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10:15 PM ET, July 24, 2009

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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Cardinals acquire Holliday from A's  —  Prospects Wallace, Mortensen, Peterson shipped to Oakland  —  ST. LOUIS — A Major League source has confirmed that a deal is in place for the Cardinals to acquire Matt Holliday from the A's in exchange for Brett Wallace and two other Minor Leaguers …
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Roy Halladay / Sports Illustrated:
Contenders jockeying for position in pursuit of big four trade targets … With one week to go before the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline, the Phillies remain the favorites to land ace Roy Halladay and the Cardinals emerged as a possible landing spot for outfielder Matt Holliday.
ESPN:   Cardinals, A's both do well in Holliday trade
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Sox designate Kotsay, who was surprised by the move  —  With the Red Sox needing to clear a spot on the 25-man roster for newly acquired Adam LaRoche, Mark Kotsay is the odd man out.  —  The Red Sox have designated the veteran outfielder/first baseman for assignment this afternoon.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox DFA Mark Kotsay  —  3:55pm: Mike Petraglia of WEEI.com says Kotsay was designated for assignment, not waived.  This gives the Red Sox ten days to make their next move.  —  2:17pm: The Red Sox put Mark Kotsay on waivers to make room for the recently-acquired Adam LaRoche, according to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe.
Mike Petraglia / WEEI:
KOTSAY DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT AS LAROCHE ARRIVES  —  Red Sox outfielder/first baseman Mark Kotsay has cleared out of his Fenway Park locker after being designated for assingment by the club.  Kotsay was an apparent casualty of the need to clear a spot on the 25-man major-league roster for newly acquired first baseman Adam LaRoche.
Discussion: Boston Globe
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Umpire Cooper has a full plate of no-hitters  —  Some umpires can work their entire careers and never find themselves behind the plate for a no-hitter.  Eric Cooper has been the plate umpire for three of them, including two by White Sox left-hander Mark Buehrle, who pitched a perfect game Thursday against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Chien-Ming Wang is worried he may need surgey
Chicagosports / Hardball:
Mark Buehrle in demand
Discussion: umpbump.com, MOUTHPIECE and ESPN
David Just / MLB.com:
Buehrle enters record books with perfecto
Andy Martino / Philly.com:
Here's the offer: Drabek, Happ and Brown for Halladay  —  Well, here it is, the Blue Jays asking price for Roy Halladay: Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi has spoken to the Phillies within the past 24 hours and negotiations are underway in earnest, baseball sources tell the Inquirer.
Discussion: MLB Rumors and MLB.com
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Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
As trade deadline nears, talks for Halladay heat up
Todd Zolecki / MLB.com:
Phillies continue hot pursuit of Halladay
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Game 96: Athletics at Yankees  —  YANKEES (58-37)  —  Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (5-2, 4.05).  —  ATHLETICS (40-54)  —  Kennedy 3B  —  Cabrera SS  —  Hairston LF  —  Cust DH  —  Suzuki C  —  Sweeney RF  —  Barton 1B  —  Ellis 2B  —  Patterson CF  —  Pitching: LHP Brett Anderson (5-7, 4.25).
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Associated Press:
Yankees RHP Kennedy making progress in rehab  —  TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees pitcher Ian Kennedy hopes to pitch in a minor league game this season.  —  The right-hander, who underwent surgery on May 12 to remove an aneurysm from beneath his right biceps, made 50 throws at 90 feet to minor league coach Dan Borrell on Friday.
Discussion: The Yankee Universe
Mark Feinsand / Blogging the Bombers:
Mariano, meet your successor  —  I've already gone on record saying that I believe Phil Hughes should be the Yankees' next closer.  What I saw tonight did nothing but confirm that belief.  —  Hughes picked up his first big-league save with a pair of scoreless innings …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Mariano's memento to his teammates
Discussion: The Sommer Frieze
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:   Teixeira's homer helps Yanks beat A's at Stadium
Katie Strang / Newsday:
Source: Maine could miss rest of season  —  Mets pitcher John Maine will seek a second opinion on his injured right shoulder, multiple sources confirmed Thursday.  Maine, who went on the disabled list June 12 with a pinched nerve in the shoulder, is expected to visit Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham …
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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
3 UP: BUEHRLE, WANG/MAINE AND TEIXEIRA
Dejan Kovacevic / PBC Blog:
Sano will be partially cleared  —  Major League Baseball's investigation will partially clear Miguel Angel Sano, of his identity but not his age, a source just confirmed.  The identity will come back “regular,” and the age will come back “undetermined.”  —  Details to come.
Mark Selig / MLB.com:
Mustached Wainwright remains red-hot  —  Tosses de facto complete game at Nats for fifth July win  —  WASHINGTON — Nothing can stop a mustached Adam Wainwright.  Not a heavy rainstorm complete with unbridled thunder and lightning, or the ensuing one-hour, 16-minute rain delay in the fourth inning …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals win wet one against Nationals
Steve Foster / Inside the Colorado Rockies:
Rockies send Speier out  —  The Colorado Rockies announced Friday that relief pitcher Ryan Speier has been designated for assignment and Manny Corpas placed on the 15-day disabled list to make room for Jhoulys Chacin and Rafael Betancourt on the roster.  —  Speier was activated from the disabled list on Tuesday.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Associated Press:
Texas Rangers RHP Vicente Padilla tests positive for swine flu  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Texas Rangers pitcher Vicente Padilla tested positive for swine flu, though his symptoms are subsiding and he's expected to make his next start.  —  Padilla was scratched from his start Wednesday …
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Aramis Ramirez carries Cubs to 8-5 win over Reds  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Aramis Ramirez (FSY) homered, doubled twice, singled and drove in three runs Friday in his most productive game since coming off the disabled list, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
How do O's trade chips stack up?  —  As deadline nears, a closer look at five that may garner interest  —  NEW YORK - One week before Friday's nonwaiver trade deadline, the Orioles are in their usual position as sellers, looking to move a couple of their veterans to augment their young nucleus.
Craig Calcaterra / Hardball Times:
My Morning in Exile: My wife drives me nuts edition  —  So my wife — who is not a baseball fan by any stretch of the imagination — goes to the Columbus Clippers-Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees game last night.  It was a work function and the beer was free.  You know how that goes.
 
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