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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Trade of Rasmus to Blue Jays near — The Cardinals are on the verge of trading center fielder Colby Rasmus to the Toronto Blue Jays for a multi-player package including starting pitcher Edwin Jackson and relievers Octavio Dotel and Marc Rzepczynski, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Upton market shifts with Beltran, Rasmus deals — Several moves being made today by other teams will likely shape the Rays' actions over the final days before Sunday's 4 p.m. deadline for non-waiver deals. — With the Rays working toward an expected trade of CF B.J. Upton …
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MLB Rumors
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Jays Acquire Jackson; Rasmus Involved? — 10:44am: Money appears to be the only holdup in a trade that would send Jackson to the Cardinals and Rasmus to the Blue Jays, tweets Rosenthal. An exchange of more than $1MM awaits approval, and of course the Cards will get more than just Jackson for Rasmus.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent — 12:08pm: The Cardinals will send Rasmus, Trever Miller, Brian Tallet, and P.J. Walters to the Blue Jays for Jackson, Rzepczynski, Dotel, and Corey Patterson, tweets ESPN's Buster Olney. Olney adds that Miller is then expected to be traded to the White Sox.
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Associated Press:
Danks strikes out 10 as White Sox top Tigers — CHICAGO — Alejandro De Aza hit a two-run homer in his first at-bat of the season and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Wednesday. — De Aza, who was called up earlier in the day to fill a roster spot opened by a trade …
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ESPN:
White Sox deal Jackson, Teahen to Blue Jays — CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox traded pitcher Edwin Jackson and utilityman Mark Teahen to the Toronto Blue Jays. — The White Sox will receive reliever Jason Frasor and pitching prospect Zach Stewart. — A source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Jackson, Teahen For Frasor, Stewart
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deals done: Rasmus to Toronto, Jackson to St. Louis, Frasor to Chicago
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Plain Dealer
Vince Caramela / Hardball Times:
Trade season is finally heating up
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Baseball America and FanGraphs Baseball
Fox Sports:
Beltran sweepstakes nearing a close — FOX Sports — The Giants have reached a tentative agreement to acquire outfielder Carlos Beltran from the New York Mets, major-league sources told FOXSports.com on Wednesday. — Pending approval from Beltran and the commissioner's office …
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New York Times:
Mets Are Close to Sending Beltran to Giants — The Mets and the San Francisco Giants are on the verge of completing a trade that will send Carlos Beltran to the Giants in exchange for a top prospect who is likely to be Zach Wheeler, a right-handed pitcher taken in the first round of the 2009 draft.
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Faith and Fear in Flushing
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Carlos Beltran to the Giants is awaiting approval — Andy Martino of the Daily News says talks between the Giants and Mets broke down last week over Zack Wheeler, ‘but Sandy Alderson held firm and never dropped price.’ — Updated at 3:25 pm: — According to SNY, a deal that will send Carlos Beltran …
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Andy Martino / NY Daily News:
Mets again defeat Reds, 8-6, source says team not backing down from demands for Carlos Beltran — CINCINNATI - Two minutes before 6 o'clock Tuesday night. It is hot, there is organ music, Jason Pridie is taking batting practice and Carlos Beltran and Jeff Wilpon are leaning on the cage, chatting.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
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USA Today, New Jersey Online, Baseball Nation and DRaysBay
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
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Robneyer / Baseball Nation:
Jerry Meals Might Have Been Right — Yes, the throw beat Julio Lugo and it sure looked like Michael McKenry tagged Lugo. But isn't it possible that umpire Jerry Meals saw something the rest of us didn't? — Call me a sensationalist or an iconoclast if you like, but I just gotta say something this morning ...
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
MLB needs to wake up and expand replay — Everyone was tired. It was a few minutes before 2 a.m. ET on Wednesday. A rookie catcher named Mike McKenry barely could summon enough oomph to toss the ball back to the mound. Daniel McCutchen(notes), a reliever, was throwing his sixth inning.
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Bucs Dugout and Surviving Grady
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Umpire Meals: Call ‘might have’ been wrong
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Daily Rumble: Trade Ubaldo Jimenez? — Ubetcha! Rockies are shopping their ace, and at least a half-dozen teams are interested — ESPN.com — A week or so ago, when Ubaldo Jimenez's name first popped out there in the Rumor-verse, it felt like a trial dirigible …
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Some trade small talk
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Globe and Mail:
Angels' Santana throws no-hitter — Ervin Santana pitched the first no-hitter in the history of Progressive Field as the visiting Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim topped the Cleveland Indians, 3-1, on Wednesday afternoon. — Santana (6-8) struck out 10 and walked one to became the third pitcher …
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Yahoo! Sports and Let's Go Tribe
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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
The Mets shot down trading Jose Reyes for Erick Aybar — The Angels offered to send SS Erick Aybar to the Mets for Jose Reyes, while taking on all of Jose's remaining salary, but Sandy Alderson would not bite, according to Scott Miller of CBS Sportsline. — “I'd do that if I'm the Mets,” one NL executive told Miller.
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Market for B.J. Upton doesn't lack intrigue
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Nats add Gomes to roster, designate Stairs — WASHINGTON — The Nationals added outfielder Jonny Gomes to their 25-man roster and designated first baseman Matt Stairs for assignment on Wednesday. — Gomes was acquired along with cash considerations from the Reds on Tuesday in exchange …
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Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds trade Gomes to Nats, promote Alonso
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