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Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Inside the Phillies: Trading Lee would hardly guarantee a big return — ATLANTA - The last time the Phillies were pressured into trading Cliff Lee, they emerged with Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, and J.C. Ramirez. There is no such mandate to jettison Lee at this moment …
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csnphilly.com:
Lee ready to go, not worried about trade deadline — ATLANTA — Cliff Lee still can't fully explain what happened when he gave up eight hits (four for extra bases) and eight runs in 4 1/3 innings in his final minor-league rehab start Monday night in Clearwater.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Close To Acquiring Huston Street — 9:57pm: Another player is expected to be going with Lindsey to the Padres, tweets Rosenthal. One possibility, according to a tweet from Brown, is 23-year-old righty R.J. Alvarez. — 9:47pm: A deal is being finalized to send Street to the Angels, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com.
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Gaslamp Ball, Minor League Ball, Halos Heaven and SBNation.com
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Acquire Huston Street From Padres — The Angels have officially agreed to acquire All-Star closer Huston Street from the Padres, as first reported by Jim Bowden of ESPN.com (Twitter links). It is a four-for-two deal, as Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports first tweeted.
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Canadian Press:
Flowers, White Sox bullpen lift Chicago over Astros — CHICAGO — Slump-ridden Tyler Flowers drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning double, and four Chicago pitchers retired the final 22 batters to lift the White Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Astros Fail To Sign Aiken, Nix, Marshall
Astros Fail To Sign Aiken, Nix, Marshall
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Associated Press:
Stroman Sharp as Blue Jays Beat Rangers 4-1 — TORONTO — Marcus Stroman pitched seven shutout innings to snap a three-start winless streak, Dan Johnson had two RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Saturday. — Melky Cabrera had three hits as the Blue Jays won …
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CBSSports.com, baseballmusings.com and Lone Star Ball
Brad Johnson / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Notes: Cabrera, Aviles, Sabean, Scutaro, Pagan — The Giants are interested in Indians infielders Asdrubal Cabrera and Mike Aviles, reports Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com (via Twitter). Of course, the Indians have to decide they are sellers, which might come down to the trade deadline.
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Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com:
Cards to rest Wainwright, move Miller to 'pen — Ace's next start Tuesday; club had planned to give young righty a break — ST. LOUIS — With the flexibility to reset their rotation after the All-Star break, the Cardinals will give ace Adam Wainwright an extended period of rest …
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards notes: Wainwright will rest this weekend
Cards notes: Wainwright will rest this weekend
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True Blue LA and HardballTalk
Clint Longenecker / Baseball America:
2014 Draft: How The Top Bonuses Lined Up — With Friday's signing deadline for the 2014 complete, it's time to take stock in how the money lined up for those players picked at the top of the draft. — This is a ranking of all the draft signing bonuses that exceed $1 million and comparing …
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies, Orioles Have Discussed A.J. Burnett Trade — The Phillies and Orioles have had “very preliminary” talks about a trade involving starting pitcher A.J. Burnett, FOX Sports' Jon Morosi tweets. Morosi further emphasizes that there has not yet been much progress toward a deal.
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Canadian Press:
Two-run homers by Bogaerts, Gomes boost Red Sox over Royals — BOSTON — Jonny Gomes hit a go-ahead two-run pinch homer in the sixth after another two-run shot in the inning by Xander Bogaerts and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Friday night.
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ESPN, Royals Review, Over the Monster, CBSSports.com and Surviving Grady
Canadian Press:
Pirates start second half with comeback win over Rockies — PITTSBURGH — Travis Snider's pinch-hit double in the eighth scored Neil Walker to spark the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. — Walker trotted home when Colorado right fielder Carlos Gonzalez …
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Purple Row and Bucs Dugout