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Adam Dunn / ESPN:
Check out Trade Deadline Live! for the most up-to-date information — OK, now that we've gotten that pesky Roy Oswalt trade out of the way, let's turn our attention to the three biggest rings left in the Trade Deadline Circus: — As far back as Monday, Rumblings was suggesting …
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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 …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays May Keep Downs; Twins Involved — Rival teams believe the Blue Jays may end up keeping Scott Downs, according to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark. Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos continues to drive a hard bargain, so the Blue Jays may keep the lefty and offer him arbitration after the season.
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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 — 1:37pm: The White Sox are including Jackson in their offer for Adam Dunn, tweets Nightengale. If they pull that off, they'll try for Myers. — 10:56am: We know the White Sox are seeking a mid-rotation starter and might pull off a deal for Edwin Jackson.
Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Agent: Rangers get Cristian Guzman — The Texas Rangers continued to shore up their roster, trading for Washington Nationals middle infielder Cristian Guzman, a source said Friday. — Guzman's agent, Stanley King, confirmed the trade to The Associated Press.
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Bill Ladson / All Nats All the Time:
Guzman traded to the Rangers for prospects
Guzman traded to the Rangers for prospects
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Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Nationals trade Cristian Guzman to Rangers
Nationals trade Cristian Guzman to Rangers
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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 …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Twins Acquire Matt Capps For Wilson Ramos
Twins Acquire Matt Capps For Wilson Ramos
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Close To Acquiring Lance Berkman — 4:32pm: Berkman approved a possible deal to the Yanks earlier today, according to Rosenthal (on Twitter links). Rosenthal points out that Berkman has 24 hours to approve a deal, thanks to his ten and five rights. That means we won't likely hear an official announcement today.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks drop Joe Saunders' debut in 11 innings to Philadelphia Phillies — PHILADELPHIA - It was either nerves or adrenaline, or some combination of both, that Diamondbacks left-hander Joe Saunders felt in the first inning Thursday night, the emotions representative of his desire …
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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.
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Mets put Bay on DL, call up Feliciano — NEW YORK — New York Mets outfielder Jason Bay landed on the disabled list on Friday with continued headaches and other effects of a concussion, a week after crashing into the left-field wall at Dodger Stadium while making a catch on Jamey Carroll.
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Indians send Talbot to DL, add bullpen help — CLEVELAND — The Indians made multiple roster moves as a result of Thursday night's loss to the Yankees. — Mitch Talbot is headed to the 15-day disabled list with a mid-back strain he suffered in the second inning of the game.
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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” …
Geoff Baker / Seattle Times:
Want to fix the Mariners? Time to take a page from Bill James and start thinking “outside the box” again — Reading through some stuff from last night's comments threads, I saw a few things that need addressing. One person wrote that GM Jack Zduriencik had to have known the Mariners …
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
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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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Astros, Blue Jays Swap Anthony Gose & Brett Wallace — Just minutes after the Astros officially acquired Anthony Gose, they sent him to the Blue Jays for Brett Wallace. The Blue Jays obtained Wallace for Michael Taylor last winter right after the Roy Halladay trade.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Phillies Acquire Roy Oswalt
Phillies Acquire Roy Oswalt
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