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The Marlins' Megadeal Could Be Good For Miami If Jeffrey Loria Didn't Exist

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

It took almost a week, but everyone's taken their physicals and the commissioner's office has signed off on the crazypants deal. Deep breath: The Marlins will receive Henderson Alvarez, Yunel Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jeff Mathis, Jake Marisnick, Ant…

Anthony DiComo, MLB.com

The New York Mets will open their Spring Training schedule on Feb. 23 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Due to the return of the World Baseball Classic, the Mets will begin Grapefruit League play about a week earlier than in most other years.

Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com

The Orioles announced Monday that they have named Matt Haas as national crosschecker. Haas, 40, joins the Orioles' organization after four years as a regional crosschecker for the Marlins.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

The Miami Marlins' latest payroll purge received final approval Monday from the commissioner's office, and as the team's top baseball executive began to discuss the deal during a conference call, a bad connection generated waves of reverberating noise t…

Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com

The Toronto Blue Jays got quite a haul from the Miami Marlins at the big league level, but they did have to dig into their deep farm system to make a deal.