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Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
White Sox are now considering selling — Could the Chicago White Sox wind up as sellers? While they don't seem to have decided to sell for sure yet, for the first time they have seemed to be considering it, and word is, they are getting plenty of calls on David Robertson and others.
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Yahoo Sports, McCovey Chronicles, MLB Daily Dish and South Side Sox
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Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Dodgers looking for outfield help, CarGo and Bruce will get looks — The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking hard for a bat as well as an arm, and seem to be in win-now mode. While they are expected to at least talk about Carlos Gonzalez, they are expecting the price to be quite high.
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MLB Trade Rumors, redsminorleagues.com, USA Today and MLB Daily Dish
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
White Sox Reportedly Open To Dealing Veteran Bats, Relievers — 4:34pm: GM Rick Hahn acknowledged that his club will not be pursuing short-term upgrades to the MLB roster, as Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago was among those to tweet. He added that the Sox will be willing to consider all other transactions.
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Bless You Boys
ESPN:
MLB looking at possible limits on the use of relief pitchers — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred acknowledged that MLB is looking at possibly limiting the use of relief pitchers in games. — Average length of MLB games — YearAvg. — Manfred was a guest Thursday on ESPN's Mike & Mike …
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CBS Chicago
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Chris Bahr / Fox Sports:
Commissioner Rob Manfred reveals MLB is considering use limits for relievers — As games last longer, MLB's patience grows shorter — Does it seem like Major League Baseball games are dragging on and on this year? Well, that's because they are. And the league is taking notice.
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baseballmusings.com
Associated Press:
Pedroia Has 5 of Boston's 17 Hits in 13-2 Win Over Twins — BOSTON — Mookie Betts homered on the first pitch Boston faced, David Ortiz added a late two-run homer and the Red Sox continued to surge through July with a 13-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.
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Associated Press:
Koehler, Suzuki Lead Marlins Past Phillies — PHILADELPHIA — Tom Koehler pitched eight strong innings, Ichiro Suzuki moved within four hits of reaching 3,000 for his career and the Miami Marlins pounded out 16 hits in a 9-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.
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The Good Phight
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Associated Press:
Turner, Dodgers Hand Nats' Strasburg First Loss of Season — WASHINGTON — Justin Turner homered twice and drove in five runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers ended Stephen Strasburg's undefeated streak by beating the Washington Nationals 6-3 on Thursday. — Turner hit his 16th and 17th home runs …
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True Blue LA
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David Pinto / baseballmusings.com:
Games of the Day — The two best games take place Thursday afternoon …
Games of the Day — The two best games take place Thursday afternoon …
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True Blue LA and Federal Baseball
Associated Press:
Tillman Gets 14th Win, Orioles Avert 4-Game Sweep vs Yankees — NEW YORK — Chris Tillman tied for the major league lead with his 14th win, pitching four-hit ball for seven innings and helping the depleted Baltimore Orioles avert a four-game sweep at Yankee Stadium, beating New York 4-1 Thursday.
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Yahoo Sports
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Associated Press:
Liriano Strikes Out 13, Pirates Top Brewers 5-3 — PITTSBURGH — Francisco Liriano took another step toward putting his season-long control issues behind him, striking out 13 to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night.
Johari Canty / WSVN-TV:
North Miami officer on paid leave after shooting unarmed black man — A therapist who works at a group home for the disabled is still in shock after a North Miami Police officer shot him, but according to the Police Union president, that officer may have been aiming for someone else.
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miamiherald, WNCN, Associated Press and WBTW-TV, more at WeSmirch »
Randy Miller / New Jersey Online:
Yankees' fire sale coming? Mark Teixeira big fan of MLB Trade Rumors app — NEW YORK — Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has heard a portion of his team's gigantic fan base doesn't want a late July hot streak. — He's heard that there are Yankees fans who want management to give …
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Pinstripe Alley and MLB Trade Rumors
Jon Heyman / Todays Knuckleball:
Heyman: Welcome to the worst starting pitcher market ever — The starting pitching seen on the market seems especially terrible this trading season. “The worst I've ever seen it,” one GM desperate for pitching called this market for starters. And everyone surely nods.
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Talking Chop, Bless You Boys and MLB Trade Rumors
Evan Grant / Dallas Morning News:
Potentially devastating news for Prince Fielder leaves Rangers scrambling for answers - What's the plan? — ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Rangers have spent the last month absorbing a series of kicks to the guts. — Wednesday, they took one a couple of inches lower, figuratively speaking, of course.
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Todays Knuckleball
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