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Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Source: Red Sox get Castillo on 7-year deal — The Boston Red Sox landed the services of Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo, agreeing to a seven-year, $72.5 million contract, a team source told ESPNBoston.com's Gordon Edes on Friday. — Castillo, 27, will join the team this season, the source added.
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Surviving Grady
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Associated Press:
Mariners rally to score 5 in 9th, send Red Sox to sixth straight loss — BOSTON — Austin Jackson's bases-loaded double with two outs in the ninth inning keyed a five-run rally, and the Seattle Mariners sent the Boston Red Sox to their sixth straight loss, 5-3 on Friday night.
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Lookout Landing, ESPN and CBSSports.com
Jason Beck / MLB.com:
Dombrowski: No options elsewhere outside of roster — MINNEAPOLIS — Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski's assessment of their August trade market might well have doubled as a message for his struggling hitters: If Detroit's offense is going to turn around, it's going to have to come from the guys they have now.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
RED SOX PROVING THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE, YOU MAY AS WELL LOSE BIG — Would you believe that the Red Sox have won fewer games than the Royals since the start of the 2012 season? — It's true — the Royals lead the Sox in victories during that time, 228-222.
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Red Sox To Sign Rusney Castillo — 11:50am: Castillo will take his physical tomorrow, tweets Bob Nightengale of USA Today. He will earn $72MM from 2015-20, Nightengale adds. Presumably, Castillo is receiving $500K (or perhaps the pro-rated version of that sum) for the 2014 campaign.
Discussion:
Red Sox Monster, GammonsDaily.com, Over the Monster, Sportsnet.ca and Metsblog
Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com:
Red Sox could soon sign Cuban star Castillo — Source: Outfielder close to inking a six-year, $72 million deal with Boston — The race to sign Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo could come to a record-breaking conclusion soon. — An industry source said Friday that Castillo is on track …
Alex Speier / Full Count:
Red Sox near agreement on 7-year deal with Rusney Castillo
Discussion:
Baseball Prospectus, Over the Monster and Fox Sports
Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Red Sox Sign Rusney Castillo
Discussion:
Lookout Landing, MLB Daily Dish, Over the Monster, Sportsnet.ca, U.S.S. Mariner and Lone Star Ball
Ben Badler / Baseball America:
Rusney Castillo Agrees To Sign With Red Sox
Discussion:
CBSSports.com and SBNation.com
Gordon Edes / ESPN:
Red Sox, Tigers in lead for Castillo
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Full Count, Lone Star Ball, Bless You Boys, Over the Monster, MLB Daily Dish and HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Arrieta holds O's to 4 hits, beats former team — Recap — Box Score — Play-By-Play — Photos — Conversation — Jake Arrieta goes 7 innings to lead Cubs past Orioles — CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta shut down his former team, holding Baltimore to four hits in seven innings …
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MLB, Bleed Cubbie Blue and ESPN
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Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Manny Machado Likely Out For Season — Orioles third baseman Manny Machado is likely out for the rest of the season, Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports tweets. He will have knee surgery at some point within the next week. The Orioles announced last week that Machado had a right knee ligament sprain …
Discussion:
Camden Depot and HardballTalk
Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Surging Orioles set for challenges of stretch run
Discussion:
Camden Chat
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Notes: Carlos, Quesada, Castillo, Wheeler, Niese — The Mets have long been on the lookout for a shortstop, but while many have speculated on the possibility of a trade with the Cubs or D'Backs, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that the team will take a look at an under-the-radar Cuban shortstop in the coming days.
Discussion:
Metsblog and Amazin' Avenue
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Canadian Press:
Nats' ten-game win streak ends with Giants' rookie's HR — WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals' winning streak ended at a team record-tying 10 games Friday night when rookie Joe Panik hit his first major league home run and sent the San Francisco Giants to a 10-3 romp.
Discussion:
McCovey Chronicles, Associated Press and ESPN
Associated Press:
Drew Smyly throws 2-hitter as Evan Longoria, Rays crush Jays — TORONTO — Drew Smyly pitched a two-hitter and retired the final 19 batters for the first complete game of his career, leading the Tampa Bay Rays over the struggling Toronto Blue Jays 8-0 on Friday night.
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DRaysBay
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs cut grounds crew's hours to avoid paying health benefits — sources — Thanks a lot, Obama. — Add the Affordable Care Act - or, specifically, the big-business Cubs' response to it - to the causes behind Tuesday night's tarp fiasco and rare successful protest by the San Francisco Giants.
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HardballTalk, CBSSports.com, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Chicago Tribune
Sid Hartman / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Ryan, Gardenhire expected to return to Twins — The Twins GM said those decisions will be made at the end of the year but implied they'll remain. — Terry Ryan indicated strongly Thursday that if he is the Twins' general manager when the 2015 season begins, Ron Gardenhire will be back for a 13th season as manager.
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HardballTalk and CBSSports.com
