CINCINNATI -- Cubs, Reds complete swap for pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds acquired left-handed reliever Sean Marshall from the Chicago Cubs on Friday for young left-handed starter Travis Wood and two other players.
It was the second time in a week that the Reds gave up several prospects for pitching help. They earlier sent four players, including Edinson Volquez, to San Diego for starter Mat Latos.
Marshall, 29, was 6-6 with a 2.26 ERA last season. He had five saves. The Reds have been in talks to try to re-sign closer Francisco Cordero, who became a free agent after last season.
The Boston Red Sox have hired Bob McClure as pitching coach and moved Tim Bogar to bench coach.
The Red Sox said Alex Ochoa will be first base coach on manager Bobby Valentine's staff and Jerry Royster will be the third base coach. Bogar and Ochoa both played under Valentine with the New York Mets.
A U.S. District Court judge in Delaware dealt a significant blow to the Los Angeles Dodgers' plans to sell the media rights to future games, halting the sales process while he considers an appeal by Fox Sports.
Judge Leonard Stark also said he likely will agree with Fox's position that a bankruptcy judge who authorized the sale process erred when he determined that certain protections granted to Fox in its existing contract with the Dodgers were unenforceable in bankruptcy.
Attorneys for the Dodgers and the team's creditors committee had warned Stark at a hearing Thursday that issuing an emergency stay of the bankruptcy order could torpedo plans to sell both the team and the media rights by the April 30 deadline included in a settlement between the Dodgers and Major League Baseball.
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