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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Mets' Jacob deGrom cruises to landslide victory to take 2nd straight Cy Young Award — Jacob deGrom was named the National League Cy Young Award winner for the second consecutive season. — DeGrom becomes the 20th pitcher to win multiple Cy Young Awards, a list that features seven …
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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Justin Verlander edges Astros teammate to win 2nd Cy Young Award — Justin Verlander outpolled his Houston Astros teammate, Gerrit Cole, to win the American League Cy Young Award. — This is the first time in the history of AL Cy Young voting that teammates have finished first and second on the ballot.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers have two quality starting pitchers. Free agency may yield a third, maybe a fourth — For all the talk that has been generated about the Texas Rangers' need for a third baseman, the postseason again showed unequivocally that quality starting pitching rules the day.
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Mark Townsend / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Jacob deGrom joins elite company after winning second straight NL Cy Young award — Jacob deGrom has gone back-to-back. — The New York Mets ace was named the National League's Cy Young award winner again on Wednesday after a vote by the — Baseball Writers Association of America.
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Jon Paul Morosi / MLB.com:
Market for Zack Wheeler could be robust — Righty has until Thursday to accept or reject $17.8M qualifying offer — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Zack Wheeler has until Thursday at 5 p.m. ET to accept or reject the Mets' $17.8 million qualifying offer. Thus, over the coming days …
The Athletic:
The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 — part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball — There is a broad story about this era of baseball that has yet to be told. — To this point, the public's understanding of sign stealing mostly rests on anonymous second-hand conjecture and finger-pointing.
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The Athletic:
Three major-league managers are connected to Astros' sign stealing — Major League Baseball's investigation into the Astros and sign stealing is virtually certain to include interviews with three current managers — the Astros' AJ Hinch, the Red Sox's Alex Cora and the Mets' Carlos Beltrán.
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New York Post and Sports Illustrated
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Ex-Astros pitcher Mike Fiers: Team stole signs with camera
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Jeff Fletcher / BBWAA:
Cardinals' Mike Shildt wins tight race for NL Manager of the Year honors — Mike Shildt of the St. Louis Cardinals was named National League Manager of the Year, marking just the second time in Manager of the Year voting that the winner did not receive the most first-place votes.
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Ryan Wormeli / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Does Davey Martinez's snub highlight problems with Manager of the Year award?
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Kevin Acee / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Padres plan to work on contract for Tatis; coaching staff interviews continue — Padres would like to buy out a couple years of Fernando Tatis Jr.'s eventual free agency; Cubs GM talks about Andy Green — Amid the flurry of moves they expect to make this offseason via trade and free agency …
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Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
Phillies touch base with agent Scott Boras on Mike Moustakas and free-agent pitchers — SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Scott Boras, baseball's most high-powered agent, has forged an undeniable chemistry with the Phillies and owner John Middleton, in particular, over the last two years.
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Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
The Rangers are willing to play the free agency game. Now comes the hard part: winning it.
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Pinstripe Alley, Cubs Insider and MLB Trade Rumors
Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
This free agent's market is already heating up
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MLB Trade Rumors, Yahoo! Sports, MLB Daily Dish and Rangers News
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Qualifying offer thoughts; Contemplating Yelich's future in Milwaukee; Hamels is the new Happ; more notes — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In August, when the Brewers were still barely above .500, a rival executive suggested the team soon might need to trade right fielder Christian Yelich …
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Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:
Adding some pitching remains a priority for the Cincinnati Reds this offseason — Sports Pulse: Reporter Bob Nightengale predicts the MLB individual awards — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - After the Reds scored the fourth-fewest runs in the National League this season, it's clear the Reds …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Molina plans to play past current deal, possibly through 2022; La Russa, Pujols reunited with Angels — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Originally, Yadier Molina's plan was to play through the end of his current contract, trade in his pads and catcher's mitt maybe for a fungo bat and some time as a coach …
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