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3:55 PM ET, July 12, 2024

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Eric Longenhagen / FanGraphs Baseball:
2024 Mock Draft 1.0  — Mock Draft 2.0: The Day Of - Day One Draft Chat - Day One Recap - Day Two Roundup  —  Clubs have begun their pre-draft meetings, with some teams already about a week into theirs, while the last team to start them (Milwaukee, as far as I know) begins today.
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Keith Law / New York Times:
2024 MLB Mock Draft 3.0: Cleveland still weighing options.  Will it be Travis Bazzana at 1?  —  This is my third projection of how Sunday night's first round of the 2024 MLB Draft will go — this is a prediction, not who I would take, but who I think each of the 30 teams will take based …
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
2024 MLB draft: Major league comps for Condon, Bazzana, more  —  The 2024 MLB draft starts Sunday, and that means your team could be selecting its next superstar.  Since baseball draft prospects often are not household names when picked, we asked around the league to find major league comparisons …
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Jon Heyman / New York Post:
Yankees could consider Marlins' Jazz Chisholm Jr. as possible MLB trade deadline option  —  The Yankees have discussed Jazz Chisholm Jr., the Marlins' talented outfielder-turned-infielder.  The extent of the interest is unknown, but Chisholm likely would play mostly infield, a Yankees need.
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New York Times:
MLB trade deadline watch: Upstart Nationals prepared to shift into sell mode and more notes
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Rays' Wander Franco put on restricted list after charges  —  Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was placed on the restricted list Wednesday, a day after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic levied three charges against him for an alleged sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl, sources told ESPN.
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ESPN:
Rays SS Wander Franco charged with sexual abuse against minor
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Release Whit Merrifield  —  The Phillies announced Friday that they've released veteran infielder/outfielder Whit Merrifield and recalled fellow infielder/outfielder Weston Wilson from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.  —  Merrifield signed a one-year, $8MM contract with the Phillies in free agency this past offseason.
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Blue Jays put Kevin Kiermaier on revocable waivers in telling trade-deadline sign  —  The Blue Jays placed Kevin Kiermaier on revocable waivers, The Post has learned.  —  Toronto almost certainly was seeing if a team would put in a claim on the veteran center fielder and remove …
Charlie Goldsmith / Cincinnati.com:
Graham Ashcraft moves to the big league injured list with an elbow strain  —  After the Cincinnati Reds optioned starting pitcher Graham Ashcraft to Triple-A on Monday, he met with a doctor to evaluate elbow tightness that he had been dealing with.  Ashcraft learned he had an elbow strain.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers move veteran Kenta Maeda to bullpen for ‘foreseeable future’  —  Detroit Tigers right-hander Kenta Maeda, the second-highest paid player on the roster, has been banished to the bullpen without a timetable for his return to the starting rotation.
Associated Press:
Orioles' Gunnar Henderson tops pre-arbitration bonus pool  —  NEW YORK — Baltimore shortstop Gunnar Henderson is projected to receive the largest amount from this season's $50 million pre-arbitration bonus pool based on his regular-season statistics.  —  Henderson is on track to get $1,325,021 …
Discussion: Camden Chat
Al Yellon / Bleed Cubbie Blue:
Cubs roster move: Cody Bellinger to injured list, Alexander Canario recalled  —  The Cubs outfielder was hit on the hand by a pitch Wednesday in Baltimore.  —  Cubs outfielder Cody Bellinger was hit on his left hand by a pitch during Wednesday night's game against the Orioles [VIDEO].
 
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