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• Monday Evening Winter Meetings Update: Choo, Price, Samardzija, Arroyo, Trumbo, Sale

  9 Dec 2013

  

  Is Choo nearing a decision? One source says it's getting close, and the Rangers and one other team are in.

  (96 Comments)

• Rumor: Cubs Considering Trade with Nationals for Bullpen Pieces Clippard, Storen

  9 Dec 2013

  

  If you're going to pursue a bullpen arm, those are a couple of very good names to ask about.

  (58 Comments)

• Prepare to Be Irrationally Optimistic and then Irrationally Deflated About Masahiro Tanaka

  9 Dec 2013

  

  Some of the presumed bidders may not be as "in" as we thought, but are the Cubs still heavily "in"?

  (109 Comments)

• Monday Mid-Day Winter Meetings Update: Sale, Samardzija, Brown, Price, Tanaka, Hendriks, More

  9 Dec 2013

  

  As expected, the rumors are flying. Samardzija's is a popular name, but there are other arms available.

  (217 Comments)

• Add the Yankees to the List of Teams Interested in Jeff Samardzija

  9 Dec 2013

  

  Perhaps not the best fit from a trading partner perspective, but more interest never hurts.

  (81 Comments)

• Is Shin-Soo Choo Going to Get $100 Million? Calculating His Expected Contract

  9 Dec 2013

  

  Although Scott Boras might be keen to use Jacoby Ellsbury's monster deal as a comp, that seems to be a reach.

  (102 Comments)

• The Importance of Perspective on a Jeff Samardzija Extension

  9 Dec 2013

  

  That he wants free agent dollars now - and has good reason to bet on himself - is not a sufficient reason to make a free agent level offer.

  (117 Comments)