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4:35 PM ET, July 31, 2014

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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Acquire Lackey; Kelly, Craig To Boston  —  In their second blockbuster trade of the day, the Red Sox sent veteran starting pitcher John Lackey to the Cardinals along with minor leaguer Corey Littrell and about $1.75MM in cash in exchange for young starter Joe Kelly and outfielder/first baseman Allen Craig.
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
A's Acquire Lester, Gomes; Cespedes To Boston  —  2:12pm: The A's are paying $650K of Cespedes' salary but are getting back $1.8MM from the Red Sox for Lester's salary, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.  —  11:35am: The teams have announced the trade.
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Red Sox send Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes to A's for Yoenis Cespedes  —  Jon Lester appears likely to front the Athletics rotation into the postseason.  (AP)  —  According to multiple industry sources, the Red Sox have sent Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes to the Athletics in exchange for power hitting outfielder Yoenis Cespedes.
TSN.ca:
Yankees acquire SS Drew from Red Sox for IF Johnson  —  The New York Yankees have reportedly acquired shortstop Stephen Drew from the Boston Red Sox for infielder Kelly Johnson, as the defending champions continue to unload veteran players.  —  The 31-year-old Drew has played in 39 games …
TSN.ca:
Athletics trade LHP Milone to Twins for OF Fuld  —  The Sports Network  —  The Oakland Athletics continued to wheel and deal on Thursday, as they shipped lefty Tommy Milone to the Minnesota Twins for outfielder Sam Fuld.  —  This, of course, comes on the heels of Oakland acquiring lefty Jon Lester …
Andy McCulloughthe / Kansas City Star:
Looking to bolster pitching, Royals consider John Lackey of Red Sox, Bartolo Colon of Mets at trade deadline  —  ›  —  ‹  —  As his baseball operations department foraged for solutions to improving the Royals' roster, general manager Dayton Moore sought to diminish expectations heading …
Associated Press:
Lackey Goes From Red Sox to Cards for Kelly, Craig
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Acquire Asdrubal Cabrera  —  2:32pm: The Indians are paying the entirety of the $3.33MM remaining on Cabrera's deal, tweets MLB.com's Jordan Bastian, who says that Cleveland is very high on walters.  —  2:21pm: The Nationals have officially announced the acquisition …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Acquire Gerardo Parra  —  The Brewers officially acquired two-time Gold Glove winner Gerardo Parra from the Diamondbacks today for minor leaguers Mitch Haniger and Anthony Banda.  —  Parra, 27, is hitting .259/.305/.362 in 440 plate appearances this year, playing mostly right field for Arizona.
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Don't rule out a David Price trade  —  As the hours ticked down to the trade deadline Thursday morning, a fascinating topic was circulating big league front offices that had nothing to do with the A's and Red Sox:  —  “Don't be surprised,” said an executive of one team, “if you see David Price get traded today.”
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Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda power Mets in 11-2 blowout over Phillies  —  With a three-run home run from Murphy, a two-run shot from Duda and a five-run seventh inning, the Mets clinched their second straight series against the Phillies and gave the win to Zack Wheeler, who is 3-0 with a 1.63 ERA over his last six starts.
Discussion: Metsblog and ESPN
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Marc Carig / Newsday:
Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda homer in Mets' rout of Phillies
Discussion: Metsblog
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mariners Acquire Chris Denorfia  —  The Mariners have acquired Chris Denorfia from the Padres in exchange for outfielder Abraham Almonte and minor league right-hander Stephen Kohlscheen, the teams announced.  —  Denorfia, 34, is hitting just .242/.293/.319 this season …
Chris Haft / MLB.com:
Giants part ways with Uggla, Colvin  —  Struggling second baseman hitless in four games; outfielder batted .223  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Clearing roster room for what could be multiple player moves before Thursday's Trade Deadline, the Giants released second baseman Dan Uggla and outfielder Tyler Colvin …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:   Giants Weighing Options With Dan Uggla, Option Tyler Colvin
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Acquire Andrew Miller  —  The Orioles have issued an announcement of the 1-for-1 swap of lefties.  Baltimore will acquire Red Sox reliever Andrew Miller, as Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com first reported (via Twitter).  —  In return, Boston has picked up left-handed pitching prospect Eduardo Rodriguez …
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
The Royals, Giants, Mariners and to a lesser degree the Reds and Indians are in on Rangers outfielder Alex Rios, one of the better hitters on the market.  —  The Yankees do not seem to be heavily involved at this point.  —  Rios is perhaps the best all-around outfielder on the market, though his power is down a bit.
Canadian Press:
Kluber outpitches Hernandez as Indians blank Mariners  —  CLEVELAND — Corey Kluber had three-hitter to outpitch Felix Hernandez for his first career shutout, Yan Gomes had a two-run double and the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Wednesday night.
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MLB:
Cards deal for Masterson to bolster pitching
Discussion: ESPN.com and U.S.S. Mariner
 
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