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			 12/20/2014 MLB Note - Boston Red Sox Hanigan, Ryan 
 C Ryan Hanigan was acquired by the Boston Red Sox for 3B Will 
			Middlebrooks from the San Diego Padres on Friday. Hanigan hit .218 
			with five home runs and 34 RBIs last season for the Tampa Bay Rays.
 
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 MLB Note - San Diego Padres Middlebrooks, Will
 
 3B Will Middlebrooks was acquired by the San Diego Padres for C Ryan 
			Hanigan from Boston Red Sox on Friday. Middlebrooks, 26, hit .191 
			with two home runs and 19 RBI in only 63 games as he dealt with a 
			back injury that shelved him for two months last season.
 
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 MLB Note - San Diego Padres Morrow, Brandon
 
 RHP Brandon Morrow was signed by the San Diego Padres on Friday. 
			Morrow is hoping to make a comeback after he missed 64 games in 2012 
			with an oblique injury, 107 games with a strained right forearm in 
			2013, and another 107 games last year due to a finger injury.
 
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 MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Lavarnway, Ryan
 
 C Ryan Lavarnway was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from 
			Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. The 27-year-old has appeared in 97 
			career games compiling a .201 batting average with five home runs.
 
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 MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Peterson, Shane
 
 1B/OF Shane Peterson was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs 
			from the Oakland Athletics on Friday. Peterson, 26, hit .308 in 
			Triple-A for Oakland last season.
 
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 MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Motte, Jason
 
 RHP Jason Motte was signed by the Chicago Cubs on Friday. Motte has 
			a career 3.03 ERA in 311 relief appearances, with 290 strikeouts in 
			285 innings.
 
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 MLB Note - New York Yankees Jones, Garrett
 
 1B Garrett Jones, RHP Domingo German and RHP Nathan Eovaldi were 
			traded from Miami to the New York Yankees for RHP David Phelps and 
			INF Martin Prado. Jones, 33, has a career .314 on-base percentage 
			and a .764 on-base plus slugging average.
 
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 MLB Note - Pittsburgh Pirates Hart, Corey
 
 RF/1B Corey Hart signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 10 major 
			league seasons, Hart has a career average of .271 with 220 doubles, 
			33 triples, 160 homes runs, 529 RBIs and 546 runs scored in 1,013 
			games.
 
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 MLB Note - San Diego Padres Upton, Justin
 
 LF Justin Upton and RHP Aaron Northcraft were traded from Atlanta to 
			the San Diego Padres for 2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin 
			Peterson and CF Mallex Smith. Upton had 29 homers and 102 RBIs last 
			season.
 
			
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 MLB Note - San Diego Padres Northcraft, Aaron
 
 RHP Aaron Northcraft and LF Justin Upton were traded from Atlanta to 
			the San Diego Padres for 2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin 
			Peterson and CF Mallex Smith. Northcraft, 24, was a combined 7-10 
			with a 4.70 ERA at Double A and Triple A this past season.
 
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 MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Peterson, Jace
 
 2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin Peterson and CF Mallex 
			Smith were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP Aaron 
			Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Jace Peterson, 24, played 27 games 
			in San Diego last year and hit just .113.
 
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			MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Fried, Max
 LHP Max Fried, 3B Dustin Peterson, CF Mallex Smith and 2B Jace 
			Peterson were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP 
			Aaron Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Fried was the No. 7-overall 
			pick in the 2012 draft by the Padres, but he is on the shelf after 
			undergoing Tommy John surgery.
 
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			MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Peterson, Dustin
 3B Dustin Peterson, CF Mallex Smith, 2B Jace Peterson and LHP Max 
			Fried were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP Aaron 
			Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Dustin Peterson, 20, hit 31 doubles 
			and 10 home runs in 126 games at Single-A Fort Wayne this past 
			season.
 
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 MLB Note - Atlanta Braves Smith, Mallex
 
 CF Mallex Smith, 2B Jace Peterson, LHP Max Fried and 3B Dustin 
			Peterson were traded from San Diego to the Atlanta Braves for RHP 
			Aaron Northcraft and LF Justin Upton. Smith batted .327/.414/.475 
			with five home runs and 40 stolen bases in 55 games for High Class A 
			Lake Elsinore last season.
 
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 MLB Note - New York Yankees Eovaldi, Nathan
 
 RHP Nathan Eovaldi, 1B Garrett Jones and RHP Domingo German were 
			traded from Miami to the New York Yankees for RHP David Phelps and 
			INF Martin Prado. Eovaldi was 6-14 with a 4.37 ERA for the Marlins 
			last season.
 
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 MLB Note - New York Yankees German, Domingo
 
 RHP Domingo German, RHP Nathan Eovaldi and 1B Garrett Jones were 
			traded from Miami to the New York Yankees for RHP David Phelps and 
			INF Martin Prado. German has a career 2.33 E.R.A. in five minor 
			league seasons, none higher than Class A.
 
			 
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 MLB Note - Miami Marlins Phelps, David
 
 RHP David Phelps and INF Martin Prado were traded from the New York 
			Yankees to the Miami Marlins for RHP Domingo German, RHP Nathan 
			Eovaldi and 1B Garrett Jones. Phelps, who is arbitration eligible 
			this winter and not a free agent until 2019, has gone 15-14 with a 
			4.21 ERA in 87 games (40 starts) since his call-up on April 8, 2012.
 
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 MLB Note - Miami Marlins Prado, Martin
 
 INF Martin Prado and RHP David Phelps were traded from the New York 
			Yankees to the Miami Marlins for RHP Domingo German, RHP Nathan 
			Eovaldi and 1B Garrett Jones. Prado is a .291 hitter with 230 
			doubles, 22 triples, 78 homers and 426 RBIs in nine big-league 
			seasons.
 
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 MLB Note - Miami Marlins Germen, Gonzalez
 
 RHP Gonzalez Germen was traded from the Mets to the Yankees for 
			cash. Germen, 27, had a 4.75 ERA and 1.451 WHIP in 30 1/3 innings 
			spanning 25 relief appearances with the Mets last season.
 
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