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.

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 …

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.

Milwaukee lands RHP prospect Davies from Orioles for outfielder  —  2015 MLB.com Top Prospects: Zach Davies has managed to rise to the top of the O's ladder with a three-pitch mix he commands extremely well  —  MILWAUKEE — The Brewers were busy ahead of Friday's 3 p.m. CT non-waiver Trade Deadline …

Cardinals Acquire Jonathan Broxton  —  2:10pm: St. Louis will receive $3MM in the trade, Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets.  But $2MM of that is contingent upon the Cardinals declining Broxton's 2016 option, meaning that Milwaukee will effectively be picking up $1MM of Boxton's remaining 2015 tab.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.