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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 …
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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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New York Post:
Red Sox revival rests on Lester, Beckett — But this is mostly about the rotation. The Red Sox have four of the bottom 14 AL ERA qualifiers. That includes rookie Felix Doubront (4.54) and Clay Buchholz (4.93), who has shown some positive signs recently.
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Fox Sports:
Despite struggles, Shields in demand — Tampa Bay Rays right-hander James Shields, a popular name on the trade market, has a 6.15 ERA in his last seven starts. — Yet, while some clubs are concerned that he may be repeating his disappointing 2010 season, the Los Angeles Angels are undeterred, major-league sources say.
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Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Angels will likely have to look within for rotation help
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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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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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MLB Rumors
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
All eyes on Zack Greinke
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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 — NEW YORK — Starting tonight against the Yankees, the Red Sox have 63 games remaining in their season. — Last season was ample proof that most anything can happen in baseball. But does a 49-50 team have a reasonable chance of making the postseason?
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Over the Monster and Surviving Grady
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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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Melvin: Brewers will trade Greinke by Deadline
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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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MLB Daily Dish and Hit and Run
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 …
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com Sports News …:
Rockies want to keep Cuddyer & Belisle; Scutaro Giambi & Betancourt could go — The Rockies see Michael Cuddyer as the replacement to Todd Helton at first. (Getty Images) — The Rockies, who lost three starting pitchers to the disabled list and Troy Tulowitzki for most of the year …
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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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