Braves bank on fresh faces in Cox’s final season as manager

January 24, 2010 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Los Angeles Dodgers, Melky Cabrera, Nate McLouth, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rafael Soriano, St. Louis Cardinals, new york yankees
Atlanta Braves general manager Frank Wren went into the offseason looking for ways to improve his team's offense and for relievers to rebuild the bullpen.

AP: Joel Pineiro agrees to $16M deal with Angels

January 21, 2010 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chone Figgins, Fernando Rodney, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, St. Louis Cardinals, new york yankees
Joel Pineiro agreed Wednesday to a $16 million, two-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

USA TODAY interview: McGwire details steroid use

January 11, 2010 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago Cubs, David Ortiz, Mark McGwire, New York Yankees News, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, St. Louis Cardinals, World Series, new york yankees
Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.

Guerrero parts ways with Angels, agrees to deal with Rangers

January 10, 2010 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Josh Hamilton, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees News, Omar Vizquel, Ron Washington, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, new york yankees
Vladimir Guerrero and the Texas Rangers have finalized a one-year contract that includes a mutual option for 2011.

Holliday, Cardinals finalize a seven-year, $120M deal

January 05, 2010 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - C.C. Sabathia, Chris Carpenter, Cy Young, Derek Jeter, Jason Bay, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Teixeira, Matt Holliday, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, St. Louis Cardinals, World Series, new york yankees
Matt Holliday is staying with the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing Tuesday to a $120 million, seven-year contract that is baseball's richest deal of the offseason.

The best team realistic money can buy, all for $80 million

December 31, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Carl Crawford, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Cy Young, Derek Jeter, Dustin Pedroia, Evan Longoria, Grady Sizemore, Hanley Ramirez, Houston Astros, Ichiro Suzuki, Jayson Werth, Joe Mauer, Kevin Youkilis, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez, Mariano Rivera, Matt Holliday, Mike Scioscia, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rick Porcello, Ryan Rowland-Smith, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Todd Wellemeyer, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, new york yankees
Our annual exercise to field a team based on the major league median payroll yielded a fleet, flexible team.

Who’s available? Fielding a team of free agents

December 28, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Cincinnati Reds, Erik Bedard, Houston Astros, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Bay, Jim Thome, John Smoltz, Johnny Damon, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Holliday, Miguel Tejada, New York Mets, New York Yankees News, Pedro Martinez, Philadelphia Phillies, Randy Johnson, Rod Barajas, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto, Xavier Nady, new york yankees
With the holiday shopping season behind us, it is time for general managers to open their checkbooks for the large and talented group of free agents still available. USA TODAY's Seth Livingstone takes a position-by-position look at players seeking jobs emdash/ and where they could land emdash/ as 2010 approaches:

Marquis’ $15M, 2-year deal fills Nationals void

December 21, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago Cubs, John Smoltz, New York Yankees News, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, new york yankees
Free-agent pitcher Jason Marquis and the Washington Nationals have finalized a $15 million, two-year contract.

Countdown to ‘10: Top sports meltdowns since 2000

December 20, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Chicago Cubs, Mark McGwire, National League Championship Series, New York Yankees News, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, World Series, new york yankees
As we count down to 2010, USA TODAY recounts top moments in 10 categories from the last 10 years.Today: The top meltdowns since 2000

Countdown to ‘10: Top sports breakouts since 2000

December 16, 2009 :: Posted by - New York Yankees Top Stories Topic Feed :: Category - Houston Astros, Joe Maddon, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, National Collegiate Athletic Association, New York Yankees News, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, World Series, new york yankees
As we count down to 2010, USA TODAY recounts top moments in 10 categories from the last 10 years. Today: The top breakouts since 2000:

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