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Good morning baseball fans! Fasten your seat belts everyone, because we’re about to go full throttle until the deadline.
What’s going on in baseball today? A lot of trade rumors, that’s what.
IN CASE YOU’VE BEEN UNDER A ROCK, THE CUBS HAVE TRADED FOR JOSE QUINTANA. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
- Here’s the latest from around the American League Central.
- The Yankees and Brewers swapped prospects, New York sending Webb for Cooper.
- The Dodgers are interested in Orioles' Zach Britton, because a Jansen / Britton duo is sheer dominance.
- The Twins are interested in controllable starters, because aren’t we all.
- The Rockies are interested in Marlins' pitcher AJ Ramos.
- Rays’ outfielder Colby Rasmus steps away from baseball.
- The Yankees and Padres have discussed Brandon Maurer in the latest trade talks.
- Jason Kipnis eats corndogs with a knife and fork like some sort of a monster. SO DOES THAT NOT MAKE IT A SANDWICH?
- Derek Jeter or Pitbull probably won't become the next Marlins owners, so pour one out for such a missed opportunity.
- The Rangers could listen on Yu Darvish and Cole Hamels. Plots are thickening across the MLB.
- Which players would your team keep in an MLB expansion draft?
- George Springer was proud to be mic’d up for the All-Star Game: ‘I’m gonna stutter. I don’t care.’
- The Phillies are interested are in Marlins’ Christian Yelich because duh.
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Important Links:
2017 MLB Pre-July Trade Tracker
2017 MLB Trade Deadline: Team Previews
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