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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 …
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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.
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays May Keep Downs; Twins Involved
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Richard Durrett / ESPN:
Texas Rangers trade for Washington Nationals' Cristian Guzman — The Texas Rangers continued to shore up their roster, trading for Washington Nationals middle infielder Cristian Guzman. — “It's not an official trade until the paperwork goes through. In 24 hours, it'll be official,” …
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Bill Ladson / All Nats All the Time:
Guzman traded to the Rangers for prospects
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Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Nationals trade Cristian Guzman to Rangers
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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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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
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Lance Berkman — 6:04pm: The Astros are picking up a lot of the money owed to Berkman and won't obtain top prospects in return, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney. The Yankees expect to make one or two more moves and continue working on trades (all Twitter links).
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Brewers write plan for better pitching success — Club identifies ways to evaluate, develop, acquire starters — MILWAUKEE — Right off the top, Doug Melvin admits that the Brewers have made mistakes drafting, signing and otherwise acquiring pitchers during his nearly seven years as general manager.
Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Damon: Sox would have won one more if stayed — Talking prior to the Tigers series opening game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park Friday night, Johnny Damon said that if he would have remained a member of the Sox following the 2005 season the team might have won more than just the 2007 world championship.
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.
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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 / The 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 …
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Asked About Jim Edmonds — The Red Sox asked the Brewers about Jim Edmonds, according to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy. Edmonds isn't sure that he wants to be traded to a contender, but has received assurances from GM Doug Melvin that the club will present him with potential deals before completing anything.
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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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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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