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Who Had The Scoop?

By Tim Dierkes | February 13, 2009 at 3:31pm CDT

Given the number of journalists in competition these days, as well as the instantaneous nature of breaking news, it is very difficult to scoop a major baseball story.  Let’s tip our cap to the journalists who were the first to report this winter’s biggest deals.  I won’t list them here, but in many cases one person scooped the agreement and a second person had the terms.  Many of these are open to interpretation due to the language used.

Free agents

  • Mark Teixeira: Jon Heyman of SI.com
  • C.C. Sabathia: Joel Sherman of the New York Post
  • A.J. Burnett: Jerry Crasnick of ESPN
  • Derek Lowe: David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Ryan Dempster: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Francisco Rodriguez: Joel Sherman of the New York Post
  • Oliver Perez: Jon Heyman of SI.com
  • Raul Ibanez: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Milton Bradley: Bruce Levine of ESPN Radio
  • Rafael Furcal: Tim Brown of Yahoo (difficult to determine)
  • Kenshin Kawakami: David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Kerry Wood: Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com (difficult to determine)
  • Adam Dunn: Chico Harlan of the Washington Post
  • Edgar Renteria: Tim Brown of Yahoo (difficult to determine)
  • Casey Blake: Jayson Stark of ESPN
  • Brian Fuentes: Buster Olney of ESPN
  • Pat Burrell: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Jamie Moyer: Howard Eskin of WIP 610 Radio
  • Juan Rivera: Tim Brown of Yahoo
  • Damaso Marte: Impacto Deportivo (journalist unknown)
  • Koji Uehara: Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun
  • Randy Johnson: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Jon Garland: Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic
  • Trevor Hoffman: Barry Bloom and Adam McCalvy of MLB.com
  • Andy Pettitte: Jon Heyman of SI.com
  • John Smoltz: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe
  • Jason Giambi: Buster Olney of ESPN
  • Bobby Abreu: Jon Heyman of SI.com
  • Brad Penny: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Jason Varitek: Jon Heyman of SI.com
  • Randy Wolf: Tim Brown of Yahoo
  • Nick Punto: Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
  • Kyle Farnsworth: Steve Phillips of ESPN
  • Dayan Viciedo: Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune
  • Junichi Tazawa: Sponichi (journalist unknown)

Extensions

  • Ryan Howard: Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Prince Fielder: Tom Verducci of SI
  • Cole Hamels: Joel Sherman of the New York Post
  • Nick Markakis: Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun
  • Dustin Pedroia: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Kevin Youkilis: Peter Gammons of ESPN
  • Paul Maholm: Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Jayson Werth: John R. Finger of CSN Philadelphia
  • Ryan Madson: Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Ryan Doumit: Jerry Crasnick of ESPN
  • Chris Snyder: Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic

Trades

  • Matt Holliday: Jon Heyman of SI.com
  • J.J. Putz: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (difficult to determine)
  • Javier Vazquez: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Jason Marquis: Steve Phillips of ESPN
  • Mark DeRosa: Bruce Levine of ESPN Radio
  • Edwin Jackson: Ed Price of FOX Sports
  • Ramon Hernandez: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (difficult to determine)
  • Gerald Laird: Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press
  • Khalil Greene: Joel Sherman of the New York Post
  • Coco Crisp: Brian McRae of Sports Radio 810
  • Kevin Gregg: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports
  • Nick Swisher: Jerry Crasnick of ESPN
  • Scott Olsen: Peter Gammons of ESPN
  • Mike Jacobs: Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star
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