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Luke Adams / MLB Rumors:
White Sox Acquire Edwin Jackson — 12:01pm: The D'Backs announced they've traded Jackson to the White Sox for Hudson and pitching prospect David Holmberg. — 11:54am: Jackson has been told he's been traded to the White Sox, tweets Yahoo's Tim Brown. — 9:46am: Sox GM Kenny Williams …
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Sources: Dunn still in play for White Sox — 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. — Daniel Hudson, scheduled to pitch Friday night for the White Sox, is likely to be traded to the Diamondbacks instead.
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White Sox get Jackson; Dunn next? — Fox Sports — White Sox general manager Kenny Williams has the starting pitcher he wanted: right-hander Edwin Jackson, acquired in a three-player trade with Arizona. — And now Williams is trying to get one of the biggest available bats: Adam Dunn of the Washington Nationals.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
White Sox Exploring Deal For Brett Myers — We know the White Sox are seeking a mid-rotation starter and might pull off a deal for Edwin Jackson. But GM Kenny Williams is also quietly exploring acquiring Brett Myers from the Astros, tweets USA Today's Bob Nightengale.
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Twins Acquire Matt Capps For Wilson Ramos — As soon as Joe Nathan announced that he would undergo Tommy John surgery, the back end of the Twins' bullpen became a lot less scary. Four months later, the Twins obtained one of the top relievers available, acquiring Matt Capps and $500K …
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Aaron Gleeman / HardballTalk:
Twins overvalued the save stat and overpaid for Matt Capps — Matt Capps was available for nothing this offseason. — Non-tendered by the Pirates in December following a career-worst season that saw him post a 5.80 ERA and .324 opponents' batting average while serving up 10 homers in 54.1 innings …
Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
Valdez's hit lifts Phillies past D'Backs — PHILADELPHIA—Wilson Valdez's RBI single with one out in the 11th inning lifted the Philadelphia Phillies to their eighth straight win, 3-2 over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night. — Hours before the first pitch, the Phillies improved …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Astros, Blue Jays Swap Anthony Gose & Brett Wallace
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Will Roy Oswalt approve deal to Philly?
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Mark Simon / ESPN:
Doc and Straw: The untold stories — What was it like to face Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry? Pull up a chair. — ESPNNewYork.com — There are all sorts of stories to tell, plenty good and plenty bad, about the careers of New York Mets Hall of Fame inductees Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry.
Dallas Morning News:
Rangers' bankruptcy case: Deal made, Mark Cuban's camp upset, auction could be off — William K. Snyder, the chief restructuring officer appointed by the court to try to work things out among the parties in the Rangers' bankruptcy case, has negotiated a “substantially enhanced” …
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Christina Kahrl / Baseball Prospectus:
How Much is That Star in The Window? — With hours to go in deadline season, we've already seen our share of upsets and surprises as far as trades made, many for less than expected. In many of these scenarios, money is playing one part, and absolute need another. — Expense and necessity, though—what fun is that?
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Corey Brock / MLB.com:
Padres fortify infield by acquiring Tejada — Dealt for Double-A arm, six-time All-Star to play short, third — SAN DIEGO — The Padres' decision to trade for six-time All-Star infielder Miguel Tejada of the Orioles on Thursday was not the machinations of an impetuous general manager by any stretch of the imagination.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Padres To Acquire Miguel Tejada
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Janie McCauley / Associated Press:
Marlins trade 3B Cantu to Texas — SAN FRANCISCO—Jorge Cantu saw the light blinking on his cell phone when he got to his locker and knew it might finally be time. Then, he read the text message from his agent: He was headed for Texas. — The AL West-leading Rangers added another bat …
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Bruce Markusen / Hardball Times:
Cooperstown Confidential: A trip through the '70s — While much of this year's baseball book publicity has centered on biographies of Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and the late George Steinbrenner, a lesser known book deserves acclaim for bringing some light and depth to the underrated decade of the 1970s.
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
‘Moneyball’ shoot brings back memories — (07-30) 04:00 PDT ARLINGTON, Texas — While the A's were struggling with the Rangers and with the heat in Texas, fans at the Coliseum were enjoying Scott Hatteberg's homer to extend Oakland's winning streak to a record 20 games. — In 2002.
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Let's make a deal ... eventually — Wanna make a trade? How much time do you have? — ESPN The Magazine — The following story appears in the Aug. 9 issue of ESPN The Magazine. — After the bartering was finally over and GM Jon Daniels had acquired the most significant difference-maker …
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