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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers Claim Cesar Jimenez — 12:59pm: Philadelphia has announced that the Brewers have claimed Jimenez. — 12:43pm: The Brewers have claimed left-handed reliever Cesar Jimenez off outright waivers from the Phillies, MLBTR has learned (Twitter link). Jimenez was designated for assignment by Philadelphia last night.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Twins Acquire Neal Cotts — The Twins have acquired lefty Neal Cotts from the Brewers, Milwaukee announced on Twitter. Milwaukee will receive a player to be named later or cash in the deal. — Minnesota was obviously the team that won the waiver claim for Cotts, as was reported earlier today.
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HardballTalk and Al's Ramblings
Associated Press:
Carrasco Strikes Out 11, Indians Beat Yankees Once Again — NEW YORK — Carlos Carrasco struck out 11, Carlos Santana homered and the Cleveland Indians stopped the New York Yankees once again, beating the AL East leaders 7-3 Friday night. — The last-place Indians improved to 4-1 against New York this year.
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Associated Press:
Santana Homers as Brewers Beat Struggling Nationals 10-3 — WASHINGTON — Domingo Santana homered in his Milwaukee debut and the the Brewers took advantage of several defensive miscues in a 10-3 victory over the struggling Washington Nationals on Friday night.
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Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
Inside Baseball: More GMs and managers on the hot seat; plus notes — Eight general managers have been fired, released or vacated their positions within the past 15 months, and the likelihood is that one or two more will go before the year's up. Many of the departed executives were seemingly doing well, too.
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MLB Trade Rumors, Bleacher Nation and Metsblog
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Promote Trea Turner — The Nationals announced that they have selected the contract of top shortstop prospect Trea Turner to the Majors.In order to clear a spot on the active roster, the Nationals have placed Tyler Moore on the disabled list. Meanwhile, righty Aaron Barrett will hit the 60-day DL to clear a 40-man spot.
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Minor League Ball and MLB Daily Dish
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Pirates Activate Josh Harrison From DL, Designate Josh Wall — The Pirates announced today that they have reinstated Josh Harrison from the disabled list and designated right-hander Josh Wall for assignment to clear room on the active roster. — Harrison tore the UCL in his left thumb on July 6 …
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Among Mets young aces Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard, pitching coach Dan Warthen is the man — DENVER — Matt Harvey saw Dan Warthen making his distinctive rushed walk to the PNC Park mound, but wanted no part of a visit from his pitching coach.
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Purple Row, Metsblog and Amazin' Avenue
Patrick Saunders / Denver Post:
Left-handed pitcher allows two runs in seven innings — The Denver Post — Starting pitcher Yohan Flande (58) of the Colorado Rockies delivers to home plate during the first inning against the Washington Nationals at Coors Field on August 20, 2015 in Denver. (Justin Edmonds, Getty Images)
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Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
Indians' Shapiro a strong candidate to replace Blue Jays' Beeston — FOX Sports — Mark Shapiro has been with the Indians since 1992. — The Cleveland Indians elevated Mark Shapiro from general manager to club president in October 2010, expanding his duties to include business as well as baseball.
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Plain Dealer, MLB Trade Rumors, Yahoo Sports, HardballTalk and Bluebird Banter
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Chris Sale simply a swing-and-miss, dominating machine — Chris Sale has put up some gaudy statistics, but ESPN baseball analyst Eric Wedge would like to see more consistency from the White Sox pitcher before putting him in elite status.
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