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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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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 …
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 — 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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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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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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