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Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

Buster Olney | ESPN.com (10 hours ago)
Before the holidays -- and with the big turkeys of free agency still potentially weeks away from signing -- Buster opens up the notebook with some collected side dishes on topics from Roy Oswalt to just how soon the Yankees will enter the market.

Closing the market

Keith Law | ESPN.com (5 days ago)
There's a deep closer market in free agency, but that might also reflect shifting philosophies across the MLB landscape. Every team values a great closer, but more and more, teams are convinced the solution isn't of the market variety. Keith Law explores.

Free-agency side dishes (before the turkey)

Buster Olney | ESPN.com (10 hours ago)
Before the holidays -- and with the big turkeys of free agency still potentially weeks away from signing -- Buster opens up the notebook with some collected side dishes on topics from Roy Oswalt to just how soon the Yankees will enter the market.

Closing the market

Keith Law | ESPN.com (5 days ago)
There's a deep closer market in free agency, but that might also reflect shifting philosophies across the MLB landscape. Every team values a great closer, but more and more, teams are convinced the solution isn't of the market variety. Keith Law explores.

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