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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Yankees find their catcher for stretch, trade for Rodriguez … The New York Yankees have found a replacement for Jorge Posada. — New York acquired catcher Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers on Wednesday for right-handed pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. — Rodriguez, who is in the final year of his contract …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Ivan Rodriguez — In a surprise move, the Yankees have acquired catcher Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers for Kyle Farnsworth according to Buster Olney. The move should save Detroit about $2.6MM and could help their 'pen. — Nice pickup for New York, plus he's a Type …
Newsday:
Yanks trade Farnsworth to get Detroit's Ivan Rodriguez — The Yankees are apparently all in on the 2008 season. They traded for Tigers catcher Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez on Wednesday afternoon, sending setup man Kyle Farnsworth to Detroit. — It was a quick-developing deal …
Samara Pearlstein / Roar of the Tigers:Pudge for The Farns; excuse me, my brain has exploded
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Bless You Boys
John Perrotto / Unfiltered:
Manny looks headed to Miami — Multiple baseball sources say that the Red Sox are on the verge of sending disgruntled left fielder Manny Ramirez to the Marlins in a trade for a package of three players that include Low-A Greensboro outfielder Mike Stanton, an 18-year-old who is hitting .275/.351/.569 with 26 home runs in 96 games.
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MetsBlog.com, El Guapo's Ghost Rambles …, Hot Foot, The Big Lead, MLB Rumors and The 'Ropolitans
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Marlins, Red Sox, Pirates Talking Manny Trade — 9:05pm: Gammons: talks will continue into Thursday. Good, it'll give me something to do. — 8:50pm: Will Carroll believes the Commissioner's Office has been informed of a Red Sox-Pirates-Marlins trade even though the teams haven't agreed on the prospects.
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MLB.com, PBC Blog, Unfiltered, Florida Marlins, Trade Talk, ESPN, SOX & Dawgs, Over the Monster, Around The Bases, Fenway West, MetsBlog.com and Al's Ramblings
Dan Graziano / New Jersey Online:
MLB Trade Winds — 5:30 p.m. Update: New York Yankees still after Washburn deal, Mets looking to revamp bullpen — The trade that brings Pudge Rodriguez for Kyle Farnsworth might be the last move the Yankees make before Thursday's 4 p.m. non-waiver deadline, but it might not.
ESPN:
Manny on the block: Red Sox 'don't deserve me' — Red Sox Discussing Possible Manny Ramirez Trade With Marlins — With less than 24 hours before the trade deadline, the Boston Red Sox are engaged in serious conversations to trade Manny Ramirez to the Florida Marlins, as well as other teams …
John Perrotto / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:
Pirates, Red Sox, Marlins talk deal — The Pittsburgh Pirates have talked to the Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins about a potential blockbuster three-way trade, multiple baseball sources said Wednesday night. — The Pirates would get outfielder Jeremy Hermida from the Marlins …
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The House That Dewey Built
Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Pirates, Rays, Cardinals discussing Bay — By Dejan Kovacevi c | The Pirates and Tampa Bay continue to discuss Jason Bay, a process that became deep yesterday, and two prospect names known to be in the mix on the Rays' end are shortstop Reid Brignac and pitcher Jeremy Hellickson.
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Krysten Oliphant / MLB.com:
Astros acquire Hawkins from Yanks — Club exchanges prospect Cusick to bring righty aboard — HOUSTON — The Astros have acquired right-handed reliever LaTroy Hawkins from the New York Yankees in exchange for Matt Cusick, the Astros announced minutes before the start of their game with the Reds on Wednesday night.
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The Crawfish Boxes
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Richard / SportsJustice:
The Astros get LaTroy Hawkins and I'm even more confused. — I don't know what I don't know anymore. That was my reaction when the Astros acquired 35-year-old LaTroy Hawkins from the Yankees. He's a 14-year veteran with a 5.71 ERA. He'd been designated for assignment by the Yankees.
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MLB Rumors
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Mets passing on Ibanez — The Mariners continue to ask the Mets for pitcher Jon Niese and a second prospect for Raul Ibanez. And unless the price comes down, the Mets plan to pass and wait to see which bats clear waivers in August, according to clubs that have spoken with them.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Depth at catcher has teams calling on Texas Rangers — ARLINGTON — Gerald Laird is the Texas Rangers' starting catcher, a statement that has been made on a number of occasions the past two seasons but always with a caveat. — For now. — He entered spring training as the starter …
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Matt Fairchild / SPORTSCRACK:
JASON GIAMBI SAYS F U TO BRIAN ROBERTS — In the bottom of the sixth inning last night in Yankees Stadium the Orioles had a massive shift on Jason Giambi, aka Dirk Diggler, in which Orioles 2b Brian Roberts was basically playing shallow right field. The 70's Porn Stache smoked a ball …
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Twins pursuing Aurilia — • We haven't heard much from the Twins this week. But clubs that have spoken with them report that Minnesota has been talking to the Giants about Rich Aurilia for a middle-tier prospect — and they've been dangling Boof Bonser for a right-handed bat or middle-infield depth.
