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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Dodgers Acquire Lilly, Theriot For DeWitt  —  The Dodgers acquired veteran lefty Ted Lilly, infielder Ryan Theriot, and $2.5MM from the Cubs for second baseman Blake DeWitt and minor league pitchers Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit today.  Lilly has $4.24MM remaining on his contract, while Theriot has $918K.
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Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
MLB trade deadline: Chicago Cubs trade Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot to Los Angeles Dodgers for Blake DeWitt, prospects  —  The Chicago Cubs have agreed to trade pitcher Ted Lilly and infielder Ryan Theriot to the Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Blake DeWitt and pitching prospects Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Lilly, Theriot to Dodgers; more buzz … The Cubs have traded starting pitcher Ted Lilly and infielder Ryan Theriot to the Dodgers for second baseman Blake DeWitt, SI.com confirms.  The New York Post first reported the move.  —  Sources indicate the Yankees will not be getting Manny Ramirez.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Kerry Wood  —  3:01pm: The Yankees will pay an additional $200K if Wood stays healthy, tweets Stark.  The trade is to be finished by October 15th, according to the Indians.  —  2:50pm: The Yankees are picking up about $1.5MM of the $3.71MM owed to Wood, tweets Sherman.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Padres, Cardinals, Indians Agree To Deal Involving Ludwick, Westbrook  —  11:44am: The Padres are sending pitching prospect Corey Kluber to the Indians in the deal, tweets Nightengale.  —  11:38am: The union has approved the trade, tweets Krasovic.  The Padres get Ludwick …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Cardinals Close To Jake Westbrook Trade
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
White Sox, Rays, Angels Asked About Manny Ramirez  —  12:49pm: Brown says the Angels are not the third team he was referring to earlier.  ESPN's Jayson Stark tweets that there are absolutely no indications the Dodgers are trading Manny today.  —  12:36pm: The Angels also asked about Manny, tweets Dylan Hernandez of the L.A. Times.
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Fox Sports:
Sources: White Sox tried to get Manny  —  Fox Sports  —  Leave it to the White Sox to try to pull off a deadline shocker.  —  The White Sox, frustrated by their inability to land Adam Dunn, made a recent run at Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez, but their overtures were rejected, major-league sources say.
Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Sox rookie a winner in debut
Jenifer Langosch / By Gosh, It's Langosch:
Bucs dealing Church, Crosby, Carrasco; Diaz, Clement called up  —  UPDATE: 1:14 PM: Deal is official.  Chris Snyder and Pedro Ciriaco to Pirates for D.J. Carrasco, Ryan Church and Bobby Crosby.  Pirates also getting $3 million in cash to compensate for Snyder's salary.
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danny-knobler.blogs.cbssports.com:
Braves get Ankiel, Farnsworth  —  The Braves have acquired outfielder Rick Ankiel and reliever Kyle Farnsworth from the Royals, CBSSports.com has learned.  —  The Royals will get reliever Jesse Chavez, outfielder Gregor Blanco and minor-league left-hander Tim Collins.
Joey Nowak / MLB.com:
Rox put together MLB-record 11 straight hits  —  Colorado sets club marks with 12 runs, 13 hits in eighth  —  DENVER — The hits just kept coming.  —  The Rockies seemed to put an end to any offensive woes left from a dismal road trip when they erupted for an eighth inning of epic proportions …
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Thomas Harding / MLB.com:   Possible Deadline deal not on Hawpe's mind
Inside the D-backs:
D-backs send Qualls to Tampa for PTBNL  —  NEW YORK — The D-backs are on the verge of completing a deal that would send reliever Chad Qualls to the Rays in exchange for a player to be named later, according to a baseball source.  —  The D-backs will not have to include any cash in the deal …
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Fox Sports:
Rays showing interest in Qualls
Discussion: MLB Rumors and SBNation.com
Associated Press:
Atlanta Braves' leadoff hitter Martin Prado has broken knuckle  —  CINCINNATI — Second baseman Martin Prado broke the second knuckle on his right pinkie finger while diving into home plate in the Atlanta Braves' latest win, an injury that will sideline the leadoff hitter for at least a week.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Kalish, Richardson on the way; Hermida out  —  OF Ryan Kalish and LHP Dustin Richardson are on their way from Pawtucket to Boston, which would seem to indicate a series of roster moves and/or trades are in the works.  —  The Globe's Nick Cafardo was the first to report the news.
Discussion: sox1fan.com and The Joy of Sox
Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Fox Sports working to bid on Rangers, source says  —  palfano@star-telegram.com, bshlachter@star-telegram.com  —  U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Lynn ruled Friday that the auction of the Texas Rangers will go forward on Wednesday as scheduled, and it could do so with a new bidder — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
Jeff Pearlman:
Some players aren't meant for New York  —  And Lance Berkman is one of them.  —  I profiled Lance for SI years ago, and truly enjoyed him.  He's an off-the-charts right-winger, which isn't my cup.  But the guy also has authenticity, and decency, and—I feel 100% confident in saying—never used steroids.
Discussion: BronxBanterBlog.com
Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal:
Mike Rizzo on the trade deadline  —  Apologies for the slap-dash nature of the Journal today.  Lots to get to.  Here are the highlights of General Manager Mike Rizzo's brief meeting with reporters, which happened before he met Miss Iowa:  —  *The Nationals will receive Class AA right …
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Nate Taylor / Boston Globe:
Johnny Damon ready for whatever Red Sox fans give him  —  Johnny Damon said today he understands why Red Sox fans booed him four years ago when he signed with the archrival New York Yankees before the 2006 season.  This year though, Damon is back in the Fenway Park's visitors clubhouse with a Detroit Tigers uniform.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
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Rob Bradford / Full Count:
Damon: Sox would have won one more if stayed
D.J. Short / HardballTalk:
REPORT: Yankees acquire Lance Berkman from Astros  —  It's official.  According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, Lance Berkman has consented to waive his no-trade rights and will head to the Yankees.  We'll still have to wait 24 hours due to his 10-5 rights, but this thing is done.
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