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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Marlins Acquire Andrew Cashner, Colin Rea In Seven-Player Deal — 2:19pm: The Padres will cover around $2.275MM of the $2.5MM remaining on Cashner's contract this year, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets. — 12:33pm: The deal is official, with both clubs announcing it.
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Marlins get Andrew Cashner, Colin Rea from Padres for prospects — The Miami Marlins bolstered their starting rotation with some much-needed reinforcements Friday, acquiring right-handers Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea in a seven-player trade with the San Diego Padres.
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Associated Press:
Nationals Hold Off Giants' Rally in 9th in 4-2 Win — By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJULY 29, 2016, 2:00 A.M. E.D.T. — SAN FRANCISCO — Ryan Zimmerman had two hits and scored a run, Trea Turner added two hits and an RBI and the Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Thursday night …
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Giants acquire All-Star infielder Eduardo Nunez from Twins
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Giants Acquire Eduardo Nunez
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New York Daily News:
Yankees' Andrew Miller not upset about giving ninth inning to Aroldis Chapman: ‘The goal here is to win’ — It was clear to Andrew Miller since before spring training that Aroldis Chapman was going to be the Yankees' closer. — Miller — who saved 36 games as the Yankees' closer last season …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Andrew Miller — 1:15pm: A straight-up swap of Giolito wouldn't be enough to get the Yankees to budge on Miller, Heyman tweets. — 12:53pm: We've long heard about the Nationals' interest in Yankees ace reliever Andrew Miller, but it has never quite been clear what the team would be willing to do to make that happen.
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Jay Bruce Market — 6:24pm: The Reds and Dodgers could be putting together another three-team arrangement after joining up for such a deal over the winter, Jayson Stark of ESPN.com tweets. Details — including the would-be facilitator — remain unclear, but Bruce would end up in Los Angeles if it comes to fruition.
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Zach Buchanan / Cincinnati.com:
Reds waiting for teams to get serious about Jay Bruce
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Jonathan Lucroy Sweepstakes — 3:41pm: There's a mystery team involved on Lucroy, tweets Jon Heyman of Fan Rag, and it isn't the Red Sox or the Mariners. Those two clubs would certainly have been among the plausible suitors for the veteran. — 2:49pm: The Braves have inquired on Lucroy …
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Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
Cubs consider bringing in new translator for Aroldis Chapman — CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman should have help on the way in the form of a new translator after a rocky start with local reporters. — On Thursday, manager Joe Maddon said the Cubs were weighing their options …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals, Multiple Others Inquiring On Mark Melancon — 2:33pm: The Indians and Giants are among the other club showing interest, per Rosenthal (Twitter links). Pittsburgh is willing to consider proposals that include not only prospect value, but also a current major league reliever …
ESPN:
Suzuki: 'I want to keep playing until I'm 50' — Ichiro Suzuki is just two hits away from becoming the 30th player in Major League Baseball to reach 3,000 hits — and his will be one of the fastest journeys ever, just 16 years after winning rookie of the year and MVP in his debut MLB season.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves send Wisler down to Gwinnett — The Braves often urge patience for their young pitchers. They caution that there will be some good and some bad as the former top prospects try to become legitimate starters in the big leagues. — But since June there has been a lot of awful …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Orioles Sign Logan Ondrusek To MLB Deal, Designate Chaz Roe — The Orioles have signed righty Logan Ondrusek to a major league deal, per a club announcement. Fellow right-hander Chaz Roe has been designated for assignment to clear roster space. — [Related: Updated Orioles Depth Chart]
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Baseball America:
Prospect Hot Sheet (July 29): Marquez Silences Opponents — This installment of the Prospect Hot Sheet considers what minor league players have done from July 22-28. Remember, this feature simply recognizes what the hottest prospects in the minors did in the past week—it's not a re-ranking of the Baseball America Top 100 Prospects.
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Matt Bonesteel / Washington Post:
The Reds' Joey Votto is the super-villain baseball needs — Of all the things baseball has going against it these days — and there are a lot of things — its glaring lack of a mustache-twirling heel is probably pretty far down the list in terms of importance. But Reds first baseman Joey Votto is doing what he can.
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