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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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Associated Press:
Astros Beat Cardinals 4-2 to End 5-Game Skid — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Jose Altuve drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning with his third hit and the Houston Astros snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
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The Crawfish Boxes and Associated Press
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
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 …
Canadian Press:
Romero makes Bautista's early RBI stand as Jays defeat Orioles
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Bluebird Banter and TSN.ca
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.
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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 — 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.
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CSNCalifornia.com and New York Mets Fan Blog
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, DRaysBay, MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com and Baseball Nation
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
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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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Yahoo! Sports and Surviving Grady
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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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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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
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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Yahoo! Sports
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.
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Mets Merized Online
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