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The Houston Astros have traded outfielder Dexter Fowler to the Chicago Cubs for infielder Luis Valbuena and right-handed pitcher Dan Straily.
The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox are the only teams remaining in the running for free agent left-hander Jon Lester, according to ESPN sources and multiple reports.
The Jon Lester talks have reached the homestretch with multiple offers of at least $150 million over six years, but his ultimate choice has been slowed by having to deal with negotiations with those teams, according to sources.
The Jon Lester talks have entered the final turn, with an expectation that a choice will be made no earlier than Monday night and no later than Tuesday, according to sources involved in the negotiations.
Torii Hunter scolded a beat reporter in a news conference Wednesday in which the newly signed outfielder was introduced by the Minnesota Twins, calling the journalist a derogatory word four times near the end of the media session in Minneapolis.
