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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Wheeler will be a $100 million man; the market for Bumgarner and Castellanos; more notes — Oh, to be free-agent right-hander Zack Wheeler. — His stuff is elite. His career innings total is low. His recent durability is encouraging. — Any day now, he will be a $100 million man.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Ready to make a splash, White Sox going hard in pursuit of free agent Zack Wheeler — The Chicago White Sox, believing they can make a playoff push in 2020, are willing to pay a huge price for free agent starter Zack Wheeler, and have engaged in preliminary trade talks with the Los Angeles Dodgers …
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Dodger Blue, MLB Trade Rumors and Redleg Nation
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers, White Sox Have Had “Preliminary” Trade Talks On Joc Pederson — For a second consecutive offseason, the White Sox are showing some interest in Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson, writes USA Today's Bob Nightengale. Last winter's talks between the two sides (obviously) didn't lead to a deal …
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Al's Ramblings
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Sources: Rangers meet with free agent 3B Anthony Rendon, agent Scott Boras — Rangers GM Jon Daniels is also believed to have met with free agent pitcher Zack Wheeler recently. — As soon as the free agency period opened this year, Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said his team …
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Sports Illustrated, MLB Trade Rumors, Federal Baseball and Lone Star Ball
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Reportedly Looking To Move Bad Contracts
Mets Reportedly Looking To Move Bad Contracts
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Mookie. Lindor. Arenado? Players who will (or should be) in MLB offseason trade talks — For the many thousands of hours executives have spent talking with their counterparts about potential trades since the end of the baseball season, there have been a grand total of four deals involving players …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Non-Tender Travis Shaw, Jimmy Nelson, 3 Others — The Brewers have non-tendered a host of prominent players, per a club announcement. Third baseman Travis Shaw, righties Junior Guerra and Jimmy Nelson, southpaw Alex Claudio, and infielder Tyler Saladino are all being dropped from the roster.
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Brew Crew Ball and MLB Baseball News …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Brewers' Offseason Plans — Having already trimmed a laundry list of notable players from their 40-man roster — some through free agency, others via trade, yet more through non-tender — the Brewers now face a wide open remaining offseason. Just what course it'll take isn't really evident …
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Bleacher Nation, Brew Crew Ball and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
2019-20 MLB International Reviews: Boston Red Sox — The Red Sox remain one of the most aggressive teams when it comes to scouting in Venezuela, a country where scouts from the United States seldom travel any more. Four of their top five signing bonuses for 16-year-old players this year went …
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Red Sox ace Chris Sale (elbow) cleared to start throwing
Red Sox ace Chris Sale (elbow) cleared to start throwing
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Over the Monster, MLB Daily Dish, Let's Go Tribe, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Acquire Sandy Leon, Designate James Hoyt
Indians Acquire Sandy Leon, Designate James Hoyt
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Last Word on Baseball and Over the Monster
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
The competition for Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg intensifies as they meet with Yankees, other teams — The Gerrit Cole sweepstakes are starting to accelerate. The Stephen Strasburg sweepstakes, too. — The two free-agent pitchers, both represented by Scott Boras …
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Reds To Sign Mike Moustakas — The Reds have agreed to a deal with free agent infielder Mike Moustakas, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network (Twitter links). It's a four-year, $64MM pact for the Scott Boras client, according to reports from Heyman and Jeff Passan of ESPN.com (via Twitter).
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Red Reporter, baseballmusings.com, Redleg Nation, FanGraphs Baseball, The Athletic and Al's Ramblings
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Mike Oz / Yahoo! Sports:
Mike Moustakas agrees to four-year, $64M deal with Cincinnati Reds
Mike Moustakas agrees to four-year, $64M deal with Cincinnati Reds
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Royals Review, MLB Daily Dish and Lone Star Ball
Dalton Johnson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
MLB rumors: Giants interested in free-agent slugger Nicholas Castellanos — Giants fans were scratching their heads and typing furiously Monday night when the team decided to part ways — with center fielder Kevin Pillar. — The veteran tied for the team lead in homers with 21 …
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McCovey Chronicles, NBCSports.com and Bleacher Nation
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Nothing earth-shattering at non-tender deadline, but still a busy day in Rangers' bullpen — Another of the annual MLB roster deadlines — the non-tender deadline — passed Monday night with the Texas Rangers committing to offer 2020 contracts to all of their arbitration-eligible players.
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Non-Tender Cesar Hernandez, Maikel Franco — The Phillies have non-tendered second baseman Cesar Hernandez and third baseman Maikel Franco, Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia was among those to report. — Neither outcome is surprising, but the non-tenders will nonetheless bring …
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Lookout Landing, Phillies Nation, The Good Phight and MLB Baseball News …