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Ken Rosenthal reports that the Tampa Bay Rays have traded starter Nathan Eovaldi to the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox will send lefty Jalen Beeks to Tampa Bay in exchange. Eovaldi has been scratched from this afternoon’s scheduled start against the Yankees, so if the deal isn’t already finalized, it will be soon. Continue to Article

July 25, 2018 7:26:pm EST

A little loan here, another small one there. You'll get out of debt eventually, you say. Really, it's not that bad. Individually, you landed pretty good rates.Well, OK. But it might be hard to keep receiving and repaying loans when your cash flow is at Continue to Article

July 25, 2018 1:26:pm EST

The Boston Red Sox have obtained right-handed starter Nathan Eovaldi from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor league lefty Jalen Beeks. Eovaldi had been scheduled to start the Rays' game against the New York Yankees on Wednesday but was scratched about two hours before game time. ''I assumed there was a possibility, of course, especially where I am in my career and the way my contract was for this year,'' Eovaldi said before leaving Tropicana Field. Continue to Article

July 25, 2018 12:34:pm EST

The Boston Red Sox have obtained right-handed starter Nathan Eovaldi from the Tampa Bay Rays for minor league lefty Jalen Beeks. Eovaldi had been scheduled to start the Rays' game against the New York Yankees on Wednesday but was scratched about two hours before game time. "I assumed there was a possibility, of course, especially where I am in my career and the way my contract was for this year," Eovaldi said before leaving Tropicana Field. Continue to Article

July 25, 2018 12:27:pm EST

With Manny Machado traded the next biggest name in the rumor mill is his former teammate, Orioles closer Zach Britton. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN writes that “It’s looking like a four-team scramble” between the Astros, Red Sox, Yankees, and Cubs for Britton, with both Crasnick and SiriusXM’s Jim Bowden saying that the Yankees and Astros are the frontrunners, having added to their offers for the closer. The Orioles are talking with a lot of teams about Zach Britton, including the Dodgers — and given that the Dodgers are working to stay under luxury-tax threshold, Yasiel Puig's inclusion (plus more) is one concept that has been raised to offset Britton's remaining salary. Continue to Article

July 25, 2018 2:23:am EST