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MLB trade deadline buzz: Friday's edition — With today's MLB non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching, FOXSports.com baseball reporters Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi have all the latest buzz. All times below are ET. — Slow going for Indians in deal market — 8:27 a.m.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
MLB Trade: Boston Red Sox working on deal with Cleveland Indians for Victor Martinez — The Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians were discussing a three-way trade Thursday night that would send Victor Martinez to Boston, Clay Buchholz to Cleveland and prospects flying in all directions, according to clubs that spoke to both teams.
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Juan C. Rodriguez / Florida Marlins:
Florida Marlins: Fishing for Nick Johnson; Bell too pricey; Pavano redux? — What would it take to make the Florida Marlins happy come the 4 p.m. non-waiver trading deadline? Booking Nick Johnson on a flight to South Florida. — The Washington Nationals' first baseman …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Acquire Victor Martinez — 2:03pm: Done deal, says Nightengale via Twitter. MLB Network's Tom Verducci says pitcher Bryan Price is the third hurler going to Cleveland in the trade. — 1:35pm: MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo says (via Twitter) pitchers Nick Hagadone and Justin Masterson are in the deal …
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Mike Silva / Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest:
Mets Getting Adam LaRoche? — Joe Demayo just told me he heard Mets will be obtaining Adam LaRoche from Boston - details to follow. Working on finding out more info. — Joe is reporting that the Braves may be entering the mix for LaRoche. — Update 2:50 PM
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Tigers Acquire Jarrod Washburn — The Tigers acquired pitcher Jarrod Washburn from the Mariners, according to Mike Salk of ESPN radio in Seattle. Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports agrees, saying the Mariners will get pitcher Luke French and another prospect. MLB Network tells us the other prospect is pitcher Mauricio Robles.
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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Big League Stew live blog! The 2009 MLB trading deadline — After a week packed with GM-reporter showdowns and more steroid silliness, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the final hours of the MLB trading season. — We'll be following the fun with this specially-designed live blog that's packed …
ESPN.com:MLB trade deadline: Boston Red Sox's pursuit of Victor Martinez …
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NY Daily News:Halladay going down to wire — BY MARK FEINSAND IN CHICAGO AND BILL MADDEN IN NEW YORK
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Bronson Arroyo: Bad andro may be cause — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — Bronson Arroyo, a 2003 Red Sox [team stats] teammate of David Ortiz [stats] and Manny Ramirez [stats], said yesterday he would not be shocked to discover his name on the list of 104 major league ballplayers …
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ESPN.com:
Bronson Arroyo says he used andro, stopped due to rumors it was tainted with steroids — Bronson Arroyo, a former Boston Red Sox teammate of Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, said he would not be surprised to find his name on a list of 104 ballplayers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Cheating takes juice out of Sox turnaround — David Ortiz lied to you. It seems safe to say that his entire Red Sox career is a lie. — And those life-changing Red Sox championships of 2004 and 2007? Are they forever tainted? — You bet. — A New York Times report yesterday disclosed …
Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Shelley Duncan called up — Shelley's back! — Don't know who's been sent down, but Shelley Duncan has been called up from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and will be with the big league club tonight in Chicago. The move comes after Shelley sat out the second game of yesterday's doubleheader.
JSOnline:
Brewers reacquire Vargas — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — I was just told that the Brewers have reacquired right-hander Claudio Vargas for minor league utility man Vinny Rottino. — Vargas is obviously a stop-gap measure to try to get the Brewers through their current crisis …
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles trade Sherrill to Dodgers — Club receives two prospects — third baseman Bell and former St. Paul's pitching standout Johnson — for closer — Closer George Sherrill, whose flat-brimmed cap and ninth-inning tightrope act made him a fan and club favorite in his two seasons in Baltimore …
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Brian Costa / New Jersey Online:
NY Mets unlikely to pull off major deal before non-waiver trade deadline … NEW YORK — Omar Minaya might have put himself in a tenuous position this week, but he isn't likely to make a major trade out of desperation Friday. — A team source said if the Mets do anything …
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Craig Calcaterra / Newsvine:
Why the rest of the names cannot be released — There's a growing sentiment out there — joined by everyone from crooked guys like Victor Conte to dumb guys like Ozzie Guillen to smart guys like Maury Brown — that baseball or the union or the courts or whoever should just release all the names on the list of the 2003 positive tests.
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Espn Com / MLB:
MLB Trade: Jarrod Washburn of the Seattle Mariners traded to the Detroit Tigers — The Seattle Mariners have traded left-handed pitcher Jarrod Washburn to the Detroit Tigers for rookie left-hander Luke French and pitching prospect Mauricio Robles, sources tell ESPN.
