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.
Discussion:
MLB Rumors, HardballTalk, The Knobler Blog, MLB Daily Dish, Bucs Dugout, MLB.com's On the Beat and Deadspin
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports, HardballTalk, Bluebird Banter, MLB Daily Dish, The Big Lead, Baseball Nation and Rays Index
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.
Discussion:
Hardball Times, HardballTalk, The Big Lead, It's About The Money, CloserNews, Baseball Nation and Al's Ramblings
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 …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Bless You Boys and MLB
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Jackson, Teahen For Frasor, Stewart
Discussion:
CloserNews, Baseball Nation, DRaysBay, Viva El Birdos, Full Count and mlbbuzz
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deals done: Rasmus to Toronto, Jackson to St. Louis, Frasor to Chicago
Discussion:
Plain Dealer
Vince Caramela / Hardball Times:
Trade season is finally heating up
Discussion:
Baseball America, MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com and FanGraphs Baseball
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.
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports, NorthJersey.com, Patrick Flood, Bats, Phillies Nation, McCovey Chronicles, Amazin' Avenue, Talking Chop, ESPN, Lone Star Ball and MLB Daily Dish
RELATED:
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 …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran — 3:11pm: The Giants and Mets have reached a tentative agreement on a Beltran trade, report Rosenthal and Morosi. — 2:27pm: The Mets will pay $4MM of the $6MM remaining on Beltran's contract, an executive not directly involved with the trade tells Sherman.
Discussion:
MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com, USA Today, New Jersey Online and DRaysBay
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran — The Giants have the worst offense of any National League contender, so today GM Brian Sabean pounced on the best hitter available. The Giants and Mets reached a tentative agreement that will send right fielder Carlos Beltran and $4MM to San Francisco …
Discussion:
Phillies Nation, Full Count and Real Dirty Mets Blog
New York Post:
Yankees unwilling to give up top prospects for Jimenez
Discussion:
The Yankee Analysts, Baseball Time in Arlington and MLB Rumors
Matthew Cerrone / MetsBlog.com:
Carlos Beltran to the Giants is awaiting approval
Discussion:
Sports Illustrated, Tedquarters and USA Today
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.
Discussion:
Bucs Dugout and Surviving Grady
RELATED:
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 ...
Discussion:
USA Today, HardballTalk, Bowman's Blog, Joe Posnanski, SportsGrid, Bucs Dugout and Talking Chop
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Umpire Meals: Call ‘might have’ been wrong — Pirates, Braves weigh in on controversial ruling in 19th inning — ATLANTA — Veteran umpire Jerry Meals felt he was right with the call he made that ended the 4-3, 19-inning win the Braves claimed over the Pirates at Turner Field on Tuesday night.
Discussion:
HardballTalk, Bats, Baseball Prospectus, Brew Crew Ball, Halos Heaven and Baseball Nation
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, MLB Rumors, Full Count, Redleg Nation and MLB
RELATED:
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Some trade small talk
Discussion:
MLB Rumors, NESN.com and Associated Press
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.
Discussion:
Mets Merized Online
RELATED:
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Market for B.J. Upton doesn't lack intrigue
Discussion:
Federal Baseball
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 …
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports
RELATED:
Mark Sheldon / MLB.com:
Reds trade Gomes to Nats, promote Alonso
Discussion:
Federal Baseball, Blog Red Machine and Red Hot Mama
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 …
Discussion:
Yahoo! Sports and Let's Go Tribe
RELATED:
New York Post:
Yankees unwilling to give up top prospects for Jimenez — Ubaldo Jimenez remains available. The Yankees are interested enough to be calling the Rockies to monitor the situation. The growing sentiment in the industry is that Colorado is not just listening on its ace, but wants to move him before Sunday's deadline.
Discussion:
River Avenue Blues
RELATED:
