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Mark Berman / MyFox Houston:
Astros Ask Oswalt to Approve Trade to Phillies — HOUSTON - Major League baseball sources told FOX 26 Sports the Houston Astros have a deal in place to trade pitcher Roy Oswalt to the Philadelphia Phillies if Oswalt agrees to waive his no-trade clause. — Sources told FOX 26 the Astros have approached Oswalt.
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
Sources: Roy Oswalt-to-Philadelphia Phillies talks have intensified — The Phillies and Astros have intensified talks in the last 24 hours about a deal that would send Roy Oswalt to Philadelphia, sources said. But major financial obstacles remain that could still stand in the way of this trade …
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Fox Sports:
Phillies could get Oswalt, keep Werth — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX. Follow him on Twitter. — The Phillies are positioned to get Roy Oswalt — if they want him.
ESPN:
Source: Dodgers to get Podsednik — The Dodgers have agreed to a deal that will bring Kansas City Royals outfielder Scott Podsednik to Los Angeles, a baseball source told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark on Wednesday. — The Royals would receive two minor leaguers.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Dodgers Acquire Scott Podsednik — The Dodgers acquired Scott Podsednik from the Royals for catcher Lucas May and right-handed pitcher Elisaul Pimentel, the Royals announced. ESPN.com's Jayson Stark, who first reported the deal on Twitter, notes that the Dodgers will pay the rest of Podsednik's salary.
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Associated Press:
Dodgers get OF Podsednik from Royals — SAN DIEGO—The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired outfielder Scott Podsednik from the Kansas City Royals for a pair of minor leaguers Wednesday night, trying to boost their chances in the NL West. — The trade was announced before Los Angeles played at San Diego.
Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Time is gaining, Red Sox are not — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — ANAHEIM, Calif. - No pain, no gain for the Red Sox [team stats]. — The fact that nobody cracked a rib, tore a muscle - J.D. Drew [stats]'s mild hamstring issue does not count …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Sky-high after this victory — ANAHEIM, Calif. — I'm in. I believe. I just saw Marco Scutaro hit a grand slam to complete a three-game Red Sox sweep of the Angels. The Sox look like they are ready for a big stretch run. — The Sox just played 10 games in 10 days in three cities.
Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
Jays not pursuing Bautista extension — Jose Bautista is having a career year, leading the majors with 30 home runs. — PRINT RSS — Updated Jul 28, 2010 10:57 PM ET — Toronto's Jose Bautista leads the major leagues with 30 home runs. But the Blue Jays aren't currently discussing a contract extension with him.
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Associated Press:
Top prospect Domonic Brown shines in debut for surging Phillies — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay (FSY) threw a six-hitter and top prospect Domonic Brown (FSY) had two hits and two RBI in his major league debut to lead the streaking Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-1 victory over the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.
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Johnette Howard / ESPN:
Mets are finally finding their level — It's time to stop pretending — this is an entertaining, battling .500 team, and that's it … NEW YORK — The answer that will save the New York Mets' season isn't anything that a middling deal by Saturday's trade deadline will fix.
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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Derrek Lee to remain a Cub — CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee has told the organization he prefers to remain a Cub rather than accept a trade, general manager Jim Hendry told ESPNChicago.com on Wednesday. — The Los Angeles Angels proposed a trade to the Cubs over the past 10 days …
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Gary Shelton / St. Petersburg Times:
Staying clean may be costing Fred McGriff in his bid for Hall of Fame — On the weekend he might have been inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, an extraordinary achievement, Fred McGriff had the most ordinary of weekends. — He visited his mother. He watched his daughter, Ericka, play volleyball.
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
The real concern for Stephen Strasburg — The long-term implications of what happened to Stephen Strasburg on Tuesday night night are more significant than the short-term damage. The inside of Strasburg's shoulder, according to the MRI exam the Nationals gave him Tuesday night …
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
MRI shows no damage in Strasburg's shoulder
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Tigers Acquire Jhonny Peralta — The Tigers acquired Jhonny Peralta and cash from the Indians for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto, according to the team. MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince reports on Twitter that the Tigers are getting cash to cover all but the pro-rated portion of the major league minimum salary.
Colin Wyers / Baseball Prospectus:
Looking Farther Afield — I have been making something of a ruckus recently about where I feel the state of current defensive analysis is. I have been long on listing problems, and short on proposing solutions. — Well, allow me to make amends there. I don't pretend to have the problem solved.
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