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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Detroit deals Maroth to St. Louis — FOXSports.com, Updated 25 minutes ago — LIKE THIS STORY? — Seeking to bolster their rotation, the Cardinals have acquired left-handed pitcher Mike Maroth from the Tigers, FOXSports.com has learned. — The trade is the Tigers' second in three days …
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Associated Press:
Cardinals acquire lefty pitcher Maroth from Tigers — ATLANTA — The Detroit Tigers traded lefty Mike Maroth to the pitching-desperate St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in a deal between last year's World Series opponents. — The trade came with St. Louis struggling at 32-37 and the Tigers tied for the AL Central lead.
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals get lefty Mike Maroth — For the second time this week, the Cardinals moved to acquire a major-league starting pitcher who had just shaken loose from another club's rotation. The Cardinals traded for Detroit lefthander Mike Maroth in a deal finalized today, major-league sources confirmed to the Post-Dispatch.
RotoAuthority / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Acquire Mike Maroth — According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cardinals have traded for Tigers lefty Mike Maroth. Maroth, a 30 year-old southpaw, is most famous for his 21 loss season in 2003. — Maroth has always been hittable, but his normally fine control has been off this year.
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Dejan Kovacevic / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pirates Notebook: Torres' delay might push him beyond break — SEATTLE — Salomon Torres' return to the Pirates' bullpen will take longer than expected, perhaps beyond the All-Star break. — Torres, placed on the 15-day disabled list June 9 because of a severely inflamed ligament in his right elbow …
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Bucs Dugout
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John Perrotto / Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times:Pirates interested in Oakland's Bradley
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The Parrot
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:Oakland parting ways with Bradley
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Knuckle Curve, Baseball Musings, MLB Trade Rumors, MLB.com, Athletics Nation and Can't Stop The Bleeding
Christian Red / NY Daily News:
Wilpon says Willie's fine — Sings skipper's praises — Six straight series losses. A 4-14 record in June. Slumping bats and recent starting pitching struggles. — If this was the Bronx, someone would be on a "big hook," Joe Torre's job would be in jeopardy and there would be …
Baltimore Sun:
Wrist injury puts Tejada's streak in jeopardy … SAN DIEGO // Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada extended his consecutive games streak, to 1,152 yesterday, but that's where it is probably going to end. — Tests were taken on Tejada's left wrist late Wednesday night, and the results received …
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FanHouse, Oriole Post, ESPN, Oriole Magic, Baseball Musings, MY BASEBALL BIAS, Larry Brown Sports and Babes Love Baseball
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Sean McAdam / Providence Journal:
Latest injury no blow to Sox — SAN DIEGO — In compiling baseball's best record through the first 11 weeks of the 2007 season, the Red Sox have been the beneficiaries of extraordinarily good fortune when it comes to injuries. — Until now, the five pitchers who made up the starting rotation …
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Associated Press:
AP asks court for alleged steroid users' names — NEW YORK — The Associated Press asked a federal judge to make public the names of baseball players a government agent said were implicated in drug use by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley. — In an application filed Wednesday …
Carter Gaddis / TBO.com:
Rays' Baldelli Out Awhile — ST. PETERSBURG - An MRI on Thursday revealed no tear in Devil Rays CF Rocco Baldelli's injured left hamstring, but he still is expected to be sidelined for perhaps another month after re-injuring himself Monday during a rehabilitation game for Triple-A Durham.
Baseball America:
White Sox Oust Shaffer As Scouting Director — Industry and organization sources have confirmed a Chicago Tribune story that the White Sox have fired Duane Shaffer, their senior director of amateur scouting. General manager Kenny Williams' decision ends a 35-year affiliation between Shaffer and the White Sox.
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The Biz of Baseball
Jim Ingraham / zwire.com:
What's poking Pronk? — Views and reviews on what we've seen from the Indians thus far ... The longer Travis Hafner's slump continues, the more likely it seems that it's something other than a lack of the proper mechanical adjustments at the plate that is the problem. — Hafner's beyond that.
Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — Giambi — I not only don't understand what's going on with Jason Giambi, I'm more confused by every new fact. I'd really intended to write something here about how I was suprised about his meeting, the rules behind the agreement, or the reaction of players.
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River Ave. Blues
Joe Cowley / Chicago Sun Times:
Sox' weekend could be a blast — Having to deal with Round 2 of the media-hyped Cubs-White Sox crosstown rivalry isn't a high priority for the Sox, who are chin-deep in quicksand with likely just a few more deep breaths left. — That was made evident when starting pitcher Mark Buehrle …
