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Forbes Magazine calculates the Yankees (unsurprisingly) as the most valuable franchise in baseball, worth an estimated $1.85 billion.  The second-place team on the list are (somewhat surprisingly) the Dodgers at $1.4 billion, up nearly 75% in value from last year as Forbes predicts the team’s forthcoming sale and new TV contract will return it to top-tier status.  The Forbes list also reveals which teams lost value from last year and which didn’t turn a profit in 2011, as well as looking at how cable TV deals are changing the economics of the game.
Some other news from around the majors…

Yasmani Grandal is happy that Padres teammate and fellow catcher Nick Hundley received a contract extension but isn’t worried that Hundley’s deal impacts his own future with the club, reports Dan Hayes of the North County Times.  “It doesn’t matter if somebody got a deal or not. You never know what could happen,” Grandal said.  “They could get traded or you could get traded. I’m not only playing for one organization. I’m playing for the 29 others that are out there. That’s one way I see it, and if it’s not meant to be it’s not meant to be. If I don’t make it to the big leagues with this club I can make it with any other team.”
Hundley’s reasonable contract could make him a strong trade candidate, opines Dave Cameron of Fangraphs, who the Padres could deal this summer if Grandal has a strong first half at Triple-A.
Felix Hernandez says he is asked about his future with the Mariners in almost every interview, reports Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times, and joked he might hang a banner reading “I’m not going anywhere” over his locker.
The Athletics are thus far very pleased with the four prospects (Tom Milone, Brad Peacock, A.J. Cole and Derek Norris) they received from the Nationals in the Gio Gonzalez trade, reports Jeff Fletcher for the Washington Times.
Matthew Eddy of Baseball America recaps the week’s minor league transactions.
Vernon Wells thinks the Blue Jays could make “exceptions” to their policy of not offering contracts longer than five years, reports Danny Knobler of CBS Sports.  Ironically, Wells’ seven-year, $126MM deal with Toronto in 2006 is no doubt a major reason why the current Jays management team has adopted this policy.
Some newly-hired bench bosses make FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal’s annual list of managers on the hot seat, including Ozzie Guillen and Bobby Valentine.

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Harden returns to Athletics with one-year deal
Pitcher Rich Harden has returned to the Oakland Athletics after signing a one-year contract, Major League Baseball’s official website said on Tuesday.

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