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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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Alex Speier / Full Count:
Rich Harden-to-Red Sox deal comes apart over medical issues — CHICAGO — For much of Saturday evening, it seemed appropriate to start penciling Rich Harden into the Red Sox rotation. Numerous outlets, including WEEI.com, characterized the deal sending Rich Harden to the Red Sox …
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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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Scott Lauber / Boston Herald:
Red Sox back out of Harden deal
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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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Associated Press:
Brewers win 6th straight, complete sweep of Astros — MILWAUKEE - Prince Fielder drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth and the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers beat Houston 5-4 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep after the Astros traded away center fielder Michael Bourn before the game started.
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Mark Bowman / Bowman's Blog:
Infante among Braves' options before deadline
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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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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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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
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Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
A's don't trade Rich Harden to Red Sox — For much of Saturday evening, it appeared as if the A's were set to trade Rich Harden to the Red Sox, but after Oakland's 8-3 win over Minnesota, Harden said that general manager Billy Beane told the right-hander that he's staying.
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Report: Rich Harden deal falls through
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Red Sox obtain Harden from Oakland
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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:
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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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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Marc Topkin / St. Petersburg Times:
Tough trade deadline for Friedman: Saturday night appendectomy — The trade deadline turned out to be a painful experience for Rays executive VP Andrew Friedman, who was hospitalized on Saturday and underwent an appendectomy Saturday night, then conducted business today from his hospital room.
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Associated Press:
Francoeur, Gordon hit home runs to lift Royals past Indians — CLEVELAND — Danny Duffy pitched into the sixth inning starting for the injured Kyle Davis and Jeff Francoeur and Alex Gordon homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
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Canadian Press:
TORONTO — Right-hander Brandon Morrow struck out a season-high 11, Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and new Blue Jay Colby Rasmus had a two-run double as Toronto defeated the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Sunday. — On the day when new Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar had his No. 12 uniform retired …
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