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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 — 11:35am: The teams have announced the trade. Nightengale tweets the exact figure that will be heading to Oakland: $650K. — 10:09am: Dave Cameron of Fangraphs reports another wrinkle in the trade: Cespedes' contract calls for him to be non-tendered …
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USA Today, NY Daily News, Metsblog, The Boston Globe, FanGraphs Baseball and MLB Daily Dish
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 …
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Bless You Boys, Red Reporter and Full Count
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 …
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Baseball Prospectus and Canadian Press
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.
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NESN.com, Pinstripe Alley, The LoHud Yankees Blog, MLB Daily Dish and Boston Sports Media Watch
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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MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Daily Dish and Associated Press
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Jayson Stark / MLB:
David Price likely staying put
David Price likely staying put
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ESPN, MLB Daily Dish, Camden Depot, South Side Sox, DRaysBay, Pinstripe Alley, MLB Trade Rumors and Phillies Nation
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.
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Al's Ramblings and AZ Snake Pit
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Daniel Murphy, Lucas Duda homer in Mets' rout of Phillies … By the end of Wednesday's's 11-2 pummeling of the Phillies, the non-waiver trade deadline was just 24 hours away. And like every other team in the major leagues, the potential for change lingered over the Mets.
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Metsblog
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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.
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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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.
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Metsblog, Seattle Mariners blog, McCovey Chronicles and MLB Trade Rumors
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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Baseball Prospectus and Lookout Landing
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Cardinals Acquire Justin Masterson
Cardinals Acquire Justin Masterson
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Over the Monster, Let's Go Tribe, Plain Dealer, MiLB News, NESN.com, HardballTalk and MLB Daily Dish
Blake Schuster / Chicago Tribune:
Struggles deepen for Cubs' Jackson — While Chicago Cubs backup catcher John Baker was fist-pumping his way back to the dugout after recording the first - and likely only - victory of his major league pitching career, starter Edwin Jackson was sitting back in the clubhouse amazed that he let his club get into this mess.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
TSN.ca:
Cubs' Arrieta gets the ball in finale with Rockies — The Sports Network — It's been an eventful 12 months for Jake Arrieta. — He's gone from traded pitcher to No. 3 starter to staff ace for the Chicago Cubs, and will make his final start prior to the 2014 trade deadline on Thursday afternoon …
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Purple Row