Koji Uehara reaches agreement with Red Sox
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reliever Koji Uehara has reached an agreement with the Boston Red Sox, pending a physical.

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Rumor: Yankees make $12 million offer to Kevin
Youkilis

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Cashman lacked authority to make offers during
Winter Meetings

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Larsens perfect game uniform sold for $756,000
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NEW YORK (AP) — The uniform Don Larsen was wearing when he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history has sold for $756,000.

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Houston Astros Claim Mickey Storey Off Waivers
From New York Yankees

post from The Crawfish Boxes - All Posts on 06 December 2012 03:01:36 PM. © The Crawfish Boxes - All Posts

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At this point Mickey Storey has got to feel a little like the ball in ping pong. That's right ladies and gentlemen Mickey Storey is back and hopefully for good this time. It was a bit of a head scratcher when he was let go, but the Astros may have been banking on him not getting claimed.

Storey's return puts the Astros roster at 40 begging the question: Does this signal them being done for the offseason? I would like to think the Astros have a couple more moves in them before the offseason is over, but I have a feeling that might be it for this offseason. Then again when I have that funny feeling Jeff Luhnow tends to go out and do something unexpected.

For anyone that's been an Astros fan since November 21, 2012, Storey is a right handed reliever that had a 3.86 ERA in 30.1 innings pitched for the Astros this past season. He features a fastball, slider, curveball and changeup. His fastball average is in the high 80s, but he only uses it 37% of the time, meaning he relies a lot on his breaking stuff. Eno Sarris of FanGraphs recently did an article on his fastball usage, or lack thereof.

Consider me thrilled Storey has returned, especially with the recent trade of Wilton Lopez

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Braves Re-Sign Outfielder Reed Johnson

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The Atlanta Braves wrapped up a big piece of their bench, agreeing on a one-year contract with outfielder Reed Johnson, that also includes a club option for 2014. Great move by the Braves to keep Reed in the fold. He's the gritty kind of hard-nosed player that Atlanta fans love, and one of the best pinch-hitters in the game.

The Braves are still looking for a left-handed bench option to pair with Johnson, though longtime pinch hitter Eric Hinske has departed, signing earlier this week with Arizona.

Great signing by the Braves, keep them coming...

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OF Reed Johnson stays with Braves on 1-year deal
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reed Johnson, the top pinch hitter in the National League last season, rejoined the Atlanta Braves on Thursday with a one-year contract that includes a club option for 2014.

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Yankees and Robinson Cano not talking extension

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Astros take RHP Josh Fields from Boston in draft
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Houston Astros took hard-throwing reliever Josh Fields from the Boston system Thursday with the overall first pick in the draft of players left off 40-man rosters.

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Around the SaberSphere 11/6: Managing the Astros,
Quiet Winter Meetings, The New Yankees

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David Laurilla of FanGraphs sat down with Bo Porter, the new manager of the Houston Astros: Q&A: Bo Porter, Managing the Analytic Astros | FanGraphs Baseball

Jeff [Luhnow] and the entire group we have is extremely entrenched into the analytical side of the game, which is something I’m extremely interested in. There are a lot of values that can be found when you look at the analytical side and get away from just the numbers everybody looks at every day. In doing so, you’re able to understand the true value of a player. That’s going to help us from an organizational standpoint

Zachary Levine of Baseball Prospectus discusses why for some teams a quiet winter meetings was a good thing: Baseball Prospectus | Skewed Left: How the Teams That Did Nothing in Nashville Did

A three-year deal for $12 million like the White Sox gave out would have been a long commitment to the meh Jeff Keppinger, whose best asset is an uncanny ability not to strike out—6.4 percent of his 2,705 plate appearances were K’s. That doesn’t play all that well with the advantages Yankee Stadium could provide, but as a competent utility man, he’d do well to play third base regularly in A-Rod’s absence and then settle into a role where he would spell fragile players for a day and let them DH.

Grant Brisbee of Baseball Nation takes a look at how the Dodgers continue to resemble the Yankees: The Dodgers and Yankees keep their promises - Baseball Nation

As long as there's an offseason bogeyman to scare the other 29 teams, salaries will go up. That's how it's been for the last 15 years. There's a new bogeyman for the first time, though. It's not going to change anything that drastically. It wasn't exactly a surprise. But there's a decent chance that when the Dodgers go into Yankee Stadium next June, Zack Greinke will be on the mound for the Dodgers, and he'll be trying to retire Chris Stewart or Francisco Cervelli.

Dave Schoenfield of ESPN asks real Zack Greinke to please stand up:Just how good is Zack Greinke? - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN

OK, a lot of you know this already. That leaves us with this: There's a huge difference between the seventh-best starting pitcher and baseball and somebody more in the 25 to 30-ish range. We're talking an ace versus a No. 2. Certainly, at $150 million, Greinke will be paid like one of the best pitchers in baseball.

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