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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Juan Soto rejects $440 million offer; Nationals will entertain trade proposals: Sources — Juan Soto is available. — The All-Star outfielder recently turned down an offer from the Washington Nationals that would have made him the highest-paid player in baseball history …
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Who would Juan Soto help most? We traded him to all 29 other MLB teams to find out — We're still about two weeks away from the trade deadline and the scuttlebutt that always precedes the anticipated date has ramped up. And yet one prominent name — who might or might not even be a candidate …
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Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Nationals outfielder Juan Soto rejects 15-year, $440 million offer from team: Sources — Nationals outfielder Juan Soto has rejected a 15-year, $440 million offer, and the team plans to entertain trade offers for him, sources tell The Athletic. MLB's trade deadline is Aug. 2.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
All-Star outfielder Juan Soto rejects record $440 million offer from Washington Nationals
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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Desperate Red Sox head to Yankee Stadium to try and build momentum before the break — The Yankees are mired, if you can call it that, in the worst stretch of their season. — After losing two of three against a Cincinnati team whose front office is actively not trying to win …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Yankees drop series finale to Reds after 10th inning rally falls short — The Yankees took two losses Thursday. Hours before first pitch, the Bombers lost Luis Severino to the injured list. Then they went out and lost to the best pitcher who will be on the trade market over the next two weeks.
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Ken Rosenthal / MLB - The Athletic:
How Reds ace Luis Castillo became the darling of the MLB trade deadline
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Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Yankees, Dodgers early favorites for Reds' Luis Castillo
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Luis Severino's injury leaves Yankees with plenty of questions about second-half pitching depth
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Nathan Ruiz / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles' 10-game winning streak ends with 5-4 loss to Rays in AL East wake-up call — ExpandAutoplay — 1 of 11 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Orioles have pledged that they show up to the ballpark each night expecting to win. Friday night brought a reminder that the other teams in the American League East feel the same way.
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
2022 MLB Mock Draft 3.0: Kiley McDaniel predicts the first two rounds — The 2022 MLB draft is just days away, and it's time for my third mock draft projecting the full 80-pick first day of this year's event. — The draft will take place July 17-19 in Los Angeles, and I'd estimate …
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Carlos Collazo / Baseball America:
2022 MLB Mock Draft V 6.0 — Unlike our last mock draft, which was released during a relatively quiet week for industry chatter, there has been plenty of draft chatter and rumor mongering that is reflected in V 6.0 today. With the draft starting on Sunday, this will serve …
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Jeff Passan / ESPN:
MLB to pay $185 million in settlement with minor league players over minimum-wage and overtime violations — Major League Baseball will pay $185 million to settle the federal class-action lawsuit filed by minor league players who sought pay for minimum-wage and overtime violations by teams …
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Keith Law / MLB - The Athletic:
MLB Mock Draft 4.0: Keith Law's final projection before the 2022 No. 1 pick is made — This is my fourth and almost-final mock for Sunday's first round of the 2022 MLB draft. I say almost, since this is going up Saturday morning, so if I hear anything else between the time this article goes live …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Sources: Diamondbacks may dangle Christian Walker as trade chip as trade deadline nears — SAN DIEGO — Christian Walker has never been the subject of intense trade rumors, but the Diamondbacks first baseman has seen enough teammates who have been to learn a thing or two from their experience.
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
‘Pitcher of a generation’: Clayton Kershaw flirts with perfect game as All-Star assignment awaits — ANAHEIM, Calif. - In his 15 well-decorated years in the major leagues, there have been nights Clayton Kershaw has been more dominant. — There have been nights he was all the Los Angeles Dodgers had …
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