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MLB trade deadline buzz: Friday's edition — With today's MLB non-waiver trade deadline fast approaching, FOXSports.com baseball reporters Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi have all the latest buzz. All times below are ET. — Slow going for Indians in deal market — 8:27 a.m.
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Joel Sherman / Hardball:
YANKEES GET JERRY HAIRSTON — The Yankees have obtained Jerry Hairston from the Reds in exchange for minor-league catcher Chad Weems. — Hairston is a righty batter and utility player who is hitting .254 this year with eight homers. — “Whatever they ask me to do, I'll do it,” Hairston told The Associated Press.
Juan C. Rodriguez / Florida Marlins:
Florida Marlins: Fishing for Nick Johnson; Bell too pricey; Pavano redux? — What would it take to make the Florida Marlins happy come the 4 p.m. non-waiver trading deadline? Booking Nick Johnson on a flight to South Florida. — The Washington Nationals' first baseman …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN.com:
MLB Trade: Boston Red Sox working on deal with Cleveland Indians for Victor Martinez — The Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians were discussing a three-way trade Thursday night that would send Victor Martinez to Boston, Clay Buchholz to Cleveland and prospects flying in all directions, according to clubs that spoke to both teams.
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Red Sox Acquire Victor Martinez — 2:03pm: Done deal, says Nightengale via Twitter. MLB Network's Tom Verducci says pitcher Bryan Price is the third hurler going to Cleveland in the trade. — 1:35pm: MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo says (via Twitter) pitchers Nick Hagadone and Justin Masterson are in the deal …
Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
Sox get Martinez for Masterson, two prospects; deal LaRoche to Braves for Kotchman — 4:30 p.m. The New York Post's Joel Sherman reporting that Roy Halladay has not been traded. — 4:15 p.m. ESPN reports, in sort of a throwaway line in its Martinez story, that a bigger deal for Halladay fell apart …
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Mike Silva / Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest:
LaRoche to Atlanta, Mets Deal Dead. — Spoke to Joe Demayo and he was told Mets were giving up minor leaguers (one name thrown about was Ruben Tejada) for LaRoche, Kotchman trumped that easily. Mets were in on it. I am not crying over this one. — Update 3:55 PM
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:Tigers Acquire Jarrod Washburn
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NY Daily News:Halladay going down to wire — BY MARK FEINSAND IN CHICAGO AND BILL MADDEN IN NEW YORK
Nick Cafardo / Boston Globe:Sox-Padres still in play
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ESPN.com:
Bronson Arroyo says he used andro, stopped due to rumors it was tainted with steroids — Bronson Arroyo, a former Boston Red Sox teammate of Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, said he would not be surprised to find his name on a list of 104 ballplayers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 …
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Michael Silverman / Boston Herald:
Bronson Arroyo: Bad andro may be cause — + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email — Bronson Arroyo, a 2003 Red Sox [team stats] teammate of David Ortiz [stats] and Manny Ramirez [stats], said yesterday he would not be shocked to discover his name on the list of 104 major league ballplayers …
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Cheating takes juice out of Sox turnaround — David Ortiz lied to you. It seems safe to say that his entire Red Sox career is a lie. — And those life-changing Red Sox championships of 2004 and 2007? Are they forever tainted? — You bet. — A New York Times report yesterday disclosed …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Rumors:
Jake Peavy Dealt To White Sox Again — 4:12pm: Peavy's agent, Barry Axelrod, told Tom Krasovic that his client accepted the deal because there was no guarantee that the Cubs and Dodgers, Peavy's preferred teams, would have made a move for the righty in the offseason.
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Cjennings / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Blog:
Shelley Duncan called up — Shelley's back! — Don't know who's been sent down, but Shelley Duncan has been called up from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and will be with the big league club tonight in Chicago. The move comes after Shelley sat out the second game of yesterday's doubleheader.
JSOnline:
Brewers reacquire Vargas — By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel — I was just told that the Brewers have reacquired right-hander Claudio Vargas for minor league utility man Vinny Rottino. — Vargas is obviously a stop-gap measure to try to get the Brewers through their current crisis …
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Chico Harlan / Nationals Journal:
Beimel Traded to Rockies (Updated) — From the clubhouse in Pittsburgh comes this update: — The Nick Johnson trade to Florida fell through and he'll be uniform for the Nationals tonight. — The team did, however, trade Joe Beimel to the Colorado Rockies for two minor-leaguers.
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Dan Connolly / Baltimore Sun:
Orioles trade Sherrill to Dodgers — Club receives two prospects — third baseman Bell and former St. Paul's pitching standout Johnson — for closer — Closer George Sherrill, whose flat-brimmed cap and ninth-inning tightrope act made him a fan and club favorite in his two seasons in Baltimore …
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Craig Calcaterra / Newsvine:
Why the rest of the names cannot be released — There's a growing sentiment out there — joined by everyone from crooked guys like Victor Conte to dumb guys like Ozzie Guillen to smart guys like Maury Brown — that baseball or the union or the courts or whoever should just release all the names on the list of the 2003 positive tests.
