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Mark Polishuk / MLB Rumors:
Angels Acquire Zack Greinke — One of the trade deadline's major chips has switched teams, as the Angels have acquired Zack Greinke in a trade with the Brewers. Milwaukee will receive top infield prospect Jean Segura and Double-A right-handers Ariel Pena and John Hellweg in exchange for their ace.
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D.J. Short / HardballTalk:
Angels acquire Zack Greinke from the Brewers — Things just got very interesting in the American League West. — According to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com, the Angels have acquired right-hander Zack Greinke from the Brewers. — The Brewers are getting prospect …
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Greinke Derby should be a doozy: Rangers, Braves, Chisox, Angels, Dodgers, etc.
Greinke Derby should be a doozy: Rangers, Braves, Chisox, Angels, Dodgers, etc.
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Angels will likely have to look within for rotation help
Angels will likely have to look within for rotation help
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New York Post:
Red Sox revival rests on Lester, Beckett — The Red Sox team that will show up tonight at Yankee Stadium comes with tons of problems. — Strangely, they also have plenty of solutions. — They are a bizarre group, an underachieving team that could plummet or soar from here forward and surprise few with either result.
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Schedule does not bode well for the Red Sox
Schedule does not bode well for the Red Sox
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Danny Knobler / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Dodgers may consider adding Soriano or LaHair to a Dempster deal with Cubs — The Dodgers and Cubs, stalled on what the Dodgers would give up in a trade for Ryan Dempster, have had some discussions on expanding the deal to also include Alfonso Soriano or Bryan LaHair, sources say.
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Bruce Levine / ESPN:
Braves still Ryan Dempster option? — CHICAGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers are not the only team Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster would accept a trade to, according to a source familiar with the situation. — Dempster will consider a number of teams, including the Atlanta Braves and Dodgers …
Scooby Axson / SI Tracking Blog:
Boston police: Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster missing — Call the Boston Police if you have seen this creature wandering the streets of Bean Town. (Jim Rogash/Getty Images) — UPDATE: (3:57 p.m.) The Boston Police says that Wally the Green Monster has been found. No further updates were available.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Sources: Phillies plan to hold onto Cliff Lee through the deadline — The Phillies plan to keep Cliff Lee, and won't trade him before the Tuesday trade deadline, sources say. — One person with ties to the Phillies said team higherups believe trading Lee would potentially undo …
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MLB Daily Dish, SI Tracking Blog, River Avenue Blues, Full Count and The Good Phight
Jerry Crasnick / MLB:
Sources: Marlins' asking price high — While the Miami Marlins have made it clear that pitcher Josh Johnson is available in a trade, the team's initial asking price for the All-Star right-hander is so high it's generated skepticism within baseball circles that he will be moved by Tuesday's non-waiver trade deadline.
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SI Tracking Blog and Full Count
Ian Begley / ESPN:
Selig confident replay will grow — MLB commissioner Bud Selig remains certain that baseball will expand instant replay to include trapped balls and line drives down the foul lines. — Selig reiterated that he wants to see the additions during an interview on “The Mike Lupica Show” on ESPN New York 98.7 FM on Friday.
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BBTF's Baseball Primer … and SI Tracking Blog
Jayson Stark / MLB:
Chasing the top position player — Four contending teams targeting Padres third baseman Chase Headley — Editor's note: Jayson Stark will be writing a Daily Rumble each day leading up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. — Normally, when we utter the phrase “Best Position Player on the Market” …
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Fox Sports:
Can Daniels really improve Rangers? — In every baseball front office, the goal is to remain rational in an irrational sport. Everyone — the fans, the media, the players, the coaching staff — is clamoring for one move or another, leading up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.
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Hit and Run and MLB Daily Dish
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Joey Gallo Continues Power Surge For Rangers — Joey Gallo's numbers have been downright silly. — Signed for $2.25 million as a Rangers supplemental first-round pick last month, Gallo has annihilated pitchers in the Rookie-level Arizona League. The 18-year-old third baseman …
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Minor League Ball
Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Nationals trade deadline: the case against adding a starter to replace Stephen Strasburg — With the trading deadline four days away, the Nationals' front office executives will be asking numerous questions of themselves and their roster. One of the biggest: Should the Nationals acquire …
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Beyond the Box Score, baseballmusings.com and THE BOOK
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Amanda Comak / Washington Times:
Johnson not expecting Nationals to face Greinke
Tom Singer / MLB.com:
Starling in the making: Rookie homers on first pitch — HOUSTON — That wasn't an earthquake in a suburb of Santo Domingo at exactly 8:07 p.m. ET on Thursday night. It was the Richter Scale picking up the tremors caused by an entire neighborhood jumping up and down in unison in celebration …
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