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Buster OlneyESPN Senior / ESPN:
Olney: How deadline dominoes will fall following Machado deal — It is true the Orioles possess some kind of all-time record for deals wrecked by failed medical examinations, and yes, their proposed trade of Manny Machado to the Dodgers was slowed by a snag in the doctor review.
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Arizona Sports
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Scooby Axson / Sports Illustrated:
MLB Trade Rumors: Brewers Turn Focus To Brian Dozier After Losing Out on Manny Machado — Which contending teams will shake up their roster and make a deal before the trade deadline? — The All-Star break is officially over as teams start the second half of the season.
Discussion:
CBSSports.com, MLB Trade Rumors and Brew Crew Ball
Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Evaluating Yusniel Díaz and the other prospects the Orioles acquired in the Manny Machado trade
Evaluating Yusniel Díaz and the other prospects the Orioles acquired in the Manny Machado trade
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Camden Chat and True Blue LA
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Meet the prospects the Dodgers gave up for Manny Machado
Todd Rosiak / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Reports: Dodgers finally land shortstop Manny Machado
Reports: Dodgers finally land shortstop Manny Machado
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CBSSports.com, MLB Daily Dish, Camden Chat and baseballmusings.com
Rob Maaddi / Boston Globe:
8 hitters available for teams that don't land Manny Machado
8 hitters available for teams that don't land Manny Machado
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MLB Baseball News …, True Blue LA and Camden Chat
Joe Giglio / New Jersey Online:
MLB trade rumors: Padres' Brad Hand to Phillies talk increasing? — With Manny Machado off the table, the Phillies will have to get creative in order to improve for the stretch run. — One idea that could lead to more wins: Upgrading the bullpen with another dominant arm …
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Gaslamp Ball, Minor League Ball and Let's Go Tribe
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Acquire Brad Hand, Adam Cimber For Francisco Mejia — In a sudden and abrupt development, the Indians and Padres announced a blockbuster trade Thursday that will send one of baseball's best relievers, Brad Hand, and emerging setup man Adam Cimber from San Diego to Cleveland in exchange …
Discussion:
MLB Baseball News …, Minor League Ball and MLB Daily Dish
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: After a brief lull, we now return to our regularly scheduled baseball season — Photos from the 2018 MLB All-Star Game at Nationals Park in Washington on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. — Chicago Tribune — After chilling out the last few days — whether at home …
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Over the Monster
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Evan Drellich / NBCSports.com:
Red Sox identity, standing as league's best will be tested
Red Sox identity, standing as league's best will be tested
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Over the Monster
Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
9 superlatives from Red Sox' first half of the season
9 superlatives from Red Sox' first half of the season
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Over the Monster
Keith LawESPN Senior / ESPN:
Keith Law's midseason top 50 prospects update — A handful of promotions earlier this season have shuffled the top of my rankings, which now feature five players signed as international (July 2nd) free agents in the first five slots. The list also skews quite young, with teenagers constituting more than 20% of the players here.
Discussion:
Lone Star Ball and Talking Chop
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Duquette: Machado Trade Marks Beginning Of Rebuild — The trade of Manny Machado to the Dodgers will be the first of many for the Orioles, as executive vice president/general manager Dan Duquette told reporters in a conference call Wednesday night that the Orioles are set to embark on a rebuild …
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Baltimore Sun, BaltimoreBaseball.com, School of Roch and Al's Ramblings
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Associated Press:
Angels praise Mike Trout for ‘prioritizing personal values’ — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels publicly praised Mike Trout “for prioritizing his personal values over commercial self-promotion” a day after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said the All-Star outfielder …
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Bill Shaikin / Chicago Tribune:
Angels take on Rob Manfred, stand behind Mike Trout
Angels take on Rob Manfred, stand behind Mike Trout
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Halos Heaven and baseballmusings.com
Jeff Arnold / UPI:
Chicago Cubs look to stay hot against fading St. Louis Cardinals — CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs used a strong push to enter the All-Star break leading the National League Central Division. The St. Louis Cardinals, meanwhile, finished the first half on a skid that cost manager Mike Matheny his job.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue and Viva El Birdos
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Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
Perfect ‘10’ at plate? White Sox's Eloy Jimenez strives for excellence during journey to bigs — Photos of the White Sox outfielder and No. 4-ranked prosepct by Baseball America. — Chicago Tribune — Eloy Jimenez once sprinted to right field to take his position before the game's first pitch.
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Keith LawESPN Senior / ESPN:
Orioles get quantity, but no future stars, in Machado trade — The Orioles missed their ideal window for trading Manny Machado, which would have been last offseason so the acquiring team would have gotten a whole year of playing time plus the potential to get a draft pick as compensation when he hits free agency this winter.
ESPN:
Winning isn't the only thing: Realistic second-half goals for all 30 teams — Before the season, we wanted to define what success would look like for every major league team this year. We believe in a broad definition of success, and we tried to appreciate that a single great memory …
Ryan Lewis / The Charlotte Observer:
Indians' Jose Ramirez's putting together MVP-caliber season — If anyone is looking for a player whose banner would be worthy of filling the void on the now LeBron James-less Sherwin-Williams building in downtown Cleveland, the Indians' Jose Ramirez has made the best case thus far.
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers-ex Harrison trades baseball for a different farm system... and reality TV? — Things haven't slowed down too much for Matt Harrison, though, he isn't flying across the country anymore playing baseball for the Texas Rangers. — His playing days, shortened by injury …
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Mets midseason report card: Grading the Amazin's at the break — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wait, it's only been half a season? It feels like the Mets have already produced a season-and-a-half worth of drama and bad baseball. GM Sandy Alderson has stepped down to deal with a recurrence of cancer …
Discussion:
Brew Crew Ball
George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers prospects mailbag: Who gets September call-up? — Welcome to the Free Press' weekly Detroit Tigers prospects mailbag. Submit questions on Twitter to @GeorgeSipple or by e-mail at gsipple@freepress.com. … Steve, don't get your hopes up on Jacob Robson making his major league debut in 2018.