Ballbug: Looking For A Match In A Ryan Braun Trade (Mark Polishuk/MLB Trade Rumors)

Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:

Dodgers To Place Clayton Kershaw On Disabled List — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw received an epidural injection to treat his ailing lower back yesterday and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list, manager Dave Roberts told reporters, including Andy McCullough of the L.A. Times (Twitter link).

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Dodgers Acquire Bud Norris — The Dodgers on Thursday officially acquired right-hander Bud Norris, minor league outfielder Dian Toscano, a player to be named later and cash considerations from the Braves in exchange for minor league right-hander Caleb Dirks and minor league lefty Phil Pfeifer.

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Associated Press:

Dodgers to Place Kershaw on DL With Lower Back Problem — MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw received an epidural injection for his sore lower back and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list, manager Dave Roberts said before Thursday's game in Milwaukee.

Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:

Marlins Acquire Fernando Rodney — 2:38pm: The Marlins have announced the trade. — 2:30pm: FanRag's Jon Heyman tweets that the deal is complete. Law reports (Twitter link) that the Marlins are sending Class-A right-hander Chris Paddack to the Padres in exchange, calling him a …

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Tim Bontemps / Washington Post:

Joakim Noah expected to sign with New York Knicks for $18 million a year — By all accounts, Joakim Noah is about to reunite with Derrick Rose and return to his hometown. — Multiple sources have told The Washington Post that Noah will almost certainly be joining the New York Knicks …

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USA Today:

Relentless Orioles hammering home runs at a record pace — SAN DIEGO — Two weeks ago in Fenway Park, in a game between the best teams in the American League East, a remarkable event occurred. — A Baltimore Oriole stole a base. — His name was Joey Rickard. It came in the sixth inning of a 5-1 victory over the Red Sox.

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Tampa Bay Times:

Resurgent Matt Moore could help Rays here or as trade chip — Matt Moore gave the Rays the kind of start in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Red Sox that they have been so desperately seeking. — He pitched well enough, most vital of all, to win the game, just their second in the past 14 tries.

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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:

Looking For A Match In A Ryan Braun Trade — Ryan Braun was already into the fourth year of an eight-year, $45MM extension with the Brewers when he signed another extension that theoretically made him a Brewer for life. That deal, signed in April 2011, only just began this season …

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Chris Haft / MLB.com:

No DH for Bumgarner: Ace to bat vs. A's — OAKLAND — Madison Bumgarner will strike a blow, at least the Giants expect him to, for pitchers everywhere on Thursday when manager Bruce Bochy will place him in the batting order against the Oakland A's. — The Giants thus will become the first team …

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Associated Press:

HRs by McCann, Gregorius in 9th Rally Yanks Past Rangers 9-7 — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJUNE 29, 2016, 11:03 P.M. E.D.T. — NEW YORK — Brian McCann hit a tying, three-run homer off Sam Dyson, Didi Gregorius capped a six-run ninth inning with his two-run shot and the New York Yankees woke …

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Neil Weinberg / The Hardball Times:

It's Time for the Sabermetric Revolution to be Televised — From the pastime's earliest days, the media have played a critical role in delivering baseball to the masses. It dates all the way back to fedora-clad newspapermen weaving game stories onto ink stained pages …

Aaron Torres / Fox Sports:

Joe Maddon is not a fan of baseball's unwritten rules — Joe Maddon was asked about “unwritten rules” on Wednesday, and gave a fascinating answer. — Jason Rowan / Sportress of Blogitude / Yardbarker — If you want to get the average fan fired up about baseball, all you've simply got …

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