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4:20 PM ET, July 19, 2018

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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.
Discussion: 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.
Rotoworld.com:
Dose: Mannywood Part II
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Evaluating Yusniel Díaz and the other prospects the Orioles acquired in the Manny Machado trade
Discussion: Camden Chat and True Blue LA
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Meet the prospects the Dodgers gave up for Manny Machado
Discussion: DodgerBlue.com
ESPN:
Orioles trade Manny Machado to Dodgers for five prospects
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and Camden Chat
Alex Butler / UPI:
Cleveland Indians trade for All-Star pitcher Brad Hand  —  The Cleveland Indians have traded for San Diego Padres All-Star relief pitcher Brad Hand.  —  Cleveland announced the acquisition on Thursday afternoon.  Hand, 28, posted a 3.05 ERA and 24 saves in 41 games this season for the Padres.
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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 …
ESPN:
Indians get Brad Hand from Padres in deal for Francisco Mejia  —  The Cleveland Indians bolstered their struggling bullpen on Thursday with the acquisition of San Diego Padres closer Brad Hand.  —  The Padres also sent reliever Adam Cimber to Cleveland and received highly touted catching prospect Francisco Mejia.
Discussion: ABC News
Jesse RogersESPN / ESPN:
What would it take for the Cubs to pull off a deGrom blockbuster?  —  CHICAGO — It's a dilemma every general manager grapples with at one time or another: Do you make a trade from a strength to shore up a weakness while hoping and praying that moving those parts doesn't create a new hole to fill?
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Yu Darvish must fight off ‘soft’ reputation as he rehabs elbow injury  —  Chicago Tribune  —  If you've been following the long-running saga of Yu Darvish's debut season with the Cubs, you know he's already gotten the reputation as being softer than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:   Yu Darvish still ‘weeks away,’ Cubs pitching coach tells the Score
Sarah Langs / ESPN:
What it means to be in first place coming out of the All-Star break  —  As baseball enters its second half, the Red Sox, Indians, Astros, Phillies, Cubs and Dodgers lead their respective divisions.  But how much does that really matter?  We look back to see what history tells us.  —  EDITOR'S PICKS
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Evan Drellich / NBCSports.com:
Red Sox identity, standing as league's best will be tested
Discussion: Over the Monster
Chad Finn / Boston Globe:
9 superlatives from Red Sox' first half of the season
Discussion: Over the Monster
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 …
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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Jon Meoli / Baltimore Sun:
Duquette: Machado trade starts Orioles rebuild that will include organizational upgrades, modernization
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
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.
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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Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:   Five things to know about Cubs-Brewers pennant race
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
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Todd Frazier posts Instagram video of son Blake's long home run off tee  —  Former Cincinnati Reds fan favorite Todd Frazier of the New York Mets, the 2015 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby champion, posted video on Instagram that shows his young son, Blake, may have inherited his dad's propensity for the long ball.
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.
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
 
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
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Bill Pennington / New York Times:
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Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
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Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:
Perfect ‘10’ at plate? White Sox's Eloy Jimenez strives for excellence during journey to bigs
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
George Sipple / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers prospects mailbag: Who gets September call-up?
Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Rangers-ex Harrison trades baseball for a different farm system... and reality TV?
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
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Frank Fitzpatrick / Philly.com:
25 years later, a look back at the '93 Phillies offers a sobering lesson in the ruthlessness of time
Matt Breen / Philly.com:
Phillies' run to first place was built on facing down adversity | First-half review
ESPN:
Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to come off DL Thursday
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
 

 
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