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AL East News and Rumors

D'backs ink Hinske, Nieves to one-year deals

CNNSI.com

PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks completed one-year contracts with free agent Eric Hinske and catcher Wil Nieves on Thursday.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Free agent first baseman James Loney and the Tampa Bay Rays completed their $2 million, 1-year contract Thursday.

CNNSI.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Reliever Koji Uehara has reached an agreement with the Boston Red Sox, pending a physical.

Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com

Turns out you can put a price on perfection. The total: $756,000 for the New York Yankees jersey that Don Larsen wore in 1956 while pitching the only perfect game in World Series history. As reported by Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, the auction for the fam…

CNNSI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- The uniform Don Larsen was wearing when he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history has sold for $756,000.

CNNSI.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Houston Astros took hard-throwing reliever Josh Fields from the Boston system Thursday with the overall first pick in the draft of players left off 40-man rosters.

Gordon Edes, ESPN.com

The Boston Red Sox and free-agent reliever Koji Uehara struck an agreement on a one-year deal Thursday, according to a major league source.

Adam Berry, MLB.com

The Red Sox acquired right-hander Kyle Kaminska on Thursday to complete the Nov. 28 trade that sent Zach Stewart to the Pirates.

Spencer Fordin, MLB.com

The Red Sox continued to make moves on the final day of the Winter Meetings on Thursday, reaching a a deal with free-agent reliever Koji Uehara, according to a Major League source.

Tyler Kepner, nytimes.com

The Yankees offered Kevin Youkilis $12 million to play third base, a position that opened up because of Alex Rodriguez's imminent hip surgery.

Adam Berry, MLB.com

Former Yankees pitcher Don Larsen, the author of the only perfect game in World Series history, parted with a prized possession and a piece of baseball history Wednesday night.

Bryan Hoch, MLB.com

The Yankees have offered Kevin Youkilis a one-year, $12 million contract, hoping that the former Red Sox star will help fill their void at third base.

Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com

The Twins selected right-hander Ryan Pressly from the Red Sox organization in the Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings on Thursday.

Mark Townsend, yahoo.com

As the winter meetings reach their final day and the New York Yankees continue getting beat to the punch on potential free agent targets, one can't help but wonder if the Mayans were correct in predicting Dec. 21, 2012 as the day the world will cease to…

nydailynews.com

Suddenly it feels like 1992, when nobody wanted to play for the Yankees. Except this time it’s not Barry Bonds, Greg Maddux, and David Cone shunning the pinstripes, but Eric Chavez, Jeff Keppinger, and Marco Scutaro. What’s going on here, anyway?

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Derek Jeter cheerily posed with four student leaders from his Turn 2 Foundation who were wearing Yankees jerseys and elf hats and asked a question to the group of photographers snapping away.

grantland.com

A grab bag of smaller deals and rumors, while waiting for updates on the four-team trade of death ... The Red Sox are rumored to be interested in...