Top News:
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.
Discussion:
Bluebird Banter and TSN.ca
Associated Press:
Astros Beat Cardinals 4-2 to End 5-Game Skid
Discussion:
Associated Press and The Crawfish Boxes
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deals done: Rasmus to Toronto, Jackson to St. Louis, Frasor to Chicago
Discussion:
Baseball Prospectus and Plain Dealer
Associated Press:
Danks strikes out 10 as White Sox top Tigers
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Associated Press, South Side Sox, Bless You Boys, TSN.ca and Canadian Press
ESPN:
White Sox deal Jackson, Teahen to Blue Jays
Discussion:
Associated Press, Bless You Boys and MLB
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Jays Acquire Jackson; Rasmus Involved?
Discussion:
HardballTalk, The Big Lead, Bluebird Banter, River Avenue Blues, Baseball Nation, Yahoo! Sports and Rays Index
Vince Caramela / Hardball Times:
Trade season is finally heating up
Discussion:
FanGraphs Baseball, Baseball America and MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent
Discussion:
Hardball Times, The Big Lead, It's About The Money, HardballTalk, MLB Daily Dish, Baseball Nation and Al's Ramblings
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Jackson, Teahen For Frasor, Stewart
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DRaysBay, Viva El Birdos, Baseball Nation, Full Count, CloserNews and The Big Lead
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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Baseball Prospectus, Boston Globe, MLB Rumors, The Good Phight, McCovey Chronicles, Rangers Blog and Yahoo! Sports
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Andrew Keh / New York Times:
Beltran All but Gone to the 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 the Mets' clubhouse.
Discussion:
Baseball Prospectus, Red Reporter and Faith and Fear in Flushing
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Giants Do Not Plan To Release Pat Burrell — 11:00pm: The Giants are not releasing Burrell, according to Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (on Twitter). — 9:37pm: The Giants are expected to release Pat Burrell to create roster space for Carlos Beltran, according to CSNBayArea.com.
Discussion:
CSNCalifornia.com and New York Mets Fan Blog
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Carlos Beltran to the Giants is awaiting approval
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Tedquarters, Sports Illustrated, Baseball Nation, HardballTalk and SNY - Sportsnetny
Associated Press:
Research Notes … CINCINNATI — The Mets said goodbye …
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NY Daily News, ESPN and Faith and Fear in Flushing
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
Discussion:
Phillies Nation and Full Count
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
Discussion:
New York Mets Fan Blog, MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com, DRaysBay and Baseball Nation
Jason Mastrodonato / MLB.com:
Homer extends Pedroia's hitting streak to 24 — BOSTON — Dustin Pedroia wasted no time extending his hitting streak to a career-high 24 games Wednesday night against the Royals. — After fouling off a pair of offspeed pitches in his first at-bat against Kansas City starter Bruce Chen …
Discussion:
Surviving Grady, Over the Monster and Yahoo! Sports
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
No Lack of offense — Sox bats take careof Royals — Like a runaway train, or partisan bickering in Washington, the Red Sox [team stats]' bats just don't stop. — For the third time in four games and the seventh time this month, they produced a double-digit run total last night at Fenway Park …
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Boston Globe
Rich Thompson / Boston Herald:
David Ortiz keeps up the power — Big Papi's slam earns his 1,000th RBI as Red Sox — David Ortiz found inspiration watching Jacoby Ellsbury [stats] and Dustin Pedroia [stats] open the Red Sox [team stats] half of the first inning with back-to-back solo home runs.
Discussion:
Boston Globe and Associated Press
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 …
Discussion:
HardballTalk, Full Count, Redleg Nation and MLB Rumors
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Fox Sports:
Angels' Santana no-hits the Indians — FOX Sports Ohio — CLEVELAND — It took a little more than six years, but Angels pitcher Ervin Santana finally got his revenge on the Indians. — And what revenge it was, as Santana threw the first no-hitter in Progressive Field history …
Discussion:
HardballTalk, FanGraphs Baseball and Rangers Blog
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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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Sports Illustrated, USA Today, SportsGrid, HardballTalk, Joe Posnanski, Bowman's Blog and Bucs Dugout
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
MLB needs to wake up and expand replay
Discussion:
Bucs Dugout, Surviving Grady and Associated Press
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Umpire Meals: Call ‘might have’ been wrong
Discussion:
Jeff Schultz, joy of sox, HardballTalk, Bats, Baseball Prospectus, Halos Heaven, Brew Crew Ball and Baseball Nation
Kieran Darcy / ESPN:
Yankees HOPE Week makes big splash — It was water balloons and baseball memories for a crew of kids affected by 9/11 … NEW YORK — Most of the 46,132 people at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday will remember it as the day CC Sabathia struck out 14 Mariners and flirted with perfection.
Associated Press:
Upton homers twice, Nady once as Diamondbacks beat Padres — SAN DIEGO — Justin Upton homered twice and Xavier Nady added a two-run shot, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. — Ian Kennedy (12-3) won his fourth straight start …
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Yahoo! Sports and Associated Press
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.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
A's Pound Shields, Rays — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hideki Matsui and Ryan Sweeney both homered as part of a nine-run fourth inning and the suddenly resurgent Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-4 on Wednesday night. — Matsui was 3 for 5 with five RBIs, Jemile Weeks had three hits …
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DRaysBay and Associated Press
