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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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Canadian Press:
Romero makes Bautista's early RBI stand as Jays defeat Orioles — TORONTO — Jose Bautista recovered from a scary incident to open the scoring with a first-inning RBI single, then Ricky Romero pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 Wednesday.
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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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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:
Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deals done: Rasmus to Toronto, Jackson to St. Louis, Frasor to Chicago
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Vince Caramela / Hardball Times:
Trade season is finally heating up
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Jackson, Teahen For Frasor, Stewart
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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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Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Beltran Is on Verge Of Being Traded to Giants — CINCINNATI — Carlos Beltran's jersey was still on view Wednesday afternoon in the same corner stall where it had been all week at Great American Ballpark, a lingering reminder of what was and no longer is. — Beltran, himself, was not around.
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Giants Expected To Release Pat Burrell — The Giants are expected to release Pat Burrell to create roster space for Carlos Beltran, according to CSNBayArea.com. San Francisco will option Brandon Belt to Triple-A to create space on the active roster for Beltran, who was acquired for pitching prospect Zack Wheeler earlier today.
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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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire 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
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
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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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Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
The Mets shot down trading Jose Reyes for Erick Aybar
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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
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Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Umpire Meals: Call ‘might have’ been wrong
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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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Austin Laymance / MLB.com:
Berkman gets cortisone shot in right shoulder — ST. LOUIS — Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman received a cortisone shot in his strained right shoulder on Wednesday but remains confident that he will be back on the field by Friday. — Berkman first felt discomfort in the area …
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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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MLB.com:
Jansen hospitalized with irregular heartbeat — Condition not likely to keep LA reliever off field for long — LOS ANGELES — Dodgers reliever Kenley Jansen remained hospitalized Wednesday with an irregular heartbeat after experiencing discomfort following his save in Tuesday night's 3-2 victory over the Rockies.
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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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