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Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Winter Meetings notes: Braves seek power bat, backup shortstop — The 2019 MLB winter meetings are underway in San Diego. The Braves did much of their heavy lifting beforehand, signing a plethora of relievers, a catcher and veteran starter Cole Hamels. — Third base and/or a power hitter remain the team's most discussed need.
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Latest On Kris Bryant — The Cubs have reportedly been in fervent pursuit of trade possibilities, exploring deals involving much of their roster — including Kris Bryant. There are some wrinkles to structuring a deal for the superstar third baseman, as well as some new market developments of note.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun-Times:
Outcome of Kris Bryant grievance hearing won't slow Cubs in trade talks this winter — Cubs expect the decision on Bryant's October hearing over service-time manipulation to land in their favor and preserve the remaining two years of club control over the 2016 MVP.
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Didi Gregorius might find a fit with the Reds; the Cubs' waiting game with Kris Bryant; more notes — The Reds already have signed free-agent infielder Mike Moustakas to a four-year, $64 million deal and also are interested in another high-priced free agent, outfielder Marcell Ozuna, according to major-league sources.
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Reportedly Interested In Didi Gregorius
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Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Report: Giants acquire Zack Cozart from Angels — The Athletic's Fabian Ardaya reports that the Giants have acquired infielder — Zack Cozart and minor league infielder Will Wilson from the Angels in exchange for a player to be named later and cash. — Cozart, 34, played in only 38 games …
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ESPN:
Sources: Stephen Strasburg stays with Nats on $245M deal — Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals have reached agreement on a seven-year deal, the team announced. Sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan that the value of the deal is a record-setting $245 million.
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Alex Pavlovic / NBCSports.com:
MLB free agency: Giants, Madison Bumgarner's agents to meet this week
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Madison Bumgarner
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Sign Kevin Gausman — The Giants have signed right-hander Kevin Gausman, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic was among those to report. It's a one-year, $9MM contract with up to $1MM in performance bonuses, the team announced. Gausman is a client of Tidal Sports Group.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cherington: Pirates Open To Discussing Trades On Any Players — New Pirates GM Ben Cherington told reporters yesterday that he's fielding interest in loads of players, as Rob Biertempfel writes for The Athletic (subscription link). Cherington indicated that he isn't rebuffing inquiries on any segments of the Pittsburgh roster.
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Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Brewers avoid arbitration with Corey Knebel — The Brewers announced on Tuesday that the club and reliever — Corey Knebel agreed on a one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. The terms of the contract are not yet known. — Knebel, 28, was — projected by MLB Trade Rumors …
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Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mexico City will host two regular season MLB games in 2020 — Major League Baseball and the MLBPA announced on Tuesday that Mexico City will, for the first time, host regular season MLB games. The — Padres will play at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium on April 18-19.
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
NL Central Notes: Stearns, Hader, Pirates, Reds — Let's take a look at the latest from around the NL Central... - “Frankly, at this point, we don't think too much about that,” Brewers GM David Stearns told Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Twitter video link) …
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Paul Dehner Jr / The Athletic:
Dehner Jr.: Sources say Patriots video focused for 8 minutes on Bengals' sideline — CINCINNATI — Imagine being a Bengals staff member sitting down to watch the game in the second row of the press box, when somebody sits down in front of you during the first quarter, pulls out a video camera and starts recording.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Prospects could be in play as Diamondbacks look to fill holes — SAN DIEGO - As he searches for ways to fill multiple holes on his roster, Diamondbacks General Manager Mike Hazen isn't ruling out the idea of trading from his improved prospect inventory. — “I feel like we should be in a position …
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