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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Winners and losers of an unexpectedly wild MLB trade deadline — Just remember, sometimes the biggest deals don't end up being the most important. See: Nathan Eovaldi and Steve Pearce for the 2018 Red Sox. Anyway, let's review some of the winners and losers from a 2019 MLB trade deadline that finished with a flurry of activity.
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Bill Baer / NBCSports.com:
Astros acquire Zack Greinke from Diamondbacks — In what is now the biggest trade to have been made this month, the Astros have acquired starter Zack Greinke from the Diamondbacks, The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reports. Per Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the D-Backs will receive 1B/OF Seth Beer …
Matt Martell / Sports Illustrated:
Grading the Astros' Trade for Zack Greinke — The Astros made a big splash in the final seconds of the deadline, sending the Diamondbacks a haul of prospects to reel in the former Cy Young Award winner. So how does the deal grade out? — When the starting pitching market stalled for Zack Wheeler …
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Arizona Sports and MLB Baseball News …
Jenna West / Sports Illustrated:
Astros Acquire Zack Greinke From Diamondbacks for Prospects
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astros.mlblogs.com and The Ringer
Sports Illustrated:
MLB Trade Deadline Tracker: Analyzing the Biggest Deals That Did (and Didn't) Happen
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Halos Heaven, MLB Baseball News …, Arizona Sports, The Athletic and Beyond the Box Score
Jake Seiner / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Yanks stand pat at deadline, beat Diamondbacks 7-5
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Pinstripe Alley and AZ Snake Pit
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Diamondbacks trade Zack Greinke to Houston Astros
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baseballmusings.com
ESPN:
Nats get ‘new toys,’ add three to taxed bullpen — MLB, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners — The Washington Nationals bolstered their bullpen before the trade deadline Wednesday, acquiring veteran right-hander Daniel Hudson from the Toronto Blue Jays and Roenis Elias …
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals To Acquire Daniel Hudson
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Alaa Abdeldaiem / Sports Illustrated:
Madison Bumgarner Remains With Giants: 'I've Got a Job to Do and I'm Going to Do It' — Bumgarner was expected to be traded before the Giants started winning. — Madison Bumgarner is staying with the San Francisco Giants after the team decided not to trade him before the deadline on Wednesday.
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NBCSports.com and MLB Baseball News …
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Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Twins To Acquire Sam Dyson — The Twins have acquired reliever Sam Dyson from the Giants, according to Dan Hayes of The Athletic. Tommy Birch of the Des Moines Register was first to report rumblings of the deal. According to Birch, prospects Prelander Berroa, Jaylin Davis and Kai-Wei Teng will head to the Giants in the swap.
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Twinkie Town, McCovey Chronicles, MLB Baseball News …, Twins News and MLB Daily Dish
Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Cashman: Yanks weren't close to deadline deals — NEW YORK — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman stood firmly behind his organization's inactivity at Wednesday's trade deadline, saying that despite his best efforts, he had trouble finding fair offers with the potential trade partners he spoke to in recent weeks.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves Acquire Shane Greene — The Braves have acquired right-handed closer Shane Greene from the Tigers for left-hander Joey Wentz and outfielder Travis Demeritte, per an announcement from Atlanta. — Greene has posted excellent results this year, but as a reliever with waning control …
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Talking Chop, Bless You Boys, Sports Illustrated, Last Word on Baseball and The Athletic
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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Braves To Acquire Mark Melancon
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MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, McCovey Chronicles and Bless You Boys
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Athletics Acquire Tanner Roark
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NBCSports.com, Athletics Nation and MLB Baseball News …
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets rally in the ninth against the Chicago White Sox to extend winning streak to six — CHICAGO — On Wednesday afternoon, Brodie Van Wagenen instilled added faith in his rotation by making the acquisition of Marcus Stroman his only move of the trade deadline. But he glaringly avoided replenishing his bullpen.
ESPN:
Porcello rocked, sorry for smashing dugout TVs — Boston Red Sox starter Rick Porcello took out his frustrations on a couple of TV monitors in the dugout Wednesday night. — Porcello allowed six runs on nine hits and one walk, striking out seven in 5⅔ innings before leaving with a 6-2 deficit against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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baseballmusings.com
Tom Withers / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Perez homers twice, Indians power past Astros 10-4 — Jason Kipnis each hit a three-run shot and the — Cleveland Indians capped a power-packed day with a 10-4 win Wednesday night over the — Houston Astros, who added another ace before the trade deadline.
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Let's Go Tribe and The Crawfish Boxes
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Brewers To Acquire Drew Pomeranz, Ray Black — 1:27pm: ESPN's Jeff Passan tweets that hard-throwing righty Ray Black will also go to Milwaukee. — 1:25pm: Lefty Drew Pomeranz is one player headed to the Brewers in the swap, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
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MLB Baseball News …, Brew Crew Ball, MLB Daily Dish, Bleacher Nation and Al's Ramblings
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Dodgers Acquire Jedd Gyorko — 3:33pm: Southpaw Tony Cingrani is heading to St. Louis, likely for salary relief (as he's out for the year), along with righty Jeffry Abreu. The Dodgers also obtain international spending capacity and cash considerations in unannounced amounts.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dodgers Digest, MLB Baseball News …, Viva El Birdos, True Blue LA and MLB Daily Dish
