Who Had The Scoop?

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Who Had The Scoop?

By Tim Dierkes [February 13 at 3:31pm CST]

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

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

Trades

Matt Holliday: Jon Heyman of SI.com

J.J. Putz: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports

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