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Bill Madden: It’s contract madness from MLB owners at winter meetings in ‘age of irrationality’

NEW YORK — Sometime around the midpoint of the baseball owners’ nearly two billion dollar spending spree at the winter meetings in San Diego this week, Billy Eppler got off the phone in the Mets war room and announced to his troops that the earth had just shifted.

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The U.S. will bring the star power to World Baseball Classic

SAN DIEGO — The World Baseball Classic has been played four times, a classic attraction in baseball-loving countries except one. Finally, a cast of megastars — MVPs and Gold Glove winners, and the like — have signed up to represent the United States.

Los Angeles Times

Jackass star Bam Margera ‘on a ventilator in hospital with pneumonia’

Margera is currently undergoing treatment in the ICU of a San Diego hospital, according to US media reports

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Jackass star Bam Margera rushed to hospital and put on a ventilator

Jackass star Bam Margera is said to be battling pneumonia and has been put on a ventilator after being taken to a hospital in San Diego earlier this week

Daily Mirror

Editorial: ‘Parents first’ conservatives mostly lost, but their school board bids should be a wake-up call

In dozens of school board races statewide, conservative candidates ran on a “parents first” platform that seeks to ban the teaching of America’s history of racism, referred to as “critical race theory,” and rein in government control over education. They had limited success on the Nov. 8 ballot, with scattered…

Los Angeles Times

How Zoom has helped Major Baseball adjust to free agency since the pandemic

SAN DIEGO — It was Tuesday afternoon, just about halfway through Major League Baseball's first in-person winter meetings in three years, and Andrew Friedman wasn't sure how to assess the three-day affair.

Los Angeles Times

Ben Frederickson: After beating Astros in bold strike for Contreras, Cardinals should pivot to starter

SAN DIEGO — Great job, Cardinals.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers' puzzling offseason strategy can be justified by signing Shohei Ohtani next year

SAN DIEGO — Back in the city where their season ended, the Dodgers resorted to familiar behavior this week. Like their hitters in October, their executives froze in the batter's box at baseball's winter meetings.

Los Angeles Times

Padres get free agent shortstop Xander Bogaerts

SAN DIEGO — The third try was the charm.

Tribune News Service

Xander Bogaerts Deal Makes It Clear the Padres Are Now the Red Sox

After a decade in Boston, the 30-year-old shortstop accepted a reported 11-year, $280 million deal with San Diego.

Sports Illustrated

AP source: Bogaerts to Padres for 11 years, $280 million

The San Diego Padres and Xander Bogaerts have agreed to a blockbuster $280 million, 11-year contract, adding the All-Star slugger to an already deep lineup

The Independent UK

Billy Eppler plans to ‘stay working’ after adding four new pitchers at Winter Meetings

SAN DIEGO — The Mets are leaving the Winter Meetings with four new pitchers but have yet to find a center fielder or address the lack of power in the lineup.

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Red Sox to sign Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida to historic contract worth $105 million

SAN DIEGO — It’s not the move Red Sox fans have been waiting for, but for the first time in years they made a franchise-altering free-agent signing that will completely change the way they look on the field.

Boston Herald

Phillies dominated the winter meetings, and showed they plan on more Red Octobers

SAN DIEGO — As Dave Dombrowski packed his garment bag Wednesday and checked out of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, he might have considered borrowing a line from Michael Corleone near the end of The Godfather.

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Mets ink veteran pitcher Jose Quintana to two-year deal, land lefty Brooks Raley in trade

SAN DIEGO — The Mets promised to remain active in the starting pitching market and they made good on their promise Wednesday morning, agreeing with veteran left-hander Jose Quintana on a two-year, $26 million contract, pending a physical.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sources: Cardinals finalizing five-year deal with All-Star catcher Willson Contreras

SAN DIEGO — The catcher who wanted a chance to sell the Cardinals on his ability to follow Yadier Molina behind the plate at Busch Stadium will get that chance.

Tribune News Service

If Dansby Swanson leaves, Braves must answer this question

SAN DIEGO — If Dansby Swanson and the Braves can’t come to a contract agreement this offseason, the team’s shortstop situation still would not be resolved. The Braves would face a major question.

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No charges filed in San Diego State gang rape case, District Attorney’s Office says

SAN DIEGO — Former Buffalo Bills punter and standout San Diego State University football player Matt Araiza will not be charged in connection with the reported gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at an off-campus party last year, officials announced Wednesday.

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SF Giants reportedly lose out on Aaron Judge to Yankees: Where do they turn now?

SAN DIEGO — The Giants identified Aaron Judge as their top free-agent target, and he gave them enough consideration to visit for a long set of in-person meetings, but like past high-profile pursuits, it appears San Francisco has finished runners-up.

Boston Herald

Red Sox to sign All-Star closer Kenley Jansen to two-year, $32 million deal, per report

SAN DIEGO — In the middle of an offseason in which they’ve come up short signing several targets, the Red Sox landed an important one on Wednesday morning.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sources: Cardinals complete deal for Willson Contreras

SAN DIEGO — The St. Louis Cardinals have reached a deal with veteran free agent catcher Willson Contreras, sources confirm to the Post-Dispatch. The deal is valued at $87.5 million over a term of five years. This marks the largest free agent deal by the franchise for a player who…

The Independent UK

Rower's family says abusive coach pushed athlete to suicide

The family of a former University of California-San Diego rower who committed suicide in January 2021 says he was pushed too far by his coach

Chicago Sun-Times

Jose Quintana agrees to $26 million, 2-year deal with Mets

New York has been rebuilding its pitching staff following a playoff loss to San Diego in the wild-card round.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Padres Made Last-Ditch Effort to Land Aaron Judge

The team emerged as a dark horse in the final hours of the American League MVP’s free agency.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘These are the guys we want, so go get them’: How owner John Middleton pushed the Phillies to land Trea Turner

SAN DIEGO — Four years ago, John Middleton gassed up his private jet — the white Bombardier Challenger with a Phillies “P” on the tail — and flew to Las Vegas twice to meet with Bryce Harper and help close the largest deal in franchise history.

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