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Odds & Ends: Yankees, Strasburg, Holliday

Found November 03, 2009 on MLB Trade Rumors:
PLAYERS: Cliff Lee,  Roy Halladay,  Matt Holliday,  Rusty Greer
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies,  Toronto Blue Jays,  St. Louis Cardinals,  Texas Rangers

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Some links for Tuesday morning... ESPN.com's Rob Neyer says the Yankees will probably want to become younger this offseason, even if it's just a marginal change. Former Rockies assistant GM Chris Rice tells Irv Moss of the Denver Post how "exciting and tense" the expansion draft was before the team's inaugural season. As Danny Knobler of CBSSports points out, the Phillies' decision to go after Cliff Lee instead of Roy Halladay looks smart right now.   Harry Pavlidis of The Hardball Times looks at Stephen Strasburg's performance in the Arizona Fall League and says the top pick "is proving to be everything he was hyped to be." MLB.com's Matthew Leach guesses that Matt Holliday will not return to the Cardinals in 2010.  Richard Durrett of ESPNDallas.com reports that the Rangers could decide today whether Thad Bosley, Rusty Greer, Clint Hurdle or Gerald Perry will become the team&...
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