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Steve Adams / MLB Rumors:
Yankees Acquire Alfonso Soriano — Alfonso Soriano is heading back to the same team with which he began his Major League career. After stops in Texas and Washington and an extended stay in Chicago, Soriano has come full circle by officially waiving his no-trade rights to approve a trade to the Yankees.
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Matt Ehalt / ESPN:
Alfonso Soriano traded to Yankees — The trade of Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano to the New York Yankees was finalized Friday after he officially waived his no-trade clause. — “I'm very happy. This is my house. This is my home. I'm happy I'm back,” Soriano said before the Yankees faced the Rays.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Soriano back in pinstripes after trade with Cubs
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Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Cubs give emotional goodbye to veteran Soriano
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Jerry Crasnick / ESPN.com:
Sources: Phillies getting late offers for Lee — Multiple teams are making a late run at the Philadelphia Phillies with offers for pitcher Cliff Lee as Wednesday's trade deadline nears, baseball sources told ESPN.com Friday. — Although Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. declined …
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Andrew Wharton / Metsblog:
Final Score (Game 2): Nationals 2 Mets 1 — The Least You Should Know: — LaTroy Hawkins allowed a walk-off home run to Ryan Zimmerman in the bottom of the ninth. — Matt Harvey was dominant yet again, despite not factoring in the decision. His final line: 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K.
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Matthew Cerrone / Metsblog:
Final Score (Game 1): Mets 11 Nationals 0 — The Least You Should Know: — The Nationals have more losses than the Mets. — Jenrry Mejia returned for a spot-start and tossed seven shut-out innings. He struck out seven batters, walked no one and surprised everyone.
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Henry Schulman / San Francisco Giants:
Why the SF Giants traded for former A's pitcher Moscoso — UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: The struggles of Mike Kickham and Eric Surkamp in their spot starts reinforced what the Giants already knew about their major-league-ready pitching depth. They have none, which is why they traded for Guillermo Moscoso.
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Associated Press:
Chris Tillman helps O's blank Red Sox, snap three-game losing skid — BALTIMORE — Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Adam Jones homered twice and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-0 Friday night to end a three-game skid.
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Canadian Press:
Minor lifts Braves with seven strong in win over Cardinals — ATLANTA — Mike Minor allowed only one run to give Atlanta's depleted rotation a lift, Jason Heyward homered, and the Braves beat Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 in a matchup of division leaders on Friday night.
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Greg Johns / MLB.com:
Morse closing in on return to Mariners lineup — SEATTLE — Michael Morse was scheduled to play nine innings in right field for Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday night in his fourth rehab game, and a decision could come soon on when he'll rejoin the Mariners, according to interim manager Robby Thompson.
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ESPN:
Sources: Clinic gave high schoolers PEDs — CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The clinic operator at the heart of a Major League Baseball investigation into performance-enhancing drugs provided them to numerous high school students, according to former associates of Tony Bosch and documents obtained by “Outside the Lines.”
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Associated Press:
Mariners place Mike Zunino on DL — SEATTLE — The surging Seattle Mariners have received a major blow as young catcher Mike Zunino has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand. — The Mariners announced the diagnosis on Friday.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Brewers' Lohse more popular than Gallardo; is he available? — One rival general manager who talked to the Brewers recently posed this question of Brewers GM Doug Melvin: “How about Kyle Lohse instead of Yovani Gallardo?” — He's very likely not the only opposing GM asking that question, either.
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Stiffening PED penalties — Would players consider lifetime bans or voiding of contracts? — Let's have a warm hand, ladies and gentlemen, for Jared Michael “Skip” Schumaker. He spoke the two words this week we never thought we'd hear a baseball player utter: — “Lifetime ... ban.”
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