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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
TYLER CHATWOOD OUT FOR ROCKIES REST OF SEASON, WILL HAVE TOMMY JOHN SURGERY — The Denver Post — Tyler Chatwood (32) of the Colorado Rockies delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Boston Red Sox Sept. 24, 2013 at Coors Field. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
M's Have Discussed Zobrist, Price, Willingham, Byrd, Viciedo — 9:51pm: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that the Mariners' talks with the Rays have been more focused on Zobrist than Price, and the two sides have been discussing Zobrist “for weeks.” Nick Franklin's name has frequently come up in talks, he adds.
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ESPN:
GM: Red Sox not giving up yet — Boston general manager Ben Cherington insisted the Red Sox's front office is not giving up on 2014 just yet, and said the next couple of weeks are crucial in determining what the team does at the trade deadline. — “We're going to do whatever we feel gives …
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Conor Ryan / Full Count:
Ben Cherington on D&C: 'I didn't do a good enough job building a complete offense'
Ben Cherington on D&C: 'I didn't do a good enough job building a complete offense'
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Keith Law / ESPN:
Top 50 MLB prospects — Cubs' Kris Bryant unseats Byron Buxton as baseball's top prospect — From left to right: Buxton, the former No. 1; Bryant, the new top dog for the Cubs; and stud SS Correa. — At the MLB season's halfway point, and in the wake of the deadline to sign draftees …
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Daniel Murphy would be amenable to contract extension — When he missed Opening Day for the birth of his first son, Noah, Daniel Murphy recalled the support he received “from the top of the organization to the bottom.” — As talk radio hosts skewered Murphy for leaving the team …
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Agent: Dodgers' Kemp open to trade if not playing every day — Matt Kemp isn't asking the Dodgers to trade him. But he isn't necessarily opposed to the idea, either. — The outfielder's agent, former major-league pitcher Dave Stewart, told FOX Sports on Wednesday that Kemp again wants …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Claim Brad Mills From Athletics — The Blue Jays have claimed lefty Brad Mills off waivers from the Athletics, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). Mills was designated for assignment on July 7 to make room for trade acquisition Jason Hammel.
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Steven Petrella / MLB.com:
Victorino could rejoin Sox after two-game Triple-A stint — Shane Victorino has had a whirlwind of a rehab. While recovering from a strained hamstring, he slipped a disk in his back in June. While trying to get to a game for Double-A Portland Saturday, he got stuck in traffic.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rangers Designate Carlos Pena For Assignment — The Rangers announced that they have designated first baseman Carlos Pena for assignment. That move, along with yesterday's trade of Jason Frasor to the Royals, clears 40-man and 25-man roster spots for Geovany Soto and J.P. Arencibia …
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Dan Bickley / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks' Derrick Hall would be ideal commissioner — Maybe we've got it all wrong. Maybe Derrick Hall hired the smartest guy in the room for personal reasons. — Maybe he hired Tony La Russa to be his successor, as a parting gift to Ken Kendrick and not as the new DH (designated henchman) for Kevin Towers and Kirk Gibson.
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Andrew Marchand / ESPN:
GM Brian Cashman to target pitchers — NEW YORK — Yankees GM Brian Cashman is aggressively trying to upgrade his starting staff, which has seen four-fifths of its opening day rotation end up on the disabled list. — “I have to reinforce our pitching, in my opinion,” Cashman said in a phone conversation Thursday.
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Jason Butt / Washington Post:
Nationals' Anthony Rendon: 'I don't watch baseball — it's too long and boring' — Of the Nationals' All-Star snubs, Anthony Rendon's was the biggest — though missing out on the game probably didn't matter much to the second-year infielder. — After playing in 89 of the Nationals' 93 games …
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Steve Gilbert / MLB.com:
D-backs look ahead after injuries, struggles in first half — Goldschmidt, Miley among highlights; changes looming after break — PHOENIX — The second half of the 2014 season is really about 2015 when it comes to the Arizona Diamondbacks. — A horrendous start to the season along …
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