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Red Sox Acquire Paul Byrd
By Tim Dierkes [August 12 at 2:47pm CST]According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Red Sox acquired starter Paul Byrd today for a player to be named later or cash. Byrd, 37, has a 4.53 ERA in 131 innings this year. He relies on pinpoint control and has strung together five solid starts.
Byrd had cleared waivers on account of his $7.5MM salary. He's still owed over $2MM; no word on whether the Red Sox will pay all of it.
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[IFRAME tag removed]Tigers To Sign Freddy Garcia
By Tim Dierkes [August 12 at 1:47pm CST]According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, Freddy Garcia agreed to a minor league contract with the Tigers. The Tigers hope to have him in the Majors by month's end for a playoff drive.
The Tigers are eight games out in the AL Central and 9.5 out of the wild card, so their playoff chances hover around 2-4%. But there's not much downside to adding Garcia just in case.