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NL East Notes: Nationals, Gonzalez, Fielder, Howard

Found January 25, 2012 on MLB Trade Rumors:
PLAYERS: Buster Olney,  Prince Fielder,  Ruben Amaro Jr.
TEAMS: Washington Nationals,  Milwaukee Brewers,  Philadelphia Phillies

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The Nationals were linked to free agent slugger Prince Fielder for quite some time but yesterday the 27-year-old agreed to a nine-year, $214MM deal with the Tigers.  Here's more on the Nats and other items from around the National League East.. The Nats were never close to winning the Fielder bidding, tweets Buster Olney of ESPN.com.  The club only got as far as discussing parameters of a deal, never specifics. Gio Gonzalez doesn't have a no-trade clause in his new deal with the Nationals, tweets Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post.  Gonzalez agreed to a five-year extension with the club earlier this month. Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said Tuesday that while he believes Domonic Brown would benefit from more sustained playing time in the minor leagues, he'l have a chance to win the leftfield job away from John Mayberry this spring, writes Rich Hofmann of the Philadelphia Inquirer. More from Hofmann as he writes that Amaro is even happier with Ryan Howard&#...
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