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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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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.
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Making Progress On Clippard Trade; Other Teams Still In Play  —  5:12pm: A deal sending Clippard to the Mets is getting “closer,” Heyman tweets.  —  2:05pm: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports writes that the Nationals are still considering a reunion with Clippard.
Discussion: CBSSports.com and Amazin' Avenue
Susan Slusser / San Francisco Chronicle:
Tyler Clippard could beat Ben Zobrist out of Oakland
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Mets shift focus from star bats to relief help
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  —  It's the morning after getting pummeled, 11-1, by David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox on national TV.  —  They're still four games out in the chase for the American League's last wild-card spot.  —  So what's the Detroit Tigers' outlook now, Dave Dombrowski?
Discussion: Know Hitter and MLB Daily Dish
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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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 …
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Zobrist draws huge interest; Pirates, Royals in, Angels, Yanks, Cubs also  —  Ben Zobrist's market is said to be red-hot, with the versatile star drawing interest from the Pirates, Royals, Angels, Yankees, Cubs and several others.  —  Zobrist is so popular that basically every contender but the Dodgers …
Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards have talked to Brewers about Lind  —  With the trade deadline arriving Friday, the Cardinals have had conversations recently with Milwaukee, and the Brewers are believed to be willing to trade first baseman Adam Lind.  —  Lind has 16 homers, a .549 slugging percentage against righthanded pitchers …
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Brewers' Gomez drawing interest from contenders, non-contenders  —  FOX Sports  —  Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez is one of the most intriguing players on the trade market - a right-handed hitter who is affordable and under club control through next season.
Associated Press:
Oh, my!  Dick Enberg feted in Cooperstown with writer Tom Gage; Curt Flood gets special mention  —  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters was presented on Saturday to Dick Enberg and Tom Gage received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for writers in a ceremony at Doubleday Field.
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Riley Blevins / The Clarion Ledger:
Ole Miss guard Moody arrested for DUI  —  OXFORD — Ole Miss senior guard Stefan Moody was arrested early Saturday morning for first-offense DUI, according to the Lafayette County Detention Center's jail docket.  —  An Ole Miss spokesperson said the school is aware of Moody's arrest, but is still gathering information at this time.
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Nationals, Blue Jays looking at Kimbrel; Trea Turner sought by SD  —  The Nationals and Blue Jays are among the teams showing some interest in Padres star closer Craig Kimbrel, who along with the rest of the San Diego roster, is available.  —  The Padres, in fact, suggested a return …
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KHOU-TV:
Taylor Swift concert date moved due to possible Astros playoff run  —  HOUSTON — The Houston date for Taylor Swift's “The 1989 World Tour” will be moved from October to Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Minute Maid Park.  —  The move comes due to a potential Major League Baseball playoff conflict.
Discussion: Yahoo Sports
Jeffrey Flanagan / MLB.com:
Royals finalize deal for ace Cueto with Reds  —  Johnny Cueto discusses being traded from the Reds to the Royals  —  KANSAS CITY — Finally, after almost a day of speculation, the Royals completed a trade for Reds right-hander Johnny Cueto.  —  The deal was announced during the third inning …
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Matt Kawahara / Sacramento Bee:
San Francisco Giants likely to activate left fielder Nori Aoki on Monday  —  Aoki was on his way to San Francisco on Sunday morning  —  He went 2-for-3 with a run Saturday for Triple-A Sacramento  —  Manager Bruce Bochy will weigh lineup options with Aoki back
Steven Marcus / Newsday:
David Wright closer to baseball activities  —  David Wright is expected to rejoin the team shortly, manager Terry Collins said Sunday.  —  “David has been simulating baseball activities,” he said.  “He's been doing some running, doing some light hitting.  Hopefully [this week] he starts baseball activities.”
Discussion: New York Post and Amazin' Avenue
 
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