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Two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum reportedly will sign with the Los Angeles Angels on a $2.5 million deal with another $1.7 million in incentives, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network.

ESPN's Buster Olney reported the deal is expected to be made official on Friday.

On today's episode of "Things That Were Meant to Be," we have the Los Angeles Angels and Tim Lincecum.

A deal between the Angels and the two-time Cy Young Award winner had been in the air for a few days and is now complete. As reported by MLB Network's Jon Heyman, Lincecum is heading to Anaheim on a modest contract:

New York Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey had a Thursday night to forget. Against the Washington Nationals, he was pulled after 2.2 innings. He allowed nine runs—six earned—on eight hits with a pair of walks. 

It was a record-setting night for the fourth-year pitcher, as ESPN.com's Adam Rubin pointed out:  

Things have gone from bad to weird for the Atlanta Braves, who will be without shortstop Erick Aybar because of a throat injury. 

Continue for updates. 

Under normal circumstances, a struggling pitcher with an ERA north of 5.00 wouldn't inspire feverish trade speculation.

But the Oakland Athletics' Sonny Gray isn't a normal struggling pitcher. And these aren't normal circumstances. 

What a difference a season can make.

Los Angeles Angels catcher Geovany Soto will miss the next four to six weeks after suffering a torn right meniscus.

Continue for updates.

Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander reached the 2,000-strikeout milestone on Wednesday against the Minnesota Twins. 

Verlander's historic punchout came on a high fastball against Twins outfielder Eddie Rosario in the fourth inning: 

David Ortiz has arguably been one of the best hitters in baseball in the early portion of the season, leading the MLB in slugging percentage (.674) and OPS (1.069). That is making his decision to retire after this season hard to grasp.

After blowing his fourth save of the season on Tuesday by giving up a walk-off grand slam to Oakland's Khris Davis, Shawn Tolleson has been removed from the closer's role with the Texas Rangers.