Elephant Rumblings: Superstars Arenado, Lindor could be traded

MLB News:

• Rosenthal: Donaldson sweepstakes update; Lindor talks reaching critical stage; Mets not too motivated on Marte... ($$$)
• Rosenthal: A Nolan Arenado trade no longer seems like a preposterous idea... ($$$)
• Adler: Former A’s lefty Gio Gonzalez reportedly has one-year deal with White Sox...
• Simon and Haft: RHP Julio Teheran, Angels agree to one-year deal worth $9M...
• McCalvy: 1B Justin Smoak, Brewers agree to one-year, $5M contract...
• Flanagan: Royals to sign 3B Maikel Franco to one-year deal worth roughly $3M...
• DiComo: Céspedes trade a new possibility for Mets...
• Blum: Players Union files grievance on behalf of Ellsbury...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Clemens: Which Types of Teams Are Signing Free Agents?
• Lott: In the name of efficiency - Why towns like Bluefield fear MLB’s radical plans for minor league baseball... ($$$)
• Posnanski: The Baseball 100 - No. 99, Mike Mussina... ($$$)
• Distelheim: With 2020 Hindsight, We Look at the 2010s...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1973 — Siding with the A’s, American League president Joe Cronin rules the Yankees cannot sign manager Dick Williams. The Yankees had announced a deal with the Oakland skipper two days earlier.
• 1980 — Unless contracts are tendered to certain veterans by today’s deadline, the Basic Agreement requires they be allowed to become free agents. In a major blunder, the Red Sox will miss the deadline, permitting All-Stars Fred Lynn and Carlton Fisk to be eligible for free agency.

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