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Michael Shapiro / Sports Illustrated:
Rangers Trade for Indians SP Corey Kluber — Kluber finished in the top four of the AL Cy Young voting four times with the Indians — The Rangers have acquired two-time AL Cy Young award winner Corey Kluber from the Indians, the Rangers announced Sunday.
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Texas Rangers trade with Cleveland Indians for two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber — The Texas Rangers missed out on one of the game's best players last week at the winter meetings, but on Sunday they acquired one of the game's best pitchers. — The Rangers will enter spring training …
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Takeaways from Mets' active final 24 hours at Winter Meetings — SAN DIEGO — The Mets arrived at the Winter Meetings this week with the primary goal of strengthening the rotation and bullpen. Four days later, they left with more starters than they came with, and may not sign a relief pitcher at all.
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Injured Yoenis Cespedes agrees to pay cut in grievance settlement — NEW YORK — Yoenis Cespedes' salary for 2019 was cut in half and his pay for 2020 significantly reduced as part of a settlement of a grievance between the injured outfielder and the New York Mets.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets, Yoenis Cespedes Agree To Amended Contract — 4:29pm: Much but not all of the guarantee can be recouped via performance and awards bonuses, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets. — 3:58pm: There's more to this story (and more sure to come). The Mets stopped paying his salary …
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Elizabeth Swinton / Sports Illustrated:
Report: Madison Bumgarner Agrees to Five-Year, $85 Million Deal with Diamondbacks — Madison Bumgarner is reportedly heading to Arizona after an 11-year career in San Francisco. — Free-agent pitcher Madison Bumgarner has agreed to a five-year, $85 million deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks …
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
MLB threatens to walk away from Minor League Baseball — Major League Baseball threw a high, hard brushback pitch at Minor League Baseball late Friday night: Shut up and negotiate, or we'll run our own minor league system without you. — The tension is so high and the trust so low between …
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TC Zencka / MLB Trade Rumors:
Tensions Rising In MLB, MiLB Negotiations — 8:56 pm: If the situation wasn't fraught enough, it now appears that the ongoing dispute has begun to bleed over into the political arena: Sen. Bernie Sanders published a letter this evening threatening Congressional action against MLB's proposal (link).
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Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Work to continue at Globe Life Field while cause of fire investigated, damage assessed — Work can continue at Globe Life Field, the $1.2 billion future home of the Texas Rangers, during an investigation into the fire that started at the ballpark Saturday afternoon, a spokesman for the team confirmed.
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Brewers in discussions to sign former Rays outfielder Avisail Garcia — Tampa Bay had interest in re-signing a key contributor to its 2019 success. — Updated Yesterday — ST. PETERSBURG — Outfielder Avisail Garcia appears headed to a new home. — Garcia, a free agent …
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Andy Martino / SNY:
Sources: Astros witnesses admit sign stealing to MLB, but deny special camera — A Houston coach gave Yankees manager Aaron Boone the finger — Believing that other teams used technology to decode signs, a group of Houston Astros asked the organization for access to a live feed from a centerfield camera in 2017.
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Tim Tucker / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
SunTrust Park name will change ‘sooner rather than later,’ Braves CEO says — SunTrust Park will get a new name “sooner rather than later,” after the first of the year but before the start of the 2020 baseball season, Braves president and CEO Derek Schiller said.
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