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How Starling Marte trade turns D-backs into threat to Dodgers' NL West reign
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Monday, 27 January 2020 11:48
It was the one trade everyone has predicted all offseason and it finally happened on Monday: The Pittsburgh Pirates traded outfielder Starling Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks for two prospects. The Diamondbacks needed an outfielder, and with the Pirates stuck in the mire of Nowhere Land it was for them to trade a 31-year-old outfielder while he still had two…
Sources: Reds tie team FA mark with Castellanos
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Monday, 27 January 2020 06:30
The Cincinnati Reds continued their busy offseason, matching the biggest free-agent contract in team history by agreeing to a four-year, $64 million deal with outfielder Nick Castellanos, sources confirmed to ESPN's Jeff Passan on Monday.The deal has an opt-out clause after the first season, sources said.Castellanos, who undoubtedly made some money for himself after his midseason trade from the Detroit…
Brewers' Braun says this could be final season
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Monday, 27 January 2020 07:08
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun acknowledges the possibility this might be his final season."There's at least a chance this is my last fan fest as a player," he said Sunday during the Brewers' annual winter fan festival and convention. "You definitely get a little nostalgic and think about how quickly it goes by. I've thought about it a…
Missed on Castellanos and Ozuna? These bargain options are still available
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Thursday, 23 January 2020 11:24
With the exception of Yasiel Puig, the last of the big-name free agents - Josh Donaldson, Nicholas Castellanos and Marcell Ozuna - have come off the shelf over the past couple of weeks, but that doesn't mean the cupboard is bare when it comes to finding help among the still-unemployed. While it's not likely that any of the remaining free-agent…
Where Lindor, Arenado or Betts trade would rank among MLB's winter blockbusters
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Friday, 03 January 2020 11:57
Francisco Lindor, Mookie Betts and Nolan Arenado have taken turns at the center of trade rumors all winter. Will any of them be dealt before spring training? Maybe the Cardinals find a way to add Arenado. Maybe the Dodgers, having lost out on Anthony Rendon and Gerrit Cole as big-ticket free agents, will step up and acquire Lindor or Betts…
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