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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
YANKEES GET JERRY HAIRSTON — The Yankees have obtained Jerry Hairston from the Reds in exchange for minor-league catcher Chad Weems. — Hairston is a righty batter and utility player who is hitting .254 this year with eight homers. — “Whatever they ask me to do, I'll do it,” Hairston told The Associated Press.
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Fox Sports:
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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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:
LaRoche to Atlanta, Mets Deal Dead. — Spoke to Joe Demayo and he was told Mets were giving up minor leaguers (one name thrown about was Ruben Tejada) for LaRoche, Kotchman trumped that easily. Mets were in on it. I am not crying over this one. — Update 3:55 PM
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Yankees pick up Hairston from Reds — Speedy utilityman has played six positions this season — CHICAGO — The Yankees have acquired utilityman Jerry Hairston Jr. in a Trade Deadline deal from the Cincinnati Reds, the New York Post reported Friday. — Hairston played six positions …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Reds Acquire Scott Rolen For Edwin Encarnacion — 6:09pm: Blair also hears that the Jays will send about $4MM to the Reds. — 4:50pm: Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star reports that the Jays will pay all of Rolen's 2009 salary, nearly $4MM. Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi report …
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Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Sox get Martinez for Masterson, two prospects; deal LaRoche to Braves for Kotchman — 4:30 p.m. The New York Post's Joel Sherman reporting that Roy Halladay has not been traded. — 4:15 p.m. ESPN reports, in sort of a throwaway line in its Martinez story, that a bigger deal for Halladay fell apart …
Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:MLB Trade: Boston Red Sox working on deal with Cleveland Indians for 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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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Jake Peavy Dealt To White Sox Again — 4:45pm: Two White Sox officials tell USA Today's Bob Nightengale that the Sox will pay all of Peavy's contract. That means they'll pay him $56MM by the end of 2012 and maybe more afterwards. — 4:12pm: Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod …
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Jack Curry / New York Times:Tale of Two Aces: Peavy Is Traded to White Sox; Halladay Stays Put
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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.
Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Beimel Traded to Rockies (Updated) — From the clubhouse in Pittsburgh comes this update: — The Nick Johnson trade to Florida fell through and he'll be uniform for the Nationals tonight. — The team did, however, trade Joe Beimel to the Colorado Rockies for two minor-leaguers.
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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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Fox Sports:
Jays trade Rolen to Reds for three players — The Toronto Blue Jays didn't deal Roy Halladay on Friday, but they granted the request of third baseman Scott Rolen to play closer to his Indiana home by trading him to Cincinnati. — Rolen waived his no-trade clause to approve the deal …
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Joe Frisaro / MLB.com:
Marlins land first baseman Johnson — Solid bat acquired from Nationals for Minors arm Thompson — MIAMI — For four months, the Marlins' players did their part, remaining in playoff contention in the National League East. — On Friday afternoon, minutes before the 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline …
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Bill Shaikin / LA Times Sports Blog:
Angels, Dodgers in battle for Padres closer Heath Bell — The Angels and Dodgers are engaged in trade talks this morning for Heath Bell, the San Diego Padres' All-Star closer. — The Florida Marlins are among the other teams to have pursued Bell, but a source familiar with the talks …
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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.
