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David SchoenfieldESPN Senior / ESPN:
Will Nats actually deal Bryce Harper and other deadline questions — It has been the perfect storm for a busy month of trades — there are 11 National League teams in reasonable playoff contention, with the second-best and seventh-best teams separated by just 5½ games …
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Rotoworld.com:
Daily Dose: Astros Close Deal — Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter. — The Astros sent their former closer down to the minors earlier this month. On Monday they traded him and added a guy they hope is a long-term solution for the ninth inning.
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The Athletic, Federal Baseball and Let's Go Tribe
Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
What could happen in the final 24 hours before the deadline? — As the trade deadline approaches, it's more about quantity of moves that could be made than the “wow” factor. Once Manny Machado left Baltimore for Los Angeles, the top closers came off the market and Cole Hamels was traded …
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Yahoo Sports and MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Osuna sent to Astros by Blue Jays for Giles in closer swap — SEATTLE (AP) — Swapping a closer with on-field problems for one with off-field troubles, the World Series champion Houston Astros traded Ken Giles to the Toronto Blue Jays along with a pair of pitching prospects for Roberto Osuna on Monday.
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baseballmusings.com
Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:
Last Slide — It's only fitting that, on the night before the trade deadline, the Diamondbacks received an ominous harbinger regarding the club's greatest concern: the bullpen. — Once the Diamondbacks' bullpen relinquished their one-run lead in the sixth inning, it was lights out at Chase Field.
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Deadspin
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MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings …:
Rangers turn out lights on Diamondbacks — Rougned Odor homered leading off the seventh inning Monday night to snap a tie and lift the — Arizona Diamondbacks in a back-and-forth game interrupted by a power outage at Phoenix's Chase Field. — Shin-Soo Choo hit a pair of homers for the Rangers …
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AZ Snake Pit
Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated:
MLB Trade Rumors: Nationals Say Bryce Harper Is Available, 6 Teams Interested in Chris Archer — Which contending teams will shake up their roster and make a deal before today's trade deadline? — Today is the day. — The MLB no-waiver trade deadline is rapidly approaching and there have already been a ton of deals.
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Evan Drellich / NBCSports.com:
Reliever trade all that's left for Sox at deadline
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Winona Daily News, Over the Monster and CBS Boston
Evan Drellich / NBCSports.com:
Sources: Red Sox, Rangers talk Adrian Beltre trade
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Dallas Morning News, MLB Baseball News … and Over the Monster
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
Red Sox acquire second baseman Ian Kinsler in trade with Angels
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MLB Baseball News …
Dayn Perry / CBSSports.com:
MLB trade deadline: Red Sox acquire Ian Kinsler from Angels
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NBCSports.com, Over the Monster, MLB Trade Rumors and MLB Daily Dish
Henry Schulman / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants blow three-run lead but beat Padres in 12 innings — SAN DIEGO - Still waters really do run deep. Some of Brian Sabean's biggest trades in his more than two decades helming the front office were not predicted nor even speculated beforehand. — So there could be news before Tuesday's 1 p.m. nonwaiver trade deadline.
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MLB Baseball News …, McCovey Chronicles and Gaslamp Ball
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers experience technical difficulties in more ways than one during 5-2 loss to Brewers — Vin Scully had been silenced. That's when you knew something had gone haywire. — There was an omen in the first inning. The right-field scoreboard was not working properly.
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Detroit Free Press:
Next Slide — A season which was on the road to being salvaged has ended. — Franklin Perez, the Detroit Tigers' No. 1 prospect at midseason, is out for the season. — Perez left his start on July 26 with shoulder tightness, which was diagnosed by an MRI test as right shoulder capsular inflammation …
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Reuters:
Back from DL, Paxton pitches Mariners past Astros — James Paxton outdueled Gerrit Cole as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Houston Astros 2-0 Monday night in the opener of a three-game series between the American League West's top two teams. — Nelson Cruz hit a two-run double for Seattle …
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Lookout Landing
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ESPN:
Luke Gregerson goes on disabled list for third time in 2018 — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed right-hander Luke Gregerson on the 10-day disabled list for the third time in 2018, and his season may be over. — Gregerson hit the DL this time with a right shoulder impingement.
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Charles Odum / Associated Press:
Braves' Sean Newcomb apologizes to team for inflammatory tweets — Braves left-hander Sean Newcomb apologized to his teammates on Monday for racist, homophobic and sexist tweets he sent as a teenager. — Newcomb's apology was delivered in a meeting attended by players, coaches, manager Brian Snitker and Atlanta staff.
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Lance Lynn From Twins For Tyler Austin — The Twins and Yankees have announced a trade that will send veteran righty Lance Lynn to New York. First baseman/outfielder Tyler Austin and minor-league right-hander Luis Rijo are headed to Minnesota. — Notably, the Twins will also send some cash in the swap.
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Minor League Ball, Pinstripe Alley, Twinkie Town, MLB Daily Dish and MLB Baseball News …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Acquire Zach Duke
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MLB Baseball News …, Minor League Ball, U.S.S. Mariner, Twinkie Town, Lookout Landing and MLB Daily Dish
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Acquire Keone Kela — The Pirates have officially landed righty Keone Kela from the Rangers, per Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter). Lefty Taylor Hearn is one of the players in the deal, the Rangers announced. The other remains a player to be named later.
Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
Column: It's time: Michael Kopech and Eloy Jimenez need to take their talents to the South Side — Photos of the White Sox outfielder and No. 4-ranked prosepct by Baseball America. — Chicago Tribune — If only the White Sox had a way to improve an outfield whose three Sunday starters have combined to hit 17 home runs.
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South Side Sox and MLB Baseball News …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
Jason Heyward has faith in Cubs' current roster ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline — Chicago Tribune — The Cubs moved into first place in the National League Central before the arrivals of pitchers Cole Hamels and Jesse Chavez from the Rangers. — Jason Heyward believes that should serve …
Courier-Journal:
We mic'd up former MLB star Doug Flynn at the Bluegrass World Series — Scott Utterback, Louisville Courier Journal — Wondering what it's like in a dugout full of former Major League Baseball players? — The Courier Journal is here to help you out. — We stuck on a microphone …
