Winter Meetings, Day Two

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A fairly boring day one of the meetings. Let’s hope today provides a little more excitement. Here’s what we know after 24 hours. 1. With the M’s out of the Johan Santana sweepstakes, they’re now pursuing Erik Bedard - he’s not quite as good as Johan, but he’s still a terrific pitcher, plus he’s under club control through 2009. However, just as with ... [link]

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