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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Carlos Gonzalez on trade block following Troy Tulowitzki deal — After their stunning trade of franchise shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, the Rockies are said to be planning to move star outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, as well. — “They expect to move him,” one GM with an interested team said.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Acquire Troy Tulowitzki, LaTroy Hawkins From Rockies For Jose Reyes And Pitching Prospects — The Blue Jays have officially struck a stunning deal to acquire Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and veteran reliever LaTroy Hawkins in exchange for Jose Reyes and a trio of minor league pitchers.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Persistence helped Jays land Tulowitzki; is pitching next? — FOX Sports — When Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos acquired Josh Donaldson last offseason, it was because he wouldn't take no for an answer. — Same thing with Troy Tulowitzki. — Just as Anthopoulos wore …
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ANDREWSTOETEN.com and Bluebird Banter
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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On the Rox and baseballmusings.com
Yahoo Sports:
Inside the shocking trade of Troy Tulowitzki — There was always an agreement between Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort and his star shortstop, Troy Tulowitzki, spoken out loud so as to be abundantly clear: If the Rockies were to trade Tulowitzki, they were going to ask for his blessing first.
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Cincinnati.com, New Jersey Online and Just Mets
Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Troy Tulowitzki, the Blue Jays, and Upgrading Strengths — Here is the story of the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays, presented in two easy graphs. — The Blue Jays have bludgeoned their opponents on offense but given most of that back on defense, so naturally, everyone — myself included …
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Sporting News Feed RSS, SBNation.com, Toronto Sun, DRaysBay, Let's Go Tribe and Blue Jays Plus
Andy Martino / New York Daily News:
Toronto Blue Jays offered Jose Reyes “to everyone in baseball,” but Mets not interested in reunion
Toronto Blue Jays offered Jose Reyes “to everyone in baseball,” but Mets not interested in reunion
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Metsblog and New York Post
Rob Neyer / Fox Sports:
Will Tulo's contract outweigh his talents, make Jays regret trade?
Will Tulo's contract outweigh his talents, make Jays regret trade?
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Blue Jays Plus
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago:
Kris Bryant HR delivers Cubs' MLB-leading 10th walk-off
Kris Bryant HR delivers Cubs' MLB-leading 10th walk-off
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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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The Good Phight and McCovey Chronicles
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants “Making Strong Push” For Cole Hamels
Giants “Making Strong Push” For Cole Hamels
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CBSSports.com and Chicago
Benjamin Morris / FiveThirtyEight:
How Weird Is Alex Rodriguez's Resurgence? — Once-disgraced slugger Alex Rodriguez turned 40 years old Monday, and he's still hitting home run hat tricks. His remarkable return to form (at the moment he's a top-10 hitter despite missing all of last year) has even New York fans who loathed him not long ago mulling his redemption.
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CBSSports.com
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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.
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Baseball Prospectus, New Jersey Online and Amazin' Avenue
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Acquire Tyler Clippard
Mets Acquire Tyler Clippard
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Athletics Nation, Faith and Fear in Flushing, Amazin' Avenue, Baseball Essential and NBCSports.com
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Making Progress On Clippard Trade; Other Teams Still In Play
Mets Making Progress On Clippard Trade; Other Teams Still In Play
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Sporting News Feed RSS, CBSSports.com and Amazin' Avenue
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Would Dodgers trade Yasiel Puig? Unlikely, but he can't rule it out — Yasiel Puig has played in only 53 of the Dodgers' 100 games. After spending five weeks on the disabled list because of a strained hamstring, he is batting .253 with six home runs and 22 runs batted in.
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HardballTalk, Bleacher Report and Sporting News Feed RSS
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers Willing To Listen On Yasiel Puig
Dodgers Willing To Listen On Yasiel Puig
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Full Count, Sporting News Feed RSS and MLB Daily Dish
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
GM Dombrowski: Tigers not sellers yet
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Know Hitter and MLB Daily Dish
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Diamondbacks top pick Dansby Swanson hit in face during simulated game — SEATTLE - Dansby Swanson's first day on the field for the Diamondbacks didn't go exactly as planned. — Swanson, the No. 1 overall pick in last month's draft, was hit in the face by a fastball from fellow prospect Yoan Lopez …
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HardballTalk
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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Lookout Landing
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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Brew Crew Ball, MLB Daily Dish, Camden Chat and Just Mets
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.