Daughter
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baseballmusings.com
Alaa Abdeldaiem / Sports Illustrated:
Report: Former Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton Arrested for Injury to a Child
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Lone Star Ball and MLB Baseball News …
Sam Miller / ESPN:
Why did those World Series games last so long? — MLB, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals — Baseball's regular season has the pace-of-play problem with which we're all familiar: Many of the 2,430 games take on dead time until they are boring, lulling. It's a good dish, watered down until you don't love it as much.
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baseballmusings.com
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Travis d'Arnaud, Avisail Garcia, Eric Sogard among Rays' free agents — The end of the World Series is the start of free agency and roster shuffling for Rays, other teams with an eye toward 2020. — ST. PETERSBURG — The end of the World Series is the beginning of free agency …
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Bleacher Nation, DRaysBay and MLB Trade Rumors
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Name Carlos Beltran Manager — The Mets have officially named Carlos Beltran their next manager. He'll reportedly earn approximately $3MM over the guaranteed three-year term, with a club option to follow. — If indeed a deal is ticked and tied, it'll launch a fascinating new chapter in Mets history.
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MLB Baseball News …, Sports Illustrated, MLB Daily Dish and New York Mets on Yahoo! …
Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Welington Castillo — The Rangers have acquired catcher Welington Castillo and international draft bonus pool money from the White Sox in exchange for minor league outfielder and corner infielder Jonah McReynolds, as per Rangers executive VP of communications John Blake (Twitter link).
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MLB Baseball News …, Lone Star Ball and South Side Sox
Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Proposal for free-agent signing deadline in Major League Baseball dies quickly — Major League Baseball this month proposed a deadline in free agency for any player signing a multi-year deal. The deal was a non-starter for the Major League Baseball Players Association, citing an impact on leverage and ultimately, salaries.
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Bleacher Nation, NBCSports.com and MLB Trade Rumors
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Chapman Hopes For Extension With Yankees, Will Otherwise Exercise Opt-Out Clause — Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman is pursuing an extension but otherwise plans to utilize the opt-out clause in his five-year contract, per MLB Network's Jon Heyman (Twitter link).
Discussion:
Pinstripe Alley
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Decline 2020 Option On Edwin Encarnacion — The Yankees announced Thursday that they've declined their $20MM option on first baseman/designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion. He'll instead be paid a hefty $5MM buyout and enter the free-agent market. — This has long been viewed …
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Pinstripe Alley, Bluebird Banter, Over the Monster and MLB Baseball News …
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Joe Maddon doing charity work, talking Rays, Cubs and more baseball — Wearing the bright red of his new/old Angels squad, Maddon shared thoughts on his former teams, the Trop and more. — Updated — Earlier today — TAMPA - The red T-shirt was a little bright, but Joe Maddon thought the color looked good on him.
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Cubs Insider and MLB Baseball News …
