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Cabrera, Dickey Lead Blue Jays Over Red Sox 14-1 — BOSTON — Melky Cabrera homered from both sides of the plate and drove in five runs, R.A. Dickey pithed three-hit ball for seven innings and the Toronto Blue Jays romped past the Boston Red Sox 14-1 on Monday night.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Royals Acquire Liam Hendriks, Erik Kratz — 6:10pm: The Blue Jays announced that they have acquired Danny Valencia from the Royals in exchange for Hendriks and Kratz. Valencia, 29, posted a .282/.328/.382 slash line in 119 plate appearances for KC this season.
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Royals Review and MLB Daily Dish
Joe McDonald / ESPN:
Papi's pitch: Red Sox shouldn't trade Lester … BOSTON — David Ortiz believes teammate Jon Lester and the Red Sox should agree on a contract extension to keep the left-handed pitcher in Boston for a long time. — Amid speculation that the Red Sox are listening to trade offers for the ace …
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Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Red Sox could end up trading Lester — It makes sense for Boston to deal its ace left-hander, but it would be a risky move — So who would have guessed last October that the central figure of Trade Deadline Week 2014 would be . . . Jon Lester? — But that's where Lester and the Red Sox find themselves all of a sudden.
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South Side Sox, Full Count, NESN.com, MLB Daily Dish, The Good Phight, MLB Trade Rumors, Phillies Nation, CBSSports.com and CBSSports.com
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Phillies Make Hamels Available; Dodgers Interested — 3:50pm: In today's Rumblings & Grumblings column, ESPN's Jayson Stark touched on Hamels' availability (highlights from the rest of the piece can be seen here, though it's worth reading in its entirety). — Officials from other teams tell Stark …
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The Good Phight and MLB Daily Dish
Fox Sports:
Trader Jack? As Seattle's GM struggles to complete deals, some rival executives wonder — The Mariners already have completed one trade, acquiring designated hitter Kendrys Morales from the Twins last week. General manager Jack Zduriencik could make one or two more deals …
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Lookout Landing
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Melvin, aides prep for Trade Deadline — ST. PETERSBURG — Doug Melvin needed some extra chairs in the visiting general manager's suite at Tropicana Field on Monday. — With the non-waiver Trade Deadline looming at 3 p.m. CT on Thursday, Melvin led a larger-than-usual group of Brewers officials …
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Al's Ramblings
Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
Nationals trade rumors as deadline nears — Thursday's non-waiver trade deadline now stands only three days away, and the Nationals are, as ever, somewhat hard to read. They “seem to be very busy on multiple fronts,” as one executive from a selling team put it.
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Nick Cafardo / The Boston Globe:
Rays have big decisions as trade deadline nears
Rays have big decisions as trade deadline nears
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Inside the 'Zona, Federal Baseball, MLB Trade Rumors and The Good Phight
Associated Press:
Odorizzi Goes 7 Strong, Rays Beat Brewers 2-1 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jake Odorizzi won his third consecutive start, James Loney had two RBIs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Monday night. — Odorizzi (7-8) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings to beat …
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DRaysBay and Canadian Press
Associated Press:
Worley Tosses 4-Hitter, Pirates Beat Giants 5-0 — SAN FRANCISCO — Vance Worley tossed a four-hitter for his first career shutout, and the Pittsburgh Pirates pounded Madison Bumgarner early in a 5-0 win over the struggling San Francisco Giants on Monday night. — Worley (4-1) struck out three and walked one.
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McCovey Chronicles and Canadian Press
Associated Press:
Carter Leads Astros Homer-Happy Win Over Athletics — HOUSTON — Chris Carter, Jason Castro, Marc Krauss and Matt Dominguez each hit a home run as the Houston Astros snapped a five-game skid with a 7-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. — Carter hit a monstrous three-run shot …
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The Crawfish Boxes and Canadian Press
Associated Press:
Travis d'Arnaud homers, Mets crush Phillies 7-1 — NEW YORK — Bartolo Colon let the trade talk get to him — a dozen years ago, when he was dealt from the Indians to the Expos. — Baseball is now long gone in Montreal, but the 41-year-old pitcher is still going strong — and certainly won't get distracted by any rumors.
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Faith and Fear in Flushing and ESPN
Clark Spencer / MiamiHerald.com:
Continued surge could put Miami Marlins in buy mode for a starting pitcher — HOUSTON — Giancarlo Stanton hasn't played in many meaningful games with the Marlins, who have finished last in every one of his four seasons except for his first. — That's why he's looking forward …
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Fish Stripes and MLB Trade Rumors
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Metsblog:
Jacob deGrom named co-NL Player of the Week — Jacob deGrom was named co-National League Player of the Week, along with Marlins reliever Steve Cishek. — DeGrom went 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA over the past week. In 13 1/3 innings — two starts — deGrom struck out 11, walked three and allowed just nine hits and one earned run.
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Amazin' Avenue