Power Rankings: Calm before the storm (Yahoo! Sports)

No changes in the top four after the All-Star break, but some teams may get aggressive at the trade deadline.

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Field narrows in Beltran sweepstakes (Yahoo! Sports)

Some baseball insiders believe the Mets will deal Carlos Beltran well before the July 31 trade deadline.

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Pitching will fetch a premium at trade deadline (Yahoo! Sports)

The Rockies are seeking a mint in exchange for Ubaldo Jimenez in a market bereft of high-end pitching help.

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Pitching will fetch a premium at trade deadline (Yahoo! Sports)

The Rockies are seeking a mint in exchange for Ubaldo Jimenez in a market bereft of high-end pitching help.

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Spelling out the season’s final two months (Yahoo! Sports)

Ten Degrees doesn't suffice so soon after the trade deadline. Here are the ABCs of August and September.

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Westbrook, Ludwick, Lilly, Wood move, Berkman goes (AP)

Former All-Stars Jake Westbrook, Ted Lilly, Ryan Ludwick and Kerry Wood were traded Saturday as pennant contenders played a game of beat-the-clock. Lance Berkman went to the World Series champion New York Yankees after rejecting the Chicago White Sox. Octavio Dotel, Rick Ankiel, Kyle Farnsworth, Chad Qualls and Ryan Theriot also joined the playoff chase and Ryan Church highlighted a five-player...

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Blue Jays all talk, no action at deadline (The Canadian Press)

TORONTO - A key tenet of Alex Anthopoulos's approach in running the Toronto Blue Jays is creating options for himself, and it's because nothing was forcing his hand that he stood pat as Saturday's non-waiver trade deadline came and went.

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Staying or going, Bautista delivers again (The Canadian Press)

Cleveland Indians' Shelley Duncan(notes) reacts after striking out while playing against the Toronto Blue Jays during second-inning AL baseball game action in Toronto on Friday, July 30, 2010.

TORONTO - On another night of swirling will he stay or will he go drama, Toronto Blue Jays right-fielder Jose Bautista provided both his current employers and potential suitors more reason to covet his services.


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AP source: Yankees on verge of acquiring Berkman (AP)

Lance Berkman is headed to the New York Yankees, who plan to complete a deal to acquire the former All-Star from the Houston Astros on Saturday, a day after the World Series champions obtained outfielder Austin Kearns from the Cleveland Indians. New York will send a couple of prospects to the Astros, likely to be reliever Mark Melancon and infielder Jimmy Paredes, and Houston will pay part of what...

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Berkman to the Bronx is business as usual (Yahoo! Sports)

The Yankees getting Lance Berkman is the latest in a trade deadline full of deals benefiting high-payroll teams.

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