Cardinals Acquire Jonathan Broxton  —  The Cardinals have officially acquired reliever Jonathan Broxton from the Brewers, as Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com first reported on Twitter.  Outfielder Malik Collymore is going to Milwaukee in the deal, and there will be an unknown amount of cash headed …

Blue Jays Acquire Mark Lowe  —  1:07pm: Lefty Rob Rasmussen is the final minor leaguer headed to Toronto, the Blue Jays revealed in officially announcing the trade.  —  12:55pm: Left-hander Jake Brentz is also in the package for Lowe, Heyman tweets.  —  12:45pm: Class-A left-hander Nick Wells …

Red Sox Interested In Tyson Ross  —  The Red Sox like Tyson Ross quite a bit and have been operating “very quietly” in the trade market for starting pitching, reports ESPN's Jerry Crasnick (on Twitter).  Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that the Red Sox have talked to the Padres …

Mike Leake sent to San Francisco Giants for two minor leaguers  —  9h - MLB MIKE LEAKE CINCINNATI REDS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS + more  —  The Baseball Tonight crew discusses Mike Leake's trade from the Reds to the Giants for two minor league players.

Mat Latos, Alex Wood join Dodger rotation after 13-player, 3-team trade  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers didn't get David Price or Cole Hamels at the trade deadline, but they did settle for right-hander Mat Latos and left-hander Alex Wood to bolster their lineup behind Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke.

With Carlos Gomez traded to Houston Astros, ‘cheese head medicine’ got in way of deal for Mets  —  NEW YORK — Thursday morning, Scott Boras called Jeff Wilpon, the Mets' chief operating officer, to discuss the events of the night before.  What exactly, the agent wanted to know …

Twins Acquire Kevin Jepsen  —  1:44pm: The Twins have announced the trade.  —  1:27pm: The Rays will be getting minor league righties Chih-Wei Hu and Alexis Tapia from the Twins, tweets La Velle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.  —  12:59pm: The Twins and Rays are in agreement …

Rangers look at postseason as Hamels deal drags out … ARLINGTON  —  Cole Hamels was expected to officially become a member of the Texas Rangers no later than Friday morning after the company that issues insurance policies on player contracts reviewed the trade.

White Sox great Billy Pierce dead at 88  —  Billy Pierce, one of the White Sox's all-time greats, died Friday morning after a battle with cancer, the team announced.  He was 88. … Statement from the White Sox  —  Billy Pierce, the classy, diminutive yet hard-throwing lefty who followed …

Cubs To Acquire Dan Haren  —  12:58pm: Shortstop Elliot Soto and righty Ivan Pineyro are going to the Marlins in the deal, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald tweets.  —  12:26pm: The Cubs have agreed to acquire righty Dan Haren from the Marlins, Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times reports on Twitter.

Mets May Have Concerns With Cuddyer; Have Interest In Tigers' Yoenis Cespedes, Rajai Davis  —  12:08pm: New York is talking with Detroit about Cespedes, Rosenthal tweets.  At this point, he's one of many options, per the report.  —  12:05pm: As previously reported, the Mets are open …

Phillips Hits Pair of 3-Run HRs, Reds Beat Pirates 15-5  —  CINCINNATI — Brandon Phillips hit a pair of three-run homers and drove in a career-high seven runs on Thursday night, powering the Reds to a 15-5 victory that kept the Pittsburgh Pirates winless in Cincinnati this season.

Orioles Designate Bud Norris For Assignment  —  The Orioles announced that they have designated right-hander Bud Norris for assignment in order to clear space on the 40-man and 25-man rosters for newly acquired outfielder Gerardo Parra.  —  Norris came to the Orioles two years ago to the date …

Depleted Tigers Get 16 Hits and Squeeze Past Orioles 9-8  —  BALTIMORE — Yoenis Cespedes homered and drove in three runs, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-8 on Thursday night after shifting into rebuilding mode by trading two of their best pitchers.