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George A. King III / New York Post:
Yankees filing grievance to owe Jacoby Ellsbury less money — The Yankees may not be on the hook for all of the $26 million they owe Jacoby Ellsbury. — The Post has learned, according to several people with knowledge of the situation, the Yankees are attempting to recoup some of the money …
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Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
Yankees do not intend to pay Jacoby Ellsbury's remaining salary — Two days after releasing Jacoby Ellsbury, the Yankees now plan to inform the outfielder that they do not intend to pay him the remaining dollars they owe him. This comes after the team learned the chronically injured center fielder …
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Associated Press:
AP source: Yankees plan to not pay $26 million owed Ellsbury — NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees plan to not pay Jacoby Ellsbury the remaining $26 million due under his contract, contending he violated the deal by getting unauthorized medical treatment. — New York general manager sent a letter …
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New York Post and THE MICHAEL BARI SHOW
Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Release Jacoby Ellsbury, Designate Greg Bird
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Pinstripe Alley, MLB Baseball News …, New York Post, Beyond the Box Score, Lone Star Ball and Call to the Pen
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners, Evan White Agree To Long-Term Contract — The Mariners and first base prospect Evan White are in agreement on a six-year, $24MM contract that contains three club options, Jim Callis of MLB.com reports (via Twitter). The contract, which can max out at $55.5MM if the options are exercised …
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Lone Star Ball, MLB Daily Dish, FanGraphs Baseball and MLB Baseball News …
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Scott Boeck / USA Today:
Report: Mariners prospect Evan White agrees to historic $24 million deal before reaching majors — The Seattle Mariners and their top prospect have agreed to a historic $24 million deal before he has even played an inning in the major leagues or above Class AA.
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baseballmusings.com and Lookout Landing
ESPN:
Yasmani Grandal, White Sox agree to four-year, $73M deal — MLB, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers — The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a four-year, $73 million contract with free-agent All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal, the team announced Thursday.
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Lynn Worthy / Kansas City Star:
MLB puts unanimous stamp of approval on John Sherman as next Royals owner — Now it's just a matter of paperwork and the transfer of about a billion dollars for John Sherman to officially take over as the new principal owner of the Kansas City Royals. — Major League Baseball's owners voted unanimously …
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Associated Press, Royals Review, Ballpark Digest and Kings of Kauffman
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Dylan A. Chase / MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB Owners Approve Sale Of Royals To John Sherman
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Royals Review and Let's Go Tribe
Associated Press:
Baseball owners approve Greg Johnson as Giants' control person — SAN FRANCISCO — Greg Johnson was approved by the major league clubs as the new controlling owner of the San Francisco Giants. — Following the decision Thursday at the owners meetings in Arlington, Texas …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Gerardo Parra Signs With Japan's Yomiuri Giants
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Craig Calcaterra / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Gerardo Parra signs with Japan's Yomiuri Giants
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Yahoo! Sports, Federal Baseball and baseballmusings.com
Tim Tucker / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves exec to investors: 'We're set up to win, and we're going after it' — The Braves pitched a bullish outlook for the team, on and off the field, at an investors conference held by owner Liberty Media in New York on Thursday. — “We're set up to win, and we're going to go after it,” …
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MLB Trade Rumors
Mitchell Byars / Daily Camera:
Fairview High quarterback Aidan Atkinson arrested in sex assault case — Starting Fairview High School quarterback Aidan Atkinson has been arrested after police allege he sexually assaulted multiple women on a party bus in 2018. — Boulder police issued a news release about the arrest …
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CBS Denver, Sports Illustrated and Chicago Sun-Times
John Romano / Tampa Bay Times:
Orlando baseball is not a threat to Tampa Bay, but apathy is — While communities across North America are gearing up for MLB expansion or relocation, Tampa Bay seems to be reacting with indifference to Rays attendance and stadium concerns. — ST. PETERSBURG — It would be easy to poke fun of the Orlando Dreamers today.
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Joel A. Erickson / Indianapolis Star:
Colts Darius Leonard on fumble that wasn't: 'I had it and ... they said it wasn't a fumble' — HOUSTON — The reporters had left Darius Leonard, had finished asking him questions about the play, and the play still bothered him. — Leonard pulled out his phone, found the video of the play …
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Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Associated Press, New York Post and ProFootballTalk
