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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Acquire Erik Bedard In Three-Team Deal — Southpaw Erik Bedard hasn't pitched into August since 2007, but the Red Sox are hoping he can bolster their rotation for the rest of the season. The Sox acquired Bedard from Seattle today in a complicated trade:
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Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:
Trade deadline updates — Welcome everyone. We'll update you leading up to the 4 p.m deadline.... 4:54 PM — Think Tim Federowicz and Chih-Hsien Chiang are going to be pretty good players. Federowicz was certainly the Sox' most complete catcher. Chiang's taken a while to get going, but now a pretty good player.
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Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Trade deadline updates: Bedard to Red Sox, Ludwick to Pirates … A lot of players that were talked about did not move today: Heath Bell, B.J. Upton, Wandy Rodriguez, Drew Storen-for-Denard Span. — The Padres say the draft picks they can receive if Heath Bell leaves as a free-agent …
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Epstein On Bedard, Harden, Fields, Buchholz — Red Sox GM Theo Epstein acquired Mike Aviles, Erik Bedard and Josh Fields in trades this weekend. He joined reporters on a conference call to discuss those moves and other issues pertaining to his first-place team this evening. Here are the details:
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Final: Red Sox 5, White Sox 3
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Ben Nicholson-Smith / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Deal For Harden Falls Through
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's don't trade Rich Harden to Red Sox
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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Red Sox back out of Harden deal
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ESPN.com:
Report: Rich Harden deal falls through
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Diamondbacks Acquire Brad Ziegler — 12:07pm: The A's will receive first baseman Brandon Allen and reliever Jordan Norberto, reports MLB.com's Steve Gilbert. — 11:53am: The D'Backs acquired Ziegler, tweets Yahoo's Tim Brown. — 11:47am: The Diamondbacks are likely …
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Steve Gilbert / Inside the D-backs:
D-backs acquire Ziegler
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Braves Acquire Michael Bourn — After seeing top outfield trade candidates Carlos Beltran and Hunter Pence land with National League rivals, Braves GM made a splash today by acquiring center fielder Michael Bourn and cash from the Astros for center fielder Jordan Schafer …
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Mark Bowman / Bowman's Blog:
Infante among Braves' options before deadline
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Evan Grant / Rangers Blog:
Rangers acquire Mike Adams from San Diego for minor league pitchers — TORONTO - The Rangers announced Sunday, just 90 minutes ahead of the expiration of the non-waiver trading period, that they had acquired San Diego RHP Mike Adams in exchange for minor league pitching prospects LHP Robbie Erlin and RHP Joe Wieland.
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Rangers Acquire Mike Adams — The Rangers' bullpen may be a strength instead of a weakness for the final two months of the season. A day after acquiring Koji Uehara from the Orioles, Texas obtained Mike Adams from the Padres. Pitching prospects Robbie Erlin and Joe Wieland go to San Diego in the deal, the Padres announced.
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NY Daily News:
Harper: A ‘Major League’ insult to Mets … BEST OF NYDN.COM … MORE FROM JOHN HARPER
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals sending Class AA outfielder to LA for Furcal — ST. LOUIS • To complete the deal with Los Angeles for shortstop Rafael Furcal the Cardinals will send Class AA outfielder Alex Castellanos to the Dodgers. — Castellanos, who turns 25 next week, hit .319 for Double-A Springfield this season.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Jeter day to day after hand hit by pitch — NEW YORK — Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was hit in the right hand by a fastball in the third inning of Sunday's game and was lifted for a pinch-hitter one inning later. — The Yankees announced during the game that Jeter has a bruised right middle finger, and that X-rays were negative.
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Associated Press:
Marlins beat Atlanta 3-1, Braves' 10,000th loss — ATLANTA - Ricky Nolasco scattered 12 hits, Emilio Bonifacio homered and the Florida Marlins handed the Braves the 10,000th loss in franchise history, beating Atlanta 3-1 Sunday. — The Braves began the day savoring a deadline trade …
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Associated Press:
Johnny Cueto pitches Reds to sweep of Giants — CINCINNATI - Johnny Cueto pitched a three-hitter, Joey Votto added a three-run homer and tied his career high with five RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 9-0 win on Sunday.
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Keeping Storen at Deadline important to Nats — Right deal for center fielder doesn't present itself for Washington — WASHINGTON — Sunday's non-waiver Trade Deadline came and went without the Nationals picking up a center fielder. — The team had its eye on Denard Span of the Twins …
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Hellickson Wins 10th, Rays Rout Mariners 8-1 — SEATTLE (AP) — Jeremy Hellickson held the Seattle Mariners to five hits and a run over seven-plus innings, becoming the first AL rookie with 10 wins as the Tampa Bay Rays rolled to an 8-1 victory Sunday. — Hellickson (10-7) …
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