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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 …
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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Bless You Boys, TSN.ca, South Side Sox and Canadian Press
Canadian Press:
Romero makes Bautista's early RBI stand as Jays defeat Orioles
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Bluebird Banter and TSN.ca
Associated Press:
Astros Beat Cardinals 4-2 to End 5-Game Skid
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The Crawfish Boxes and Associated Press
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Jays Acquire Jackson; Rasmus Involved?
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HardballTalk, The Big Lead, Bluebird Banter, Baseball Nation, MLB Daily Dish, Yahoo! Sports and Rays Index
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Deals done: Rasmus to Toronto, Jackson to St. Louis, Frasor to Chicago
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Plain Dealer
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Eight-Player Deal Sending Rasmus To Jays For Jackson Imminent
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Hardball Times, It's About The Money, The Big Lead, HardballTalk, MLB Daily Dish, Baseball Nation and Al's Ramblings
Vince Caramela / Hardball Times:
Trade season is finally heating up
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FanGraphs Baseball, Baseball America and MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com
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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MLB Rumors, Boston Globe, Yahoo! Sports, The Good Phight, McCovey Chronicles and Rangers Blog
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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:
Red Reporter and 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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Sports Illustrated, Tedquarters, Baseball Nation, HardballTalk and SNY - Sportsnetny
Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Giants Do Not Plan To Release Pat Burrell
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CSNCalifornia.com and New York Mets Fan Blog
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
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Phillies Nation, Full Count and Baseball Nation
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Giants To Acquire Carlos Beltran
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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 …
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Over the Monster, Yahoo! Sports and Surviving Grady
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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.
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Boston Globe and Associated Press
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
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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HardballTalk, Redleg Nation, Full Count, MLB Rumors and MLB
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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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USA Today, SportsGrid, HardballTalk, Joe Posnanski, Bowman's Blog, Bucs Dugout and Talking Chop
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
MLB needs to wake up and expand replay
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Bucs Dugout, Associated Press and Surviving Grady
Mark Bowman / MLB.com:
Umpire Meals: Call ‘might have’ been wrong
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Jeff Schultz, HardballTalk, joy of sox, Bats, Baseball Prospectus, Halos Heaven, Brew Crew Ball and Baseball Nation
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 …
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HardballTalk, FanGraphs Baseball and Rangers Blog
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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:
Cook blanks Dodgers through seven as Rockies beat Dodgers — LOS ANGELES — Aaron Cook outpitched Hiroki Kuroda with seven scoreless innings, Troy Tulowitzki had a pair of RBI singles among his three hits, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
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True Blue LA
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
