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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays To Acquire Troy Tulowitzki In Exchange For Jose Reyes, Jeff Hoffman, Miguel Castro — The Blue Jays have struck a deal to acquire star Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and veteran reliever LaTroy Hawkins in exchange for Jose Reyes and a trio of minor leaguers, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports (links to Twitter).
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Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Tulowitzki is hitting .300 this season, with 12 home runs and 52 RBIs — The Denver Post — CHICAGO — In the quiet and shocked visitors clubhouse at Wrigley Field Monday, Rockies players watched star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki enter manager Walt Weiss' office for a long meeting.
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Associated Press:
Bryant's 2-Run HR in 9th Lifts Cubs to 9-8 Win Over Rockies — CHICAGO — After coming close to hitting a home run the previous few games, Kris Bryant believed he was due to get one to go out. — He got one in a big situation. — Bryant's two-run homer with two outs in the bottom …
Baseball America:
Trade Central: Mets Get Clippard To Help Back Of 'Pen — THE DEAL — The suddenly aggressive Mets made their second trade in four days, acquiring righthanded reliever Tyler Clippard—who was traded to Oakland by Washington last offseason—from the Athletics for righthander Casey Meisner.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Acquire Tyler Clippard — 5:35pm: New York will receive $1MM in the deal, meaning that they'll pay Clippard just over $2MM the rest of the way, Ken Davidoff of the New York Post tweets. — 5:16pm: The Mets have agreed to a deal that will land them reliever Tyler Clippard from the Athletics …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Making Progress On Clippard Trade; Other Teams Still In Play
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Associated Press:
Casali Hits 2 HRs to Help Rays Top Tigers 5-2 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Curt Casali homered twice, Nathan Karns took a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 Monday night. — Casali's first homer came on the first pitch of the third inning …
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Steve Schrader / Detroit Free Press:
GM Dombrowski: Tigers not sellers yet
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Gerardo Parra trade market: Mystery team joins Angels, Mets, Orioles — The Angels, Mets, Orioles and a “mystery team” are said to be in the mix for Brewers outfielder Gerardo Parra, who's raised his trade value with an excellent season in Milwaukee. — Parra is a certain bet …
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Bill Pennington / New York Times:
A Thesis Could Be Written on Haverford College's Influence in Baseball — With a restful duck pond at the main entrance and an arboretum of 1,400 labeled trees and shrubs dwarfing the few ball fields on its campus, Haverford College looks nothing like an athletic powerhouse.
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Associated Press:
Goldschmidt Homers, Scores Winning Run in Arizona's 4-3 Win — SEATTLE — Paul Goldschmidt hit his 22nd homer of the season in the first inning and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th on Jake Lamb's sacrifice fly as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Monday night.
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Associated Press:
Crawford Homers to Back Heston as Giants Win Again, 4-2 — SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford hit a two-run homer to help rookie Chris Heston win his fifth consecutive decision, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Monday night for their sixth straight victory.
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Matt Kawahara / Sacramento Bee:
San Francisco Giants likely to activate left fielder Nori Aoki on Monday
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Angels Acquire Shane Victorino — 5:20pm: Los Angeles will be responsible for $1.1MM of the $4.9MM or so left on the contract, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports on Twitter. — 5:00pm: The Angels have acquired veteran outfielder Shane Victorino from the Red Sox, Boston announced …
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Associated Press:
Wong's Slam Paces Cardinals' 4-1 Win Over Reds — ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong hit a grand slam that backed Lance Lynn and led the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 Monday night. — Wong connected on a 3-2 fastball from rookie Raisel Iglesias (1-3) with two outs in the fourth, putting St. Louis ahead 4-1.
