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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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ESPN:
New York Yankees obtain Cleveland Indians closer Kerry Wood for player to be named later or cash  —  NEW YORK — The New York Yankees acquired pitcher Kerry Wood from the Cleveland Indians on Saturday, the third deal in less than 24 hours for the World Series champions as they beefed up for the stretch run.
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  —  3:47pm: Dodgers GM Ned Colletti says he believes Manny will stay with the team for the rest of the year, tweets Nightengale.  —  12:49pm: Brown says the Angels are not the third team he was referring to earlier.
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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.
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:
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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.
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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.
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.
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Joe Kay / Associated Press:
KC trades Ankiel, Farnsworth to Braves
Discussion: Talking Chop
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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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox acquire Saltalamacchia  —  The Red Sox have obtained catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia from Texas for 1B Chris McGuiness, RHP Roman Mendez, a player to be named later and cash considerations.  —  The 6-foot-4, switch-hitting Saltalamacchia was once a heralded prospect who has fallen on hard times.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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Nate Taylor / Boston Globe:
Johnny Damon ready for whatever Red Sox fans give him
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports
 
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